Program guide
Monday, October 27, 2025
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing
question: could she be a robot?
Marktplatz in Halle will shimmer with the mechanical poetry of Loop’s 6 giant zoetropes.
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing
question: could she be a robot?
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing
question: could she be a robot?
The travelling exhibition Bakteriopolis invites visitors of all ages to discover the fascinating world of microbes. A redesigned overseas container offers interactive experiences that emphasise the omnipresence and versatility of bacteria.
Marktplatz in Halle will shimmer with the mechanical poetry of Loop’s 6 giant zoetropes.
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing
question: could she be a robot?
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Sex education, based on scientific facts, on TikTok? This might sound like a contradiction, but it has a name: 'Wahrscheinlich Peinlich'. With the support of the editorial team, you'll learn how to turn your great idea into an even better TikTok script. You'll also discover how the algorithm really works and pick up some insights into love, sex and puberty along the way.
The travelling exhibition Bakteriopolis invites visitors of all ages to discover the fascinating world of microbes. A redesigned overseas container offers interactive experiences that emphasise the omnipresence and versatility of bacteria.
Marktplatz in Halle will shimmer with the mechanical poetry of Loop’s 6 giant zoetropes.
Experience the energy transition for yourself: get involved, try it out and discuss!
Join our showman extraordinaire on a death-defying journey to the planets. Explore the wonders and perils of our Solar System in this breathtaking immersive adventure.
Join our showman extraordinaire on a death-defying journey to the planets. Explore the wonders and perils of our Solar System in this breathtaking immersive adventure.
Making the world a better place – what could be more important? This session will feature excerpts from the three-part Terra X documentary series, 'What Makes the World a Better Place: Peace, Freedom, Justice', followed by a discussion with Terra X host and science journalist Mirko Drotschmann (MrWissen2go).
Ancestral Secret is a VR journey that transits between the physical reality to Qero's sacred dimension, revealing a deep connection with nature.
Experience the future of energy for yourself!
“Duchampiana” is an artistic VR installation focused on the theme of body politics. Departing from one of art history’s most notorious paintings - Duchamp’s “Nude Descending A Staircase No 2” - this immersive installation invites its audience to engage in a physical transgression of social constructs.
ENERGĒIA is an immersive documentary experience where you can take a stroll without beginning or end. Freed from gravity, the visitor is invited to explore ghostly buildings, built from 3D scans within French nuclear power plants.
Flow VR invites you to surrender to the whims of the wind on a seemingly ordinary day, concealing within its turbulence a captivating night in the life of a woman, portrayed through the dance of air currents.
Hotspot is a shared ritualistic experience of non-verbal communication and exchange between human bodies, and a responsive environment.
Oto´s Planet follows the peaceful life of Oto, who loves nothing more than lounging in his hammock and enjoying the fruits of the single tree on his tiny planet. His tranquility is shattered when Exo, a hyperactive and cumbersome cosmonaut, crash-lands in a small spacecraft.
As part of the Science Year 2025, the “Future Energy: Minecraft Competition” invited children, young people, and adults to design their vision of the energy system of the future in Minecraft or Luanti/Minetest. The winners will be announced and awarded at the Silbersalz Festival.
The Revierdebattenbox sparks conversation about the future, science and structural change. With thought-provoking questions and rules that encourage compromise, it facilitates open dialogue on equal terms.
Insert coins. Take control. Her body is labour, light, and exhaustion. She’s So Centsible! is a durational performance powered by the audience—insert coins into the acceptor to match the hourly minimum wage (€12.41), and the performer runs until the money is depleted.
Future Botanica is an interactive project that encourages you to think about future nature. Using an app on your phone, you can create new plants, creatures and ecologies based on different future scenarios, together with other people and an AI.
A naturally intelligent network managed by the sun.
An immersive VR and live performance experience where human, nature, and technology meet in a dreamlike garden of shifting encounters.
Future Technicians wanted!
Step into the Utopikum and explore possible and impossible, thinkable and unthinkable futures. In this retro-futuristic lab you become a future technician yourself, tinkering with objects of the past to design visions of tomorrow.
A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.
Insert coins. Take control. Her body is labour, light, and exhaustion. She’s So Centsible! is a durational performance powered by the audience—insert coins into the acceptor to match the hourly minimum wage (€12.41), and the performer runs until the money is depleted.
A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.
The 8th SILBERSALZ Science & Media Festival will begin with a festive opening ceremony, followed by a lecture from Dr Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, who inspires a passion for science.
A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.
With deep-sea mining looming, biologists race to collect and name the undiscovered species of the abyss, the last wilderness on earth.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
How can we better protect animal species around the world? Join us on an adventurous journey through the wild nature of our planet!
WDR developed the app “Zeitzeugen 1945” (Contemporary Witnesses 1945) together with school pupils. The children selected an information guide and helped to design the app's visual and interactive features.
How can the most exciting topics from climate conferences be communicated effectively? Climate journalist Elisa Miebach will be reporting for ZDF from the UN Climate Change Conference again this year. Shortly before travelling to Belém in the Brazilian Amazon, the host city of this year's conference, she will take us behind the scenes of news journalism in this interactive workshop.
Ancestral Secret is a VR journey that transits between the physical reality to Qero's sacred dimension, revealing a deep connection with nature.
Experience the future of energy for yourself!
“Duchampiana” is an artistic VR installation focused on the theme of body politics. Departing from one of art history’s most notorious paintings - Duchamp’s “Nude Descending A Staircase No 2” - this immersive installation invites its audience to engage in a physical transgression of social constructs.
ENERGĒIA is an immersive documentary experience where you can take a stroll without beginning or end. Freed from gravity, the visitor is invited to explore ghostly buildings, built from 3D scans within French nuclear power plants.
Flow VR invites you to surrender to the whims of the wind on a seemingly ordinary day, concealing within its turbulence a captivating night in the life of a woman, portrayed through the dance of air currents.
Hotspot is a shared ritualistic experience of non-verbal communication and exchange between human bodies, and a responsive environment.
Oto´s Planet follows the peaceful life of Oto, who loves nothing more than lounging in his hammock and enjoying the fruits of the single tree on his tiny planet. His tranquility is shattered when Exo, a hyperactive and cumbersome cosmonaut, crash-lands in a small spacecraft.
As part of the Science Year 2025, the “Future Energy: Minecraft Competition” invited children, young people, and adults to design their vision of the energy system of the future in Minecraft or Luanti/Minetest. The winners will be announced and awarded at the Silbersalz Festival.
The Revierdebattenbox sparks conversation about the future, science and structural change. With thought-provoking questions and rules that encourage compromise, it facilitates open dialogue on equal terms.
Insert coins. Take control. Her body is labour, light, and exhaustion. She’s So Centsible! is a durational performance powered by the audience—insert coins into the acceptor to match the hourly minimum wage (€12.41), and the performer runs until the money is depleted.
Future Botanica is an interactive project that encourages you to think about future nature. Using an app on your phone, you can create new plants, creatures and ecologies based on different future scenarios, together with other people and an AI.
A naturally intelligent network managed by the sun.
An immersive VR and live performance experience where human, nature, and technology meet in a dreamlike garden of shifting encounters.
Future Technicians wanted!
Step into the Utopikum and explore possible and impossible, thinkable and unthinkable futures. In this retro-futuristic lab you become a future technician yourself, tinkering with objects of the past to design visions of tomorrow.
What role does science play in our everyday lives? What is driving the region forward? What is currently being researched? Come and talk to scientists!
An artistic journey through the science, history, and sound of hydrogen — from splitting water to global megaprojects — inviting new reflections on energy, technology, and nature.
The travelling exhibition Bakteriopolis invites visitors of all ages to discover the fascinating world of microbes. A redesigned overseas container offers interactive experiences that emphasise the omnipresence and versatility of bacteria.
Marktplatz in Halle will shimmer with the mechanical poetry of Loop’s 6 giant zoetropes.
Experience the energy transition for yourself: get involved, try it out and discuss!
Join our showman extraordinaire on a death-defying journey to the planets. Explore the wonders and perils of our Solar System in this breathtaking immersive adventure.
In this workshop, students are given an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Quarks TikTok channel. They experience first-hand how complex scientific topics are transformed into short, engaging videos for a young audience.
Join our showman extraordinaire on a death-defying journey to the planets. Explore the wonders and perils of our Solar System in this breathtaking immersive adventure.
Experience renewable energies in the heart of the Saale river.
The citizen research ship offers visitors the chance to discover renewable energies in a fun and interactive way. On board, you can try out models and experiments that demonstrate how the energy transition works in everyday life.
Europe—small but mighty! Christian Baumeister reveals the extraordinary wildlife that calls our continent home.
Young media creators from all over Germany showcase what modern journalism sounds, looks, and feels like today – bold, creative, and relevant.
A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.
In this workshop, students are given an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Quarks TikTok channel. They experience first-hand how complex scientific topics are transformed into short, engaging videos for a young audience.
The celestial ballet of bird flocks.
From event to broadcast: decide what's important. Find out how the ZDF newsrooms work, how to recognise reliable sources and how to verify facts. See for yourself how the media really works — and how you can influence it.
Projects and initiatives that inspire people to take the (energy) future into their own hands.
Paying more for climate protection and the environment? The discount retailer campaign “True Prices” has produced mixed effects. Doreén Pick presents its background as well as consumers’ perspectives and discusses them with the audience.
Why is it so hard to be a good person? We’re not moral superheroes or are we? A discussion about battling our inner weaknesses and striving for the good – one that encourages us to step out of our comfort zones and make the world, despite everything, a little better.
A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.
In the late 1970s, Satish Bhaskar embarked on an epic journey along India's spectacular coastlines, living alongside rare sea turtles to unravel the mysteries that surround them – and set out to save the enigmatic sea creatures from extinction.
Wildlife veterinarian Hannah Emde travels through New Zealand's breathtaking landscapes in search of the answer. However, this alone is not enough to simply explore the animal world.
Insert coins. Take control. Her body is labour, light, and exhaustion. She’s So Centsible! is a durational performance powered by the audience—insert coins into the acceptor to match the hourly minimum wage (€12.41), and the performer runs until the money is depleted.
How can the construction sector transform?
What does “too much energy” in the atmosphere mean? How does it change the weather? And what does it mean for our future? Özden Terli explains why we are already living in a new atmosphere—with new extreme weather. A lecture for anyone who wants to understand what is happening right now and why it affects us all.
Misinformation, Media, and Freedom of Opinion
A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.
Everyone is searching for great love. But in doing so, are we perhaps overlooking friendship? Science shows that friendship is an extraordinary force. It shapes our identity, strengthens our well-being, and even has the potential to extend our lives.
In this cinematic journey, an Indigenous leader’s fight to save the Amazon becomes a deeply personal battle—for her people, her family, and the future of a planet on the brink.
Werkleitz/Afa* presents the video installation »Solid Waves« by Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell. The video installation links three geological and cultural formations to tell a story about material cycles and time: Lake Störmthal, the Wimmelburg fumaroles and fossils from shell limestone.
Plants can help us conquer space. For future Mars and Moon missions, cultivating plants in space is essential for survival. But what if we’re not alone out there?
It’s the job of the Quarks Science Cops to uncover pseudoscience!
In their podcast, Maximilian Doeckel & Jonathan Focke take a critical look at pseudoscientific claims, dubious healing methods, and conspiracy myths. With investigative curiosity, they research facts, scrutinize studies, and expose misinformation.
On 30 October from 9 p.m., the Dance Bar Palette will be hosting the Silbersalz Festival's AfterWork evening event at the former Kaufhof department store! Make the most of the evening to chat with scientists, festival visitors and creative minds, and celebrate in style. It's the perfect way to end a day full of exciting discoveries!
Friday, October 31, 2025
Registration to Industry Training Days
The Science Market opens its doors – bringing structural change to life!
Around 20 companies, organizations, universities, and initiatives from Halle and the surrounding region are actively shaping the transformation. They present innovative ideas, pioneering technologies, and new fields of work that are driving the coal phase-out and the structural transition in the Central German region. From cutting-edge research fresh from the labs to fascinating insights into the industries of tomorrow, the Science Market invites visitors of all ages to explore, take part, and engage in the conversation.
Ancestral Secret is a VR journey that transits between the physical reality to Qero's sacred dimension, revealing a deep connection with nature.
Experience the future of energy for yourself!
“Duchampiana” is an artistic VR installation focused on the theme of body politics. Departing from one of art history’s most notorious paintings - Duchamp’s “Nude Descending A Staircase No 2” - this immersive installation invites its audience to engage in a physical transgression of social constructs.
ENERGĒIA is an immersive documentary experience where you can take a stroll without beginning or end. Freed from gravity, the visitor is invited to explore ghostly buildings, built from 3D scans within French nuclear power plants.
Flow VR invites you to surrender to the whims of the wind on a seemingly ordinary day, concealing within its turbulence a captivating night in the life of a woman, portrayed through the dance of air currents.
Hotspot is a shared ritualistic experience of non-verbal communication and exchange between human bodies, and a responsive environment.
Oto´s Planet follows the peaceful life of Oto, who loves nothing more than lounging in his hammock and enjoying the fruits of the single tree on his tiny planet. His tranquility is shattered when Exo, a hyperactive and cumbersome cosmonaut, crash-lands in a small spacecraft.
As part of the Science Year 2025, the “Future Energy: Minecraft Competition” invited children, young people, and adults to design their vision of the energy system of the future in Minecraft or Luanti/Minetest. The winners will be announced and awarded at the Silbersalz Festival.
The Revierdebattenbox sparks conversation about the future, science and structural change. With thought-provoking questions and rules that encourage compromise, it facilitates open dialogue on equal terms.
Insert coins. Take control. Her body is labour, light, and exhaustion. She’s So Centsible! is a durational performance powered by the audience—insert coins into the acceptor to match the hourly minimum wage (€12.41), and the performer runs until the money is depleted.
Future Botanica is an interactive project that encourages you to think about future nature. Using an app on your phone, you can create new plants, creatures and ecologies based on different future scenarios, together with other people and an AI.
A naturally intelligent network managed by the sun.
An immersive VR and live performance experience where human, nature, and technology meet in a dreamlike garden of shifting encounters.
Future Technicians wanted!
Step into the Utopikum and explore possible and impossible, thinkable and unthinkable futures. In this retro-futuristic lab you become a future technician yourself, tinkering with objects of the past to design visions of tomorrow.
An artistic journey through the science, history, and sound of hydrogen — from splitting water to global megaprojects — inviting new reflections on energy, technology, and nature.
The travelling exhibition Bakteriopolis invites visitors of all ages to discover the fascinating world of microbes. A redesigned overseas container offers interactive experiences that emphasise the omnipresence and versatility of bacteria.
Marktplatz in Halle will shimmer with the mechanical poetry of Loop’s 6 giant zoetropes.
Experience the energy transition for yourself: get involved, try it out and discuss!
Pitches of five Documentary Campus Masterschool 2025 projects and one Masterschool ALumni project.
A walk-in meeting place for lively science communication and tangible knowledge transfer, approachable, accessible and enlightening. The installation, a metamorphic 'Think Cloud', is open to genuine encounters: researchers meet festival explorers, conversations arise spontaneously and without moderation, and questions are expressly welcome!
At SILBERSALZ Festival 2025, a new debate format premieres: The Region Debates, initiated by Science Cube. Together with Ulrike Zimmermann (ZEIT Publishing Group), it invites open discussion on the role of science in structural change in Central Germany.
Experience renewable energies in the heart of the Saale river.
The citizen research ship offers visitors the chance to discover renewable energies in a fun and interactive way. On board, you can try out models and experiments that demonstrate how the energy transition works in everyday life.
Fast fashion, free returns, buy now–pay later – it all sounds convenient, but it comes at a cost.
Werkleitz/Afa* presents the video installation »Solid Waves« by Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell. The video installation links three geological and cultural formations to tell a story about material cycles and time: Lake Störmthal, the Wimmelburg fumaroles and fossils from shell limestone.
Dr. Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop and Jonas Geissler explore social energy, the power of collectives, and a new understanding of time.
YouTubers Dr. Jacob Beautemps (“Breaking Lab”) and Cedric Engels, aka Doctor Whatson, provide exclusive insights into their yet-to-be-released documentary for Wissenschaftsjahr 2025’s “Future Energy”. The film focuses on hydrogen as a key piece of technology for energy transition.
Pitches of five Documentary Campus Masterschool 2025 projects and one Masterschool Alumni project.
What can we learn from the collective intelligence of a swarm of bees for artificial intelligence? And what does it teach us about ourselves? This live podcast explores the opportunities AI brings for communication and how we live together in the future.
Viewer-Tickets
Become part of a space expedition and explore Halle as an exo-planet!
Could you spot extraterrestrial life? What would that reveal about how we see our own Earth? Between science and fiction, #EXOTERRITORIES opens up new perspectives on the unfamiliar – and on ourselves.
While new mines are being opened in Europe in the name of the green transition and mining companies position themselves as climate allies, a Spanish farmer and two indigenous reindeer herders in Sweden are fighting to preserve their way of life.
Future energies in focus: from nuclear fusion and hydrogen to novel storage technologies—the search for tomorrow’s energy solutions is on.
Around 1.8 million people in Germany currently live with dementia. In an increasingly ageing society, dementia has long been one of the greatest medical and social challenges. In his new documentary, Dr Eckart von Hirschhausen embarks on a deeply personal quest for answers, as dementia has also affected his own family.
Pitches of five Documentary Campus Masterschool 2025 projects and one Masterschool Alumni project.
Insert coins. Take control. Her body is labour, light, and exhaustion. She’s So Centsible! is a durational performance powered by the audience—insert coins into the acceptor to match the hourly minimum wage (€12.41), and the performer runs until the money is depleted.
Join our showman extraordinaire on a death-defying journey to the planets. Explore the wonders and perils of our Solar System in this breathtaking immersive adventure.
Groundbreaking innovations that spark excitement for tomorrow—explained in a simple and vivid way!
Pitch awards for best projects
Witches is a deeply personal film which explores the compelling connection between postpartum mental health illnesses and the history and portrayal of witches throughout pop culture.
A poetic exploration of three subterranean telescopes in remote regions of Canada, Japan, and Antarctica that reveal a new way of perceiving the universe from within. Underground, we are dreaming into the earth.
How can we shape the energy transition in a social and sustainable way?
Join us for a reception hosted by ARTE
Beobachter-Tickets
Become part of a space expedition and explore Halle as an exo-planet!
Could you spot extraterrestrial life? What would that reveal about how we see our own Earth? Between science and fiction, #EXOTERRITORIES opens up new perspectives on the unfamiliar – and on ourselves.
A mesmerizing journey through the quantum realm, where complex theories become a breathtaking sensory experience.
In darkness, knowledge sparks. At Science Notes, we turn off the lights and let research shine.
We dive thousands of meters into the depths with deep-sea researcher Torben Riehl and explore a world where creatures know no day.
Love has never been simple but add a few circuits and some code into the mix and things get really complicated. These shorts explore the messy, funny and sometimes awkward ways humans and machines try to connect.
From tender connections to total system crashes, this programme asks: what happens when your partner comes with a warranty?
Saturday, November 1, 2025
One-to-One meetings between pitching teams and decision-makers
The Science Market opens its doors – bringing structural change to life!
Around 20 companies, organizations, universities, and initiatives from Halle and the surrounding region are actively shaping the transformation. They present innovative ideas, pioneering technologies, and new fields of work that are driving the coal phase-out and the structural transition in the Central German region. From cutting-edge research fresh from the labs to fascinating insights into the industries of tomorrow, the Science Market invites visitors of all ages to explore, take part, and engage in the conversation.
Ancestral Secret is a VR journey that transits between the physical reality to Qero's sacred dimension, revealing a deep connection with nature.
Experience the future of energy for yourself!
“Duchampiana” is an artistic VR installation focused on the theme of body politics. Departing from one of art history’s most notorious paintings - Duchamp’s “Nude Descending A Staircase No 2” - this immersive installation invites its audience to engage in a physical transgression of social constructs.
Flow VR invites you to surrender to the whims of the wind on a seemingly ordinary day, concealing within its turbulence a captivating night in the life of a woman, portrayed through the dance of air currents.
Hotspot is a shared ritualistic experience of non-verbal communication and exchange between human bodies, and a responsive environment.
Oto´s Planet follows the peaceful life of Oto, who loves nothing more than lounging in his hammock and enjoying the fruits of the single tree on his tiny planet. His tranquility is shattered when Exo, a hyperactive and cumbersome cosmonaut, crash-lands in a small spacecraft.
As part of the Science Year 2025, the “Future Energy: Minecraft Competition” invited children, young people, and adults to design their vision of the energy system of the future in Minecraft or Luanti/Minetest. The winners will be announced and awarded at the Silbersalz Festival.
The Revierdebattenbox sparks conversation about the future, science and structural change. With thought-provoking questions and rules that encourage compromise, it facilitates open dialogue on equal terms.
Insert coins. Take control. Her body is labour, light, and exhaustion. She’s So Centsible! is a durational performance powered by the audience—insert coins into the acceptor to match the hourly minimum wage (€12.41), and the performer runs until the money is depleted.
Future Botanica is an interactive project that encourages you to think about future nature. Using an app on your phone, you can create new plants, creatures and ecologies based on different future scenarios, together with other people and an AI.
A naturally intelligent network managed by the sun.
An immersive VR and live performance experience where human, nature, and technology meet in a dreamlike garden of shifting encounters.
Future Technicians wanted!
Step into the Utopikum and explore possible and impossible, thinkable and unthinkable futures. In this retro-futuristic lab you become a future technician yourself, tinkering with objects of the past to design visions of tomorrow.
An artistic journey through the science, history, and sound of hydrogen — from splitting water to global megaprojects — inviting new reflections on energy, technology, and nature.
The travelling exhibition Bakteriopolis invites visitors of all ages to discover the fascinating world of microbes. A redesigned overseas container offers interactive experiences that emphasise the omnipresence and versatility of bacteria.
Marktplatz in Halle will shimmer with the mechanical poetry of Loop’s 6 giant zoetropes.
Experience the energy transition for yourself: get involved, try it out and discuss!
Beobachter-Tickets
Become part of a space expedition and explore Halle as an exo-planet!
Could you spot extraterrestrial life? What would that reveal about how we see our own Earth? Between science and fiction, #EXOTERRITORIES opens up new perspectives on the unfamiliar – and on ourselves.
A walk-in meeting place for lively science communication and tangible knowledge transfer, approachable, accessible and enlightening. The installation, a metamorphic 'Think Cloud', is open to genuine encounters: researchers meet festival explorers, conversations arise spontaneously and without moderation, and questions are expressly welcome!
How can we face the future in the face of current global challenges? How can we build bridges despite our divisions and differences of opinion, or at least learn to tolerate what separates us? How can we find new strength to work together to find solutions? The Speaking & Listening dialogue format by Mehr Demokratie e. V. invites you to explore these questions in greater depth.
Humanity is in distress. Their ship is off course, their energy is dwindling and the universe is silent. Or is it? In a thrilling blend of science, theatre and live music, Physikshow Bonn presents its new musical physics show in the Science Year 2025 – Future Energy.
Experience renewable energies in the heart of the Saale river.
The citizen research ship offers visitors the chance to discover renewable energies in a fun and interactive way. On board, you can try out models and experiments that demonstrate how the energy transition works in everyday life.
Embarking on an international journey to understand, what one can really expect from a substance that is credited with nothing less than the success of the world’s energy transition.
Werkleitz/Afa* presents the video installation »Solid Waves« by Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell. The video installation links three geological and cultural formations to tell a story about material cycles and time: Lake Störmthal, the Wimmelburg fumaroles and fossils from shell limestone.
On the kinetic dancefloor, every movement becomes energy. Young movement artists from Halle-Neustadt demonstrate how to play with this energy, make it visible, and share it with others.
Let’s celebrate! Welcome to the award ceremony of the “Future Energy: Minecraft Competition”.
On the kinetic dancefloor, every movement becomes energy. Young movement artists from Halle-Neustadt demonstrate how to play with this energy, make it visible, and share it with others.
As part of the SILBERSALZ Festival 2025, we invite you to a two-and-a-half-hour workshop that will quite literally spark your imagination. We will take off in drones to discover new perspectives and capture moving images from the air.
How it all began – and how it will all end.
Computers, cell phones, or AI: our world without crystals? Unthinkable.
Beobachter-Tickets
Become part of a space expedition and explore Halle as an exo-planet!
Could you spot extraterrestrial life? What would that reveal about how we see our own Earth? Between science and fiction, #EXOTERRITORIES opens up new perspectives on the unfamiliar – and on ourselves.
They live on land or under the sea. They are covered with feathers, scales, leaves or hair. In spite of their distinct characteristics, they share the same secret power… fluorescence!
It is the guardian robot programmed to protect the sweetest astronaut on this (or any) planet. But when she blasts off on a solo mission of outer space adventure, it’s left to wonder... what now?
What can we learn from space psychology for our daily lives?
On the kinetic dancefloor, every movement becomes energy. Young movement artists from Halle-Neustadt demonstrate how to play with this energy, make it visible, and share it with others.
The gripping documentary SPILLOVER embarks on a global journey to uncover the answers, offering an urgent and eye-opening look at the origins of some of the world's deadliest viruses.
More, not less: Jean-Baptiste Fressoz explores our insatiable hunger for resources throughout history.
Superposition? Entanglement? Jasmin Meinecke provides a glimpse into the quantum universe, where chance plays a crucial role.
A collaboration between visual artist Yannick Moréteau and electronic music composer Flore, Sensitive Abstraction is an artistic performance that explores the relationship between the arts and mathematics.
Space travel in the media: Are we too enthusiastic?
At the first Science Slam on structural change, researchers and communicators from the Open Academy of the Science Cube by science2public 2025 present their projects.
A girl from a humble fishing village gains the extraordinary ability to stop time through a coveted magical device. Embarking on a thrilling adventure with newfound friends, she explores a fantastical city filled with wonder and danger.
Beobachter-Tickets
Become part of a space expedition and explore Halle as an exo-planet!
Could you spot extraterrestrial life? What would that reveal about how we see our own Earth? Between science and fiction, #EXOTERRITORIES opens up new perspectives on the unfamiliar – and on ourselves.
Tickets
A collaboration between visual artist Yannick Moréteau and electronic music composer Flore, Sensitive Abstraction is an artistic performance that explores the relationship between the arts and mathematics.
Teenstar Dilemma: The Journey of the Lochmann Twins is an intimate coming-of-age story about Heiko and Roman Lochmann, two brothers known as Die Lochis, as they learn to break away from their former role models.
Join us as we celebrate the excellence in science storytelling and honour this year’s Science & Media Awards winners.
Invitation only
After the destruction of Earth, space trucker Andriy Melnyk is the last human in the universe—until he receives a radio message from a French astronaut named Catherine, who is also stranded alone on a distant space station. Determined to find her, he embarks on a dangerous journey.
Following the premiere of the ZDF documentary series “Teenstar Dilemma – Die Reise der Lochmann Zwillinge” (Teen Star Dilemma – The Journey of the Lochmann Twins), Heiko and Roman Lochmann will be performing live on the SILBERSALZ central stage with their music project HE/RO.
Uplifting, groovy and energetic — Sarah Wild´s very own vision of electronic dance music.
Born in the late eighties in Gelsenkirchen, Arne grew up surrounded by coal, steel, and punk rock. In his twenties, he returned to raw, gritty sounds and moved behind the decks in 2010. After countless projects, he joined the 3000Grad collective in Mecklenburg and has since been touring across Germany with his set, “from Wustrow to Paris”, inviting everyone to the dancefloor.
Sunday, November 2, 2025
The Science Market opens its doors – bringing structural change to life!
Around 20 companies, organizations, universities, and initiatives from Halle and the surrounding region are actively shaping the transformation. They present innovative ideas, pioneering technologies, and new fields of work that are driving the coal phase-out and the structural transition in the Central German region. From cutting-edge research fresh from the labs to fascinating insights into the industries of tomorrow, the Science Market invites visitors of all ages to explore, take part, and engage in the conversation.
Ancestral Secret is a VR journey that transits between the physical reality to Qero's sacred dimension, revealing a deep connection with nature.
Experience the future of energy for yourself!
“Duchampiana” is an artistic VR installation focused on the theme of body politics. Departing from one of art history’s most notorious paintings - Duchamp’s “Nude Descending A Staircase No 2” - this immersive installation invites its audience to engage in a physical transgression of social constructs.
ENERGĒIA is an immersive documentary experience where you can take a stroll without beginning or end. Freed from gravity, the visitor is invited to explore ghostly buildings, built from 3D scans within French nuclear power plants.
Flow VR invites you to surrender to the whims of the wind on a seemingly ordinary day, concealing within its turbulence a captivating night in the life of a woman, portrayed through the dance of air currents.
Hotspot is a shared ritualistic experience of non-verbal communication and exchange between human bodies, and a responsive environment.
Oto´s Planet follows the peaceful life of Oto, who loves nothing more than lounging in his hammock and enjoying the fruits of the single tree on his tiny planet. His tranquility is shattered when Exo, a hyperactive and cumbersome cosmonaut, crash-lands in a small spacecraft.
As part of the Science Year 2025, the “Future Energy: Minecraft Competition” invited children, young people, and adults to design their vision of the energy system of the future in Minecraft or Luanti/Minetest. The winners will be announced and awarded at the Silbersalz Festival.
The Revierdebattenbox sparks conversation about the future, science and structural change. With thought-provoking questions and rules that encourage compromise, it facilitates open dialogue on equal terms.
Insert coins. Take control. Her body is labour, light, and exhaustion. She’s So Centsible! is a durational performance powered by the audience—insert coins into the acceptor to match the hourly minimum wage (€12.41), and the performer runs until the money is depleted.
Future Botanica is an interactive project that encourages you to think about future nature. Using an app on your phone, you can create new plants, creatures and ecologies based on different future scenarios, together with other people and an AI.
A naturally intelligent network managed by the sun.
An immersive VR and live performance experience where human, nature, and technology meet in a dreamlike garden of shifting encounters.
Future Technicians wanted!
Step into the Utopikum and explore possible and impossible, thinkable and unthinkable futures. In this retro-futuristic lab you become a future technician yourself, tinkering with objects of the past to design visions of tomorrow.
An artistic journey through the science, history, and sound of hydrogen — from splitting water to global megaprojects — inviting new reflections on energy, technology, and nature.
The travelling exhibition Bakteriopolis invites visitors of all ages to discover the fascinating world of microbes. A redesigned overseas container offers interactive experiences that emphasise the omnipresence and versatility of bacteria.
Marktplatz in Halle will shimmer with the mechanical poetry of Loop’s 6 giant zoetropes.
Experience the energy transition for yourself: get involved, try it out and discuss!
A walk-in meeting place for lively science communication and tangible knowledge transfer, approachable, accessible and enlightening. The installation, a metamorphic 'Think Cloud', is open to genuine encounters: researchers meet festival explorers, conversations arise spontaneously and without moderation, and questions are expressly welcome!
Humanity is in distress. Their ship is off course, their energy is dwindling and the universe is silent. Or is it? In a thrilling blend of science, theatre and live music, Physikshow Bonn presents its new musical physics show in the Science Year 2025 – Future Energy.
Buckle up and discover the future! The DLR_Space_Show invites you on a fascinating journey into the future! Will humans one day live on Mars or vacation in space hotels?
Experience renewable energies in the heart of the Saale river.
The citizen research ship offers visitors the chance to discover renewable energies in a fun and interactive way. On board, you can try out models and experiments that demonstrate how the energy transition works in everyday life.
From ancient trees and hidden fungi to the insects and animals that shape our forests – scientists are revealing how forest ecosystems can help tackle the climate crisis and biodiversity loss.
Werkleitz/Afa* presents the video installation »Solid Waves« by Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell. The video installation links three geological and cultural formations to tell a story about material cycles and time: Lake Störmthal, the Wimmelburg fumaroles and fossils from shell limestone.
On the kinetic dancefloor, every movement becomes energy. Young movement artists from Halle-Neustadt demonstrate how to play with this energy, make it visible, and share it with others.
Learning is fun – especially when you can experience it live! At the big “PUR+” kids’ science quiz on stage, Eric Mayer, the “stuntman of knowledge,” asks exciting questions from the popular ZDF children’s show PUR+.
On the kinetic dancefloor, every movement becomes energy. Young movement artists from Halle-Neustadt demonstrate how to play with this energy, make it visible, and share it with others.
A deep dive into the heart of ongoing research into the toxicity of plastics, which also raises questions about the future of our species. Is Homo sapiens about to become Homo plasticus?
As part of the SILBERSALZ Festival 2025, we invite you to a two-and-a-half-hour workshop that will quite literally spark your imagination. We will take off in drones to discover new perspectives and capture moving images from the air.
Buckle up and discover the future! The DLR_Space_Show invites you on a fascinating journey into the future! Will humans one day live on Mars or vacation in space hotels?
Dandelions on a journey: a story of growth, wonder, and the power that lies in small things.
On the kinetic dancefloor, every movement becomes energy. Young movement artists from Halle-Neustadt demonstrate how to play with this energy, make it visible, and share it with others.
Seven climate scientists meet in a godforsaken meeting room to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate anxiety. Can emotional honesty be part of the solution?
How can science fiction help us better understand our present and future? In her visually rich and example-filled science fiction lecture, Dr. Isabella Hermann opens new perspectives and encourages the development of personal visions.
A taut and revelatory eco-thriller shining new light on the human cost of coal and the clandestine tactics of Russia’s modern surveillance state.
A murder mystery - unwittingly starring Werner Herzog
Witches is a deeply personal film which explores the compelling connection between postpartum mental health illnesses and the history and portrayal of witches throughout pop culture.
