In the organizer's words:

In her new performance "zum Sonnendeck", created for the soloist ensemble Kaleidoskop, Kahrs addresses illness and change as existential states. The performance venue - the impressive ruined lecture hall in Berlin's Museum of Medical History - becomes a symbol of wounding and transformation. Kahrs understands healing not as a return to the old state, but as an individual, transformative process that is expressed here performatively in sound, gesture and physicality.

to the sun deck, 2026 (UA)
7 performers
Soloist ensemble Kaleidoskop

Location: Berlin Museum of Medical History of the Charité, Lecture Hall Ruins, Virchowweg 16, 10117 Berlin

Hamburger Bahnhof on Tour

In spring 2026, a performance program will take place as part of Annika Kahrs' exhibition, presenting an overview of the artist's performances from the past 16 years for the first time. In these works, Kahrs also questions musical structures as well as codes and parameters of music production, performance practice and listening habits. By questioning virtuosity and consciously dissolving traditional forms, she creates a new understanding of musical experience.

The performances are part of the "Hamburger Bahnhof On Tour" series of events. With this series, the museum is placing a special focus on networking with other cultural players in Berlin to mark its 30th anniversary.

From May 2026, three further evenings of performances conceived by Saâdane Afif will take place in the series to accompany the exhibition "Five Preludes".

An event by Freunde* Guter Musik Berlin e. V.
in cooperation with
Hamburger Bahnhof - National Gallery of Contemporary Art
Museum of Musical Instruments SIM PK
Berlin Museum of Medical History of the Charité
Evangelical Holy Spirit Church Community

Supported by the Capital Cultural Fund

Price information:

Advance booking via reservix.de (from the end of January 2026)