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The Happy End of Access Kafka!

A Sunday with Kafka, Kippenberger and the LeseGuerilla to Mark the Final Week of the Exhibition (in German)

„Das große Theater von Oklahoma ruft euch! Es ruft nur heute, nur einmal! Wer jetzt die Gelegenheit versäumt, versäumt sie für immer! Wer an seine Zukunft denkt, gehört zu uns! Jeder ist willkommen! Wer Künstler werden will, melde sich!“ (from: Franz Kafka, Der Verschollene)

The great theater of Oklahoma is calling you! We celebrate the last week of the Access Kafka exhibition – with the LeseGuerilla and a lecture by Shelley Harten on Franz Kafka, Martin Kippenberger and The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’. And cream cake. Everyone is welcome!

Past event

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Old Building is marked in green

Where

Old Building: in the exhibition, level 1, and in the foyer & Glas Courtyard, ground level
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Fold-out card with a very horizontal sepia photograph of a circus tent in a landscape of fields and trees, with the text below: The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika.’

Martin Kippenberger, The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen (27 Feb–24 Apr 1994), invitation card, 15 x 42 cm © Estate of Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Contributors:

Shelley Harten – Curator Access Kafka, JMB

Yael Gat – Trumpet & Shofar

Jörg Jüsche – Performance / Pantomime
Rike Eckermann – LeseGuerilla
Nina Klinger – LeseGuerilla
Carsten Wilhelm – LeseGuerilla
Harald Polzin – LeseGuerilla

Five people, among those three men and two women, standing next to each other. They all look to the left side.

Members of the Leseguerilla; photo: Falk Schneider, Rike Eckermann

The program accompanying the exhibition is supported by the Berliner Sparkasse.

Work of art by Mary Flanagan depicting floating walls in front of a blue sky over a blue sea.

Exhibition ACCESS KAFKA: Features & Programs

Exhibition Webpage
Access Kafka (13 Dec 2024 to 4 May 2025): Information on the exhibition chapters, artworks and documents
Publications
Exhibition catalog: German edition, 2024
Exhibition catalog: English edition, 2024
Digital Content
Access Deferred: Essay by Vivian Liska on Kafka’s Judaism, from the exhibition catalog, 2024
Kafka in Berlin: Berlin walk on Jewish Places to biographical stations of Franz Kafka, written by Hans-Gerd Koch
See also
Franz Kafka, writer: A short biography and further online content on the topic

Where, when, what?

  • WhenSun 27 Apr 2025, 3 pm
  • Durationca. 2,5 hours
  • Where Old Building: in the exhibition, level 1, and in the foyer & Glas Courtyard, ground level
    Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
    See location on map
  • Entry fee

    10 €, reduced rate 4 € (ticket for the exhibition)

  • Language German

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