Project Workshop in Studio 6

1 Apr - 31 May 2026

The Statue of Peace, Ari, serves as a global memorial against sexualized violence in conflict. Following its installation in Berlin-Moabit in 2020 and its controversial removal at the end of 2025, the statue—on loan from the Korea Verband—found a temporary home at ZK/U in January 2026. Berlin is not a neutral space for remembrance: the debates surrounding Ari reflect global and local negotiations of war, gender-based violence, and responsibility. What can be remembered? Who gets to initiate those processes? ZK/U addresses these questions by opening Studio 6 as a discursive space for post-migrant culture of remembrance.

Relational Remembrance

In the spirit of Relational Urbanism, we do not view the Statue of Peace as a static monument, but as part of an ongoing social process. Here, remembrance is understood as a contemporary practice directly linked to current conflicts, migration movements, and structural violence. Studio 6 functions as a resonance chamber where urban responsibility and social solidarity are negotiated—not with the aim of providing definitive interpretations, but as an open dialogue between places, people, and histories.

Workshop Formats: Education & Exchange

Studio 6, located right next to Ari, creates a space for voices to be heard. Through the discursive program, Ari is not only physically present at ZK/U but also grows into the fabric of ZK/U and the urban community: Fellows of the ZK/U Residency Program work on the subject at the same time, Artist Talks invite the public to exchange ideas, and regular reading groups and performative walks connect the statue in front of the building with the processes in Studio 6 and the neighborhood. The project workshop is used by invited artists, groups, and guests, but is also open to other ideas and projects! The program will be continuously developed throughout the project’s duration until the end of May and offers ongoing opportunities for exchange and participation. Possible forms include workshops, discussion panels, and lectures, as well as artistic-performative interventions and other formats.