Festival edition 2024
28. -30.6.2024
Theme: Urban Silence
This edition of the festival was a departure into new territory! Exciting collaborations were formed, new events were introduced, and a comprehensive educational programme was developed. With passion and commitment, the team worked with fantastic artists and new partners to put together an incredible special programme. Selected projects could be visited digitally for the first time in the Kunstmatrix, and all festival content and information about 48 Hours Neukölln was available in the Smart Walk app. In addition, the website was translated into another language (Turkish) and all important content is now also available online in German sign language. All of this was an important step towards more equitable participation for all people.
To help visitors find their way around the festival, we introduced two new formats in 2024: information stands and the festival guide!
Our information assistants were on hand to offer advice and assistance at six central locations in Neukölln. They gave personal recommendations and helped visitors navigate the wide range of offerings at 48 Hours Neukölln.
At the same time, we said goodbye to the classic overview map. With the festival guide, a 40-page A5 booklet, we offered you a completely new orientation experience. This guide brought together all events, tours and map sections in a compact format and quickly became an indispensable companion for anyone who wanted to experience the festival in all its diversity.
The festival theme, ‘Urban Silence,’ which at first glance seemed like a complete contradiction, quickly revealed its true multifaceted nature upon closer inspection. The tension between Berlin and Neukölln offered incredible possibilities for interpretation, and the artists once again surprised us with a wide variety of projects based on this very personal theme.