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 & Communication: +49 3039882650
Residency: +49 30 39885840
Projects: +49 30 39885842

Events: As we are currently under construction, space booking for any kind of event is not possible at the moment.


Press & Communication inquiries: kommunikation(at)zku-berlin.org
Residency inquiries: residency(at)zku-berlin.org
Project inquiries: projects(at)zku-berlin.org

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December 15 2023 - April 04 2024

Bee DAO at Zeppelin Museum

Cryptomania. Promises of the Blockchain.

Bee DAO at Zeppelin Museum

March 21 2024 / 7 - 11 pm

OPENHAUS MARCH 2024

OPEN STUDIOS, PERFORMANCES, VIDEOS, INSTALLATIONS AND RESIDENT TALKS

OPENHAUS MARCH 2024

Discourses

We direct our work along specific research themes that are meant to inspire open discussions.
Like ourselves, our discourses change over time.

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General Approach:
Why and how ZK/U implements discourse

General Approach
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ZK/∩*:
*from open source to open end: 

ZK/∩*
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Haus der Statistik:
Model project for cooperative urban development

Haus der Statistik
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ZEDu:
Mutual learning lab

ZEDu
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CURATING CHAOS:
Evolutions of decentralised curatorial practices

CURATING CHAOS

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

Eeva-Liisa Puhakka

Untitled

Untitled

Furen Dai

On the Museum Ruins (Working Title)

On the Museum Ruins (Working Title)

Ella Barclay

Unkempt Cognition

Unkempt Cognition

Ari David

Ambiguous Grounds

Ambiguous Grounds

Erica Ferrari

The vocabulary of work - anonymous monumental practice

The vocabulary of work - anonymous monumental practice

Aliaksandr Martyniuk

Unfiltered Utopias

Unfiltered Utopias

Martin Krafft

Poetry for You

Poetry for You

Formats

Our formats are established ZK/U Projects that have turned into re-occuring cultural practices, now taking place on site regularly.

OPENHAUS

Bi-monthly event

OPEN STUDIOS, PERFORMANCES, VIDEOS, INSTALLATIONS AND RESIDENT TALKS

OPENHAUS

GÜTERMARKT

paused until 2024

Monthly summer-market connects the neighbourhood and provides a platform for local goods and handcrafted items.

GÜTERMARKT

SPEISEKINO / FOOD AND FOOTAGE

paused until 2024

INDEPENDENT-MOVIES IN COMBINATION WITH FOOD

SPEISEKINO / FOOD AND FOOTAGE

FUSSBALLABALLA

paused until 2024

Turning the popular format of 'public viewing' of sports into an educational and community-building event

FUSSBALLABALLA

Projects

Our projects are artistic, research-related, socially relevant and often international experiments that can eventually turn into ZK/U Formats.

ZK/U Extension

Ongoing - To be completed by end of 2024

The ZK/U - Center for Art and Urbanistics is growing!

ZK/U Extension

Active CITY(zens)

2023 - 2024

Creating new prototypes of culture programming to rediscover unique public spaces and create new forms of vibrant short performance bites

Active CITY(zens)

ClimArt

2023 - 2025

RAISING AWARENESS AND MOBILIZING TO INCREASE URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS (REALLABOR)

ClimArt

Beeholder - Beecoin

ongoing

decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) inspired by the idea of self-governance of non-human stakeholders

Beeholder - Beecoin

CityToolBox

Ongoing

Online-learning platform encouraging citizen-driven actions in the urban landscape – Change It Yourself!

CityToolBox

Haus der Statistik

Ongoing

Center for refugees, social, artistic and creative activities

Haus der Statistik

Ständige Vertretung!

Ongoing

Produktionsort für Berliner Projekträume, Initiativen, Kollektive und Einzelakteure

Ständige Vertretung!
ZK/U Aerial View, Berlin 2012

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Construction process

We support