10. – 16. October 2026
Memories are never finalised. They change over time; they are passed on, added to, overwritten or forgotten. What is remembered always depends on who is telling the story, who is listening, and from which present perspective the past is viewed.
In March 2026, artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany came together in Sarajevo for a week. A sound walk with Haris Sahačić, an architectural history tour focusing on the siege, a studio visit to Aida Šehović and an excursion to Srebrenica and Potočari opened up new perspectives on the city’s layers.
‘unfinished memories’ continues this process in Düsseldorf. Sixteen works explore memory as something unfinished: as something that emerges and evolves between personal experience and collective history. The exhibition brings together these perspectives without merging them into a single narrative.
Supported by Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf & Gingko Foundation. Initiated with the Cusanuswerk Prize for Innovative Networking Ideas, sponsored by the Evonik Foundation.
Design by Sophia Rabbiosi
18. July – 01. August 2026
By appointment
23. May – 06. June 2026
Saturdays 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Opening:
Friday, 24. April 2026, 6:00-10:00 pm
24. April - 10. Mai 2026
Opening hours:
Saturdays 4:00-7:00 pm
Ayu AKAMATSU Yukie Laurentia BEHEIM Johanna BERNECKER Thorben EGGERS Masaki FUKURO Senri SUZUI Kaho GOTO Anna GREBNER Takeo HANAZAWA Suhei ISE Yasutake IWANA Hyesu JEONG Taka KAGITOMI Sakurako KANAMORI Naoki KOIDE Satomi KOKEMUSU Chu LIANGWEN LOVEINVINCIBLE Irina MARTYSHKOVA Naoko MATSUMOTO Mathias MATZLER Aya MURAKOSO Norihiro NAKASHIMA Aika NAGANO Yuta NIWA Miho NOZAKI Anton OSTLER Ryo OZEKI Christian Horacio PROBST Ramon QUENDERS Klaus RICHTER Jordan ROUNTREE Nalumi SASAKI Lucia SCHALM SALTO Ivana SCHNIRA PAVLIKOVA Jul SCHOLL Ziran SHA PEI Rene SPITZER Jeehye SONG Annsophie STEINMEISTER Hinata SUGIMOTO Hiroshi SUGITO Katzuki TAGUCHI Haruka TOMOTAKA Keiko UDAKA Tetsuya UEDA Ryota YAMAMOTO u. a.
Curated by Florian Mittenwald
Kindly supported by Kulturamt Düsseldorf.
Opening: 5. December, 6–10 pm
7 PM Perfomative and dialogue-based guided tour and artist talk between curator and artists
8 PM Reading by Milan Naber
Programme:
Zine 'n' Waffles Club Ỳ 6 December, 13 December, 10 January and 18 January, 4-6 PM
Let‘s meet, chat, draw and make zines over waffles and hot drinks. Everyone is welcome!
Día de Velitas Ỳ 7 December, 4-8 PM
Cozy get-together with bunuelos, natilla, canelazo and Glühwein. Come and light some candles'n'farolitos with us.
Music by Natalia Molina, Paulo Simón García (Desenfreno Tropical) and DJ Mañosa (cumbia, salsa, nostalgia decembrina)
Screening Night Ỳ 12 December, 7-10 PM (Doors open at 6 PM)
Short films and video art, curated by Polina Zobkova
Premiere of ’Invocation of the River Witch’, directed by Marc Goldbach
Panel discussion
Waacking, Punking, House, Dancing Ỳ 14 December, 4-6 PM
‘Aussprechen’ Solo dance performance by Daria Makarova
’Ambiguity of Desire’ Artistic direction by Yousif Shamoon, organisation by Malte van Haaren, featuring Johanna Affeln, Katharina Griggel and C. Nasim V. Ragus
Artist talkback
Dance Improvisation Ỳ 11 January, 4 PM (Doors open at 2 PM)
‘As the Darkness lures you in’ by Uliana Kudlai and Ulyana Lavnikevich
Closing Ỳ 17 January, 4-10PM
4:30 Screening
Short films and video art, curated by Polina Zobkova
Premiere of ’Nachtschwarm’, directed by Marc Goldbach
Round table and Q&A session with the artists featured in the exhibition and the activation programme
7-8 PM ’Typewriter Poems’ by Luca Thiel
And at the end: Music, drinks and dancing
"Cartographies of the Dark" is kindly supported by the Kulturamt Düsseldorf and the Kunst und Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf. The programme is kindly supported by the state government's funding programme '2.000 × 1.000 Euro für das Engagement'.
Programm:
Saturdays & Sundays 1. – 2. und 8. – 9. November, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
"Gesichter der Stadt" Workshop for Children with Hanna Kuster
Thursday 20. November, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
"Impressions" by Liene Bosquê. Socialy Engaged Walk
Friday 21. November, 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Isabel Padilla Boneili: Collaborative Weaving
Saturday 22. November, 5:00 pm
Opening "Textile Stories" and "Gesichter der Stadt"
Sunday 23. November, 3:00 pm
Film Screening tba.
Monday 24. November, 6:00 pm
Talk with Cora Lisbach (Textile Preservationist)
Sunday 30. November, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Closing, reading by Rosengarten All Inc.
Saturday, 29. November, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
10. – 19. October 2025
Saturday – Sunday 2:00 – 6:00 pm
05 September 6:00 – 9:00 pm
06 September 1:00 – 7:00 pm
07 September 1:00 – 5:00 pm
12 September 7:00 – 9:00 pm
13 September 2:00 – 8:00 pm
14 September 12:00 – 6:00 pm
curation by Jaebong Jung
Opening: 16 May, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Opening speech: 7:00 pm
16 May – 1 June, 2025 extended!
Opening hours:
23 May 3:00 – 5:30 pm
24 May 2:00 – 6:00 pm
25 May 2:00 – 6:00 pm
31 May 2:00 – 6:00 pm
1 June 2:00 – 6:00 pm
or with appointment: jaebong.jung(at)gmail.com
22 June, from 3:00 pm
Concerts:
6:00 pm Raket
6:30 pm Rebecca Lynn Sprague
7:00 pm Babuko
DJs:
7:30 pm Vio Ymai
Jurimember
opening hours at KöX:
29 June
30 June
06 July
07 July
4:00 – 8:00 pm
opening hours at WP8 as continuation of the exhibition:
Kölner Straße 73 Düsseldorf
22 June, from 6:00 pm
23 June, from 4:00 pm
15 June, 6 – 10 pm
Artworks: Daniela Villalobos and Camilo Sandoval
Music: Feminasty and Los Madis
Food and Drinks: Las Hermanas Alvarez
25 April, 6 – 10 pm
Music: Slaymira B2B Xadiyei Manosa
Snacks and Drinks: Marie and Chanti (Niemandsland)
Opening: 05 April, 7 pm
06 – 25 April
Opening hours:
Saturday and Sunday, 2 – 6 pm
23 March, 6 – 10 pm
Music: Zito and Vitaminka
Snacks: Marie Donike
Drinks: Lara and Jay (Kunst und Tonic)
Opening: 02 December, 7 pm
03 – 17 December
Opening hours:
Saturday and Sunday, 2 – 6 pm
Opening 10 November, 4 pm
+ Concert "Die Symptome" (Queer-Elektro/Camp-Ambient)
Closing 19. November, 4 pm
+ Lecture-Performance "Your body is not your gender is not your destiny"
Opening hours:
11 November, 2 – 6 pm
12 November, 2 – 6 pm
17 November, 2 – 6 pm
18 November, 2 – 6 pm
19 November, 2 – 6 pm
