S A V V Y • 2026

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Hit Record: Mapping Acoustic Sympathies

SOUND MAPPING & ARCHIVING WORKSHOP 05.08.2026 17:00–19:30
WITH Sharmada Sundar

Planetary YUI

OKINOWAR WEEK 07.–08.08.2026
WITH Riko Sugama, Thaís Omine, Victor Kinjo, Nanyō Unten, Hiroya Maeda, Aki Maeda, Toyomitsu Higa, Akihito Yagi, Takumi Hosokawa, Ayaka Nakazato, Rita Sugama, Olga Futemma, André Okuma, Igor Shin, Marcia Vaitsman, Makoto Inoue, Riko Berlin Sanshin Schule

Colonial Objects, Living Memory

OBJECTS & MEMORY LAB 12.08.2026 16:00–18:00
WITH Matthew Hansen

Neighbouring as a Practice of Care

WORKSHOP 19.08.2026 16:00–18:00
WITH Matthew Hansen

An Instrument of Nature: Making a Broom Brush

WORKSHOP 22.08.2026 15:00–17:30
WITH Saman Pourisa

INDIGO WAVES & OTHER STORIES

WEBSITE & E-PUBLICATION Out now

Wi Di Mimba Wi 2026

Tanka Fonta is the recipient of the 2026
AKB & SAVVY Contemporary Commission Prize

UPDATE IN THE SAVVY HOUSE

Current opening hours Wednesday–Friday 14:00–18:00 In addition to events announced on our website

Thursdays in the library

OPEN DOORS ㅤThursdays 14:00–18:00

Circle of Friends

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Past Events

Food is ready!

COOKBOOK LAUNCH & Dinner 16.01.2026 19:00
WitH SAVVY friends

Sonic postcards from Kochi

Radio 11. & 18.01.2026
With Forplay Society, Seljuk Rustum, Articultural Society, Zalman Farizy, S. S. Santosh Kumar, Yenting Hsu, Ola Zielińska among others

DESACTA

EXHIBITION
WITH Aline Baiana, Sammy Baloji, Kathleen Bomani, Filipa César, Denise Ferreira da Silva & Valentina Desideri, Ange Dakouo, Hassan Darsi, Marinho de Pina, M. NourbeSe Philip, Dicky Takndare, Neusa Trovoada as well as students form HfG Karlsruhe & performances by Suelen Calonga, Denise Ferreira da Silva & Valentina Desideri, Mû Mbana, Otucha Collective
EXtended Until 18.01.2026

DESACTA

EXHIBITION CLosing 18.01.2026 18:00
WITH Ibou Diop, Astan KA, Dudù Kouate, Mauricio Velasierra, &&

Kolonialismus Erinnern

TALK 18.01.2026 18:00
WITH Ibou Diop & Billy Fowo

Chanting spells

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE 18.01.2026 19:30
WITH Astan KA, Dudù Kouate & Mauricio Velasierra

La Valise Oubliée

FILM SCREENING & Talk 29.01.2026 19:00
WITH Kader Attia, Filipa César & Billy Fowo

Oh Man! The World Ends, Masculinity Endures

Radio 08.02.2026 16:00
With Ana Teixeira Pinto and Füsun Türetken

Sunborn Lullabies and Battle Cries

Radio 01.03.2026 16:00
With Memory Biwa and Pungwe Listening (Memory Biwa and Robert Machiri)

Diaspora Baby

BOOK LAUNCH & SPOKEN WORD 07.03.2026 17:00–21:00
With Ana Lucão joined by Maame Marion, Melanelle Beryl Hémêfa, Maame K, Liliana Filipa, Maëlle Fiand, DJ Nzambisa, moderated by Iman Gele

Anti-Groove

LAB SESSIONS 24.–25.03.2026 13:00–17:00
WITH Laura Robles

Anti-Groove

Performance 26.03.2026 18:30
WITH Laura Robles & participants of the lab sessions [Eurico Ferreira Mathias, Elena Kakaliagou, Yiannis Loukos, Natascha Noack, Hyunjeong Park]

Manga with Mila

DRAWING WORKSHOP 27.03.2026 15:00–16:30
WITH Mila

Perennial Resonances

Storytelling sessions 11.01.–31.03.2026
AT Forplay Society, Mattancherry, Kochi, India
BY Articultural Society & Tales Kollektiv in collaboration with Forplay Society & SAVVY Contemporary

Reading Loving Others, Othering Love

READING & WRITING CIRCLE 14.02.–28.03.2026
WITH Rahma Omar and Sagal Farah

Let’s get together in sound

VOCAL WORKSHOPS 05.03. /19.03./ 02.04.2026 18:00–19:30
WITH Ola Zielińska

Movement Laboratory

MOVEMENT WORKSHOP 08.04.2026
WITH Doriane Mbenoun

Wi Di Mimba Wi

Announcement of the 2026 Prize Recipient
10.04.2026 18:30

Remixing the Stage: Circular Listening Sessions

Radio 19.04.2026 16:00
With Dudù Kouaté, Amuleto Manuela, Billy Fowo & Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock

OHNMÄCHTIGE SEHNSUCHT – MIND THE GAP

B.I.R.D. Dialog II Lecture 24.04.2026 18:30
With Ulrike Kluge

Remixing the Stage: Circular Listening Sessions

Radio 26.04.2026 16:00
With Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos de Bolivia

Wave Affinities

Radio 26.04.2026 17:00
With Zineb Achoubie & Lorenzo Sandoval (La Casa de los Engarces)

Neighbouring as a Practice of Care

TALK 09.05.2026 14:00
WITH Matthew Hansen

Residency 2026

Artist in Residency 11.04.–12.05.2026
With nora chipaumire

Movement Laboratory

MOVEMENT WORKSHOP 13.05.2026
WITH Doriane Mbenoun

The Work of Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

WORKSHOP 20.05.2026 10:00–16:00
WITH Vanessa Garcia and Christoph Holtmann (IUNO, HTW Berlin)

Movement Laboratory

MOVEMENT WORKSHOP 03.06.2026 17:00–19:00
WITH Doriane Mbenoun

Botanical Garden as a site of ecological memory and transformation

PRESEntATION 13.06.2026 17:00
WITH WE ARE AIA x SAVVY Contemporary
AT Alter Botanischer Garten – UZH, Pelikanstrasse 40, 8001 Zurich

The Gathering is the Medicine

[CANCELLED]
LISTENING & FILM SESSION
WITH Mũthoni Mwangi, Olivia Berkowicz

A Ritual for the Flying

PERFORMANCE ACTIVATION 26.06.2026 20:30
WITH Sage Ni'Ja Whitson

Dark Dive

WORKSHOP 28.06.2026 13:00–16:00
WITH Sage Ni'Ja Whitson

Movement Laboratory

MOVEMENT WORKSHOP 01.07.2026 17:00–19:00
WITH Doriane Mbenoun

Brown Madonna

MOVEMENT WORKSHOP 08.07.2026 18:30–20:30
WITH Ea Torrado (Daloy Dance Company)

Taták

PAINTING & PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP 15.07.2026 18:00–20:00
WITH Anna Karina Jardin (Artdialogo)

Lila

MUSICAL RITUAL 17.07.2026 23:00–5:00
WITH Maalem Mustapha Sam & Mqaddma Souad & Maalem Hicham Bilali