Auszeichnung
künstlerischer Projekträume
und -initiativen

after the butcher

Ausstellungsraum für zeitgenössische Kunst und soziale Fragen

2006
Spittastraße
25
Berlin
10317
The Project Space Prize has not only saved many spaces and kept them alive for a longer period but basically generated a unique experimental and diverse art scene in Berlin. The Prize has also very much encouraged the founding of new spaces, fueled by the hope of receiving funding at some point. More than anything, it is an example of how much a certain public funding strategy can completely shape a local art scene.I wish that politicians would ­realize how important funding structures are and how much these can shape an art scene – shape a city.I have never really been a friend of these kinds of networks, but from what I can see, you have done a pretty good job for the visibility of and necessity for free spaces.