Festival Center · EMOP Berlin

FESTIVAL CENTER: AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE

For its 11th edition, EMOP Berlin is for the first time setting up a festival centre in the Akademie der Künste (AdK), thus underscoring a strong thematic cooperation with the AdK for the third time. The festival centre at the Hanseatenweg location has its own extensive programme and forms the starting point for the many exhibitions and events taking place around the city.

In addition to the EMOP Opening Days, throughout the course of which the biennial photo festival invites visitors to three days of artists’ talks, panel discussions, film screenings, book talks, and an awards ceremony, the entire first floor of the Akademie der Künste will become a stage for contemporary photography. This is also where the main festival exhibition of EMOP Berlin 2025, what stands between us. Photography as a Medium for Chronicling, opens, as well as a partner exhibition, initiated by the Akademie der Künste, Ein Dorf 1950–2022. Ute Mahler, Werner Mahler, and Ludwig Schirmer (A Village 1950–2022. Ute Mahler, Werner Mahler, and Ludwig Schirmer). In (curator) tours, artists’ talks, and other formats, visitors will gain in-depth insight into the exhibitions through-out the festival.