Welcome
We are the ZK/U in Berlin: production site, artist/research-residency, program platform. In our work we connect local practice and global discourse. Get involved!
ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics
Siemensstrasse 27
10551 Berlin
Germany
Contact
Events: +49 30 39885843
Press: +49 30 39885850
Residency: +49 30 39885840
Projects: +49 30 39885842
Fax: +49 30 39885841
General inquiries: info(at)zku-berlin.org
Press inquiries: presse(at)zku-berlin.org
Residency inquiries: residency(at)zku-berlin.org
Space rental and events: events(at)zku-berlin.org
Project inquiries: projects(at)zku-berlin.org
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*Call for Contributions*
Join BG’s 20th anniversary initiative on communal tools for planetary challenges!
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SPEISEKINO // Walking the streets of Moscow (1964)
by Georgiy Daneliya
CALL OUT
for Hosts, Content and Podcast-Like Radio Art // Current deadline is Sunday 12th May – for the coming live broadcast on Saturday 8th June //
Discourses
We direct our work along specific research themes that are meant to inspire open discussions.
Like ourselves, our discourses change over time.
№ 1
SELF-EMPOWERMENT:
SELF-EMPOWERMENT
SELF-EMPOWERMENT:
Practical Guides and Solidarity in Urban Learning
№ 2
RESETTING:
RESETTING
RESETTING:
Urban Infrastructure Revisited
№ 3
BRIDGING:
BRIDGING
BRIDGING:
Global Discourse and Local Practice
№ 4
RE-THINKING:
RE-THINKING
RE-THINKING:
Resilient Cities in Post-Migrant Societies
Residency
A new, innovative venue offering artistic and research residencies of 2–12 months duration for art production at the interface of urban research opened its doors in summer 2012 in the district of Moabit in Berlin-Mitte, on the edges of Berlin‘s largest inland port, Westhafen.
Current Fellows
Cesar Cornejo / Byungseo Yoo / / Noa Heyne / ZK/U Fact Finding Committee #03 / Kate Fahey / Elena Mazzi / Gabriel Vallecillo Márquez / Mette Kit Jensen / Jan van Esch / Pablo Alboreda / Karl Ingar Røys
Formats
Our formats are established ZK/U Projects that have turned into re-occuring cultural practices, now taking place on site regularly.
GÜTERMARKT
Once a month during summer
Monthly summer-market connects the neighbourhood and provides a platform for local goods and handcrafted items.
SPEISEKINO / FOOD AND FOOTAGE
May to October
INDEPENDENT-MOVIES IN COMBINATION WITH FOOD
FUSSBALLABALLA
During major football events
Turning the popular format of 'public viewing' of sports into an educational and community-building event
Projects
Our projects are artistic, research-related, socially relevant and often international experiments that can eventually turn into ZK/U Formats.
Rethink open-form: 60s / 70s residential areas as settlements for micro-democracies
Mar 2018 - Oct 2019
A cooperation between the ZK/U - Center for Art and Urbanism (Berlin, DE) and the Open Territory Foundation (Lublin, PL)
ZK/U Untersuchungsausschuss (Fact Finding Comitee)
2018-2019
The Berlin Fact-Finding Committee (“Untersuchungsausschuss”) at ZK/U
Ständige Vertretung!
Ongoing
Produktionsort für Berliner Projekträume, Initiativen, Kollektive und Einzelakteure
GÜTERVERKEHR
Ongoing
Production and communication platform for cooperative forms of production
Hacking Urban Furniture
Exploring the history, present and future of urban furniture in collaboration with artists, urban explorers, administrators, politicians, activists and researchers
Haus der Statistik
Ongoing
Center for refugees, social, artistic and creative activities
Satellites
Satelites are ZK/U initiated projects happening outside of the physical space of ZK/U, or are organized by collaborators and partners at ZK/U.
FEVALA
The FEVALA is our Cafe and Bar on site. It is open for events and from beginning of May until the end of September. Opening hours may vary.
| FEVALA opening hours: | ||
| FR. | SA. | SU. |
| 17–23 h | 12–21 h | 15–20 h |
Publishing
ZK/U Press is a division of ZK/U, focused on publishing critical content on urban issues. It is giving artists, architects and researchers a forum to discuss, archive, documenting their work.
ZK/U Aerial View, Berlin 2012
Events
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News
13 Apr 2019
In behalf of the entire KUNSTrePUBLIK and ZK/U team Sylvia received flowers and congratulations for the special mention...
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// DER GÜTERMARKT IST ZURÜCK // ... und mit ihm ein wunderbares Wetter! Passend zum Frühlingsanfang in Berlin starten...
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Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Der öffentliche Raum – ein Ort für Alle?" hält unser Co-Direktor Matthias Einhoff einen... Thema: Der öffentliche Raum – ein Ort für Alle?, Dienstag, 9. April 2019, 19.00 Uhr, Rathaus Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf,...
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Yeah! Wir sind Papst! 🤩Naja, fast. Aber es fühlt sich ein bisschen so an! Die ADKV - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher...
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We are preparing for tonight! // OPENHAUS // starting at 7pm // Studio Visits / Installations / Performance / Food ++...
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Heute im ZK/U // Angesprochen sind Berliner*innen im Alter von 12 - 16 Jahren // Noch Plätze frei !! // Unser ZK/U...
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Welkom in Berlijn! Fully funded Residency at ZK/U Berlin in 2020 for artists living in the Netherlands. Please share... Het publieke stimuleringsfonds voor beeldende kunst en cultureel erfgoed
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// Berliner*innen im Alter von 12 - 16 Jahren für eine Schulstunde der etwas anderen Art gesucht // Unser ZK/U Resident...
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