2019,

Kreuzberg Pavillon

2019, 2013, 2023,

2011

Naunynstraße

53

Berlin

10999

kreuzbergpavillon.de

Der 2011 gegründete Projektraum wird von Heiko Pfreundt und Lisa Schorm betrie-
ben. Der Raum dient der Entwicklung und Ausstellung von experimentellen künstlerischen, kuratorischen und kunstvermittelnden Projekten. Aus dem zwischen 2011 und 2016 wöchentlich stattfindenden Ausstellungsrhythmus, ist in den letzten drei Jahren eine Struktur aus inhaltlich zusammenhängenden Ausstellungsreihen und Aktionen hervorgegangen, welche sich als fluides,
durchlässiges und kollaboratives System begreift und mit spielerischen Eingriffen und sequentiellen Ausstellungskonzepten an einer ständigen Erweiterbarkeit und Re-Dramatisierung des Ausstellungsraumes und seiner Umgebung interessiert ist.

THE INFINITE GAME – a 23 hours live action, 2018, Foto: Heiko Pfreundt

Tracey Snelling, Ausstellung: MMXXI, 2018, Foto: Heiko Pfreundt

In Berlin wurden ja schon gute und wichtige Akzente gesetzt, jedoch sollte dieses Bewusstsein auch auf Bundesebene mehr durchschlagen und ein Gesamtkonzept zur Unterstützung der Kultur in Angriff genommen werden.Funding and access to funding is a key element in sustaining project spaces. There are many funding tools that project spaces can use to cover the costs of labor, materials, and rent. But the options are competitive and usually involve a lot of effort and paperwork. In our opinion, there needs to be a change in the funding system that includes simplifying the application process and shortening the waiting time between submission and announcement of the result. Only like this can the project space keep the momentum and focus on artistic and curatorial projects.Ashley started out as a self-funded project. This allowed presenting art in a self-determined way, especially by working artists not part of the commercial art market but also those flying under the radar of larger public institutions. Of course, this model also brought up the question of sustainability. In the last few years, with rising rents and spaces closing down, this question has become more and more pressing for everyone on the free scene. Winning the project space prize in 2018 was a pivotal moment for Ashley, particularly because beyond recognizing the work done by independently-run spaces, the prize money could be spread over several years to keep our program running. However, a prize also follows the logic of exceptionality which puts a lot of pressure on project spaces to ‘perform’. Hence, the structural funding program by the Senate significantly changed the conditions of our work because by confronting us with the administrative work inherent in public funding, we evolved our own internal structure to accommodate longer-term planning while still maintaining the flexibility needed to track the subtle changes in the art communities around us. Before this program, going from project to project rather than planning two years ahead, it was difficult to apply for project funding due to the fact that application deadlines are often one year in advance and therefore difficult to meet if you are not a publicly-funded institution or commercial project with the resources to plan several months or even a year ahead. So this program does help a lot to allow project spaces to stake a claim on public art funding. At the same time, with the structural funding approved on a two-year basis, it remains unclear how this mode of operating will last a few years, or even one year into the future.