Program
The third edition of the Biennale für Freiburg will be accompanied by a multi-layered supporting program aimed at deepening the content of the exhibition while opening up new perspectives on the interdependence of tourism, urban development, and global power structures.
Performances, workshops, and discussion formats will raise questions around commercialization, exoticization, and belonging, while historical and contemporary narratives of tourism and travel will be critically questioned. The supporting program not only opens up modes of engagement with the exhibitions of the biennale but also expands the thematic debate to include additional facets.
Through the participatory formats, the Biennale für Freiburg 3 pursues a process-orientated approach by inviting the public to take an active part in the discussion. In this way, the city not only becomes an exhibition venue, but also an object of investigation itself — a lively space for artistic reflection and social debate.
Participation in the supporting and mediation program is free of charge.
Please note that advance registration is required for certain events.
Network Event
Date
Location
Info
Stadt, land, fluss
27th - 28th June 2025
Basler Hof and more
The Biennale für Freiburg 3 invites you to a network meeting for cultural players in the Upper Rhine region. The varied program offers the opportunity to exchange ideas, make new contacts and develop common perspectives.
Event for children
Date & Time
Location
Info
Travel and Migration
2nd July 2025
4 pm
Skulpturenpark
Faulerbad
Reading aloud and handicrafts for children with KiKaffee from zusammen leben e.V.
Guided Tour
Date & Time
Location
Info
Guided Tour German / Arabic
4th July 2025
4 pm
Meeting point:
Kunstverein Freiburg
In cooperation with the Sozialdienst muslimischer Frauen e.V. you will be guided through selected exhibition venues of the Biennale für Freiburg.
This event will be held in German and Arabic.
Symposium
Date
Location
Info
Utopien einer Stadt:
Zusammenleben
im Wandel
9th – 10th July 2025
Literaturhaus Freiburg
Experts from the fields of geography, art, urban planning and tourism research will discuss the social, economic and cultural impact of tourism and develop utopias for urban coexistence. The symposium will be framed by a workshop and a performative city tour.
In cooperation with the Institute for Environmental Social Sciences and Geography at the University of Freiburg and FWTM Freiburg.
Workshop
Date & Time
Location
Info
(De)Composing Spaces for Coexistence
9th July 2025
6 pm
Kunstverein Freiburg
How are people, urban places and narratives interwoven across time and space? Through collective drawing and spatial montage, led by Ilaria Biotti, the urban space of Freiburg is explored, individual stories are shared and new perspectives are conveyed.
This event will be held in English.
City Tour
Date & Time
Location
Info
𝟏 ⭐ яєνιєω †⊙☋☈
10th July 2025
6 pm
Meeting point:
Literaturhaus Freiburg
The performative “1 ⭐ Review Tour” by !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Selena Savić and Gordan Savičić goes along poorly rated places and sights in the city of Freiburg. Humoristically exaggerated and with reference to Google Maps comments, it questions the mechanisms and consequences of digital rating systems on urban spaces.
This event will be held in English.
Tour
Date & Time
Location
Info
Hiking through Weingarten - a view of the city of Freiburg from below
12th July 2025
11 am
Station
Am Lindenwäldle
A tour with Tomas Wald, Roma Büro e.V.
Guided Tour
Date & Time
Location
Info
Guided Tour by young people
13th July 2025
4 pm
Meeting point:
Kunstverein Freiburg
Young people from the Weingarten Children's and Youth Center will guide you through the exhibition of the Biennale für Freiburg 3.
Tour
Date & Time
Location
Info
From bourgeois town to pensionopolis: Freiburg 1800 - 1914
19th July 2025
11 am
KG I, main entrance
A tour with Dr. Heinrich Schwendemann.
Lecture Performance
Date
Location
BLACK OUT (Solar Cycle #25)
22nd July 2025
7 pm
E-Werk Freiburg
This event will be held in English.
Further information will follow shortly.
Event
Date & Time
Location
Info
CLOSING
26th July 2025
4 pm
Skulpturenpark
Faulerbad
With music, workshop and performances – by Jeanne Ange-Wagne, Agnes Essonti Luque and others – closes the Biennale for Freiburg 3.
Workshop
Date & Time
Location
Info
How do we encounter, read and perceive art?
26th July 2025
4 pm
Skulpturenpark
Faulerbad
Guided search for tools for an anti-colonial reception of art with Jeanne Ange-Wagne.
Past events
Event
Date
Location
Info
Opening Days
5th – 7th June 2025
various locations
in Freiburg
The Biennale für Freiburg 3 opens with a varied program of guided tours, workshops, artist talks and performances.
The events take place at various locations in Freiburg and invite you to discover the exhibition.
Event
Date & Time
Location
Info
Party
Date & Time
Location
Info
Artist Talk
Date & Time
Location
Info
Artist Talk
with Noha Mokhtar
6th June 2025
5 pm
Kunstverein Freiburg
The artist Noha Mokhtar will be in conversation with Prof. Dr. Birgit.
This event will be held in English.
Performance
Date & Time
Location
Info
Activation of the Biennale-Pavillon
6th June 2025
7 pm
Skulpturenpark
Faulerbad
Irene Fernández Arcas inaugurates the Biennale pavilion with a performance. Inspired by a “chriniguito” - a simple beach bar in Spain - it was designed by the artist especially for the Biennale and realized in the sculpture park at Faulerbad.
Performance
Date & Time
Location
Info
Unofficial Tourism Agency
POSTPONED
Münstermarkt
Due to the bad weather forecast we unfortunately have to cancel the intervention.
Performance
Date & Time
Location
Info
Die Kartoffelhexe: an Andean interpretation of Hansel and Gretel
7th June 2025
11 am
Johanneskirchplatz
In her performance, Daniela Zambrano Almidón tells the story of the Kartoffelhexe and activates her installation in front of Johanneskirche. A performance for children and adults.
Screening
Date
Location
Info
SCREENING AND Q&A WITH
ENAR DE DIOS RODRÍGUEZ
7th June 2025
7 pm
kultuaggregat
“Vestiges” is an interdisciplinary project by Enar de Dios Rodríguez that examines the extraction of sand and its socio-political and ecological consequences. The film will be followed by a discussion with the artist.
This event will be held in English.
Field Trip
Date & Time
Location
Info
letters from a demilitarized zone
14th June 2025
11 am
Meeting point:
Freiburg main station,
escalator, platform 1
Walk and performative reading by the artist Isabel Motz at the Barbarastollen near Oberried.
Reading
Date & Time
Location
Info
Reading and discussion with Sinthujan Varatharajah
14th June 2025
7 pm
Kunstverein Freiburg
Sinthujan Varatharajah is a guest at the Biennale für Freiburg 3 and reads from her*his new book on tourism, which will be published next year by Hanser Verlag. The reading will be accompanied by a discussion with Lorena Juan, curator of the Biennale für Freiburg 3.
Guided Tour
Date & Time
Location
Info
Curatorial Guided Tour
15th June 2025
4 pm
Meeting point:
Kunstverein Freiburg
The curatorial team will guide you through selected exhibition venues of the Biennale für Freiburg 3, share in-depth information on the positions and answer your questions.
This event will be held in English.
Guided Tour
Date & Time
Location
Info
Guided Tour
22nd June 2025
4 pm
Meeting point:
Kunstverein Freiburg
The exhibition tour offers space to exchange different perspectives on the exhibition theme and to enter into dialogue about the individual positions. The guided tour is given by art mediator Dieu Thanh Hoang.
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Location
Info
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10.06. 25
Literaturhaus Freiburg
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Literaturhaus Freiburg
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Literaturhaus Freiburg
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Many more events will be announced in the the coming weeks.
Program
The third edition of the Biennale für Freiburg will be accompanied by a multi-layered supporting program aimed at deepening the content of the exhibition while opening up new perspectives on the interdependence of tourism, urban development, and global power structures.
Performances, workshops, and discussion formats will raise questions around commercialization, exoticization, and belonging, while historical and contemporary narratives of tourism and travel will be critically questioned. The supporting program not only opens up modes of engagement with the exhibitions of the biennale but also expands the thematic debate to include additional facets.
Through the participatory formats, the Biennale für Freiburg 3 pursues a process-orientated approach by inviting the public to take an active part in the discussion. In this way, the city not only becomes an exhibition venue, but also an object of investigation itself — a lively space for artistic reflection and social debate.
Participation in the supporting and mediation program is free of charge.
Please note that advance registration is required for certain events.
Network Event
Date
Location
Stadt, land, fluss
27th - 28th June 2025
Basler Hof and more
Event for children
Date & Time
Location
Travel and Migration
2nd July 2025
4 pm
Skulpturenpark
Faulerbad
Guided Tour
Date & Time
Location
Guided Tour German / Arabic
4th July 2025
4 pm
Meeting point:
Kunstverein Freiburg
Symposium
Date
Location
Utopien einer Stadt:
Zusammenleben
im Wandel
9th – 10th July 2025
Literaturhaus Freiburg
Workshop
Date & Time
Location
(De)Composing Spaces for Coexistence
9th July 2025
6 pm
Kunstverein Freiburg
City Tour
Date & Time
Location
𝟏 ⭐ яєνιєω †⊙☋☈
10th July 2025
6 pm
Meeting point:
Literaturhaus Freiburg
Tour
Date & Time
Location
Hiking through Weingarten - a view of the city of Freiburg from below
12th July 2025
11 am
Station
Am Lindenwäldle
Guided Tour
Date & Time
Location
Guided Tour by young people
13th July 2025
4 pm
Meeting point:
Kunstverein Freiburg
Tour
Date & Time
Location
From bourgeois town to pensionopolis: Freiburg 1800 - 1914
19th July 2025
11 am
KG I, main entrance
Lecture Performance
Date
Location
BLACK OUT (Solar Cycle #25)
22nd July 2025
7 pm
E-Werk Freiburg
Further information will follow shortly.
Event
Date & Time
Location
CLOSING
26th July 2025
4 pm
Skulpturenpark
Faulerbad
Workshop
Date & Time
Location
How do we encounter, read and perceive art?
26th July 2025
4 pm
Skulpturenpark
Faulerbad
Past events
Event
Date
Location
Opening Days
5th – 7th June 2025
various locations
in Freiburg
Event
Date & Time
Location
Opening Event
5th June 2025
6 pm
Schauinsland mountain station
Party
Date & Time
Location
PARTY
5th June 2025
9 pm
Slow Club
Artist Talk
Date & Time
Location
Performance
Date & Time
Location
Activation of the Biennale-Pavillon
6th June 2025
7 pm
Skulpturenpark
Faulerbad
Performance
Date & Time
Location
Unofficial Tourism Agency
POSTPONED
Münstermarkt
Performance
Date & Time
Location
Die Kartoffelhexe: an Andean interpretation of Hansel and Gretel
7th June 2025
11 am
Johanneskirchplatz
Screening
Date
Location
Field Trip
Date & Time
Location
letters from a demilitarized zone
14th June 2025
11 am
Meeting point:
Freiburg main station,
escalator, platform 1
Reading
Date & Time
Location
Reading and discussion with Sinthujan Varatharajah
14th June 2025
7 pm
Kunstverein Freiburg
Guided Tour
Date & Time
Location
Curatorial Guided Tour
15th June 2025
4 pm
Meeting point:
Kunstverein Freiburg
Guided Tour
Date & Time
Location
Guided Tour
22nd June 2025
4 pm
Meeting point:
Kunstverein Freiburg
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10.06. 25
Literaturhaus Freiburg
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Literaturhaus Freiburg
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Literaturhaus Freiburg
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Literaturhaus Freiburg
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Symposium am
10.06. 25
Literaturhaus Freiburg
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Many more events will be announced in the course of the coming week.