June 27, 2026

»Open Solitude« on Saturday, June 27, 2026

Date: June 27, 2026, 14:00 Uhr

Duration: 14:00 – 22:00 Uhr

Location: Akademie Schloss Solitude

Opening times:

2 to 10 pm

Design: Basics09

Design: Basics09

The Akademie Schloss Solitude warmly invites you to this year’s summer edition of Open Solitude on Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 2 to 10 pm. Twenty-two interdisciplinary artists, researchers, and practitioners from more than fifteen countries open their living and working studios and come together to create a diverse program of exhibitions, performances, screenings, presentations, and conversations.

With Eyad Abou Kasem, Motaz Al Habbash, Tini Aliman, Jean Borgatti, Caroline Douville, Abdul Halik Azeez, Miriam Hillawi Abraham, Christoffer Horlitz, Piloya Irene, Bongile Gorata Lecoge-Zulu, Andy Lee, Anna Lublina, Benigno Mangovo, Tweyapewa Ndapandula Mbendeka, Marie Skeie, Anri Okada & Julio Cann González, Rencontres Plurielles (Orakle Ngoy & Magali Dougoud), Kiana Rezvani, Philo Tsoungui, and Gift Uzera.

Open Solitude invites visitors to immerse themselves in the fellows’ current projects and evolving artistic processes, and to enter a space shaped by personal exchange and creative encounters. Across three floors in the two Akademie buildings, the open studios unfold as places of exploration, reflection, and shared imagination.

Visitors are welcome to come and go at any time – admission is free.
Food trucks in the outdoor area will provide refreshments.

The Fellows and the Akademie team look forward to your visit!

The Conférencier Lasse Lehmann guides the audience through the program.

2.22–2.32 pm
3.33–3.43 pm
4.44–4.54 pm
5.55–6.05 pm

Anri Okada & Julio Cann González
Paisaje de tiempo

Performance

Where: Studio 5, ground floor

4–4.10 pm

Welcome Address by Ministerialdirigentin Dr. Claudia Rose, Department of Art and Culture at the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts.

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

4.10–4.20 pm

Welcome Address by Dr. Anne Fleckstein
Director of Akademie Schloss Solitude

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

6–6.40 pm

SCOPE – Solitude Collaborative Platform for Arts, Science & Digital Cultures

Presentation of the new platform & Talk

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

7-7.30 pm

Christoffer Horlitz
Dust and Drifts: Artistic Research in Human Rights Investigations

Präsentation & Talk

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

8-8.45 pm

Bongile Gorata Lecoge-Zulu

Performance & Talk

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

9.30-10 pm

Gift Uzera
After the Race (Work in Progress)

Where: Yard, ground floor

Studio 5, ground floor

Anri Okada & Julio Cann González
Paisaje de tiempo

Exhibition with painting, drawing, sound & performance

Please note: Performances take place at 2.22 pm, 3.33 pm, 4.44 pm, 5.55 pm

Studio 6, ground floor

Kiana Rezvani
Fragments of x

Video

Studio 11, ground floor

Philo Tsoungui

Video, Sound piece

Studio 12 & Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

Rencontres Plurielles (Orakle Ngoy & Magali Dougoud)
All That We Change: Fragments and Iterations

Installation, sound, video and text

Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

Benigno Mangovo
Holy Fire

Acrylic and oil on cotton canvas

Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

Anna Lublina
Rhythm Is a Grandmother

Interdisciplinary essay

Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

Abdul Halik Azeez
Desert Dreaming (2022)

Video

Atelier 15, ground floor, Access through the courtyard

Tweyapewa Ndapandula Mbendeka
Shaping Thought in Ceramics

Terra-cotta clay

Kabinett, ground floor

Eyad Abou Kasem
Der Lange Weg Nach Hause (The Long Way Home)

Photographs & video

Studio 15, first floor

Miriam Hillawi Abraham
The (Incomplete) Cosmic Catalogue & Mythos & Materia

Studio 16, first floor

Jean Borgatti
Baskets of Luck and Money: Olimi Festival in Okpella (southern Nigeria)

Photo-book, photographs, video

Studio 20, first floor

Piloya Irene
Plastic Memory

Installation

Studio 21, first floor

SCOPE – Solitude Collaborative Platform for Arts, Science & Digital Cultures

Film screening

Foyer, 2nd floor

Web Residencies

Presentation

Studio 23, 2nd floor

Caroline Douville

Painting

Studio 25, 2nd floor

Motaz Al Habbash
Neither Western nor Eastern

Installation

Studio 27, 2nd floor

Motaz Al Habbash
Warwashing

Installation

Studio 28, 2nd floor

Marie Skeie
Ga(u)ze

Installation, work in progress.
Textile, print, plant dye, sound.

Niche at Schloss Solitude

Tini Aliman
Die Fahrt endet hier (The ride ends here)

Sound installation
from 6.30–10 pm

Barn

Andy Lee
Untitled

Projection

Meeting point at exit to yard

Short public tours through the Open Studios
Maximum of 8 people per tour
Please register at the reception desk.

2.15–2.30 pm
Meet the Artist: Anri Okada & Julio Cann González, Studio 5, ground floor
Meet the Artist: Tweyapewa Ndapandula Mbendeka, Atelier 15, ground floor

2.30–2.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Kiana Rezvani, Studio 6, ground floor
Meet the Artist: Miriam Hillawi Abraham, Studio 15, first floor

3–3.15 pm
Meet the Artist: Rencontres Plurielles (Orakle Ngoy & Magali Dougoud), Studio 12, ground floor
Meet the Artist: Andy Lee, barn

3.15–3.30 pm
Meet the Artist: Benigno Mangovo, Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor
Meet the Artist: Piloya Irene, Studio 20, first floor

3.45–4 pm
Meet the Artist: Abdul Halik Azeez, Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor
Meet the Artist: Jean Borgatti, Studio 16, first floor

4.30–4.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Caroline Douville, Studio 23, 2nd floor
Meet the Artist: Web Residencies, Foyer, 2nd floor

5–5.15 pm
Meet the Artist: Andy Lee, Scheune

5–5.30 pm
Meet the Artist: Motaz Al Habbash, Studio 25 & 27, 2nd floor

5.30–5.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Marie Skeie, Studio 28, 2nd floor

5.45–6 pm
Meet the Artist: Eyad Abou Kasem, Kabinett, ground floor

6.30–6.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Tini Aliman, Niche at Schloss Solitude

6.45–7 pm
Meet the Program Platform: SCOPE – Solitude Collaborative Platform for Arts, Science & Digital Cultures, Appendix, ground floor

Public tour for children ages 8 to 12
Meeting point: foyer, ground floor

2.30–3.15 pm
Kunst für Kinder (Art for Children)
With art educator

Maximum of 8 children per tour
Please register at the reception desk, foyer ground floor

An awareness team is on site and available to assist.
Foyer, ground floor

Emergency assistance provided by the German Red Cross
Herman’s Library, ground floor

Reception and Registration
Foyer, ground floor