“ECHOES. Skin Contact” continues to explore the interplay between the human body and mediated reality through performances, concerts, talks, and video works. In 2026, the annual live exhibition turns to coming-of-age in a digitised world, asking how we connect with each other, technology, and other beings. Across two weekends, artists invite audiences into sensorial spaces of reflection and transformation—where desire meets doubt, and sound becomes a medium for intimacy and play.
Curated by Sarah Miles and Sarah Johanna Theurer
Programme
Friday, 30.1.26
Kara-Lis Coverdale. Concert
Ed Atkins. The Weight of the World. Performance (Premiere)
Saturday 31.1.26
Ed Atkins and Gabriel Abrantes. Artist Talk
7038634357. Concert
OMSK Social Club. Artist Talk
OMSK Social Club. OUR BR00D. Listening Session
PILLBERT. Konzert
Fine. Konzert
Sold out: Sunday, 1.2.26
Angel Dimayuga. Living Room Concept. Dinner-Performance (German Premiere)
Friday, 6.2.26
Adam Linder. Skin Contact. Performance
Artist Talk. Adam Linder
Saturday, 7.2.26
Damsel Elysium and Lechuga Zafiro. Artist Talk
Invernomuto. Artist Talk
OMSK Social Club. OUR BR00D. Listening Session.
Damsel Elysium. Performance (Premiere)
Lechuga Zafiro. Live Set
STILL. DJ Set
Sunday, 8.2.26
Malibu. Concert
Flow. Film Screening
Tickets
For ECHOES. Skin Contact, you can choose between a day pass or festival pass.
Day pass
- With the day pass, you can attend all events on a selected day. The individual days are in different price categories. Day Passes are avaliable in our calendar for each event.
Festival pass
- With the ECHOES festival pass, you can attend all events except on 1.2., for which there is an additional charge of 25 €. The festival pass is avaliable at the cash desk at Haus der Kunst.
Ed Atkins, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Adam Linder, Angel Dimayuga with Guests, Gabriel Abrantes, Damsel Elysium, Lechuga Zafiro, 7038674567, Invernomuto, OMSK Social Club, and more to be announced.
Installations
During ECHOES. Skin Contact, the following installations are accessible free of charge during the regular opening hours of Haus der Kunst:
Gabriel Abrantes. Bardo Loops
The multi-part video installation shows non-human beings grappling with very human situations.
Invernomuto. Triton
The cross-media project is brought to life by the data flow from a livestream camera. It connects Haus der Kunst with a mythical amphibian colony in the rocks of northern Italy Functioning simultaneously as a musical instrument and an oracle, the artwork intertwines natural history with technological speculation.
Research projects within the context of ECHOES
Credits
OUR BR00D by OMSK Social Club is commissioned by ArkDes (Stockholm) and Nieuwe Instituut (Rotterdam) with developmental support from Shedhalle (Zürich), Callie’s (Berlin), and Haus der Kunst München as part of the Art & AI programme of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes.
The research project Triton by Invernomuto is commissioned by Haus der Kunst München and supported by the Italian Council (2024), promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture, with the support of PAN and partners including the Singapore Art Museum, EPFL (Lausanne), MAO (Turin), Museion (Bolzano) and La Becque (La Tour-de-Peilz).