NEWS

Here you can find news about Oyoun, our programme, partnerships, open calls, job offers, tenders and much more.

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BREAKING NEWS: campaign against Oyoun and its management

BREAKING NEWS: campaign against Oyoun and its management

We have now been confronted with almost identical questions based on malicious allegations from two editorial teams. In the interest of transparency and clarity, we would like to publicly comment on the allegations.

Crowdfunding campaign: Save Oyoun. Protect artistic freedom

Crowdfunding campaign: Save Oyoun. Protect artistic freedom

Over the last days and weeks our work has changed abruptly. Instead of planning and implementing an extensive cultural programme for 2024 and 2025, we are now facing the immediate withdrawal of the €1 million in annual funding, which we need to pay our 32-strong team a salary, and the consequential closure of Oyoun.

through crowdfunding, save oyoun

Open letter: Oyoun must stay!

Open letter: Oyoun must stay!

It has been official since the Culture Committee on November 06.11.2023th, 32: the Berlin Senator for Culture Joe Chialo (CDU) is examining funding measures in order to stop funding for Oyoun. The AfD thanked you for that. We call on the Berlin Senate to continue financial support for the state-owned cultural location at Lucy-Lameck-Straße XNUMX in Berlin-Neukölln.

open letter

Statement on Israel, Palestine and free speech

Statement on Israel, Palestine and free speech

As a cultural organization in a democratic state like Germany, it is our duty to foster transnational solidarity beyond borders, beyond race, ethnicity, religion and nationality and to ensure that artistic freedom and freedom of speech are protected, promoted and upheld, especially under the most critical circumstances. Censorship and cancellations of (cultural) events create an obstacle to public discourse, which is at the core of democracy.

Israel, Palestine

Bye bye Lily!

Bye bye Lily!

Our colleague Lily, who has been doing an FSJ in Oyoun for the last few months, now had her last day of work. During her stay she worked on her own project. We look forward to sharing more about it soon!

TEAM

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Residencies in Peripheries

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Residencies in Peripheries

In this upcoming workshop session, Marijana Rimanić and Sonja Soldo, from Pogon - Zagreb Center for Independent Culture, will delve into the essential elements for establishing successful arts residencies in peripheral regions.

Residencies in Peripheries, workshop

Tiny OyoUnity Meetup

Tiny OyoUnity Meetup

After the Tiny OyoUnity project successfully started, some of the workshop hosts, participating artists and parts of the Oyoun team met to get together in the Oyoun garden, get to know each other and clarify the final details.

Tiny OyoUnity

UN:IMAGINABLE IN SARAJEVO

UN:IMAGINABLE IN SARAJEVO

In mid-September our project UN:IMAGINABLE – Our Histories in Conversation was a guest in Sarajevo. Here you can find some photos from the events.

unimaginable

INVITATION TO OYOUN'S NEW MEDIA LAB!

INVITATION TO OYOUN'S NEW MEDIA LAB!

We're very excited to share with you first information on our newly established media lab! Oyoun MediaLab is a collaborative space designed to ignite creativity, critique, exploration and joy at the intersections of technology, society and art. In doing so, the MediaLab centers decolonial, inclusive and queer*feminist perspectives in line with Oyoun's Code of Conduct.

Media Lab

OPEN CALL: ARCHIVE-IN-THE-MAKING FOR STATUE OF PEACE

OPEN CALL: ARCHIVE-IN-THE-MAKING FOR STATUE OF PEACE

For a pop-up exhibition as part of our Tiny OyoUnity project in collaboration with the Korea Association on September 30th, the Spicy Ginkgo Collective is looking for people from the Asian diaspora who would like to share archival material for an exhibition.

Open Call

Call for Stories: Queer Footprints

Call for Stories: Queer Footprints

After first introducing their project "Queer Footprints: Melodies of Migration Weaving the Threads of Identity" in a discussion at Oyoun in early August, our CCP fellows Dipesh Khanal from Nepal and Shuhrat Saidov from Tajikistan invite you to share your stories with them.

call for stories, fellows, Queer, queer footprints

Call For Participants: Foraging And Guerrilla Gardening Workshop

Call For Participants: Foraging And Guerrilla Gardening Workshop

This workshop gives you the opportunity to rethink your relationship with nature, food and consumption. You will be able to connect with different people in an exchange of skill, knowledge and thoughts.

Listening to the Land, Sea Behind The Wall, workshop

team retreat

team retreat

Our team had a wonderful day with a picnic and a boat trip on the Müggelsee.

TEAM, trip

Behind the scenes: PERMACULTURE WORKSHOP

Behind the scenes: PERMACULTURE WORKSHOP

A little throwback to our internal permaculture workshop by Mojisola Adebayo and Nicole Wolf, which took place as part of 'Listening to the Land'.

Listening to the Land, workshop

Call for participants: Agri/cultural practices for climate justice

Call for participants: Agri/cultural practices for climate justice

Are you interested in addressing racism and climate injustice? Would you like to explore how art and agroecology can work together? Are you Black, of African or Asian descent, an Indigenous person or a Person of Color a white person committed to anti-racism? If so - take part in this workshop!

Listening to the Land, workshop

CLOSED: We are hiring: Communications/ Marketing/ PR (part-time)

CLOSED: We are hiring: Communications/ Marketing/ PR (part-time)

Would you like to be involved in the implementation of artistic-cultural projects from migrant, decolonial and queer*feminist perspectives, are you communicative and enthusiastic about the areas of marketing, advertising and press and public relations? Then we have a job for you!

job posting

OPEN CALL – TINY OYOUNITY (CLOSED)

OPEN CALL – TINY OYOUNITY (CLOSED)

Oyoun's Tiny House is going on tour and we are currently looking for BIPoC artists to work with us on the realization of the “Tiny OyoUnity” project.

Open Call, Tiny House, Tiny OyoUnity

AGAINST VIOLENCE. INTERSECTIONAL INITIATIVES IN BERLIN

AGAINST VIOLENCE. INTERSECTIONAL INITIATIVES IN BERLIN

Last fall, arjunraj from the Oyoun team was part of the roundtable discussion “Against Violence.

"Against Violence. Intersectional Initiatives in Berlin

Nina + arjunraj @ circe community summit

Nina + arjunraj @ circe community summit

Nina and ajunraj from the Oyoun team have just returned from the second Community Summit of their CIRCE fellowship in San Sebastian. There they were invited to a barcamp from the work in Oyoun on the topic "How to work towards DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) in your project/organisation?" to offer.

CIRCE Fellowship

HATI + DAMI EN FRANCE

HATI + DAMI EN FRANCE

Last month our colleagues Dami and Hati were in Toulouse to take part in a series of workshops hosted by Samba Resille.

Oyoun on tour

Ro single release

Ro single release

Our more than musical colleague Rebecca (RO), who is currently supporting Oyoun's upcoming project Tiny Oyounity (more info on that soon!), has just released her first single "Limbo" across all major platforms. Urgent listening recommendation!

RO

ADOT TEAM LUNCH

ADOT TEAM LUNCH

As most of you have probably noticed, our café/restaurant on the ground floor is now run by the lovely people around adot kitchen.

adot kitchen

Action against anti-Muslim racism

Action against anti-Muslim racism

July 1st was the day against anti-Muslim racism and again this year we are part of the #keinplatzfürhate initiative from the Alliance against Islamophobia and Muslim Hostility (Claim Allianz), which is committed to increasing awareness of this topic.

#noroomforhate

adot kitchen moves to the Oyoun café

adot kitchen moves to the Oyoun café

We are very happy that adot Kitchen will take over our café on the ground floor. adot kitchen will start on June 11th at 10 a.m. with a soft opening. From then on they are open every day from 10 am to 22 pm!

adot kitchen, Cafe Oyoun, Catering

OPEN CALL - Between Identities: From Roots to Wisdom

OPEN CALL - Between Identities: From Roots to Wisdom

They say that knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom, and through this workshop Maryse and Johanna will guide you through the journey of discovering our own identities. Using a de-colonial perspective we will question how the world around us defines us to find a way to choose the identity we want for ourselves. Using our individual visions and combining them, we will build the tree of identities, the Arbol of Ubumwe, where all of our individual stories come together to represent diversity, inclusiveness and togetherness.

Culture-wide tandem

RESIDENCY Cultural/ Creative/ Research/ Social Entrepreneurship

RESIDENCY Cultural/ Creative/ Research/ Social Entrepreneurship

Funded residency (3-4 months): Join our team at Oyoun, Berlin's anti-disciplinary epicenter dedicated to decolonial, migrant and queer*feminist arts and culture. We are looking for a new or would-be entrepreneur to join our team, bring in their ideas and further develop projects.

cultural entrepreneurship, residency, social entrepreneurship

OPEN CALL ALTERNATIVE MONUMENT FOR NEUKÖLLN

OPEN CALL ALTERNATIVE MONUMENT FOR NEUKÖLLN

What could a monument honoring migration experiences look like? We embark on a search for traces through memories of migration and at the same time towards a new form of urban monument that merges digital and urban spaces. Apply now until May 18!

48 hours Neukoelln, Alternative monument for Neukölln, Open Call

Meet our fellow Bernard Hage

Meet our fellow Bernard Hage

Bernard Hage is a self-taught illustrator, musician and political cartoonist. Watch the video to learn more about him and get an impression of his artistic work!

Bernard Hage, Fellow, Meet our Fellows

Soup3 on tour

Soup3 on tour

Almost two weeks ago, Nina Martin (Oyoun) and Shareen Elnaschie (Office of Displaced Designers) were in Chemnitz for the ECF network meeting as part of the Culture of Solidarity Fund with an interregional focus, which also supported the SOUP3 initiative.

Fund Culture of Solidarity, Nina Martin, Shareen Elnaschie, soup3

The promise for tomorrow – on how to imagine braver spaces

The promise for tomorrow – on how to imagine braver spaces

In her presentation "The promise for tomorrow - on how to imagine braver space" at the International Symposium Paul Robeson in West The Hague, Louna Sbou, co-founder, CEO and Artistic Director of Oyoun, insights into her experiences in founding Oyoun.

International Symposium Paul Robeson, Louna Sbou

Louna Sbou guest at the International Symposium Paul Robeson

Louna Sbou guest at the International Symposium Paul Robeson

Louna Sbou, co-founder, managing director and artistic director of Oyoun was at the International Symposium Paul Robeson to participate in a panel together with politician Sylvana Simons and Anne Wetsi Mpoma, founder and director of Wetsi Art Gallery (Brussels) on topics such as safe spaces, political Talking activism instrumentalization and “lateral oppression”.

Anne Wetsi Mpoma, International Symposium Paul Robeson, lateral oppression, Louna Sbou, political activism, Sylvana Simons, Wetsi Art Gallery

Team Oyoun in Morocco

Team Oyoun in Morocco

At the beginning of February, part of our team had the opportunity to travel to Morocco, explore the art and culture scene in Marrakech and network with local artists and institutions for future projects.

Team Oyoun

LOUNA SBOU x DAAD FELLOWSHIP

LOUNA SBOU x DAAD FELLOWSHIP

We are very pleased that Oyoun co-founder, managing director and artistic director Louna Sbou has been selected for the DAAD research grant for artists in collaboration this summer.

DAAD , Louna Sbou

Fellows—Annabell and Dawkins

Fellows—Annabell and Dawkins

Get ready to meet two of our (ex)fellows: Dawkins and Annabell! As participants in the kulturweit tandem program of the German Unesco Commission, the two have been working for the past three months on a decolonial project that examines the various effects of colonial history on the present.

Meet our Fellows

Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes

So many people followed our call for donations for the earthquake victims in Turkey, Syria and Kurdistan at the beginning of February that after two weeks of collecting, organizing and packing, we sent several large Sprinter loads to the non-profit organizations SyriaHelp eV, Dosteli and the Bund Arab Alevis Berlin could hand over.

SOUP3 WORKSHOP

SOUP3 WORKSHOP

The SOUP2022 initiative, which started in 3, has woken up from hibernation and the participating projects addressed the topic of business plans in January, in the first workshop of the new calendar year. Under the direction of Samira Iraki, Tazir and Ahmed from Tanweer Movement, Ina and Nhu from keramiklub and Farokh have continued to work on their ideas and initiative with a project on mobile kitchens.

soup3, workshop

OPEN CALL CURATORIAL GROUP SESSIONS

OPEN CALL CURATORIAL GROUP SESSIONS

Curatorial Group Sessions is a pilot program designed to tackle two main issues in the cultural and creative sectors: Mental health in the arts and fair practices & transparency on artistic fees. These sessions are designed to address the issues around inequalities in the sector, the lack of transparency on artistic fees, and the mental challenges that come from working in an underpaid and competitive sector.

curation, Open Call

OPEN CALL MAY AYIM VORTEX

OPEN CALL MAY AYIM VORTEX

The Poetry Meets and rongin shagor present a special May Ayim edition of the infamous Poetry Meets Open Stage Vortex. Selected artists present their poetry, movement art, music and more inspired by May Ayim in max. 10 minutes. as part of the the rongin shagor launch event on 13 November 2022.

May Ayim, Open Call, Poetry meets, rongin shagor

Open Call CURATORS* LAB 2022

Open Call CURATORS* LAB 2022

Curators* Lab invites emerging queer BIPOC curators, artists, activists, thinkers, academics, and cultural practitioners to come together to better understand the significant roles of curation as a tool for social movements and knowledge-production outside of the museum and ivory-tower of academia.

Curators * Lab, Open Call

Open call rongin shagor / রঙিন সাগর

Open call rongin shagor / রঙিন সাগর

For Oyoun's latest artistic intervention, we're looking for multidisciplinary BIPOC* artists and activists to participate.

May Ayim, Open Call, rongin shagor

Becoming Alman: Participant call out

Becoming Alman: Participant call out

Becoming Alman will run in May 2022 as a co-created, performative exhibition. In co-production with Oyoun, she will explore the relationship of first-generation migrants in Berlin and Germany with ideas of national identity, belonging, and other migration issues.

Becoming Alman, Open Call, PerformEurope

#AS* PAPANGUS: Open call for women* in Berlin

#AS* PAPANGUS: Open call for women* in Berlin

We are looking for 10 women* in Berlin who would like to take part in the AS* PAPANGUS street performance on May 7th. AS* PAPANGUS by Bruna Amaro is a celebration by and for women* - it's about our lives, our struggles to survive, our fight against the many facets of structural oppression in our society.

AS* PAPANGUS, Bruna Amaro, Mightier than a Trampled Flower, Open Call

Fellowship of Questions!

Fellowship of Questions!

Welcome to the Fellowship of Questions - a joint project by five different organizations that was started during the pandemic. We invite people to ask questions which concerns them, from their own local conditions. Not every question has to be answered necessarily, but the idea is to open up dialogues and debates.

Fellowship of Questions

Open Call x 7 + 1 fragments

Open Call x 7 + 1 fragments

We are looking for eight actresses and performers for a film project on the subject of resistance to colonial heritage and systematic power structures. This open call is aimed at women * aged 18 to 75+ - with or without refugee and migration experience.

Atefeh Khirabadi, Mehrad Sepahnia

Tracing the memories our bodies hold - on the trail of embodied memories

Tracing the memories our bodies hold - on the trail of embodied memories

Embodied Arts Festival, Opening

Check! stands for gathering, community and empowerment - Oyoun

Theater project is looking for interested people aged 10-15 years

Check! stands for gathering, community and empowerment. The theater project is a platform for children and young people aged 10-15 years to bring their story to the stage.

Check!, Youth Work

Opening | a'21 Festival - Post Digital Ignorance x Techno Utopia

Opening | a'21 Festival - Post Digital Ignorance x Techno Utopia

The a'21 Festival - Post Digital Ignorance x Techno Utopia successfully launched last night. Thank you to everyone who tuned in. You can (re) watch everything, including the full performance with Alsarah & the Nubatones here.

a21

Thank you for an exciting first year!

Thank you for an exciting first year!

Thank you. Thank you is our word for 2020 with all its turbulence. Two is Better. And so we celebrated the opening of the Oyoun twice.

The time has come. The Wissmann-Strasse becomes the Lucy-Lameck-Strasse.

The time has come. The Wissmann-Strasse becomes the Lucy-Lameck-Strasse.

Decolonial, neighbourhood, Lucy Lameck

Open Call Rituals of Real (ease) Ancestral Body Noise Group Residency

Open Call Rituals of Real (ease) Ancestral Body Noise Group Residency

Ancestral body noise, Embodied temporalities, Rituals of Real (ease)

Open Call Ascension - Intimate Bodies Forbidden Stories

Open Call Ascension - Intimate Bodies Forbidden Stories

Ascension, dr Maiada Aboud, Embodied temporalities, Femininity, menstruation

Open Call Go Find Me Black Trans Interactive Archive

Open Call Go Find Me Black Trans Interactive Archive

Black & Trans, Danielle Brathwaite Shirley, Embodied temporalities, go find me, Trans