mowe.Festival for Art and Urban Culture (2025-27), Keyvisual, credit: Studio Itch
Festival Edition 2026
Under the annual theme “ICONS,” the 2026 mowe Festival brought together artists, initiatives, and cultural venues from Moabit and Wedding. Over the course of three days, exhibitions, talks, performances, concerts, walks, and interventions took place, engaging the urban space in diverse ways and fostering new encounters.
The photographs in this retrospective offer insights into the festival’s projects, venues, and moments, bringing the special atmosphere of ICONS back to life.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to all participating artists, partners, cultural venues, initiatives, volunteers, and visitors who made the festival possible through their dedication, openness, and ideas.
The Festival Team (Poligonal)
Programme Flyer
Festivalgebiet
mowe 2026, Cittipoint Operation Himmelblick, Berlin, Photo: Andrzej Raszyk, 2026
mowe 2026, Cittipoint Operation Himmelblick, Berlin, Photo: Andrzej Raszyk, 2026
mowe 2026, ExBrache, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, ExBrache, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, Himmelbeet, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, Himmelbeet, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, Charité Campus Virchow, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, Charité Campus Virchow, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, Charité Campus Virchow, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, Charité Campus Virchow, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, AW23Studio, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, AW23Studio, Berlin, Photo: Marlene Burz, 2026
mowe 2026, along the Panke, Berlin, Photo: Hannah van der Est, 2026
mowe 2026, Uferstudios, Berlin, Foto: Hannah van der Est, 2026
Festivalteam
mowe Festival for Art and Urban Culture (2025-27):
Department Head Urban Culture / Projectmanagement: Judith Laub
Project Coordination: Hannah van der Est
Finance and Controlling: Leonora Wirth
Website/ Media and Public Relations: Henriette Kopf, Elias Pietsch, Niva Sann
Festival-Team 2026:
Artistic Directors: Poligonal (Christian Haid und Lukas Staudinger)
Curatorial Team: Frida Iman Charara, Melina Gerstemann, O Gudzowski, Christian Haid, Lukas Staudinger
Production Management: Melina Gerstemann
Production Team: Team Frida Iman Charara, Melina Gerstemann, O Gudzowski
Scouts: Nancy Nasser Al-Deen, Cédric Razanakoto, Doğu Tonkur
Public Relations: Katharina Forstner
Social Media: Leen Al Shemaly, Monika Bronowicz
Programme Editior: O Gudzowski
Grafic Design: Studio Itch (Jasmina Begović + Barbora Demovič)
Overall Concept: Poligonal, Franziska Zahl