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
Baum und Platte
Exhibition at Museum der Dinge: Profitopolis or the Condition of the City
Narratives
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:
General Approach
General Approach:
Why and how ZK/U implements discourse
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ZK/∩*:
ZK/∩*
ZK/∩*:
*from open source to open end:
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Haus der Statistik:
Haus der Statistik
Haus der Statistik:
Model project for cooperative urban development
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ZEDu:
ZEDu
ZEDu:
Mutual learning lab
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CURATING CHAOS:
CURATING CHAOS
CURATING CHAOS:
Evolutions of decentralised curatorial practices
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
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, performance, video, installation and resident talks
GÜTERMARKT
paused until 2024
Monthly summer-market connects the neighbourhood and provides a platform for local goods and handcrafted items.
SPEISEKINO / FOOD AND FOOTAGE
paused until 2024
Independent movies in combination with food
FUSSBALLABALLA
paused
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.
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
ClimArt
2023 - 2025
Raising awareness and mobilizing to increase urban climate resilience through artistic interventions (reallabor)
Beeholder - Beecoin
ongoing
Decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) inspired by the idea of self-governance of non-human stakeholders
ZK/U Extension
ongoing - to be completed by end of 2024
The ZK/U - Center for Art and Urbanistics is growing!
CityToolBox
ongoing
Online-learning platform encouraging citizen-driven actions in the urban landscape – Change It Yourself!
Ständige Vertretung!
Ongoing
Produktionsort für Berliner Projekträume, Initiativen, Kollektive und Einzelakteure
ZK/U Aerial View, Berlin 2012
Construction process
Nach dem Eröffnungswochenende Mitte September, das uns einen wunderbaren Vorgeschmack auf die Zukunft gegeben hat, beginnt jetzt die abschließende Bauphase.
In den kommenden Monaten werden Restarbeiten wie die Installation des Fahrstuhls, Schallschutzmaßnahmen sowie der finale Innenausbau durchgeführt.
Wir freuen uns darauf, ab nächstem Frühjahr das fertiggestellte ZK/U gemeinsam mit euch zu erleben.
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Following the opening weekend in mid-September, which gave us a wonderful preview of what’s to come, we go into the final construction phase.
In the coming months, finishing touches such as the installation of the elevator, soundproofing measures, and completing the interior construction will be carried out.
We look forward to experiencing the fully completed ZK/U with you next spring.
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