Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

Hörbar Exchanges lV Work Unheard

Invisible and unheard labour. How can its forms like feminized care and ecosystem perpetuation be turned audible and experienceable? How do visibility and audibility operate as political categories? Those questions are in the spotlight of the evening featuring an installation, concerts, and a discussion at Hörbar

18:30 “Bottleneck” installation by the artist duo Fngr Fuia. They transform the cinema’s foyer into a self-referential acoustic instrument. The installation focuses on the often-overlooked sounds of a cinema’s infrastructure – such as water flowing through pipes and the hum of the heating system or ventilation.

19:30 "Listening Instructions": a brief silent projection by Constantin Gröhn will open the evening.

19:40 Discussion with participating artists around the topic of Unheard Labour and their works.

20:15 David Wallraf, a Hamburg-based noise artist who mostly works with modular synthesizers, manipulated field recordings and voice. Besides solo and international collaborative works at the intersections of noise and music, they wrote the PhD thesis "Noise and the Limits of Hearing – Acoustics of the Political" at HFBK Hamburg. Their main artistic concern lies in the uncanny acoustics of quotidian life, the unplanned and incalculable characteristics of noise and the ways that power makes itself audible.

21:00 Lasse-Marc Riek is a sound artist and composer specializing in acoustic ecology, bioacoustics, and field recording. In the concert version of his 'BEES' installation, Lasse-Marc attempts to make the increasing silencing of wild bees tangible through the transformation of bioacoustic field recordings within the concert space, he highlights pollination service of these insects as a fundamental, often invisible form of ecosystem labor.

A collaboration between Hörbar e.V. and the Church Service in the Working World. Funded by the German Music Council, the State Center for Political Education Hamburg and the Ministry of Culture and Media Hamburg

Hörbar: González/Minten / Helge Kaul [Oblique Noir]

González/Minten

González/Minten is the duo of Rebecca Minten (bass clarinet) and Luz González (live electronics), born from the desire to create a common language beyond aesthetic categories. Since 2023 they have developed a hybrid instrument in which multiphonics, live processing, sine tones and noise provoke and support each other in equal parts.

Helge Kaul [Oblique Noir]

Helge Kaul is a Hamburg-based sound artist exploring musical crosstalk between digital rigour and analogue computing, live performance and reproductive synthesis. As Oblique Noir, he cultivates these aesthetics in a modular synth system. Tonight he experiments with feedback within audio and control signal loops, capturing musical moments in a reinforcing stream of noise and randomness.

Horwitz / Pelosi / Lambertz: Voyager Sound Archiv #1

VOYAGER SOUND ARCHIVE #1 is an acoustic memory project preserving the sounds of Kampnagel before its redevelopment. Together with artists, neighbours, and collaborators, the VOYAGER team collected sonic memories – from creaking grandstands to vibrating windows – and transformed them into a living sound archive.

Ice Stock Curling at ÜberQuell – Winter Fun at Hamburg Harbour

From 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027, ÜberQuell at the Fischmarkt brings a sporting touch to winter at Hamburg Harbour. Two covered ice stock curling lanes offer weatherproof fun, accompanied by pizza, mulled wine and a harbourside atmosphere. Ideal for corporate celebrations, friends and families.

The suspense before the final throw, the cheers when it lands on target, and plans for a rematch already taking shape: ice stock curling at ÜberQuell brings people together on the lanes. From 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027, the Fischmarkt becomes a meeting place for active winter experiences at Hamburg Harbour.

Two fully covered lanes, each 14 metres long, provide a weatherproof setting for friendly games and spirited team competitions. Each session lasts 60 minutes. Tournaments can be arranged for groups of up to 60 people, with professional tournament supervision available on request – ideal for groups of friends, corporate teams and Christmas parties. Special family rates are also available every Sunday.

The historic Riverkasematten, colourful shipping containers and winter lighting create ÜberQuell’s distinctive setting: vibrant, relaxed and right by the harbour. Pizza, hot snacks, winter beers, mulled wine and alcohol-free punch complement the experience and are served directly at the lanes. Groups can also book an unlimited mulled wine package.

At a glance:

Dates: 1 November 2026 – 28 February 2027 (daily)

Location: ÜberQuell, St. Pauli Fischmarkt 28–32, 20359 Hamburg

Duration: 60 minutes per session

Facilities: Two covered, weatherproof lanes (14 metres each), step-free access

Food & drink: Served directly at the lanes; unlimited mulled wine packages available to book

Bookings & information: ueberquell.com/workshops/eisstockschiessen (restaurant tables must be reserved separately)

ildikó - Support: Charlott Green

Ildikó primarily raps. Her songs combine many different styles. She experiments with various roles and always manages to remain authentic.

Im Leuchtturm durch die Zeit

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Hamburg, today, the attic of an old house. A suitcase, a bundle of dusty letters from long ago. Letters, like rays of light from a time, in the apparent darkness of memory. From Hiddensee, Roter Sand, Hamburg, New York, Bornholm. And a suitcase full of time and stories.

Johannes Kirchberg's new program is about lighthouses, the keepers who served them, their history and stories, disasters and secrets. We travel with a lighthouse keeper into the past and from lighthouse to lighthouse.

“…my beloved heart, I stand in the lighthouse of the enchanted island. I now know how birds feel, yet I have no wings. My wings are fluttering light, but they are not enough to fly to you. That is why I send these lines from a lovelorn, lonely lighthouse keeper…”
(from a collection of letters from the island)

An evening of light, songs, love and pleasure with Johannes Kirchberg.
Light the fires so I can find you.

Artists:

Vocals & Music: Johannes Kirchberg – more…
Song lyrics: Erich Kästner, Mascha Kaléko, Tom Reichel, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ringelnatz, and others
Concept & Direction: Karl Huck (Homunkulus Puppet Theatre)
Research: Johannes Kirchberg
Artistic collaboration: Magdalena Kirchberg, Patricia Huck