Spätschicht x İÇ İÇE Festival

The free live program takes place both inside the building and on the Südplatz and includes a discussion, a dance performance, concerts, stand-up comedy, and DJ sets.

BİZ BİZE (Turkish for “among ourselves”) is the İÇ İÇE Festival’s open-air community format and is taking place this year in cooperation with the Gropius Bau. In 2026, BİZ BİZE will host its fourth intervention in public space—as a moment of coming together, listening, and shared experience.

The format emerges from queer-migrant communities and is aimed at a diverse audience, while deliberately moving beyond the expectations of mainstream society. Through music, conversation, and performance, an open space is created where different perspectives coexist, clash, and form new connections.

BİZ BİZE evokes the eve of a wedding, when the inner circle of friends and family gathers before the big day begins: a moment of preparation, closeness, and trust—among ourselves.

Spätschicht x İÇ İÇE Festival is curated by Melisa Kolukisagil, artistic director of the İÇ İÇE Festival and developer of live programs at the Stadtmuseum Berlin, in collaboration with the curatorial team at the Gropius Bau: Nora-Swantje Almes, Alexandra Philippovskaya, Aylin Himmetoglu, Edona Kryeziu, Elena Franziska Setzer, and Savannah Thümler.