Golden Cube

Agil Abdullayev is a Frankfurt-based Azerbaijani artist whose interdisciplinary practice engages with the entanglements of queerness, public space, and the socio-political afterlives of post-socialist transitions. Their work has been shown at Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Liverpool Biennial, and South London Gallery. Awards include the Experimental Film Award by Fluxus Museum, for their media installation “Radicals in between trees and dicks” Agil was awarded the Golden Cube at the 41st Kassel Dokfest.

Miriam Bettin is a curator and writer. Since September 2025, she has been the director of the Mönchehaus Museum in Goslar. Her work creates spaces for queer-feminist and decolonial perspectives. She recently curated exhibitions at Museum Folkwang and in the context of the Venice Architecture Biennale, and was a fellow at the G.A.S. Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria. Previous positions include the Kölnischer Kunstverein and Kunstverein Braunschweig.

Christoph Keller frequently employs art's discursive possibilities to explore the themes of science and its utopias, often through installations that resemble experimental configurations. Keller's artwork, which includes film, photography, spatial and medial interventions, as well as writing, has gained international recognition. Since 2024, Keller has been head of the class for art in a contemporary context at the Kassel Art Academy.

Jule Witte works at Micromata. Her heart beats for the social commitment and corporate communications of the software company. In this context she has been involved with the Kasseler Dokfest for many years and is delighted to follow the footsteps of her colleague Wolfgang Jung in the Golden Cube Award jury. She also personally values independent art – as a contemporary witness, source of inspiration and eye-opener. Her respect therefore goes to all those who use their creativity to provide new perspectives and food for thought. And she is proud that Micromata has been able to donate the prize money for the Golden Cube Award for so many years.

Ulrich Ziemons is the head of the Berlinale section Forum Expanded, organized by Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art. Since 2006 he has worked for Arsenal in different capacities. He has curated film programs for numerous national and international festivals and institutions. From 2014 to 2020 he was a member of the short film selection committee of Kassel Dokfest.