DOK Neuland

Every year during the festival week, our extended reality exhibition DOK Neuland invites visitors to experience compelling stories outside of the traditional cinema setting.

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About DOK Neuland: Landslide

Something is rumbling from below, as though the ground could give way at any moment. Day by day, the idea of stability is eroding, and home, for all its meanings, feels all too fragile. The exhibited works form a landscape of collapse, and trace the ways in which geopolitical violence drives geological change.

Several events are planned to further contextualise the artworks and bring the exhibition space alive. There will be musical activations of “Becoming River”, conversations with some of the DOK Neuland artists, as well as more surprises. Further details can be found here closer to the festival and at the exhibition venue.

DOK Neuland Exhibition takes place at Kohlrabizirkus and is open for all from Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00–18:00. Find the opening times for this year’s two Special Presentations below.

DOK Neuland Exhibition at Kohlrabizirkus

Ein Flussufer am Wald, recht dunkel und satt grün

Mixed-Media-Installation, 150 min

Becoming River

Three years of extensively documented research on the Murg river, northern Black Forest. The project expresses the results across screens, projections, sound, and live data interpretations.

Adrian Schwartz, Daniel Fetzner, Ephraim Wegner
Germany/France 2026

Eine Hand greift nach einem halbtransparenten Plastikbox, die auf einer Fläche voller Fotos steht

Mixed-Media-Installation, 15 min

Permanence of Decay

Everything in this world must come to an end and objects, digital included, are not exempt from demise. But is it not in their mortality that images become all the more precious?

Pranav Chaparala
USA 2026

Ein Mann stakst durch kniehohes Wasser, das in den Straßen zwischen Häusern steht

360° Film, 15 min

Living in Water

Cooking, reading, sleeping, all thigh deep in water. An immersive reportage on daily life in Isla Tibaguin, Philippines, where flooding has become routine in the last years.

Ana P. Santos,
Philippines 2026

Sicht auf einen computergenerierten, kärglich eingerichteten Raum mit vielen gerahmten Bildern an einer Wand.

MR-Experience, 20 min

The Room of a Thousand Voices

A room that unfolds as a Cuban household – and as a portal across time and generations. In the darkness, between virtual and physical reality, memories awaken and imagination runs wild.

Pavel Mendez Hernandez
Germany 2026

Pappset von einem Wohnzimmer, in dem Stühle auf Tische auf Sofas gestapelt sind, es ist vor einem schwarzem Hintergrund aufgebaut

AR-Installation, 25 min

The World Came Flooding In

A miniature world filled with lost objects, recreating spaces of people affected by the 2022 floods in eastern Australia. A beautiful and deeply moving piece crafted with care.

Isobel Knowles, Van Sowerwine,
Australia 2025

Ein halb zerstörtes Zimmer, das Dach fehlt, die Fenster und eine Wand ist kaputt, zwei Schränke stehen noch leer darin herum

360° Film, 24 min

We Shall Return

A disturbing documentation of forced displacement in the West Bank, centered on first-person accounts of Palestinians under constant pressure by Israeli forces and settlers.

Keren Manor, Faiz Abu Rmeleh,
Germany, Palestine 2026

DOK Neuland Special Presentations

Wie durch einen Türspion sehen wir von oben auf zwei Menschen herab, neben ihnen fliegen zwei Tauben

VR-Installation, 10 min

Nothing to see here

There is a secret world in the central train station, one eerily like our own and ever so slightly off. An excursion into the unexpected that calls reality into question.

Aron Fels, Celine Daemen,
Netherlands 2025

When & Where

Main Station Ground Floor
Tue–Sun 11:00-18:00
Free entry

Schwarz-weiß-Foto von zwei Menschen an einem DJ Pult, um sie herum ist eine Rohrkonstruktion aufgebaut und längliche LED-Leuten

Performance

What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer

A duet for two church organs, played by AI-driven robots, and a score composed live with the audience. A unique experience that collapses time and musical traditions.

Hauptmeier | Recker,
Germany 2026