2016,

ADN Pförtnerhaus, Statsion, TACHO

2016,

2013

Initiative

Prenzlauer Promenade

149–152

Berlin

13189

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Andrea Pichel, CNTRM 2, 2018, Foto: Christof Zwiener

Sonya Schönberger feat. Julius Heise, like a monkey with a miniature cymbal, 2015, Foto: Christof Zwiener

We had no idea that the project room scene in Berlin existed until we had founded our own …Kunst kann fast alles, muss es aber nicht. Heute arbeiten wir in einem neoliberalen Turbokapitalismus, der an seine absoluten globalen Grenzen gekommen ist. Ohne künstlerische Arbeit wird es keine nachvollziehbare Übersetzung der jetzt NOTwendigen sozial-ökologischen Transformationsprozesse der westeuropäisch geprägten Industriegesellschaften geben.The pandemic gave us a pause and became a forced hiatus. For us, it didn’t make sense to organize events or to move into the digital space during the last year. A willingness to think outside the box, to implement short-term funding, and to listen to the needs of the community. Not everyone requires long term investments; others would like to apply for EUR 500 to develop a project for next month. These quick, low-cost funding opportunities are not clearly available yet. When implementing initiatives, first think about the places and the people you are trying to serve. Requiring project spaces to have a program mapped out six months in advance, or ask for only German-language applications is not responding to the community.