Over many years, Saâdane Afif has researched the reception history of Marcel Duchamp’s readymade Fountain and worked on it in the project The Fountain Archives. Ten of the resulting Lyrics were set to music by the Berlin-based composer and musician Augustin Maurs. They will be performed with flutes and vocals produced specifically for these pieces by Afif. In the second part of the programme, a selection of the Lyrics written for the work Anthologie de l’humour noir will be presented, reflecting on themes such as transience or the museum as a guarantor of art preservation.

Location: Roter Salon der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

Hamburger Bahnhof on Tour

With the monthly event series “Hamburger Bahnhof On Tour,” the museum is placing a special focus on networking with Berlin cultural actors for its 30th anniversary: from February to July 2026, Hamburger Bahnhof, in collaboration with Freunde* Guter Musik Berlin e. V., will host six concerts and performances by the Berlin artists Annika Kahrs and Saâdane Afif at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum SIM, Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum, Ev. Heilige-Geist-Kirche, in the Roter Salon der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, KM28, and the Kantine am Berghain.

An event by Freunde* Guter Musik Berlin e. V.
in cooperation with
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Roter Salon der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
KM28
Kantine am Berghain 

Curator: Gabriele Knapstein

Made possible by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Supported by FREUNDE der Nationalgalerie and Hamburger Bahnhof International Companions e. V.