Nov 29, 2025

»Open Solitude« on November 29, 2025

Warm invitation to »Open Solitude« on November 29

Date: Nov 29, 2025, 14:00 Uhr

Duration: 14:00 – 22:00 Uhr

Location: Akademie Schloss Solitude

Opening times:

2 to 10 pm. Admission is free!

Design: Basics09

The Akademie Schloss Solitude warmly invites you to this year’s winter edition of Open Solitude on Saturday, November 29, 2025, from 2 to 10 pm. 30 interdisciplinary artists and scientists from more than 20 countries will open their living and working studios, jointly presenting a diverse program featuring exhibitions, performances, concerts, and readings.

With Lily Abichaine, Hiba N. Ali, aliveduo, Lukas Beyer, Sanja Bistričić Srića, Julio Cann, Sergiu Diță, Ali El-Darsa, Caroline Douville, Hanieh Fatouraee, Rachel Gill, Jeannette Hunziker, Hiba G. Isleem, Gábor Kristóf, Sara Lana, Rosemary Lee, Anna Lublina, Agnieszka Mastalerz, Kristina Miller, Mert Moralı, José Morbán, Peter Okotor, Matilde Outeiro, Rawlab, Alina Sarnatska, Mauro Suarez Torrico, Noriko Tomita, Aleksander Zain

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.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Conférencier Lasse Lehmann guides the audience through the program

3–3.10 pm

Welcome Address by Ministerialdirigentin Dr. Claudia Rose, Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

3.10–3.20 pm

Welcome Address by Cem Özdemir
Chair of the Board of Trustees and former Federal Minister for Agriculture and for Education and Research

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

3.20–3.30 pm

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

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

5–5.15 pm

Sergiu Diță
Solarisation

Performance & video installation

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

5.30–5.45 pm

Mauro Suarez Torrico
The Persistence of Landscapes

Reading

Where: Studio 9, ground floor

6–6.15 pm

Aleksander Zain
TENSION

Dance piece

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

6.30–6.45 pm

Rachel Gill, featuring a sound recording by Peter Okotor
Contact

Performance

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

7–7.15 pm

Stories for Metabolic Futures
Banquet conversation

With contributions of current fellows Hiba N. Ali, Hanieh Fatouraee, Gábor Kristóf, Sara Lana, Agnieszka Mastalerz, Matilde Outeiro, and guests Fabian Faylona (artist/designer), Felix Heidenreich (University of Stuttgart) and David Baumeister (University of Stuttgart).

Conceived and organized by the art, science & business program

Where: ABR-Bibliothek, 2nd floor

7.30–7.45 pm

Lily Abichahine
Exquisite Corpse

Lecture performance

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

8–8.15 pm

Agnieszka Mastalerz
no mental scars, no nursed grudges

Film projection (5:45 min.)

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

8.30–8.45 pm

Jeannette Hunziker
Die Zerriebenen

Reading in German

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

9–9.15 pm

aliveduo (Alena Starostina & Ivan Nikolaev)
Letters Home. Part 3. Otium

Performance

Where: Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

9.30–9.45 pm

Mert Moralı, featuring Malin Sieberns
Quintet

Piece for solo bass flute & four loudspeakers

Where: Guibal-Saal, ground floor

OPEN STUDIOS FROM 2 TO 10 PM

Studio 2, ground floor

Anna Lublina
Bukhara Peace Agency

Installation, audio performance

Studio 7, ground floor

Lukas Beyer
Open Studio & Curatorial, Research Library

Studio 8 & Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

Lily Abichahine
Secrets of the Infinite Sea (2022) & Choreography for a Woman and a Stone (2021)

Video installation

Studio 9, ground floor

Mauro Suarez Torrico
The Persistence of Landscapes

Mixed media installation
Note: Reading at 5.30 pm

Studio 11, ground floor

Agnieszka Mastalerz
Mould, 2025 (35 mm film, 7:21 min.)

Video projection

Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

Ali El-Darsa
Before we were Berliners

Text installation

Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

Kristina Miller
Curatorial Reflections on Simultaneity, Real Time & Concurrency

Live-cam installation

Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

Alina Sarnatska
Deeply Concerned/Tief besorgt

Visual installation

Atelier 15, Access through the courtyard, ground floor

Sanja Bistričić Srića
Someone was here before me

Installation/mixed media
Curated by Kristina Miller

Atelier 16, Access through the courtyard, ground floor

Gábor Kristóf
The Untitleist Loophole – a Centripetal Aspiration

Installation

Foyer, ground floor

Julio Cann
(a game of rocks)

Game, mixed media

Kabinett, ground floor

Hiba N. Ali
Watering the Somatic Oasis

Immersive VR installation

Foyer, 1st floor

Sara Lana
Crosstalks & Blind Spots

Sound pieces & maps
Curated by Kristina Miller

Studio 22, 2nd floor

Rosemary Lee
Digital Dark Matter

Video installation

Studio 23, 2nd floor

Caroline Douville
WIP

Painting and sculpture

Studio 24, 2nd floor

Noriko Tomita
Eternal Textiles: Patterns are Alive (summer, 2025) & Spelling Patterns: Weaving in Disappearing Languages (winter, 2025)

Installation

Studio 26, 2nd floor

José Morbán
Gold, Hyacinth and Sargassum

Painting and drawing

Studio 27, 2nd floor

rawlab
Useless Machines

Interactive installation & open studio

Studio 28, 2nd floor

Hiba G. Isleem
Inside the Box

Video installation

Schloss Arcades

Peter Okotor
Resonant Distance: Listening Between Lagos and Schloss Solitude

Sound installation

SHORT GUIDED TOURS – MEET THE ARTIST

Meeting point: Foyer, ground floor

Short public tours through the Open Studios
Maximum 8 persons per tour
Please register at the registration desk in the Foyer.

2.15–2.30 pm
Meet the Artist: Anna Lublina
Studio 2, ground floor

2.15–2:30 pm
Meet the Artist: Sara Lana
Foyer, 1st floor

2.30–2.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Lily Abichahine
Studio 8, ground floor

2.30–2.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Hiba G. Isleem
Studio 28, 2nd floor

2.45–3 pm
Meet the Artist: Mauro Suarez Torrico
Studio 9, ground floor

2.45–3 pm
Meet the Artist: Rosemary Lee
Studio 22, 2nd floor

3.30–3.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Hanieh Fatouraee
Studio 12, ground floor

3.30–3.45 pm
Meet the Artist: José Morbán
Studio 26, 2nd floor

3.45–4 pm
Meet the Artist: Sanja Bistričić Srica, Atelier 15, ground floor

3.45–4 pm
Meet the Artist: Rawlab
Studio 27, ground floor

4– 4.15 pm
Meet the Artist: Gábor Kristóf
Atelier 16, ground floor

4– 4.15 pm
Meet the Artist: Peter Okotor,
Castle arcades

4.15–4.30 pm
Meet the Artist: Julio Cann Gónzalez, Foyer, ground floor

4.15–4.30 pm
Meet the Artist: Caroline Douville
Studio 23, 2nd floor

4.30–4.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Hiba N. Ali
Kabinett, ground floor

4.30–4.45 pm
Meet the Artist: Noriko Tomita
Studio 24, 2nd floor

4.45–5 pm
Meet the Artist: Ali El-Darsa
Oberer Hirschgang, ground floor

4.45–5 pm
Meet the Artist: Agnieszka Mastalerz
Studio 11, ground floor

Meeting point: Foyer

4–4.45 pm

»Art for Children«
Guided tour for children from 8 to 12 years
With art educator Veronika Schneider
Maximum 8 children per tour.
Please register at the registration desk in the Foyer.

FURTHER SPACES & IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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

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

Reception and registration
Foyer, ground floor

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