Tolia Curriculum
Jonas Kuck, Sleep Deprivation
Friday, June 12, 2026, 7 to 9 pm

In the darkened Open Studio of Tolia Astakhishvili, lit only by a slide projector, artist Jonas Kuck reads from Sleep Deprivation, a cycle of texts set in a society that no longer sleeps. The work imagines how vitality, perception, language and belief might be sustained and externalised into technology and architecture. The reading moves from science fiction to bedtime ritual and from philosophical speculation to logistical language. The performance will take approximately one hour, followed by a conversation with the audience.

Jonas Kuck (b. 1995) lives and works in Berlin. He studied Art History and Literature at the Freie Universität Berlin and Fine Art at the Universität der Künste Berlin in the class of Josephine Pryde (MFA, 2025). In 2024, he co-founded the Berlin project space Custom Guitars.

The performance will be conducted in English, with German translations provided.

Tolia Curriculum is a project conceived by artist Tolia Astakhishvili, unfolding as a daily schedule of workshops, lectures, screenings, readings, and participatory formats for children and adults. In the lead-up to Figure of the Child, her largest exhibition to date, Astakhishvili opens her production and installation process to the public as she develops her work in situ.

Program Overview

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Tolia Astakhishvili, Tolia Curriculum, 2026, courtesy of the artist
Design: Syndicat