Berlin
Initiatives
- Venues
- 8mm, underground music bar, Prenzlauer Berg, *2002
- ACUD, cultural centre, Mitte, *1991/2014
- after the butcher, exhibition space for contemporary art & social issues, Lichtenberg, *2006/2015
- AgvA-CIAT, Kreuzberg, *2012
- All The Problems In This World, role-playing games, comics and synth music store, Kreuzberg, *2021
- Anagram Books, project space, Kreuzberg, since 2016
- Another Country, English language second hand bookshop, Kreuzberg
- Apartment Project Berlin, non-profit art space, Neukölln, *2012
- Aperto, public laboratory, library and archive, Mitte, *2017
- Archive Books, Wedding/Gesundbrunnen, *2009, [1]
- Archivio Conz, *2016
- arkaoda Berlin, bar, Neukölln
- Arsenal, cinema, Tiergarten
- Art Laboratory Berlin, gallery, Gesundbrunnen, *2006
- Ausland, art, music and theory, Prenzlauer Berg
- Babylon, cinema, Kreuzberg
- Bärenzwinger, cultural site, Mitte, *2017
- Ballhaus Naunyn, Kreuzberg, *2006
- b_books, bookshop and publishing house, Kreuzberg, *1996
- Berghain, night club, Kreuzberg/Friedrichshain, *2004
- bi'bak, project space with a focus on transnational narratives, migration, global mobility and their aesthetic dimensions, Wedding, *2014
- Books People Places, architecture & urbanism bookstore, Schöneberg
- Bootlab, *2000
- Buchladen zur schwankenden Weltkugel, bookstore, Prenzlauer Berg
- c-base, lab, Mitte, *1995
- Changing Room / Wedding, project space for sound art and performance, Wedding, *2019
- DAM, digital art gallery, Mitte, *2003
- designtransfer, UdK Berlin gallery, Charlottenburg, *1984
- diffrakt, centre for theoretical periphery, Schöneberg, *2017
- District * School without Center, queer feminist art space and cultural center, Schöneberg, *2009
- Errant Sound, sound art venue, formerly Errant Bodies, Mitte, *2010
- Eschschloraque, bar, Mitte, *1995
- Flutgraben, studio house, Treptow, *1997
- Freehome
- GlogauAIR, project space, Kreuzberg, *2006
- Haus der Statistik, Mitte, *2015
- .HBC, club, Mitte
- Heart of Code, feminist hack- and makespace, Kreuzberg, *2015
- Hibiki, cultural space for contemporary art and music, Gesundbrunnen, *2018
- Hopscotch Reading Room, bookstore, reading room and event space, Tiergarten, *2018
- Individual Network, hackerspace, Moabit, *1995
- K77, experimental music venue, Mitte
- Kino International, cinema, Mitte, *1963
- km28, volunteer-run venue for new and experimental concert music, Neukölln, *2018
- Künstlerhaus Bethanien, cultural centre, Kreuzberg, *1973
- KVOST, dedicated to promoting artists who come from Eastern Europe, Mitte, *2018
- Labor Neunzehn, artist-run space, Alt-Treptow, *2014
- Labor Sonor / KuLe, experimental music venue, Mitte, *1990
- Lacuna Lab, collaborative creative space, Kreuzberg, *2015
- Lichtblick-Kino, independent art house cinema, Prenzlauer Berg, *1995
- Liebig12, art laboratory, Friedrichshain, *2011
- Loop Raum, space for contemporary art, *1997
- Loophole, underground event space, Neukölln
- Madame Claude, club, Kreuzberg, *2008
- MaHalla, event venue, Oberschöneweide, *2022
- Mastul, Wedding, *2004
- Monom, experimental performance venue, *2017
- Meinblau, project space, Prenzlauer Berg, *1997
- The Museum of American Art, Friedrichshain, *2004
- NGBK, bookstore & gallery, Kreuzberg, *1969
- offline, Neukölln, *2023
- O Tannenbaum, film & music venue, Neukölln
- Otherland, sci-fi & fantasy bookstore, *1998
- Panke, bar club bistro, Wedding, *2009
- panke.gallery, Wedding, *2016
- Peninsula, Moabit, *2014
- Pro qm, bookstore, Mitte, *1999
- Radialsystem, art space, Friedrichshain, *2006
- Rosa, project space for net art and net culture, Mitte, *2022
- Saint George's, 2nd hand bookstore, Prenzlauer Berg, *2003
- Sameheads, nightclub, Neukölln, *2013
- SAVVY Contemporary, Wedding, *2009
- Schering Stiftung, gallery, Mitte
- Schokoladen, live music bar, Mitte
- Scriptings, project space, Mitte, *2009
- Silent Green, cultural quarter, Wedding, *2013
- Sinema Transtopia, Mitte, *2015
- SomoS, art space, Kreuzkölln, *2012
- Sowieso, bar, Neukölln
- Sparwasser HQ, contemporary art gallery, Friedrichshain
- Supermarkt, project space, Kreuzberg, *2011
- Tennis Bar, kiezkneipe, vinyl and cassettes only, Neukölln, *2016
- Texture, Kreuzberg, *2018
- top, project space, Neukölln, *2002
- Trauma Bar und Kino, Mitte, *2018
- Trust, space for design and utopian conspiracy, Tiergarten, *2018
- uqbar, project space, Gesundbrunnen, *2007
- Valentin Stüberl, bar, Neukölln
- Vierte Welt, Kreuzberg, *2010
- Walden-Kunstaustellungen, gallery, Neukölln
- Willow's Nest, private home art space, Friedrichshain, *c2016
- Wendel, clubcafe, Kreuzberg
- Zentrum für Netzkunst, Mitte, *2019
- Zabriskie, bookshop for culture & nature, Kreuzberg, *2013
- ZK/U, center for art and urbanistics, Moabit
- Zönotéka, project space, Neukölln, *2014
- Art museums and centres
- Berlinische Galerie, Kreuzberg, *1975
- Martin-Gropius-Bau, Kreuzberg, *1981
- Hamburger Bahnhof, contemporary art museum, Mitte, *1996
- Kindl, centre for contemporary art, formerly Alte Kindl Brauerei, Neukölln
- KW Institute for Contemporary Art, art centre, formerly Kunst-Werke, Mitte, *1991, [2], [3]
- Past venues
-able (gallery, -2014), Altes Finanzamt (Neukölln, -2015), Antje Øklesund (audiovisual laboratory, -2017), A Public Library (Kreuzberg, 2015), Automaten (club, 2001-2004), Echo Bücher (space for contemporary music, sound and club culture, Gesundbrunnen, 2013-2018), Enblanco Projektraum (project space, Kreuzberg, 2009-2013), Fischbüro (cultural club, 1986-1989), Galerie René Block (1964-1979), gelbe MUSIK (1981-2014), General Public (sound art gallery, 2005-2015), Intersoup (music venue, Prenzlauer Berg), Kunstfabrik (culture space, 2002-2008), LEAP (Mitte, 2011-2015), M12, Maria am Ostbahnhof (club), Media Arts Lab Künstlerhaus Bethanien, NK (2009-2015), Or Gallery Berlin (2010-2015), Pflüger68 (exhibition space, 2007-2015), pickledfeet (Mitte, -2008), Pirate Cinema Berlin, Podewil centre (1992-2004), Quiet Cue (2009-2016), Raum (Wedding, 2006-2007) Raum18 (Neukölln, 2009-2010), Ruine der Künste Berlin (1985-2005), Singuhr Hoergalerie (sound art gallery, 1996-2014), Spektrum (art & science community space with makerlab, 2014-2019) [4], Stattbad (culture centre, Wedding, 2001-2015), Stralau 68, Tesla (media art lab, 2005-2007), tmp (artistic project spaces, 2007-2011), Underground Zero (club, *2007), White Rabbit (gallery & music venue, -2012), Zentrale-Randlage (2005-2007).
Initiatives with no permanent event venue
- 0x2620
- Archipel, community radio
- Artkillart, label, *2007
- Arts of the Working Class, street journal, *2018
- Backyard Radio, *2007
- Bausteln
- BLATT 3000, magazine for exchange and critical discussion, *2014
- Broken Dimanche Press, art and literature press, *2009
- Cashmere Radio, 2018
- Chaosradio
- De:Bug music magazine, *1997
- Digitale Gesellschaft, *2010
- DISK, *2005
- Disruption Network Lab, *2014
- DOCK
- Ecobytes, server, *2006
- eeclectic, visual culture publisher, *2018
- Ernst Schering Foundation, *2002
- Fehras Publishing Practices, artist collective, *2015
- FormatLabor
- Freifunk.net
- GenComp Collective
- ICI, *2006
- Iconclub, *2001
- ID Verlag, publishing house, *1988
- Initiative Neue Musik, *1991
- Institute for Algorhythmics, *2008
- Kammerensemble Neue Musik, *1980s
- kunst und technik, *1996
- La-condition-japonaise, *2007
- LaborBerlin, *2010
- Lebensformen, research group, *2011
- metroZones, *2007
- Not Applicable Artists, *2002
- The Public School Berlin, *2010
- Public Software Group, *2009
- r0g-media, *2012
- Radical Theory Berlin, reading group, *2009
- Reboot.fm, radio, *2004
- Replica, physical theatre platform
- Rohrpost, mailing list, *2000
- Singuhr, *1996
- So Far Channel
- School of Ma, *2014
- Telekommunisten
- textz.com, *2001
- top e.V., *2002
- Weise7, *2011
- xxxxx, 2006
- Past initiatives: Displaced Dilemma (c.2003-c.2007) [5], Codelab (2001-2002), Modukit (1998-2009), Mikro e.V. (1998-2001), Orang / Radio Internationale Stadt (1996-2002), Convex tv (1996-), Internationale Stadt Berlin (1995-1998), Handshake (1993-), Botschaft e.V. (1990-1996), A.N.Y.P. (periodical, 1989-1999), minimal club (artist group, *1983/1990).
Events
- Chaos Communication Congress, *1984
- club transmediale, festival, *1999
- Directors Lounge, video art and experimental film festival, *2005
- Kontakte, biennial for electroacoustic music and sound art, *2015
- Performing Encounters salon, *2014
- Radical Networks, conference, 2018
- Radical Sounds Latin America, festival, *2019
- Re:publica conference, *2007
- Sound Watch, music film festival, *2017
- State, festival for open science, art and society, *2014
- Transmediale, festival, *1988
- Vintage Computing Festival Berlin, *2014, [6]
- Vorspiel, city-wide program of events, *2010
- Event listings: Echtzeitmusik live music calendar, mobilize.berlin event platform, field notes contemporary music and jazz events.
- Past events
- Magical Hackerism, research, exhibition, netting, performances, 2022-2023
- Noisyleaks: The Art of Exposing Secrets, exhibition, 2022
- Hacking in Parallel (///HiP-Berlin///), conference, 2022
- Spatial, festival for spatial sound, music, art and technology, 2022
- Cinema of Commoning, symposium, screenings, talks, 2022
- Avtonomi Akadimia, 2020
- Technologies, *2020, [7] [8] [9]
- Open Scores, exhibition, 2019
- Statista, urban renewal project, 2019
- Infiltration: Challenging Supremacism, 2018
- Underground and Improvisation: Alternative Music and Art after 1968 exhibitions, concerts & discourse, 2018
- Vibrant Matter, text/object and sound event series, 2017-2021, [10]
- HOFFNUNG 3000, festival for music, art and theory, *2017
- Netzkunst im Berlin der 90er Jahre, exhibition, 2017
- Uncommons, conference, 2015
- Einbruch der Dunkelhei, conference, 2014
- Looking Through the Occult, conference, 2013
- Lichtklangphonogramm, exhibition, 2013
- International Teletext Art Festival, 2012-2015
- The Global Square - Berlin Biennale, 2012
- Think:Film, congress, 2012
- Kreatives Schaffen in der digitalen Welt, meeting, 2012
- Weise7 in/compatible Laboratorium, exhibition, 2012
- NetPoliticsBeerX, net politics and digital rights meetup, 2011-2016
- Federated Social Web, workshop, 2011
- A user's guide, 2011
- Open Knowledge Conference, 2011
- Re-Touching McLuhan, 2011
- 0x00WE15E7, exhibition, 2011
- SuperCollider User Meetings, *2011
- Pure Data Convention, 2011
- Cognitive Cities, conference, 2011
- Berlin Documentary Forum, festival, 2010-2014
- Free Culture Research Conference, 2010
- Screendancing, exhibition, 2010
- SuperCollider Symposium, 2010
- TaktFrei, festival for free music, 2010
- Visual Berlin, festival, 2010
- Verwertung, sound festival, 2010
- Process Festival, 2010
- Sounds. Radio – Art – New Music, exhibition, 2010
- Hacks4Democracy, *2010
- Pd-berlin meetings, 2009-2016
- János von Neumann Salon, 2009
- Transitland Destination Berlin, 2009
- International Turntable Orchestra, 2009
- All2gethernow, *2009
- Breakthrough, 2009
- Audio Poverty, conference, 2009
- atoms&bits, 2009
- Second International Pirate Conference, 2008
- Tuned City, 2008
- Koloniale 319, 2008
- Polytechnic, 2007-2008
- Dis-play, festival, *2007
- Worldtronics, 2007
- Re:place, 2007
- From Spark to Pixel. Art and New Media, exhibition, 2007
- 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966, exhibition, 2007
- Symposium for Readers, 2007
- Imagine Radio 2.0, 2007
- The Oil of the 21st Century, 2007
- Fluxus East, exhibition, 2007
- Summit, 2007
- Upgrade! Berlin, *2006
- Das Kleine Field Recordings, festival, 2006-c.2008
- DRM und Alternativen, 2004
- Dorkbot Berlin, *2004
- Joint-Venture, 2004-2006
- Klangkustfest, sound art festival, 2004-2018
- Arts of Knowledge, 2003-2004
- Migrating Images, 2003
- Software Art, conference, 2003
- Oekonux Conference, 2002
- FormatLabor series, *2002
- Salon Bruit, live music series, 2002-2016
- NetSplit, symposium, 2001
- Emergeandsee, media arts festival, 2000-2011
- Wizards of OS, conference, 1999-2006
- Net.Radio Days, 1998
- Garage, festival, 1997-2005
- inmedia, 1997-1999
- sonambiente, sound art festival, 1996, 2006
- Interflugs, *1989
- Inventionen, festival for contemporary music, 1982-2010
- Tuwat Congress, 1981
- Tunix Congress, 1978
Art workers
- A.A. Bronson (1946)
- Akitoshi Honda (1977)
- Alan Toner (1973)
- Alberto de Campo (1964)
- Aleksandra Domanović (1981)
- Andre Bartetzki (1962)
- André Carvalho Hostalácio
- Andreas Broeckmann (1964)
- Anna Chistoserdova (Ганна Чыстасердава)
- Anna Schäffler
- Antye Greie
- Aram Bartholl
- Axel Roch (1971)
- Baruch Gottlieb
- Ben de Biel (1963)
- Bengt Sjölén
- Bernhard Gál (1971)
- Brandon LaBelle
- Brendan Howell (1976)
- Brian Reffin Smith (1946)
- Cade Diehm
- Caleb Waldorf
- Carsten Seiffarth (1963)
- Carsten Stabenow
- Chris Salter (1967)
- Cornelia Sollfrank (1960)
- Daisuke Ishida (1980)
- Daniela Swarowsky
- Danja Vasiliev (1978)
- Daphne Dragona (1975)
- Derek Holzer
- Detlev Schneider (1948)
- Diana McCarty
- Diani Barreto
- Dmytri Kleiner
- Doireann O'Malley
- Doreen Mende
- Fabienne Serrière
- Fiona Geuss
- Flora Könemann
- Fredrik Olofsson
- Georg Weckwerth (1965)
- George Bagdasarov (1978)
- Geraldine Juárez
- Gilles Aubry
- Gisela Herzog
- Golo Föllmer (1964)
- Hanna Kuts
- Hannes Hoelzl
- Heather Frasch
- Heimo Lattner
- Helena Gough
- Holger Schulze
- Ina Wudtke
- Inke Arns (1968)
- Ioana Vreme Moser
- Isabel de Sena
- Jacob Kirkegaard (1975)
- Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag (1965)
- Jan Thoben
- Jay Rope
- JD Zazie
- Jeff Mann
- Jens-Uwe Dyffort (1967)
- Jessica Ekomane
- Jo Grys
- Joachim Blank (1963)
- Joanne Richardson (1968)
- Jochen Arbeit
- Jonas Hummel
- Jonas Lund
- Joulia Strauss (1974)
- Julian Oliver
- Julien Maire (1969)
- Julius von Bismarck
- Kristoffer Gansing
- Kyd Campbell
- Linda Hilfling
- Lozana Rossenova
- Magdaléna Kobzová
- Mara Goldwyn (1976)
- Margarita Tsomou
- Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri
- Mario de Vega
- Martin Conrads (1969)
- Martin Howse
- Martin Kuentz (1975)
- Masayoshi Fujita (aka El Fog)
- Maxfield Gassmann (1980)
- Meike Jansen
- Michael Chinen (1982)
- Michelle Teran (1966)
- Micz Flor
- Morten J Olsen
- Natalia Borissova
- Nicolas Siepen
- Niklas Roy
- Niklas Treutner
- Noam Braslavsky
- Norbert Bolz (1953)
- Oliver Baurhenn
- Oliver Grau (1965)
- Oliver Laric
- Oliver Walker
- Paolo Podrescu (Podinski)
- Paul Feigelfeld
- Peter Machajdík (1961)
- Pit Schultz (1965)
- Ralf Baecker
- Rinus van Alebeek
- Robert Sakrowski
- Rosa Barba (1972)
- Sam Auinger (1956)
- Sarah Grant
- Sebastian Lütgert
- Sebastian Schmieg
- Servando Barreiro
- Shintaro Miyazaki (1980)
- Slavko Kacunko (1964)
- Stephan Geene
- Stephan Urbach
- Susan Philipsz
- Susanne Lang
- Sylvia Schedelbauer
- Tanja Ostojić
- Tatiana Bazzichelli (1974)
- Thomas Ankersmit (1979)
- Thomas Gerwin (1955)
- Tim Pritlove
- Udo Noll (1966)
- Valie Djordjevic
- Viktor Dovhalyuk
- Volker Grassmuck (1961)
- Volo Bevza (Володимир Бевза)
- Warren Neidich
- Wolfgang Ernst (1959)
- Wolfgang Hagen (1950)
- Wolfgang Schäffner
- Wolfgang Spahn (1970)
- Wouter Jaspers
- Yair Elazar Glotman (1987)
- Yukio King (1980)
- Formerly: Constant Dullaart (1979), Dušan Barok, František Zachoval (1979), Robert M Ochshorn, Signe Lidén.
- RIP: Alanna Lockward (1961-2019), Diann Bauer (1972-2022), Frank Wagner (1958-2016), Mika Vainio (1963-2017), Sven Guckes (1967-2022).
Publications
- Diedrich Diederichsen, Der lange Weg nach Mitte. Der Sound und die Stadt, Cologne: Kiepenheuer und Witsch, 1999; repr., Kiwi, 2018, 312 pp. Publisher. (German)
- Children of Berlin. Cultural Developments 1989-1999, Berlin: Kunst-Werke, 1999, 96 pp. Catalogue. Exhibition held at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 7 Nov 1999-2 Jan 2000. Curated by Alanna Heiss and Klaus Biesenbach. Exh. reviews: Holland Cotter (NYT), Daryl Chin (PAJ).
- Constructing New Berlin: Contemporary Art Made in Berlin, ed. Brady M. Roberts, Phoenix Art Museum, Bass Museum Of Art, and Munich: Prestel, 2006, 150 pp. Catalogue. [11]
- Théo Lessour, Berlin sampler, Paris: Ollendorff & Desseins, 2009, 354+[11] pp. (French)
- Berlin Sampler: From Cabaret to Techno: 1904-2012, A Century Of Berlin Music, trans. Sean Kearney, Berlin: Ollendorff, 2012, 365 pp.
- Burkhard Beins, Christian Kesten, Gisela Nauck, Andrea Neumann (eds.), Echtzeitmusik Berlin: Selbstbestimmung einer Szene / Self-Defining a Scene, Hofheim am Taunus: Wolke, 2011, 416 pp. Excerpt. Publisher. Review: Williams (Crit Stud Impro). (German)/(English)
- Marta Blažanović, Echtzeitmusik. The social and discursive contexts of a contemporary music scene, Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2012, 200 pp. PhD dissertation. (English)
- Felix Denk, Sven von Thülen, Der Klang der Familie, Suhrkamp, 2012, 423 pp. Online companion. (German)
- The Sound of Family: Berlin, Techno and the Reunification, Books on Demand, 2014. [12]
- Ulrich Gutmair, Die ersten Tage von Berlin. Der Sound der Wende, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2013, 256 pp. Publisher. (German)
- Stefanie Seidl, Wolfgang Farkas, Heiko Zwirner (eds.), Nachtleben in Berlin: 1974 bis Heute, Metrolit, 2013. (German)
- Formate des WIR. Aktuelle Perspektiven auf künstlerische Formationen, kollektive Aktivitäten und Arbeitsansätze seit den 1960er Jahren in Berlin, research project, nGbK Berlin, 2013. Project website (archived).
- Kati Krause, Ole Schulz, "Our Own Private Germany", Matter, 8 Nov 2014. On squatting in 1990s Berlin.
- Sven Marquardt, Die Nacht ist Leben: Autobiographie, Ullstein, 2014, 224 pp. [13] (German)
- Berliner Hefte zu Geschichte und Gegenwart der Stadt [Berlin Journals—On the History and Present State of the City], 11 vols., 2016-2022 ff. Project. Publisher. (German)
- Peter Cusack, Berlin Sonic Places: A Brief Guide, ed. DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, Hofheim am Taunus: Wolke, 2017, 96 pp. Audio recordings. [14]
- Briana Jennifer Smith, Creative Alternatives: Experimental Art and Cultural Politics in Berlin, 1971-1999, Graduate College of The University of Iowa, 2017. PhD dissertation.
- Annette Maechtel, Das Temporäre politisch denken. Raumproduktion im Berlin der frühen 1990er Jahre, Berlin: b_books, 2020, 450 pp. Publisher. Review: Conrads (TAZ). (German)
- Birgit Eusterschulte, et al., Neuverhandlungen von Kunst. Diskurse und Praktiken seit 1990 am Beispiel Berlin, Bielefeld: transcript, 2020, 148 pp. TOC, Introduction. Publisher. (German)
- Knut Ebeling, Annette Maechtel, Heimo Lattner (eds.), Never Mind the Nineties. Eine Medienarchäologie des Kunststandorts Berlin, Hamburg: adocs, and Berlin: Eeclectic, 2021, 146 pp. Excerpt. Publisher. Publisher. Research project. (German)
- Briana J. Smith, Free Berlin: Art, Urban Politics, and Everyday Life, MIT Press, 2022, 328 pp. Publisher.
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