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
Press: +49 3039882650
Residency: +49 30 39885840
Projects: +49 30 39885842
Fax: +49 30 39885841
Events: Please send us event and space enquiries exclusively by e-mail: events(at)zku-berlin.org
General inquiries: info(at)zku-berlin.org
Press inquiries: presse(at)zku-berlin.org
Residency inquiries: residency(at)zku-berlin.org
Project inquiries: projects(at)zku-berlin.org
MORE WORLD // Berliner Gazette’s 20th Anniversary Conference
Fight Climate Change! Call for workshop registration.
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
Byungseo Yoo / Gabriel Vallecillo Márquez / Jan van Esch / Stadtfrauenküche (SFK) / Semâ Bekirović / Pawel Jankiewicz / Julia Grybos and Barbora Zentková / Sophia Schultz / Fatma Hendawy / Kerem Ozan Bayraktar / Jonas Vansteenkiste / Aiwen Yin / / Mu Tian Nu Li
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.
ZK/U Untersuchungsausschuss (Fact Finding Comitee)
2018-2019
The Berlin Fact-Finding Committee (“Untersuchungsausschuss”) at ZK/U
Haus der Statistik
Ongoing
Center for refugees, social, artistic and creative activities
Rethink Open-Form
Mar 2018 - Oct 2019
A cooperation between ZK/U - Center for Art and Urbanistics (Berlin, DE) and MOM - Museum of Housing Estates (Lublin, PL)
Hacking Urban Furniture
Exploring the history, present and future of urban furniture in collaboration with artists, urban explorers, administrators, politicians, activists and researchers
Ständige Vertretung!
Ongoing
Produktionsort für Berliner Projekträume, Initiativen, Kollektive und Einzelakteure
GÜTERVERKEHR
Ongoing
Production and communication platform for cooperative forms of production
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
22 Aug 2019
** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // PLUS // Heute Abend um 19.00 Uhr öffnet das ZK/U...
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From nGbK Berlin: TOMORROW 19:00 at ZK/U, Berlin: Kerem Ozan Bayraktar, currently Istanbul-Berlin scholarship holder,... ➥ TOMORROW 19:00 at ZK/U, Berlin: Kerem Ozan Bayraktar, currently Istanbul-Berlin scholarship holder, will take part at...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Wir sind schon ganz aufgeregt, denn...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Am Donnerstag ab 19.00 Uhr wird der...
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/// 22.08.2019 /// INFRASTRUCTURE OF HOPE – CASE STUDY BELGRADE /// OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO /// This Thursday, we are...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Nur noch 3 Tage bis zum OPENHAUS PLUS...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Am Donnerstag erwartet Euch ein Programm...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Nur noch wenige Tage zum OPENHAUS PLUS...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Schau nächste Woche Donnerstag zum ZK/U...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Heute stellen wir euch ein Duo vor, das...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Sophia Schultz Rocha zeigt am kommenden...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Wir machen weiter mit der Vorstellung der...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Zu sehen beim OPENHAUS: Pawel Jankiewicz...
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Die Redaktion der Berliner Gazette hält vom 10.-12.10.2019 ihre Konferenz zum 20-jährigen Bestehen ab – und das hier bei... How can we cooperate across borders to tackle climate change? Sign up until September 1st for one of the five workshops...
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// 13.08.2019 // ART CITY LAB 2 // ZK/U PRESS // ** ENGLISH BELOW ** Heute wird die Publikation ART CITY LAB 2,...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Auch Gabriel Vallecillo und sein...
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// SPEISEKINO // 15.08.2019 // Symphony of the Soil Diese Woche geht es im SPEISEKINO um das, was sich unter uns... ** ENGLISH BELOW ** /// SPEISEKINO /// 15.08.2019 /// SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL /// „Symphony of the Soil“ ist ein...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Fatma Hendawy, die schon vergangene Woche...
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/// ART CITY LAB 2 // 13.08.2019 // PODIUMSDISKUSSION & VERÖFFENTLICHUNG /// Unser Verlag, ZK/U Press, ist beteiligt an... *** NEUE PUBLIKATION - ART CITY LAB 2 *** Der Atelierbeauftragte von Berlin und raumlaborberlin in Kooperation mit:...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Julia Gryboś & Barbora Zentková...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Unsere Residenzkünstlerin Sema Bekirovic...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS // Kerem Ozan Bayraktar stellt beim...
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** ENGLISH BELOW ** // 22.08.2019 // OPENHAUS PLUS SPEISEKINO // OPENHAUS Am 22.08. stellen unsere...
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// SPEISEKINO // 08.08.2019 // Einen postkolonialen Raum wieder besuchen Unsere Residenzkünstlerin Fatma Hendawy... // SPEISEKINO // 08.08.2019 // Einen postkolonialem Raum wieder besuchen ** ENGLISH BELOW ** Der Film "Fig." von Uriel...
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// SPEISEKINO // FOOD AND FOOTAGE // Die Küche läuft heiß! Um 19 Uhr öffnen unsere Türen und um 19.30 Uhr gibt es was... // Am Ende der Milchstrasse // 01.08.2019 // ** ENGLISH BELOW ** Es wird schon fleißig gekocht! Mecklenburgischer...
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01.08.2019 // SPEISEKINO // Am Ende der Milchstraße Morgen Abend zeigt SPEISEKINO den Film "Am Ende der Milchstraße".... ** English below ** Leopold Grün (geb. in Dresden, 1968) ist einer der Regisseure des Films "Am Ende der Milchstrasse"...
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