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José Délano

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Artist / Designer / Curator based in Berlin.
Member of the curatorial team @stadtkuratorin_hh

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The wasteland in Marzahn, Berlin, received its third intervention this past weekend, the inhabitable star, as part of the third event of Commopoly.
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Built with 37 degrees going on sometimes and 2000 mosquitos flying about.
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On the bamboo sculpture, neighbors can enjoy a meal, climb into a stage or simply enjoy a different perspective of the empty "useless" land they've had between their social blocks for decades.
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Built with 69 bamboos, 200 cm long.
540 x 540 x 540 cm
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Built with @kaputt_kassette_records and local neighbours
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More info and images coming on how the whole event unfolded soon.
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Commopoly is an art project conceived by @curatorialcollective4publicart and @parzelle_x
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Photo by Edgard Berendsen @denoise
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#intervention #commopoly #wasteland #brachfläche #bamboosculpture by @josemdelano

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+ FUTURO, realizada en Berlín el 22 de Octubre en Zickenplatz a cuatro días día del plebiscito en donde todos los chilenxs, en cualquier parte del globo votamos por si queremos cambiar o no la constitución. + FUTURO es una invitación a todos los chilenxs a votar sin miedo este domingo por el cambio. Todas las apuestas hechas en tiempos de crisis que miramos hoy como ejemplo desde el pasado fueron hechas desde la incertidumbre pero con convicción de que trabajando juntos podemos reinventar el futuro. Uno que sea parte de todos, con las mismas oportunidades sin importar de donde naces o cual sea tu apellido. Uno ecológico, inclusivo y tolerante. Uno que especialmente vela por el futuro de nuestros hijos. Yo por ellos y por el de todos, invito a que APROBEMOS.
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+ FUTURO, 280 x 220 cm, hecho en pigmento azul y blanco, palos encontrados pintados blancos y piedras blancas.
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Trabajo realizado con la espectacular ayuda de la increíble y talentosa @a.m.berlin (Antonella Merello), mil gracias querida mía. Y con el aporte en su deconstrucción de todos los que asistieron, familias, paseantes, colegas y niños.
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Obra realizada como parte de @chileanconexion
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+ FUTURO (+Future) is a piece done to incentivate vote for change this coming referendum, were Chileans vote wether to change or not its constitution. An invitation to bet for a better future for all Chileans. A future that is inclusive, ecological and tolerant.
Done at Zickenplatz, Berlin. 280 x 220 cm, blue and white pigment, found branches painted white and white pebbles.
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#másfuturo #morefuture #apruebo #constitucionconstituyente
#publicspace #espaciopublico #chile #berlin #futuro #future #lottyrosenfeld #raspeygane
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@designboom taken in Am Zickenplatz by @josemdelano

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"El triunfo del arco" arch built with 228 hay bales from the south of Chile and installed in the hall of Museo de Bellas Artes in Santiago de Chile. Picture from the first day of the exhibition Movimientos de Tierra curated by Pedro Donoso and produced by @cardone_matias_ (best possible duo). Beautiful opening last night. Thanks you Marcelo Zunino, @lafragua81 @focusviverosv and @sebagarridop for giving all you have to make this arch exist, amazing team. So grateful!
#eltriunfodelarco #movimientosdetierra #exhibition #mnba #landart #museum taken in Barrio Bellas Artes Santiago De Chile by @josemdelano

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9 years ago

¡Chile es oficialmente el País Invitado de Honor en la Feria del Libro de Frankfurt 2027!

«CHILE, ASTROS DE TIERRA» es el nombre de nuestro pabellón, frase que nos conecta con nuestra historia, la tradición literaria chilena y las particularidades de nuestro entorno natural, bajo nuestros pies, alrededor y sobre nuestras cabezas.

Llevamos siglos mirando hacia arriba para entender quiénes somos. El cielo estrellado nos revela que la luz solo aparece contra la oscuridad y viaja a través de tiempos múltiples dejándonos señales.

Narrativa y poesía trazan constelaciones de voces y talentos que trascienden las categorías tradicionales y nos conectan a través de la palabra.

Hoy, este universo conceptual toma forma en nuestra identidad visual. El claroscuro y los haces de luz con sus colores vibrantes dialogan con imágenes de los habitantes de nuestra tierra. Así mismo, las tipografías sugieren movimiento, destellos y enigmas.

Identidad Gráfica: @piedadrivadeneira | @felicidad.publica

[English below]

Chile is officially the Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2027!

«CHILE, ASTROS DE TIERRA», translated into English as Earthly Stars, is the name of our pavilion—a phrase that connects us to our history, the Chilean literary tradition, and the particularities of our natural surroundings: beneath our feet, all around us, and above our heads.

For centuries, we have looked up to understand who we are. The starry sky reveals that light only appears against darkness and travels across multiple dimensions of time, leaving signs along the way.
Narrative and poetry trace constellations of voices and talents that transcend traditional categories and connect us through the written word.

Today, this conceptual universe takes shape in our visual identity. Chiaroscuro and vibrant beams of light interplay with images of the inhabitants of our land. The typefaces suggest movement, glimmers, and enigmas.

Graphic Identity: @piedadrivadeneira | @felicidad.publica

@finc_cultura | @culturas_cl
Proyecto financiado por el Fondo Nacional de Fomento del Libro y la Lectura, Convocatoria 2025, del Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio. by @josemdelano

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Today marks 360 days till we open the Chilean pavilion next year at the @buchmesse in Frankfurt as guest of honour. Today was the handover ceremony, the Chec Republic handed over the witness after closing their pavilion and allowing us to enter our countdown of a year till we open ours called, Chile, Astros de Tierra, or in english, Chile, earthly stars. Being in Germany so long and be today the curator and designer of the pavilion of my own country here at the Buchmesse, is something very special that I take great pride. Missed every minute the team in Chile who has so passionately made this with me. The video show a little bit the trailer we made of our project with @alvaroaplaplac and @pablojapon. On the last image with Nicolas Leyton Executive director of the project, holding the witness we received, engraved with poems of Chezchia, the Philippines, Slovakia, Spain and many others, and already with ours, with words of Gabriela Mistral.
We will start step by step letting everyone know what we are up to as a team. Gracias Buchmesse, gracias Chile.
#guestofhonour #frankfurtbuchmesse #chile #astrosdetierra by @josemdelano

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5 days ago

Thank you, good bye and hopefully till the next time!

For the time being, after 1,5 years, we are saying goodbye to the Image Collection on the History of Astrology and Astronomy by Aby Warburg made in collaboration with Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl at the @planetariumhamburg.

We are currently working on the possibility, as per Warburg’s wish, for the show to stay at the Planetarium Hamburg or elsewhere in the city of Hamburg for a longer time from 2028. The Image collections is the only exhibition that the prolific Jewish-German made in his lifetime. We believe that his vision how to read the sky, how to engage with the migration of images and meanings, how to live beyond „grenzpolizeiliche Befangenheit“ or how to practice the concept of “Nachleben” is visionary, timely and more and more relevant in our times.

Thank you to all the guests from far and near, all the collaborators, all the Warburgians of the world, it was such a pleasure to exchange and learn from you. Now we are also looking for allies, supporters and constellations to make the exhibition live on!

In the frame of / im Rahmen von From the Cosmos to the Commons
21.6-2025–22.9.2026
curated by City Curator Hamburg / kuratiert von Stadtkuratorin Joanna Warsza [@jowa_hkhk]
Image Collection on the History of Astrology and Astronomy / Bildersammlung zur Geschichte von Sternglaube und Sternkunde curated by / kuratiert von Prof. Uwe Fleckner
Exhibition architecture / Ausstellungsarchitektur: José Délano [@josemdelano].

Kindly supported by / Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von @zeitstiftungbucerius.

Fotocredits: City Curator Hamburg, Daria Kulnina [@coolnina], Maik Gräf [@maik.graef]

[Volle Caption auf Deutsch im ersten Kommentar ] taken in Planetarium Hamburg by @josemdelano

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22 days ago

Tomorrow is the last chance to visit Image Collection on the History of Astrology and Astronomy by Aby Warburg, in collaboration with Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl, at the Kessel Saal of the Planetarium Hamburg.
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It has been 15 months since we opened the exhibition, having received thousands of visitors. Tomorrow, we close it — hopefully only temporarily. We are currently in discussions with the City of Hamburg about the possibility of making it a permanent, and the only exhibition by Aby Warburg in his hometown.
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I want to try to explain the great challenge — and fantastic commission — I received from the curators @jowa_hkhk and Uwe Fleckner: to restage, 100 years later, an exhibition that had originally been presented in this very building.
In the second image, you can see how the original exhibition was installed.
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Through study trips and many rich conversations with the curators, I began to understand the importance of the ellipse in Warburg’s thinking. For Warburg, the ellipse was not simply a geometric form. Its the representation of two focal points that could be understood as a model for the tension between seemingly opposite forms of knowledge — where it is precisely the relationship between two poles that allows a more complex idea to emerge.
In this exhibition, those poles are astronomy and astrology; science and myth; measurement and meaning; the cosmos as physical matter and the cosmos as something humans have imagined, interpreted and inhabited since the earliest times.
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To understand the universe above us, Warburg suggests, we need both.
That duality became the starting point for the exhibition design. The ellipse is literally drawn onto the floor of the Kessel Saal in chalk, defining the spatial field of the exhibition. The 17 panels that Warburg developed to articulate his thesis become entrances, exits and frontiers within this space. by @josemdelano

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25 days ago

THANK YOU, dear Hamburgians and guests for being part of this journey with us!

Today, FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons is closing and we’re filled with gratitude for all of you who visited the exhibition at the @mahnmalst.nikolai this summer! Thank you to old and new friends, to tourists and bypassers alike, for joining us on guided tours, performances, conversations, carillon concerts and movie screenings, for your curiosity and energy!

It was truly amazing to have the chance to exhibit art in public in this very special place. We’ll continue with the Earth element next year — stay tuned!
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DANKE, liebe Hamburger*innen und Gäst*innen, dass ihr Teil dieser Reise wart!

Heute schließt FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons und wir sind voller Dankbarkeit für alle von euch, die in diesem Sommer die Ausstellung am Mahnmal St. Nikolai besucht haben. Danke an alle alte und neue Freund*innen, an Tourist*innen und Passant*innen gleichermaßen, dass ihr bei unseren Führungen, Performances, Gesprächen, Carillon-Konzerten und Filmvorführungen dabei wart. Danke für eure Neugier und eure Energie!

Es war wirklich wunderbar, die Kunst an diesem besonderen Ort zeigen zu dürfen. Im nächsten Jahr geht es weiter mit dem Element Erde – stay tuned!

FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons 21.6.-21.9.2026
Curated by City Curator Hamburg: Joanna Warsza [@jowa_hkhk]
Exhibition architecture: José Délano [@josemdelano]
Project management: Nasim Weiler [@nasim_weiler]
Curatorial Assistance / Communication: Natalya Stupka [@natalyastupka]
Technical Lead: Felix Jung [@felixjung.de]
Project assistance & exhibition build up: Celina Behrens [@c._.e._.l._.i], Jan Golczewski [@ja.golcz] & Felipe Castillón [@felipecastillon]
Design: Laurens Bauer [@laurensmariabauer] & Caspar Reuss [@casparreuss]

Artists / Künstler*innen: Hala Alnaji [@hala_alnaji] Billy Bultheel [@billyjohnbultheel], Saodat Ismailova [@saodatismailova] Nikita Kadan, Hamedine Kane [@hamedine.kane7] Annette Kelm [@annette.kelm] Lene Markusen [@lenemarkusen] Mark Morris [@mjmorriss] Neda Saeedi [@neda_saeedi] Mikołaj Sobczak [@mickowhysobchack] Cecilia Vicuña [@ceciliavicuna] & Coco Bergholm [@cocobergholm].

📷: @coolnina taken in Mahnmal St. Nikolai by @josemdelano

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25 days ago

Join our for the time being last walk through the Image Collection on the History of Astrology and Astronomy by Aby Warburg in Collaboration with Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl at the @planetariumhamburg on Tuesday, 22.9. at 17:00 with the City Curator Joanna Warsza [@jowa_hkhk] and the curator Prof. Uwe Fleckner.

City Curator Hamburg presents the only exhibition ever personally made by Aby Warburg, Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl for the Planetarium. Its contents were long considered lost and were rediscovered only in the late 1980s. Set out as an elliptical journey, the exhibition inquires into how the spiritual and the rational, both essential to human wellbeing, can be brought together and how humans have always looked into the stars to understand our life on Earth.

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Herzliche Einladung zum vorerst letzten Rundgang durch die Bildersammlung zur Geschichte von Sternglaube und Sternkunde – Aby Warburg in Zusammenarbeit mit Gertrud Bing und Fritz Saxl im Planetarium Hamburg am Dienstag , dem 22.9. um 17:00 Uhr mit der Stadtkuratorin Hamburg Joanna Warsza und dem Kurator Prof. Uwe Fleckner.

Stadtkuratorin Hamburg präsentiert die einzige Ausstellung, die Aby Warburg, Gertrud Bing und Fritz Saxl für das Planetarium konzipiert haben. Ihr Inhalt galt lange als verschollen und wurde Ende der 1980er-Jahre vor der Entsorgung bewahrt. Als elliptische Reise präsentiert, wirft die Ausstellung die Frage auf, wie sich das Spirituelle und das Rationale als notwendige Elemente des menschlichen Seins miteinander verbinden lassen.

To register please contact us under / Für die Anmeldung schreibt uns gerne an: info@stadtkuratorin-hamburg.de
Admission free / Kostenloser Eintritt
Meeting point / Treffpunkt: Lobby / Empfang Planetarium Hamburg, Linnering 1, 22299.
Sprachen: Englisch & Deutsch

Credits:
Image Collection on the History of Astrology and Astronomy – Aby Warburg in Collaboration with Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl, Planetarium Hamburg, 2025/26 © Foto Maik Gräf [@maik.graef] taken in Planetarium Hamburg by @josemdelano

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One month to go - here is a wrap up film of the exhibition FIRE, the second chapter in the City Curator series From the Cosmos to the Commons: Five Year–Five Elements. The series focuses on the elemental forces of Cosmos (2025), Fire (2026), Earth (2027), Air (2028), and Water (2029), dedicating one year to each. Together, they invite us to look toward the horizon of a planetary public sphere, a life with and not against the planet, guided by a sense of the „not-yet“, a felt awareness of what might emerge.
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FIRE-Ausstellung, der zweite Kapitel der Reihe der Stadtkuratorin Hamburg From the Cosmos to the Commons: Fünf Jahre – Fünf Elemente, ist noch einen Monat lang zu sehen und unser Ausstellungsfilm ist nun auch verfügbar. Die Reihe widmet sich je einem Element pro Jahr, den elementaren Kräften Kosmos (2025), Feuer (2026), Erde (2027), Luft (2028) und Wasser (2029). Gemeinsam laden sie uns ein, einen Blick auf den Horizont einer planetaren Öffentlichkeit zu werfen, ein Leben mit dem Planeten und nicht gegen ihn, geleitet von der Fähigkeit der Kunst, das Ungewisse zu erahnen – einem fühlbaren Gespür für das, was kommen mag.

Artists / Künstler*innen FIRE: Hala Alnaji [@hala_alnaji] Billy Bultheel [@billyjohnbultheel], Saodat Ismailova [@saodatismailova] Nikita Kadan [nikita.kadan], Hamedine Kane [@hamedine.kane7] Annette Kelm [@annette.kelm] Lene Markusen [@lenemarkusen] Mark Morris [@mjmorriss] Neda Saeedi [@neda_saeedi] Mikołaj Sobczak [@mickowhysobchack] Cecilia Vicuña [@ceciliavicuna] & Coco Bergholm [@cocobergholm].

FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons at the / am @mahnmalst.nikolai
21.6.-21.9.2026
curated by / kuratiert von Joanna Warsza [@jowa_hkhk], exhibition architecture / Ausstellungsarchitektur: José Délano [@josemdelano]

We thank our partners and supporters: @kunsthaushamburg @bkm_hh @kampnagel_hamburg @night__shifts @hfbkhamburg @tanztriennale @phototriennale @mbassy_hamburg @hamburger.kunsthalle @hamburgerarchitektursommer @zeitstiftungbucerius @claussen.simon.stiftung @hamburgischekulturstiftung @polnisches_institut_berlin @kleistmuseum @iaspis.se @ukrainian_institute_de @daenische_botschaft @prazzle.arts

Video: Lashproduction [@lash_vs_lash] taken in Mahnmal St. Nikolai by @josemdelano

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2 months ago

Join us for the outdoor film screening Cinzac da Floresta (The Ashes of the Forest) at the @mahnmalst.nikolai on Friday, 21.8. at 21:00!

The film follows the artist Mundano [@mundano_sp] as he travels throughout Brazil collecting ashes from forest fires. These ashes are used to create large murals in different cities to draw attention to the fires and the vital role played by volunteer firefighters in fighting them.

Ashes from the Amazon region, which were passed on to City Curator Hamburg by Mundano’s collective Cinzas da Floresta [@cinzasdafloresta] in São Paulo, were used to create the mural Tara’s Tears by Cecilia Vicuña [@ceciliavicuna] and Coco Bergholm [@cocobergholm], which is on display at the St. Nikolai Memorial as part of the FIRE exhibition.
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Herzliche Einladung zum Filmscreening von Cinzac da Floresta (Die Asche des Waldes) im Freiluftkino am Mahnmal St. Nikolai am Freitag, dem 21.8. um 21:00 Uhr!

Der Film folgt dem Künstler Mundano, dem Gründer des Kollektivs Cinzas da Floresta, der in ganz Brasilien nach Waldbränden die Asche sammelt. Diese Asche verwandelt er in große Wandbilder, mit denen er in Städten auf die Feuer und die wichtige Rolle der freiwilligen Helfer*innen der Feuerwehr bei der Brandbekämpfung aufmerksam macht.

Für die Ausführung des Murals Tara’s Tears von Cecilia Vicuña und Coco Bergholm, das im Rahmen der Ausstellung FIRE von Stadtkuratorin Hamburg am Mahnmal St. Nikolai gezeigt wird, wurden Aschen verwendet, die von Cinzas da Floresta an Stadtkuratorin Hamburg weitergereicht wurden.

Entry free, no registration required. / Eintritt frei, keine Anmeldung erforderlich
The film will be screened outdoors on the square where the former church nave once stood. / Der Film wird im Freien auf dem Platz des ehemaligen Kirchenschiffs gezeigt.
Introduction / Einführung: José Délano [@josemdelano]. Guest: Producer & director / Produzent & Regisseur Cinzas da Floresta André D‘Elia [@cinedelia].

FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons at the / am @mahnmalst.nikolai
21.6.-21.9.2026 curated by / kuratiert von Joanna Warsza [@jowa_hkhk], exhibition architecture / Ausstellungsarchitektur: José Délano. taken in Mahnmal St. Nikolai by @josemdelano

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Join us for the outdoor film screening at the @mahnmalst.nikolai on Friday, 21.8. at 21:00!

The film Cinzac da Floresta (The Ashes of the Forest), produced by André D'Elia [@cinedelia], follows the artist Mundano [@mundano_sp] as he travels throughout Brazil collecting ashes from forest fires. These ashes are used to create large murals in different cities to draw attention to the fires and the vital role played by volunteer firefighters in fighting them.

Ashes from the Amazon region, which were passed on to City Curator Hamburg by Mundano’s collective Cinzas da Floresta [@cinzasdafloresta] in São Paulo, were used to create the mural Tara’s Tears by Cecilia Vicuña [@ceciliavicuna] and Coco Bergholm [@cocobergholm], which is on display at the St. Nikolai Memorial as part of the FIRE exhibition.
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Herzliche Einladung zum Freiluftkino am Mahnmal St. Nikolai am Freitag, dem 21.8. um 21:00 Uhr!

Der Film Cinzac da Floresta (Die Asche des Waldes), produziert von André D'Elia, folgt dem Künstler Mundano, der in ganz Brasilien nach Waldbränden die Asche sammelt. Diese Asche verwandelt er in große Wandbilder, mit denen er in Städten auf die Feuer und die wichtige Rolle der freiwilligen Helfer*innen der Feuerwehr bei der Brandbekämpfung aufmerksam macht.

Für die Ausführung des Murals Tara’s Tears von Cecilia Vicuña und Coco Bergholm, das im Rahmen der Ausstellung FIRE von Stadtkuratorin Hamburg am Mahnmal St. Nikolai gezeigt wird, wurden Aschen aus dem Amazonasgebiet verwendet, die von Mundanos Kollektiv Cinzas da Floresta in São Paulo an Stadtkuratorin Hamburg weitergereicht wurden.

Entry free, no registration required. / Eintritt frei, keine Anmeldung erforderlich
Language: Spanish/English / Sprache: Spanisch/Englisch
The film will be screened outdoors on the square where the former church nave once stood. / Der Film wird im Freien auf dem Platz des ehemaligen Kirchenschiffs gezeigt.
Introduction / Einführung: José Délano [@josemdelano].

FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons at the / am @mahnmalst.nikolai
21.6.-21.9.2026 curated by / kuratiert von Joanna Warsza [@jowa_hkhk], exhibition architecture / Ausstellungsarchitektur: José Délano. taken in Mahnmal St. Nikolai by @josemdelano

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