Newsletter 89 // March 2021

OPEN CALL // ZK/U Residency 2022

Apply until April 18, 2021

ZK/U Berlin hosts a multidisciplinary residency program, offering a living and working space for practitioners of all kinds (artists, researchers, activists, professionals of various fields) whose work or approach explores the dynamics and experiences of the city.

This month, a new OPEN CALL has been launched looking for any of the above to live and work here at ZK/U Berlin.

More information & apply

OPEN CALL // TURN2 Residencies

Apply until April 5, 2021

Starting in September 2021, ZK/U Berlin, G.A.S in Lagos, Bag Factory in Johannesburg and NCAI Nairobi, will host a new research residency programme with a focus on curatorial practices, the TURN2 RESIDENCIES.

The residencies were launched by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and are part of the programme TURN2 - Artistic Co-Creation between Germany and African Countries. The TURN2 RESIDENCIES are a joint project of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), the ZK/U Berlin and the Triangle Network, and are carried out in collaboration with the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI), the G.A.S. Foundation in Lagos and the Bag Factory in Johannesburg. 

The TURN2 RESIDENCIES facilitate research for emerging curators and cultural practitioners with curatorial experience (visual arts, cross-disciplinary) either from the African continent to come to Berlin, or from Germany to come to Johannesburg, Lagos or Nairobi to explore the vibrant cultural scenes as a starting point for sustainable curatorial exchanges. 

For more information on the OPEN CALL and to apply for a residency in Berlin at ZK/U for emerging curators based on the African continent, please click here.

For more information and the OPEN CALL to apply for a residency in Johannesburg, Lagos or Nairobi for emerging curators based in Germany, please click here.

For more information about the partners, please click here.

OPENED HAUS

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Bei Einbruch der Nacht des 04.03.2021 öffneten sich die Fassade des ZK/U Berlin visuell und erlaubte so einen Einblick in das Haus, dessen Eintritt den Besuchern aktuell verwehrt ist. Die Video-Mapping-Projektion, die in Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem ZK/U Berlin, seinen Residents sowie Gabriel Vallecillo Márquez (Gargantúa Magazin) entstand, ist bei YouTube dokumentiert.


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On March 4th 2021, ZK/U Berlin's façade opened up to allow a look inside while visitors are currently not allowed to enter. The video-mapping projection, a joint effort between ZK/U Berlin, it's residents and Gabriel Vallecillo Márquez (Gargantúa Magazine) is documented on YouTube.
 

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New publication // Grounded Urban Practices: Berlin

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Vor Kurzem erschien mit Grounded Urban Practices: Berlin eine neue Publikation des gleichnamigen Projektes. 

Im Jahr 2018 führten CLUSTER und Non-fiction ein umfangreiches Kartierungs- und vergleichendes Forschungsprojekt durch, um Grounded Urban Practices (GUPs) in Kairo und Amsterdam/Rotterdam zu beleuchten. In seiner zweiten Iteration untersucht das Projekt GUPs in Berlin.

GUPs sind, per in der vorherigen Iteration erarbeiteten Definition, in ihren Communities verwurzelt, kritisch gegenüber dem Status quo, experimentell in ihren Strategien und Methoden und nutzen räumliches Handeln als modus operandi, um Veränderungen herbeizuführen.

 

Mehr über das Projekt

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Recently, the publication Grounded Urban Practices: Berlin was finalised and published within the frame of the project Grounded Urban Practices.

In 2018, CLUSTER and Non-fiction conducted an extensive mapping and comparative research project to engage Grounded Urban Practices (GUPs) in Cairo and Amsterdam/Rotterdam. In its second iteration, the project spotlights GUPs active in Berlin.

Grounded Urban Practices are, per previously elaborated definition, rooted in their communities, critical of the status quo, experimental in their strategies and methods, and using spatial agency as their modus operandi to introduce change.

 

About the project

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Aus dem ZK/U-Umfeld

Unterstützung von Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen

Das ZK/U Berlin unterstützt das Anliegen des Volksbegehren "Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen", das sich dafür einsetzt, dass sämtliche Wohnungen jener Wohnungsgesellschaften, die über 3.000 Wohnungen in Berlin besitzen, vergesellschaftet werden. Um diese Forderung in ein Gesetz zu wandeln, braucht es einen Volksentscheid. Um diesen herbeizuführen braucht es genug Unterschriften. Unterstütze diese Initiative mit Deiner Unterschrift!

Hier gibt es weitere Informationen darüber, wie die Liste unterschrieben werden kann.

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ZK/U Berlin supports "Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen", a petition for a referendum to disposess those housing companies that own over that 3.000 apartments in Berlin. In order to form a law from this demand, a referendum is needed. In order to achieve this referendum, a sufficient amount of signatures is required. Support the initiative with your signature! 


Further information on how to sign here.