Maxim Gorki Theater: Invitation to the press conference and guided tour of the exhibition of the 7th Berliner Herbstsalon ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE | With Shermin Langhoff, Danica Dakić, Delaine Le Bas, Hakan Savaş Mican, Ersan Mondtag, Emine Sevgi Özdamar and many other artists | Tuesday, 30/September, 11 a.m., Maxim Gorki Theater | Admission from 10:30 a.m. 
 
The 7th Berliner Herbstsalon begins on 2/October 2025 (Opening at 5 p.m.) under the title of ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE – INVENTORIES/INTERVENTIONS/INVENTIONS. 
For the opening of her final season 2025/2026 as artistic director Shermin Langhoff invited both long-time collaborators and new artists to the Berliner Herbstsalon. They will use old and new works to – in light of the present – reflect on, reclassify and (re)imagine for the future the critical art practices, the struggles and resistances, negotiated over this period. It is the last Herbstsalon by Shermin Langhoff at the Maxim Gorki Theater, who launched the biennial format in 2013 and is also curating this year's edition.
 
The salon begins with both the opening of the exhibition with more than 100 works by around 60 artists located throughout the Gorki, in the Palais am Festungsgraben, the Gorki Kiosk and outdoor spaces, as well as the world premiere on the Gorki mainstage of Ersan Mondtag’s production of DAS ROTE HAUS and the premiere of TO BE IN A TIME OF WAR by Etel Adnan, directed by Murat Dikenci at Studio Я.
 
Shermin Langhoff will present the program on 30/September at the Maxim Gorki Theater. Participating artists will talk about their projects. This will be followed by a guided tour of the exhibition. At the end, there will be an opportunity for discussions and interviews with the present artists.
 
We cordially invite you to the
 
Press conference with guided exhibition tour of the 7th Berliner Herbstsalon
Time: 30/September 2025 at 11 a.m. 
Location: Maxim Gorki Theater, Foyer, Am Festungsgraben 2, 10117 Berlin
With: Shermin Langhoff, Danica Dakić, Delaine Le Bas, Hakan Savaş Mican, Ersan Mondtag, Emine Sevgi Özdamar and many other artists
 
The press conference will be held in German and English. Colleagues from the team will be available for whispered translations if required.
 
We ask for accreditation by Friday, 26/September, at 11:00 p.m. by email to boxberg@gorki.de and look forward to seeing you!
 
From 2/October to 30/November 2025 the 7th Berliner Herbstsalon at the Maxim Gorki Theater will present works by over 100 artists and world premieres by Ersan Mondtag, Lola Arias, Hakan Savaş Mican, Adania Shibli, Oliver Frljić, and others under the title ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE.
 
The complete exhibition and stage program for the 7th Berliner Herbstsalon can be found at www.gorki.de/en. Further information about the program can be found in the digital magazine.
 

Press photos are available for download at www.gorki.de/en/press.
 
And here is an additional note: On 1/October at 3 p.m. Can Dündar‘s installation SİLİVRİ. PRISON OF THOUGHT will be opend at Rotes Rathaus. We cordially invite you to participate. Speeches will be given by the mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner and the mayor of Mitte Stefanie Remlinger among others. Can Dündar will hold a discussion with Cem Özdemir afterwards. The installation will be on view at Rotes Rathaus from 1–8/October and from 9/October–30/Novemeber at the Gorki Garden. Admission free!
 
 
 
Press contact
Maxim Gorki Theater
Hendrik von Boxberg (Press officer 7th Berliner Herbstsalon)
Elisa Thorwarth (Press officer & deputy Head of Communication Gorki)
Nino Medas (Press officer and Head of Communication Gorki)
 
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7. Berliner Herbstsalon 
ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE – Inventories/Interventions/Inventions
2/October – 30/November 2025

Exhibition with works by Nevin Aladağ, Cana Bilir-Meier, Danica Dakić, Zehra Doğan, Daniel Knorr, Hiwa K, Delaine Le Bas, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Ülkü Süngün, Nasan Tur, Serpil Yeter, Želimir Žilnik and many more artists

Curated by Shermin Langhoff Dramaturgy Erden Kosova (Exhibition), Johannes Kirsten (Theater), Ong Keng Sen (Performance & Lecture) Assistants to the Curator Thalia Hertel (Lead), Maral Müdok (Exhibition), Paula Rave (Exhibition & Performance), Helen Waeder (Theater & Literature), Theresa Welge (Theater), Asya Yaghmurian (Artist Liaison) Research Team Stresemannstraße 30 – Eine Inventur 2025 Hülya Karcı, Erden Kosova, Tunçay Kulaoğlu, Maral Müdok, Gari Vanisian, Mürtüz Yolcu Co-Curators Programming Roter Salon Tunçay Kulaoğlu, Gari Vanisian (Film) Deniz Utlu, Endre Malcolm Holéczy (Literature) Scenography Exhibition Alice Faucher Stage Design Assistance Martha Bamberg, Wanda Prawitt, Paola Schubert, Ruby Wisdom

Der 7. Berliner Herbstsalon wird gefördert aus Mitteln des Landes Berlin, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt. In Kooperation mit Theater findet Stadt e.V.