“Translation in a global world is not only literary but also profoundly performative, embedded in how ideas and gestures, sounds and voices transform and move.” -Avishek Ganguly and Kélina Gotman in the introduction of Performance and Translation in a Global Age

Бабушка | BAb(oo)shka is an interdisciplinary performance that begins with my grandmother telling a true story—chosen by her—in Russian onstage. Her humorous anecdotes about Jewish oppression are then contemporaneously translated into gibberish, into klezmer music, and into a puppet melod...

Akademie Schloss Solitude and PODIUM Esslingen are pleased to present the composer Yuri Umemoto and his work as part of their collaboration in the final concert Lichtspielscene at the PODIUM Esslingen Festival on May 9, 2026. Yuri Umemoto is currently a joint fellow of both institutions.

St. Maria als … agiert an der Schnittstelle von Kirchenraum und öffentlichem Raum. Mit einem vielfältigen sozialen und kulturellen Programm schafft St. Maria als … einen Ort persönlicher Begegnung und gemeinsamer Aktivität. Ab April 2026 bespielt St. Maria als … den Kirchenvorplatz mit Ide...

Across continents and time zones, a group of artists and friends remain awake together, following the slow passage of dawn as it crosses the globe. Sharmila Samant’s personal yet political project »Staying Awake: Towards the Thresholds of a Shared Dawn« asks what it means to stay attentive to ea...

On February 24, 2022, life changed drastically for the people of Ukraine. At 5 a.m., the Russian military launched its full-scale invasion, targeting infrastructure, cities, and civilians. Playwright and war veteran Alina Sarnatska provides insights into 48 hours of daily life in Ukraine in the afte...

How is it possible to design clothing that actively supports and protects those who wear it, reflecting their lived realities? How could the clothing industry respond to people’s diverse and health-related needs? These questions run through the work of designer and researcher Silke Hofmann, whose ...

Last winter, Germany’s best-known travel writer Helge Timmerberg came to Akademie Schloss Solitude to visit his friend Nils Ketterer. What started as a short trip turned into something more – Timmerberg quickly fell in love with the place, the artists, and even the pizzeria down the hill. During...

Mit Gesprächen über das soziale Leben der Bienen, Smellscape-Spaziergängen, Biodaten-Vertonungen, Diskussionen zur olfaktorischen Plastizität und Weinverkostungen.

NewsGroup exhibition »Dreaming Beyond AI: Portals Behind the Algorithm« at the ifa-Galerie Stuttgart featuring works by current and former Solitude fellows Hiba Ali and Mac Andre Arboleda

In the following text, art historian Anna Kipke explores the intricate textures of Agnieszka Mastalerz’s moving image artwork »Mould« (2025) and the life of Polish dancer and sculptress Danuta Kwapiszewska. Mastalerz, a Solitude Fellow in 2025, screened »Mould« during her first international s...