Open ateliers are family-friendly workshops held every Sunday afternoon from 3–6 pm at rotating venues throughout the duration of the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. These drop-in sessions are free of charge and need no prior registration. These Open Ateliers invite visitors of all ages to engage playfully and intuitively with the exhibition’s themes, materials, and questions.

Over three sessions, a workshop is facilitated by the Netzwerk gegen Feminizide Berlin (Network Against Feminicide Berlin) in the garden of the former courthouse on Lehrter Straße. Visitors are invited to take part in the participatory art action Sangre de mi Sangre [Blood of my Blood] by the feminist collective Colectiva Hilos. The project draws attention to feminicides and violent disappearances in Mexico. Through collective weaving, an expression of resistance and solidarity emerges—a space for exchange, shared remembrance, and the building of a defiant community.

On the occasion of the months of action against feminicide and sexual violence, there will be a procession with the woven nets to the peace statue of the AG “Trostfrauen” [working group “comfort women”]. The procession will take place after the last open atelier with Netzwerk gegen Feminizide Berlin and Colectiva HILOS at the 13th Berlin Biennale on August 17 at 6 pm.

HILOS is a feminist art collective that uses textiles as its most important means of expression. The members are committed to human rights and a just society with diverse ways of thinking, loving and living. HILOS' artistic actions draw attention to inequality, feminicide and the forced disappearance of people in order to question and transform these forms of violence and domination. Through their participatory practice, they act towards a culture of intercultural dialog and peace.