PLATAFORMA BERLIN 2026 festival program taking place at DOCK 11, Spore, Barazani, and the studio at Kastanienallee from 30 September until 4 October.
PLATAFORMA BERLIN facilitates a unique space where new and ancestral narratives, ecological discourses, geopolitical activism and Global South ontologies emerge, inspiring and encouraging the Berlin global/local audience to reflect. The festival focuses on BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists and their lived experiences, exploring intimate expressions and ancestral connections in the twilight of geopolitical and ecological crisis.
Program highlights (selected events):
• 30 September, 5pm — Tiziano Cruz — KITCHEN TALKS: Allegory of a Broken Body: Andean Rites and Ceremonies (Lecture performance and collective bread-making) at Spore
• 1 October, 5pm — Decolonizing performing arts ecosystems (Panel/discussion) at Barazani
• 1–2 October, 7.30pm — double bill at DOCK 11
– Tiziano Cruz — “Three Ways to Sing to a Mountain II” (German premiere) (Performance, 45min; Spanish with English subtitles)
– Maque Peryera — Transformative Pleasure – Yoggaton (participative Dj Dance session) (45min)
• 3–4 October, 7.30pm — double bill at DOCK 11
– Mai Júli Machado — In Between (German Premiere) (Dance performance, 30min)
– Michael Gagawala Kadd(u) — Underneath climate cracks (Dance performance, 50min)
Tickets are available in the ticket shop of DOCK ART.
