2017,

WerkStadt Berlin e. V.

2017,

2008

Emser Straße

124

Berlin

12051

werkstadt.berlin

Tony Bowen, Intersection, 2020, Foto: Lucas Amoriello

Even though COVEN doesn’t have our own project space (although we are thinking about getting a studio …), we make space, mainly for our queer community in Berlin and online. We make space to come together, meet each other, talk about stuff, and laugh. We try to pay as many queers as we can to make art with us. To think about art, to question art. Art for us has always been about creating community and offer alternatives to worn-out narratives. We like art for its world-making capacity.I wish that politicians would realize how important funding structures are and how much these can shape an art scene – shape a city.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.