The Norwegian artist A K Dolven and the experimental guitarist Stian Westerhus perform noch ein tag – one day more at the St. Matthäus-Kirche on the Kulturforum on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 8pm. Entry is free. The evening opens with a welcome from Laila Stenseng, Norway's ambassador to Germany.
The performance responds to Dolven's exhibition four hundred million years of sunrise from the dark, which has filled the church since September and runs until 31 January 2027. Dolven works with film, sound, painting and sculpture, often in the landscape of the Lofoten islands, where she lives part of the year. Westerhus is known for pushing the electric guitar into sound walls, drones and loops, and for his work with the band Pale Horses and, earlier, in Nils Petter Molvær's group.
What to expect
The church is the stage. Dolven's show includes a sculpture carved from Arctic marble, a voice that calls across a lake in Lofoten and comes back changed, drawings made daily during a period of isolation and a tulip caught between decay and renewal. The performance happens among these works, so arrive a little early to walk through the show first.
Good to know
- When: Thursday 19 November 2026, 8pm
- Where: St. Matthäus-Kirche, Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin, between the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Gemäldegalerie
- Entry: free, no booking mentioned
- Follow-up: on Monday 23 November at 7pm Dolven talks about the exhibition with the writer and curator Gaby Hartel, also in the church and free
- Getting there: bus 200, M29, M48, M85 Potsdamer Brücke, or S+U Potsdamer Platz, about ten minutes on foot
Nearby
The Neue Nationalgalerie is right next door, and the Philharmonie three minutes away. The next evening, Sean Scully and Kapwani Kiwanga open shows ten minutes south on Potsdamer Straße.