Press release

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin, Germany
September 27 – October 19, 2025

Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale, the creative team behind ZDF Magazin Royale, will take over the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin from September 27 to October 19, 2025, presenting the exhibition “The Possibility of Unvernunft” alongside an extensive event program.

“The windows of what can be said, explored, and depicted, must be broadened rather than narrowed. It’s time to hold up the sausage to society,” says Jan Böhmermann, describing the leitmotif of the three-week residency at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) – a building originally donated by the United States as a congress hall in 1957.

“The political, social, and legal questions of our time must be posed where they are being negotiated,” Böhmermann explains, justifying the choice of the project location in the heart of Berlin – right next to the German Chancellery, Reichstag and Bellevue Palace: “This building, a gift from the US to West Berlin and the democratic Federal Republic of Germany, is a time capsule and reminds us never to let the beacon of freedom go out.”

With “The Possibility of Unvernunft”, Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale are opening their third, most extensive exhibition to date in the “Pregnant Oyster”. The exhibition will be accompanied with a diverse three-week program of events with special concerts, shows, TV recordings, performances, film screenings and talks with artists, musicians and other guests.

Further information, news and updates can be found on the website
unvernunft.berlin

Exhibition opening: Saturday, September 27, 2025, 12 p.m. / noon.
Exhibition tickets: 15 EUR, reduced 12 EUR
Tickets are now available at: unvernunft.berlin and hkw.de/unvernunft-exhibition

Opening program on Saturday, 27 September 2025:
Exhibition opening, Chancellery concerts with Blond, Fuffifufzich & Special Guests, DJ set, launch of the orphan destruction machine, party.
Opening Tickets: 35 EUR, reduced 29 EUR
Tickets under: unvernunft.berlin and hkw.de/unvernunft-concert

Photography and carrying cell phones is not permitted in the exhibition rooms or at any of the events.

For accreditation for an advanced press showing (Saturday, September 27, 2025, starting 9 a.m.) and the opening press conference with Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale (September 27, 2025, at 10 a.m.), please send an email to: [email protected].

Contact exhibition management and press inquiries: Dr. Marder Gloistein, [email protected].

• DEUSCTHLAND, 2017 (NRW Forum, Düsseldorf)
• DEUSCTHLAND-ASNCHLUSS-ÖSTEREICH, 2019 (Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria)
• Die Möglichkeit der Unvernunft, 2025 (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin)

The Possibility for Unvernunft is a project by Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW).