Melted for Love – W139 Exhibition Tour

Join our in-depth public tour of the exhibition Melted for Love at W139 – open to anyone who wishes to spend more time with the works, ask questions, and experience the exhibition through shared discussion rather than solitary viewing. Writers, researchers, students, press, and curious visitors are all welcome. This is an opportunity to move through the exhibition slowly with others, guided by the curator.

At W139, the exhibition includes works by Diana Policarpo and Bernardo Gaeiras, who speculate on future uses of the former Bugio Lighthouse through radiophonic transmissions. Alina Schmuch – a participant in ALTERLIFE, Sonic Acts’ major international research and residency programme with Rupert, Vilnius – examines manipulated water systems shaped by drought and rising sea levels. You will also find new work by Lower Levant Company together with Olga Micińska, who combine bat calls, broadcasting, and encrypted messages to reflect the ecological catastrophes wrought by colonial warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean. Adelita Husni-Bey restages Italian fascist archives, exposing damaged infrastructures and extractivist legacies in Libya. Maeve Brennan explores the depths of a salt mine to question the violent writing and preservation of Western imperial power.

The tours across W139, Arti et Amicitiae, and Rozenstraat are led by Angeliki Tzortzakaki – curator of the three-venue exhibition of Sonic Acts Biennial 2026. It will expand the Biennial theme Melted for Love – examining how belonging, care, and home are negotiated under climate catastrophe, colonial violence, and forced displacement.

ProgrammeWednesday 4 March18:30-19:30 (W139)Language: English

More information: 2026.sonicacts.com