A Pop Up Teahouse

Nonghao 侬好 and Moin!

Design & Print, Tea & Talk to mark the closing of “Fresh Off the Press: The 1920s. Insights into China’s Modernity” and the anniversary of the city partnership

To mark the finale of the special exhibition “Fresh Off the Press: The 1920s. Insights into China’s Modernity,” a weekend full of creativity, encounters, and surprising perspectives awaits you. From Thursday, July 9, through Sunday, July 12, the MARKK invites you to a pop-up teahouse in the Gewölbesaal, where conversations meet stories, workshops offer opportunities to print, design, and experiment, exhibition design and contemporary design are showcased, and “Tea & Talks” provide a space to discuss the past, present, and future of the relationship between Hamburg and Shanghai. There will also be a final opportunity to join exclusive curator-led tours of the exhibition.

Whether you’re curious, creative, or simply looking for new inspiration: Stop by, get involved, and experience the museum as an open space for exchange and collaborative creation.

Supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) as part of the 40th anniversary of the Hamburg–Shanghai city partnership.

Museum admission; free admission on Thursdays from 4–9 p.m.

Program:Thu, July 9

3–5:30 p.m.:

Print & Tell—Shanghainese & Hamburgish in Type and Image. Workshop with Yimeng Wu at the Pop-Up Teahouse, Vaulted Hall

In a 2.5-hour workshop, participants will design their own leporellos (mini-zines). The starting point is everyday language and idioms from Hamburg and Shanghai, which will be translated into typographic visual worlds.

Museum admission + €5 for materials

Please register at: veranstaltung@markk-hamburg.de

6:00–7:00 p.m.:

Hot off the Press from the 1920s. Insights into China’s Modernity. Curator-led tour with Ricarda Brosch, MARKK

7:00–8:30 p.m.:

Teahouse Conversation: How Do We Make Space? Design, Stories, and Practices of Connection Between Hamburg and Shanghai

How do spaces of resonance emerge between places, cultures, and people across borders? And how do design, art, language, music, literature, and curatorial practice contribute to creating such spaces? Taking the Pop-Up Teahouse as both a place and a method for encounter, this evening—hosted by Katja Hellkötter, former representative of the City of Hamburg in Shanghai—invites an open conversation about perspectives, experiences, and creative and artistic practices in the transcultural and translocal exchange between Hamburg, Shanghai, and beyond. In addition to professional practices, the focus will be on personal stories and individual experiences.

Invited teahouse guests: Yimeng Wu, book artist, illustrator, and designer (Studio Wu 無); Dong Zhou, composer and performer (Studio hEARt); Shan Fan, painter and founding president of Brand Academy Hamburg; Xinyu Weng, product and exhibition designer at Druckfrisch (YUUE design studio); Isaac Peixiang Deng, founder of bóbó books Hamburg; Tobias Zaft, Hamburg-based artist; Ricarda Brosch, curator for East and South Asia at MARKK. Moderator: Katja Hellkötter.

Location: Pop-Up Teahouse, Gewölbesaal

Fri, July 10

10 a.m.–6 p.m.: The Pop-Up Teahouse is open.

It invites visitors to explore on their own. The curatorial team will be on site at various times throughout the day.

2:00–4:00 p.m.:

“Tea & Talk” (informal) with Katja Hellkötter, former Hamburg representative in Shanghai

4:30–6:00 p.m.:

“ Meet the Artists” (including brief presentations of the artistic works) Wu 無 – Visual Languages Between East and West

• Wu Yimeng, Studio

• Tao Hai Yue, Objects & Stories (object and material station) with NORMAL NORMAL

• Weng Xinyu, YUUE design studio, Berlin, exhibition designer

at the Pop-Up Tea House, Gewölbesaal

Sat, July 11

10 a.m.–6 p.m.:

The Pop-Up Tea House is open!

It invites you to explore on your own.

10 a.m.–6 p.m.:

Reading and library area featuring themed literature with bóbó books Hamburg, at the Pop-Up Tea House, Vaulted Hall

3–5 p.m.:

Tea, Talk & Books

with bóbó books, founder Isaac Peixian Deng, at the Pop-Up Teahouse, Gewölbesaal

Sun, July 12

10 a.m.–5 p.m.:

The Pop-Up Teahouse is open! Come explore on your own.

2–3 p.m.:

Fresh off the press from the 1920s. Insights into China’s modern era. Curator-led tour with Ricarda Brosch, MARKK

2–4 p.m.:

Reading and library area featuring themed literature with bóbó books Hamburg, at the Pop-Up Tea House, Gewölbesaal

3–4 p.m.:

Fresh off the press from the 1920s. Insights into modern China. Curator-led tour with Ricarda Brosch, MARKK, in English

3–5 p.m.:

Tea, Talk & Books with bóbó books, founder Isaac Peixian Deng

Museum admission; free admission on Thursdays from 4–9 p.m.

No registration required