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Inclusive Club Night at c/o pop: 4.0 – An Audiovisual Installation for Deaf and Hearing People
On 26 April 2025, it’s time to party: Together with the c/o Pop Festival, we’re inviting you to the inclusive Clubnight 4.0 at BUMANN & Sohn in Cologne – a special party that brings together Deaf and hearing people alike.
Free Training: Crip Time
19 July 2025: A Free Empowerment Training for Consultants, Cultural Workers, and Artists with Disabilities. Join Agnieszka Habraschka and explore a different understanding of time!
Masterclass “Corporale” with Aristide Rontini
27 and 28 September 2025: In this masterclass, Aristide Rontini shares insights and practices that have shaped the creative process behind his performance: How can we build a network in which everyone can transmit and receive — free of hierarchy?
artistic residence: Marina Orlova – Human VPN / Someplace else (WT)
Marina Orlova explores virtual, physical, and political border crossings and the state of dissociation from political reality, where absence becomes the new presence. Save the date: Lecture-performance on 25 March at the Un-Label Studio in Cologne!
Masterclass ”Visual Vernacular” with Giuseppe Giuranna
13 and 14 December 2025: In this masterclass Giuseppe Giuranna will share practical insights into Visual Vernacular – a unique visual storytelling technique deeply rooted in Deaf culture.
Training: Crip Time
31. October 2025: An introduction to the concept of Crip Time for cultural organisations and arts professionals with and without disabilities who wish to reflect on their practice and develop more inclusive working models.
Further training: Sign language in the performing arts
November 21, 2025: Create accessible culture with sign language! In the training course with Rafael-Evitan Grombelka and Kostanze Bustian, you will learn how interpreters can be successfully integrated into performative processes, how potential Deaf visitors can be reached and what appropriate, respectful communication with them and with Deaf artists and colleagues can look like.
Apply now: Second round of qualification programme starts
Our qualification programme to promote inclusion and access in cultural organisations is entering its second round: Apply now until 10 April 2025!
Masterclass “The Knowing Body” with Diana Niepce
10 and 11 May 2025: The Knowing Body is an intensive two-day masterclass with portuguese artist Diana Niepce focusing on improvisation, body awareness, and the relationship to space. It invites participants to engage with the unknown, question physical and mental boundaries, and explore new forms of expression. The body as a state of possibility.