From the Cosmos to the Commons is a constellation of projects reflecting the human need to look up to the stars in order to understand life on Earth. It examines how we have constructed our orientation and navigation systems both through myths and grids, and how we make sense of them. Exhibitions at the Planetarium Hamburg, Stadtpark and Kunsthaus Hamburg trace the ancient ways in which humans have read the night skies via astrology and astronomy all the way to recent navigation and surveillance technologies.
In the dire state of the world today, we seek to orient ourselves in a planetary way, where both the magical and the rational, the spiritual and the political are necessary for us to thrive and to rethink our relation with our host, the Planet. This series of exhibitions along with the symposium at the Warburg-Haus guide us through new paths of planetary thinking – as an invitation to look at the cosmos in order to reimagine our commons.
Friday, 20 June 2025, 7 pm
Opening of the exhibition Between Stars and Signals at Kunsthaus Hamburg
7 pm: Welcome by Anna Nowak (Artistic & Managing Director, Kunsthaus Hamburg) and Joanna Warsza (City Curator Hamburg)
8 pm: Performances by Katie Paterson & Nora Strömer
9 pm: DJ set by Dialog mit der Jugend
Saturday, 21 June 2025, 6–10 pm
Inauguration of the City Curator Programm at the Stadtpark and Planetarium Hamburg
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!
4 - 10 pm: All installations in the frame of From the Cosmos to the Commons in the Stadtpark are open, performances and exchange with the artists
6 - 10 pm: The exhibition Image Collection on the History of Astrology and Astronomy – Aby Warburg In Collaboration with Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl is open, free time slot tickets available at the Planetarium Hamburg.
6–7.15 pm: Opening ceremony at the Cupola Planetarium Hamburg
A reservation is necessary: https://rb.gy/s3ivsp
7-10 pm: DJ set by Isadore
7.30–10 pm: Screening of Agnieszka Polska’s film The Happiest Thought, 2019, Cupola Planetarium Hamburg, on-going
8 pm: Walk with curators and artists at Stadtpark, starting point Planetarium Café.
Sunday, 22 June 2025, 12–5 pm
Symposium Towards the Planetary Public Sphere
Symposium takes place at the Warburg-Haus, curated by Patricia Reed and Joanna Warsza
Among others with José Luis Chicoma, Uwe Fleckner, Sujatro Ghosh, Shahira Issa, KITE, Raqs Media Collective, Bill Sherman
Registration: info@stadtkuratorin-hamburg.de
Detailed information available here.
