activities

With Lolita Yakunina and Julia Kafizova (performative reading), Mathilde ter Heijne, Vanessa Gravenor, and Sonya Schönberger (film screenings and talk). Part of the exhibition Dropping In and Out—A Response to Uncertainty (September 19–October 30, 2026).

In today’s precarious climate, marked by social and economic unrest, how do emerging artists narrate careers shaped by interruptions, breaks, and shifts? These ruptures may result from illness, migration, war, care work, or other circumstances that affect artistic careers but often appear only as gaps in a CV. By writing letters to historical figures who experienced similar disruptions and engaging in imaginary dialogues with them, the participating artists create new perspectives and points of orientation for the future. Through these readings, the past unsettles dominant ways of writing and telling history, raising questions about how queer-feminist legacies take shape through ruptures in established norms.

With Irina Denkmann, Chang Gao, Vanessa Gravenor, Patricia Gwozdz, Magdalena Kallenberger, Anastasia Kolas, Anastasia Putsykina, and Mathilde ter Heijne; discussions led by Irina Denkmann, Patricia Gwozdz, and Amy Patton; initiated by art&dialogue member Daniela Salazar.

A hybrid conference bringing together researchers from Oxford’s Humanities Division, artists from the Ruskin School of Art, and Berlin-based artists, curators, and lecturers at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). The conference focuses on gaps in feminist art histories, the ways women* artists’ lives and work have been overlooked, and the ongoing relevance of feminist perspectives in artistic practice.

Here We Talk About the Tradition is a two-day workshop led by Messanh Hounougbo Bahounsou Amedegnato, a custodian of traditional knowledge from Togo who currently lives part-time in Germany. The workshop explores Ewe cosmology and offers insights into traditional divination methods, including various oracle tools and practices. Participants gain a deeper understanding of the healing properties of herbs in Ewe culture, including their significance and role in various cleansing rituals.

A game evening with cards and collaborative performances. Inspired by James Carse’s concept of the “infinite game”—which he contrasted with scripted and predictable “finite games” characterized by winners and losers, fixed boundaries, and rules—the game embraces and encourages collective creation, hybridity, and the transcending of individual identities. People come together to create, learn to collaborate, or simply exist in a space where they can transcend their individual selves.