Celebrating thirty years of transmediale: The opening of transmediale 2017 ever elusive and the exhibition "alien matter" takes place on 2 February 2017 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, which re-opens its doors after a period of extensive renovation. Free admission.

18:00, HKW

Doors open at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

18:30–00:00, Exhibition Hall

Exhibition opening of “alien matter”

18:30–23:30, Theatersaal

Video installation RI JIRI I O WA NU RU DAINICHI T-1000 by Jenna Sutela

19:30–21:00, Auditorium

Opening ceremony: ever elusive – thirty years of transmediale with Rasheedah Phillips & Moor Mother (Black Quantum Futurism Collective), Amnesia Scanner, Bill Kouligas & Harm van den Dorpel, and a film by Olia Lialina & Kevin Bewersdorf

20:00–23:00, Studio

Installation of Hybrid Pleasures. Early Films of Lillian Schwartz

21:30–22:00, Theatersaal

Orgs: A Many-Headed Reading by Jenna Sutela with Nile Koetting, Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor, and Elvia Wilk

22:00–23:30, Café Stage

BioMeme Morphogenesis by James Ferraro