The Weserburg, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, and Künstler:innenhaus Bremen open their doors for a summer evening with art, music, and hands-on activities. In addition to a fashion show, a performance, and a DJ set, there will be a live concert on the forecourt of the Weserburg.

The evening begins at 6 pm on the forecourt of the Weserburg with a plant swap by KlimaWerkStadt and the hands-on station Make it Mirrorball. DIY Disco Balls with Glamour Factor (until 8 pm). Music will be provided by DJ yung_womb with a mix of 1970s and 1980s jazz, contemporary jazz, funk, vintage salsa, and Caribbean music.

At the same time, the Weserburg invites visitors to a Silent Disco in the exhibition Anys Reimann. Mirrorball. Surrounded by the works, visitors can listen via headphones to a playlist compiled by the artist (until 9 pm).

At Künstler:innenhaus Bremen, the performance Melissa by Renen Oh takes place at 7:30 pm. The artist works across video, performance, sound, and text. Starting from dance, Renen has developed a visual art practice that brings the language and logic of the stage into spatial installations. These works focus on how material interacts with theatricality, language, duration, and audience.

At 8:30 pm, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst presents Umhaut in the museum tunnel—a “fashion show” featuring tight, wide, open, closed, and layered enclosures. It was preceded by a workshop with fashion designers Harm Cordes and Luisa Recker.

The evening concludes musically at 9 pm with a live concert by ÄLICE on the forecourt of the Weserburg. The Hamburg-based musician is known for her energetic mix of reggae, R&B, dancehall, and hip-hop, as well as her clear stance against sexism and homophobia.

And for small or large appetites: snacks, drinks, and ice cream will be available.

Part of the exhibition Anys Reimann. Mirrorball

The new novel So, in etwa, ist es geschehen (S. Fischer Verlage, 2026) by Bachmann Prize winner Sharon Dodua Otoo: Amata Haller and her boss Heinz Brockhaus are on their way to Timmendorfer Strand; he has offered to drive her there. Amata is in a hurry. Her mother is waiting, as she does every year on 3 May. This date marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Cap Arcona, the catastrophe near the end of the Second World War that her grandfather only narrowly survived. The heat weighs heavily on the overcrowded roads, the journey grows longer and longer, Brockhaus talks nonstop, and Amata loses her composure. By the end of the day, Brockhaus will be dead, and months later Amata will stand trial.

In an accompanying seminar to the exhibition Anys Reimann. Mirrorball, students of the Master’s program in Transnational Literary Studies at the University of Bremen, together with Johanne Mohs, explore the exhibition’s themes from a literary perspective and will moderate the discussion at the event.

An event by Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst together with the University of Bremen, Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen, and globale e.V.

Tickets available in advance via www.nordwest-ticket.de

Fig.: Sharon Dodua Otoo, photo: Francis Oghuma

As part of the exhibition The Way We Are

About the holiday program:

How can art be made accessible to everyone? In the project Sustainable Futures: Art, Inclusion, and Disability, children and young people with and without disabilities work closely with artists to explore the Weserburg’s collection exhibition The Way We Are.

Over five days, participants will develop creative analog and digital formats that expand access to the exhibition and break down barriers. The project focuses on two main areas: creating miniature and tactile models, dioramas, and material prints, as well as works with surface textures such as relief, softcut, linocut, and frottage; and producing audio descriptions and listening stations that focus on descriptions of the space and the artworks.

The project combines art, inclusion, and innovative forms of art communication. Together, participants create sustainable ideas and products that make art accessible to a diverse audience and open up new perspectives on the exhibition.

The project Sustainable Futures is a collaboration between the Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Yekmal e.V., and KlimaWerkStadt, funded by the Museumsbund as part of the program Museum macht stark.