Speech is Not Free VII

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Berlin, November 7–8, 2025  Gallery Z22 (Zähringerstraße 22, Wilmersdorf) presents the seventh edition of Speech is Not Free, a two-day festival uniting international and Berlin-based artists in an exploration of poetry, performance, and multimedia sound.

The event transforms one of the city’s most vibrant independent galleries into a site of radical imagination, where avant-garde art and political expression meet.

Through live performance, cinepoetry, and experimental soundscapes, Speech is Not Free VII reclaims the rebellious energy of the Beat Generation — reinterpreting its visionary legacy through the lens of Berlin’s contemporary art scene.

Doors open at 19:00. Admission is free with donation suggested.

Friday, November 7 — Voices of Dissent

The festival opens with Uahuu Tujendapi, whose electrifying vocal performance sets the tone for a night of border-crossing expression.

Highlights include The Blue Whale of Madness, a cinepoem by M. Garcia Teutsch with live performance by Claire Uicker, combining surreal film imagery and spoken word.

Throughout the evening, video installations inspired by Allen Ginsberg’s Fall of America create an immersive audiovisual meditation.

The night closes with The Swallows of America: A Poem Protest in One Act, starring Anna Bănică, a fierce, lyrical reimagining of protest as performance art.

Saturday, November 8 — SCANNER PERFORMS

Day two continues with The Revolution Will Have Its Sky, a  cinepoem by M. Garcia Teutsch, exploring resistance, vision, and renewal.

An encore of The Swallows of America expands its poetic protest into collective experience.

The evening culminates with a special live performance by SCANNER, presenting “Elegy for Neal Cassady” — Allen Ginsberg’s elegy transformed into a multi-sensory ritual of sound and light.

Scanner’s signature electronic compositions merge with Antonio Pagano’s live visuals, creating a haunting fusion of poetry, performance, and digital art — a distinctly Berlin encounter between literature and club culture.

Event Details
Dates: November 7–8, 2025
Doors Open: 19:00
Venue: Gallery Z22, Zähringerstraße 22, 10707 Berlin (U7 Konstanzer Straße)
Admission: Free / Donations welcome

Speech is Not Free VII: Ein Wochenende voller Poesie, Performance & Sound in der Gallery Z22

Berlin, 7.–8. November 2025 — Die Gallery Z22 (Zähringerstraße 22, Wilmersdorf) präsentiert die siebte Ausgabe von Speech is Not Free, einem zweitägigen Festival, das internationale und Berliner Künstler*innen zu einem intensiven Austausch zwischen Poesie, Performance und multimedialem Sound zusammenbringt.

Die Veranstaltung verwandelt eine der lebendigsten unabhängigen Galerien der Stadt in einen Ort radikaler Vorstellungskraft, an dem sich avantgardistische Kunst und politischer Ausdruck begegnen.

Durch Live-Performances, Filmgedichte und experimentelle Klanglandschaften erweckt Speech is Not Free VII den rebellischen Geist der Beat Generation neu – interpretiert durch die Linse der zeitgenössischen Berliner Kunstszene.

Einlass ab 19:00 Uhr. Eintritt frei, Spenden willkommen.