What do you seen when you look out the window? A window is like a picture within a picture. When it’s closed, it separates us from the world outside. When it’s open, it can be a connection to the outside world. For many centuries, artists have found window views exciting—including the contemporary artist Isaac Julien, whose exhibition we will view together at the PalaisPopulaire. Afterwards, we will draw or make our own window pictures with a view.

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Numbers, numbers, numbers! In “3, 2, 1 - Anna und Oma zählen los" Mari Kanstad Johnsen tells the story of Anna, who desperately wants to have a cuddly toy at her grandma’s house during the summer vacations, but it costs 50 crowns. Grandma makes a deal with her: If Anna takes care of the pets and plants in the 5 neighboring houses, 1 snake, 2 rabbits, 3 birds, 4 tomatoes, and 5 fish, she will get 10 crowns for each house. Isaac Julian’s video work at the PalaisPopulaire is also about numbers and money – and art. Based on this work, we plunge like Anna into the adventure of picture book cinema with excitingly wild illustrations followed by a workshop.

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Mari Kanstad Johnsen, 3, 2, 1 - Anna und Oma zählen los, Copyright Beltz & Gelberg Verlag 2022

On the occasion of this year’s International Museum Day, whose motto is “Happy Museum,” we ask our visitors: What makes you happy in a museum?

At 11:30 am we will offer families a guided tour through the exhibition The Struggle of Memory along with a workshop. At 3 pm, you can learn more about selected artworks from all exhibitions at the PalaisPopulaire in a one-hour guided tour. In addition to creative impulses, a relaxed musical atmosphere awaits you on the terrace, weather permitting. LePopulaire restaurant will be open and so you can also enjoy the day’s culinary delights.

The exhibition The Struggle of Memory is all about remembering. How do you remember special moments or stories? With pictures, smells, or maybe even sounds? Together the Berliner Philharmoniker and the PalaisPopulaire invite children ages 6 and older to explore musical and artistic worlds based on individual works of art. On a musical exhibition expedition, we hum the shape of a work of art, ask ourselves whether material can be translated into a hard or soft sound, and discover how loud and quiet colors are. An exhibition visit becomes a first concert experience that invites us to participate, but also to listen and watch.

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Plastic waste is a big problem for our environment. But what should we do with it? Our new workshop series focuses on the topic of sustainability. Together we will look at works from the exhibition The Struggle of Memory that are made of natural and artificial materials and gain inspiration to talk about their meaning and reuse. We'll examine things from everyday life that other people no longer need, talk about their original function, and create useful, fun, or just beautiful objects from them. It would be great if the participants could bring some things from home like empty toilet paper rolls, yogurt pots, etc. that would have otherwise ended up in the trash. Let’s see if they can be turned into art!

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A large sculpture is enthroned in front of the PalaisPopulaire, a work of art that people can walk around. In the rotunda of the PalaisPopulaire we can look at and—if we are very quiet—even listen to an installation by the artist Anawana Haloba. The two sculptures are made of very different materials and created using different techniques. What could these be? How heavy are the sculptures? How and why did they come to this place? We will find answers to these questions together. Weather permitting, we will then create small sculptures ourselves out of different materials on the terrace of the PalaisPopulaire.

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Based on the exhibition “The Struggle of Memory,” which is about remembering and telling stories, we will read The Color of Lemons, the debut picture book by African-American artist Kenesha Sneed. It tells the story of little Eisha, who makes a mold out of clay in the studio of her mother, who is a ceramic artist. The yellow mold makes Eisha especially happy because it reminds her of last summer when she picked lemons with her dad. Suddenly, the mold falls to the ground and shatters into pieces. Kenesha Sneed tells us a story about sadness, loss, and farewell, but also about the power of memory and creativity, which we will then demonstrate ourselves in a workshop.

In cooperation with Krumulus bookstore

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