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Visual Bwa Kayiman: Crossing the Mangrove

Bwa Kayiman: Crossing the Mangrove

On Forests as Sites of Eco-Political Knowledge

Performances, Dance, Rituals, Lectures, Conversations, Poetry, Music, Food, Films, Installations

1 & 2 August 2026

Senhor dos Caminhos (2018), at Museu de Arte Contemporânea (MAC), Niterói. Courtesy of Chef Joceval Santos and Ayrson Heráclito

Ajeum: A Divine Banquet

Chef Joceval Santos and Ayrson Heráclito

Curated Lunch and Conversation

1.8.2026 12:00

With a conversation moderated by Aline Baiana

Houngan Jean-Daniel Lafontant with Claude Saturne, Invoking Papa Legba, HKW, 2023. Photo: Mathias Völzke/HKW

Incantations

Boukman Eksperyans

Opening Blessing

1.8.2026 14:30
Edouard Duval-Carrié, La Descente des Lwa (2016). Courtesy of the artist

Crossing the Mangrove: On Forests as Sites of Eco-political Knowledge

Stéphane Martelly, Malcom Ferdinand, and Jason Allen-Paisant

Keynotes followed by a conversation

1.8.2026 15:30
VAIVÉN, Camilo Mejía Cortés, Beursschouwburg, Brussels (2025). Photo: Studio Pramudiya

VAIVÉN

Camilo Mejía Cortés

Performance

1.8.2026 17:30
Garifuna Collective. Photo: Jeremy Lewis

Garifuna Collective

Concert

1.8.2026 19:30

  

Yann Olivier Kersaint, Vision Tropicale, Petite Rivière des Nippes, Haiti, 2026. Courtesy of the artist

Visions d’un jardin tropical: A Multisensorial Dreamscape of Haitian Diasporic Experiences

Kolektif Choublak (Aïda Roumer, Carl-Henry Cadet, Trovania Delille, Yann-Olivier Kersaint) with Jean-Ulrick Désert, Lia Estelle Widmaier, John Shades

Installation, Performative Interventions

1.8.2026 21:30 Performative Interventionen | 12:00–23:00 Installation
Las Nietas de Nonó, barullo a la orilla (2025), video performance, photo still. Courtesy of the artists, commissioned by the Hawai'i Triennial 2025: ALOHA NŌ

barullo a la orilla

Las Nietas de Nonó

Film Installation

1.8.2026 12:00–23:00
Toyomitsu Higa,Yūkui of Nanamui ritual (1997). Courtesy of the artist

NUCHI-GAFŪ du SHIDI-GAFŪ: The Wisdom of Okinawa and The Art of Non-Violence

Riko Sugama, Toyomitsu Higa, Victor Kinjo, Thaís Omine, Hiroya Maeda, Nanyō Unten, Akihito Yagi, Ayaka Nakazato, Takumi Hosokawa, Rita Sugama, Aki Maeda

Installation, Performative Interventions

1.8.2026 12:00–23:00

Online Magazin Teaser

Programme HKW

Photo: Hanna Wiedemann/HKW

Rhythms of Sympoiesis

studio in:so (Li Lin and Liang Song)

Temporary Pavilion, 2026
Visual: Not All Travellers Walk Roads - Of Humanity as Practice

Not All Travellers Walk Roads—Of Humanity as Practice

36th Bienal de São Paulo, Berlin Edition

12 September–6 December 2026, Opening 11 September
heimaten flags at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

heimaten

2024–2027
András Visky: Die Aussiedlung – Cover

Die Aussiedlung

András Visky | Translated from Hungarian by Timea Tankó

Award Winners Internationaler Literaturpreis 2026

Illustration by Diana Ejaita

About Us

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) is guided by the quest for strategies of how to live and better inhabit this world together.
Aziza Ahmad for Archive Books

Resignifying Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)

HKW ventures to resignify each public space in its historic building with the names of women from different worlds who have contributed to the betterment of them.

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