Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale will take over HKW from September 27 to October 19

THE POSSIBILITY OF UNVERNUNFT

Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale
Exhibition and programme
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin, Germany
September 27 – October 19, 2025

Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale, the creative team behind ZDF Magazin Royale, will take over the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin from September 27 to October 19, 2025, presenting the exhibition The Possibility of Unvernunft alongside an extensive event program.

‘The windows of what can be said, explored, and depicted, must be broadened rather than narrowed. It’s time to hold up the sausage to society’, says Jan Böhmermann, describing the leitmotif of the three-week residency at HKW—a building originally donated by the United States as a congress hall in 1957.

‘The political, social, and legal questions of our time must be posed where they are being negotiated’, Böhmermann explains, justifying the choice of the project location in the heart of Berlin—right next to the German Chancellery, Reichstag, and Bellevue Palace: ‘This building, a gift from the US to West Berlin and the democratic Federal Republic of Germany, is a time capsule and reminds us never to let the beacon of freedom go out.’

With The Possibility of Unvernunft, Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale are opening their third, most extensive exhibition to date in the ‘Pregnant Oyster’. The exhibition will be accompanied with a diverse three-week programme of events with special concerts, shows, TV recordings, performances, film screenings, and talks with artists, musicians, and other guests.

Further information, news and updates can be found on the website unvernunft.berlin

Exhibition opening: Saturday, September 27, 2025, 12 p.m. / noon.
Exhibition tickets: 15 EUR, reduced 12 EUR
Tickets are now available at: unvernunft.berlin and hkw.de/unvernunft-exhibition

Opening program on Saturday, 27 September 2025:
Exhibition opening, Chancellery concerts with Blond, Fuffifufzich & Special Guests, DJ set, launch of the orphan destruction machine, party.
Opening Tickets: 35 EUR, reduced 29 EUR
Tickets are now available at unvernunft.berlin and hkw.de/unvernunft-concert

Photography and carrying cell phones is not permitted in the exhibition rooms or at any of the events.

For accreditation for an advanced press showing (27 September, 2025, starting 9:00) and the opening press conference with Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale (27 September, 2025, starting 10:00), please send an email to: akkreditierung@unvernunft.berlin.

Contact exhibition management and press inquiries: Dr. Marder Gloistein, intendanz@unvernunft.berlin.

Press photos:
The Possibility of Unvernunft
Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Previous exhibitions by Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale:
DEUSCTHLAND, 2017 (NRW Forum, Düsseldorf)
DEUSCTHLAND-ASNCHLUSS-ÖSTERREICH, 2019 (Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria)
Die Möglichkeit der Unvernunft, 2025 (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin)

The Possibility for Unvernunft is a project by Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW).