STATISTA Presentation week and Conference
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STATISTA
Statecraft, Pioneer Usage, Representation
Haus der Statistik, Berlin
In September 2015, a banner designed by the Allianz bedrohter Berliner Atelierhäuser (Berlin Alliance of Threatened Artist Studios) announced the establishment of a center for socio-cultural purposes at the Berlin Haus der Statistik (House of Statistics). An artistic intervention which has now turned into urban-political reality. Today, the Haus der Statistik, near Alexanderplatz, is a unique pilot project in which a broad coalition of urban actors are together developing a polyfunctional experiment. A good 100,000 square meters will be offering space for culture, social work, education, affordable housing, a new town hall and administrative usage, in the very heart of the city.
Being one of the first of many “pioneer usages” of the vast empty spaces of the Haus der Statistik, STATISTA is testing whether working in the spirit of the Commons is an option within today’s context of city development. With the aid of ten distinct playing fields, STATISTA generates artistic prototypes for a civil society built on collective principles. The first results of these long-term artistic working processes will be made publicly visible over the STATISTA Presentation Week from 11 – 16 September 2019. Including neighbourhood initiatives, a cryptocurrency based on the wellbeing of bees, a facade design built for ecological inclusivity, and an international conference. Temporary usage, in this case, does not lead to gentrification, but to a form of urban renewal that is to the benefit of the city users.
The presentation week culminates in an international conference featuring collectives working in a comparable spirit of bottom-up development: Campus in Camps, Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise, Chto Delat, ExRotaprint, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, MACAO, Nachbarschaftsakademie Prinzessinnengärten, Planbude, ruangrupa. Discussions revolve around long-term prospects for artistic-participatory interventions in public space as well as specific neighbourhoods. How can an initially artistic gesture be transformed into a long-term perspective?
STATISTA is a collaboration between ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics and KW Institute for Contemporary Art.
Artistic directors
Harry Sachs, Matthias Einhoff, Philip Horst (ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics)
Curator
Tirdad Zolghadr (KW Institute for Contemporary Art)
Project participants
anschlaege.de, Economic Space Agency (ECSA), The Hiveeyes Project, image-shift, KUNSTrePUBLIK, Labor k3000, Moabees, Nascent, openBerlin, Penny Rafferty, raumlaborberlin with Bernadette La Hengst, sub_ʇxǝʇ and many more
STATISTA enjoys the generous support of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
The STATISTA presentation week is part of the Berlin Art Week (11.-15.9.2019).
Haus der Statistik
Karl-Marx-Allee 1, 10178 Berlin
Further information
www.allesandersplatz.berlin
Press contact
Denhart v. Harling, segeband.pr, dh(at)segeband.de, +49 179 4963497
Programme September
4.9.2019, 6–8 pm
Choir rehearsal „Voices – first recording ”
Language: German (Meeting point: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
STATISTA Presentation Week (11 – 16 September 2019)
The complete programme of events will soon be available at www.allesandersplatz.berlin.
Participation in all events is free. Some events require registration via www.allesandersplatz.berlin.
11.9.2019, from 7 pm
Opening with performances and presentations
7 – 8 pm, Performance, “Voices – first recording”
Neighbourhood choir, a project by raumlaborberlin in collaboration with Bernadette La Hengst
(Meeting point: Haus A).
8.15 – 9 pm
Project presentations
“Beecoin”, presented by KUNSTrePUBLIK, Hiveeyes, Nascent, and Moabees
Language: German (Venue: Haus D)
“Musterhaus der Statistik” and “STATISTA Coin”, presented by openBerlin, Economic Space Agency (ECSA), and KUNSTrePUBLIK
Language: German/English (Venue: Courtyard)
“Ishtar”, presented by Nascent, Penny Rafferty, and guests Simon Denny and Harm van den Dorpel
Language: English (Venue: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
“ALLESANDERSPLATZ” and “Unser Leben 2020”, presented by image-shift, anschlaege.de, and KUNSTrePUBLIK
Language: German, whispered translation into English available (Venue: Sidewalk outside Haus A, in case of poor weather: at 9 pm at Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
“fallingwild” and “Taubenturm”, presented by Labor k3000, KUNSTrePUBLIK, and Stadttauben e.V.
Language: German, whispered translation into English available (Venue: Haus A)
9 – 9.20 pm and 10 – 10.20 pm: Audio performance by Schneider TM
A sonic portrait of Beecoin
(Venue: Haus D)
12.9.2019, Musterhaus Day
12 – 10 pm: Musterhaus Day
Non-stop line-ups in Musterhaus der Statistik
(Venue: Courtyard)
Please consult www.allesandersplatz.berlin and posters for programming and details
12 – 3 pm: Workshop “Sensing Bees”
Language: German/English, limited space, registration required: moabees(at)zku-berlin.org (Meeting point: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
1 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
3 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: English (Meeting point: Haus A)
5 pm: STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
13.9.2019, Workshops
10 am –1 pm, Workshop with Campus in Camps, “Permanent Temporariness”
Language: English, limited space available, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin (Venue: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
1 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
2 – 5 pm, Workshop with Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise, “Outside the White Cube”
Language: English, limited space available, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin (Venue: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
3 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: English (Meeting point: Haus A)
5 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
6 – 9 pm, Workshop with MACAO, “Designing an Intersectional Ecosystem”
Language: English, limited space, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin (Venue: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
7 pm, Performance, “Voices – first recording”
Neighbourhood choir
(Meeting point: Haus A)
8 pm, Collateral event, “Making Futures Summer School”, Finissage
Collaboration between raumlaborberlin and Berlin University of the Arts, marking the Bauhaus centenary
(Venue: Haus D)
14.9.2019, STATISTA Conference
10 am – 1 pm, Workshop with Nachbarschaftsakademie Prinzessinnengärten, “Under the Pavement – the Soil
Language: German, limited space available, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin (Meeting point: Haus D)
1 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
3 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: English (Meeting point: Haus A)
5 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
2 – 6 pm, STATISTA Conference
Language: English (Venue: Haus D)
2 pm, Introduction by curator Tirdad Zolghadr
2.30 pm, ExRotaprint: „Non-profit Development for Work, Art, Communities“
3.15 pm, MACAO: „Radical Finance“
4.30 pm, Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise: “Outside the White Cube”
5.15 pm, Campus in Camps: “Permanent Temporariness”
7 – 9.30 pm, Workshop with Planbude, “Methode Wunschproduktion”
Language: German, limited space available, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin (Meeting point: Haus D)
15.9.2019, STATISTA Conference
10 am – 1 pm, Workshop with ExRotaprint, “Non-profit & Big Money”
Language: German, limited space available, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin
(Please note a change in location: ExRotaprint, Gottschedstr. 4, Berlin 13357)
1 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
2 – 9 pm, STATISTA Conference
Language: English (Venue: Haus D)
2 pm, Planbude, “Methode Wunschproduktion”
3 pm, Nachbarschaftsakademie Prinzessinnengärten, “Under the Pavement – the Soil“
4.15 pm, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, “The Total Work of the Cultural Institution”
5 pm, Chto Delat, “Houses of Culture”
5.45 Uhr, ruangrupa, “_Siasat(ISTA)_”
7 pm, concluding discussion
3 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: English (Meeting point: Haus A)
5 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
16.9.2019, Workshops
10 am – 1 pm, Workshop with Chto Delat, “Houses of Culture: cultural models based on principles of comradeship”
Language: English, limited space available, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin (Venue: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
1 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
2 – 5 pm, Workshop with Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, “How to Work Together? Solidarity in Light of Its Relation to the Institution”
Language: English, limited space, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin (Venue: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)
3 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: English (Meeting point: Haus A)
5 pm, STATISTA guided tour
Language: German (Meeting point: Haus A)
6 – 9 pm, Workshop with ruangrupa, “_Siasat(ISTA)_”
Language: English, limited space available, registration kindly requested: www.allesandersplatz.berlin (Venue: Werkstatt Haus der Statistik)