VIDEONALE.21 Kick-off program
from October 2026
Before VIDEONALE.21 moves into the Kunstmuseum Bonn in April 2027 (opening: April 29), we’ll be launching a series of events in Bonn-Bad Godesberg starting in late October 2026. The program will be updated gradually.
C´est tout une maison (It's all a house): Kick-off event
Sun, October 25, 2026, 5:30 pm
Trinkpavillon Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Straße 80
Admission is free.
Please register by October 20 with Annette Ziegert, ziegert@videonale.org. When registering, please indicate whether you will also be participating in the park tour at 3:30 pm.
The kick-off event will take place on Sunday, October 25, at 5:30 pm at the Trinkpavillon, the fountain of the Electoral Healing Spring, in Bad Godesberg’s Stadtpark. We’ll start with a small picnic that we’ll set up for you on the terrace in front of the pavilion. Afterwards, we’ll watch Stéphanie Lagarde’s video work Extra Life (and Decay) together.
Starting at 3:30 pm, you’re invited to join us, Stéphanie Lagarde, and Bonn-based media artist Tina van de Weyer in exploring the city park, its inhabitants, traces, and sounds from a new perspective. Children are warmly welcome!
Extra Life (and Decay), shown at the last Videonale, is the inspiration for the title and the theme of VIDEONALE.21: C’est tout une maison (It’s all a house). In conversation with Stéphanie Lagarde, artistic directors Tasja Langenbach and Annette Ziegert will explore the video’s contents and the VIDEONALE.21 guidelines inspired by it.
A cooperation with Bürger.Bad.Godesberg e.V. and Initiative Film PLUS.
Moths come at night:
VIDEO EVENING in the library
Thu, November 19, 2026, 6:30 pm – ca. 8:00 pm
Bad Godesberg District Library, Moltkestraße 2–8
Admission is free.
Please register by November 12 with Annette Ziegert, ziegert@videonale.org
The artist Minne Kersten explores what we see and what we don’t see; real and fictional stories that inhabit spaces and objects. In her video “Where I’m Calling From”, which will be on view from April 30 to June 13, 2027, as part of the Videonale exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bonn, she takes us to an attic populated by nocturnal creatures.
We’ll be showing the video as a preview, followed by a moderated talk on November 19, 2026, 6:30 pm, at the Bad Godesberg District Library, a storage and repository for books and other media. At the same time, the library is an important social hub in the center of Bonn-Bad Godesberg. Everyone aged 12 to 100 is invited. A VIDEO EVENING with snacks and no popcorn. Students from the Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium in Bonn will set the scene for the evening.
Children's Short Film Program:
"It's all a house"
Tue, December 1, 2026, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Schoolyard (in the auditorium if it rains), Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium (Bad Godesberg)
Access via Behringstraße 27 or Zanderstraße (across from Johanneskirche)
Admission is free.
Please register by November 25 with Annette Ziegert, ziegert@videonale.org
In the Bonn-Pennenfeld neighborhood of Bad Godesberg, the Amos Comenius Gymnasium is located in the middle of a residential area. On December 1, together with the Amos, the FilmPlus film series (Bürger.Bad.Godesberg e.V.), and the Buntes Pennenfeld e.V. association, Videonale will set up an open-air cinema in the schoolyard for children and their companions. The program will feature short films from various countries that explore the question of when a house becomes a home. The film program lasts approximately 30 minutes and will be shown several times in a row.
Partners: Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium Bonn, FilmPlus film series (Bürger.Bad.Godesberg e.V.), Buntes Pennenfeld e.V.
My Life, Renewed, Please:
Introducing the Friendly Makeover Club
A project by Elsa Artmann/SANFTE ARBEIT and Ale Bachlechner
Wed, December 9, 7:00 pm
Trinkpavillon Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Straße 80
Video presentation, dance performance, and talk
Admission is free.
Please register by December 6 with Annette Ziegert, ziegert@videonale.org
“Makeover” cannot be easily translated: depending on the context, it can mean a style makeover, a complete renewal, or a revision. In TV makeover shows like “Traumhaus Makeover,” “Finding Beauty – The Makeover Show,” or “Queer Eye,” experts renew apartments, wardrobes, or sometimes even the entire lives of the participants. They renovate, go shopping, cut hair, cook, and always act as personal coaches as well.
The project Friendly Makeover Club by artists Elsa Artmann/SANFTE ARBEIT and Ale Bachlechner has been taking place since September with regular meetings in Bonn-Bad Godesberg. Together with the participants, they take an artistic look at the “Queer Eye” TV makeover format. The Friendly Makeover Club explores the longings and gaps in our own lives and asks about possible alternatives to the perfect lifestyle. Part of the project is a video work by Ale Bachlechner that artistically dismantles and redesigns the makeover format. Filming takes place, among other locations, at the Trinkpavillon in Bad Godesberg’s city park. On this evening, the artists present a first draft of the video alongside a solo performance by Elsa Artmann/SANFTE ARBEIT.
We look forward to gaining insight into the collective process within the Friendly Makeover Club and to the joint talk that follows, accompanied by snacks and drinks.
The project Friendly Makeover Club is a cooperation between Videonale e.V. and Digitalstudio frankaflux.
The project is funded by
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