►a'21: Techno-social solutions to disinformation_amberPlatform When: March 15, 2021 Time: 12: 30-14: 00 :: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN) :: Disinformation is fed by ignorance and in its turn it feeds ignorance. This will be a seminar activity in which humans' technological solutions and their limitations in countering disinformation will be reviewed. The seminar, which will be evaluated [...]
:: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN / AR) :: Decolonizing Knowledge / Ignorance is beginning from the many, it's thinking in terms of networks, flows and intensities. It's relating to each other horizontally beyond any power / organizational structure. Abdeslam Ziou Ziou, researcher in arts, will tackle the subject from the prism of arts, by giving his approach to decolonization in the [...]
►a'21: Decolonizing Knowledge and Ignorance # 2: How can we decolonize Images and Aesthetics? _Kounaktif How can we decolonize cinema, and how can we approach Oral Knowledge as a tool of resistance to colonialism. :: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN / AR) :: Decolonizing Knowledge / Ignorance is beginning from the many, it's thinking in terms of networks, flows and intensities. It's [...]
► a'21: Removing passive observers :: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN) :: This world rewards us when we just watch silently. The line between inaction and activism has grown smaller. We cant afford for people to passively watch on anymore. You actions have consequences. You lack of action has repercussions. Let's find out what they are. [...]
► "a'21: Decolonizing Knowledge and Ignorance # 3: Decolonization of Epistemology_Kounaktif :: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN / AR / FR) :: Decolonizing Knowledge / Ignorance is beginning from the many, it's thinking in terms of networks, flows and intensities . It's relating to each other horizontally beyond any power / organizational structure. Seloua Luste Boulbina, philosopher, will speak about ways of decolonizing paradigms, and different ways [...]
►a'21: Decolonizing Knowledge and Ignorance # 4: Intersectional approach to decolonization and Arts_Kounaktif :: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN / AR) :: Decolonizing Knowledge / Ignorance is beginning from the many, it's thinking in terms of networks, flows and intensities . It's relating to each other horizontally beyond any power / organizational structure. Lamyaâ Achary, researcher in sociology, will present their approach to the [...]
:: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN) :: The Zen of Pad.ma is a collection of lessons learned, and questions encountered, in over a decade of collaborative archiving projects. They are concerned with the way in which digital technologies are always intertwined with their analogue surroundings, try to address some of the - technological, social and conceptual [...]
►a'21: Sudan education curriculum_BAAB Collective This event aims to understand the ongoing fight until now that took place in the social media, also the daily life. The debate about the education curriculum content after the change of past regime and the important question of the fight why the portrait of the Creation of Adam "Michael [...]
►a'21: Safety From Artificial Intelligence_amberPlatform How can we protect ourselves from this surveillance? What kind of application is artificial intelligence used in social issues? How much can we trust artificial intelligence? Can we fool him? :: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN / TR) :: Besides the positive aspects of artificial intelligence technology, which has entered almost every area [...]
Radical tenderness - Why love is political was published on April 20, 2021 by HarperCollins Germany. What is love? Is love the meaning of life, a political alliance, an illusion or an end in itself? Or is it even impossible because we are completely crushed between fears about the future, excessive demands and discriminatory structures? The author Şeyda Kurt answers these questions [...]
What do we experience in the metropoles of today's world and what do the metropoles experience? Amidst all the flux of migration, gentrification and rapid urban change is the metropole able to contain us and vice versa? What if the paths we take every day start from nowhere and lead nowhere? Is it a togetherness [...]
Artistic director and co-curator of THE PATH, Umut Azad Akkel, will give a guided tour of the exhibiton at Oyoun and talk about the process of the project and the outcomes. After visiting the indoor exhibition, there will be a walk to the public installation in Tempelhofer Feld. The Artist Walk will take place at [...]
Panel Talk: with Yelta Köm (moderator), Asli Duru, Banu Çiçek Tülü, Yaşar Adnan Adanalı Moods of Living | Experiences, Challenges, Hopes This panel discussion will discuss moods of living, engaging the body and emotions, visual and sensual, urban and beyond. With a special focus on collectivity, urban experience, and inhabitants, the panel offers several contributions [...]
For this year's Tag der Clubkultur La By'le has curated an event called ALL EYES ON US (Discussion & Performances Centering Queer Artists in Berlin's Hip Hop Club Scene) to highlight the contribution of QTIBIPOC artists in Berlin's hip hop scene and encourage the integration and maintenance of safer spaces for queer identities in hip [...]
Vernissage and panel discussion with Syrian photo artists: Guevara Namer (moderator / curator of the exhibition and photographer), Mohammed Badra (panelist / photographer), Ameer Alhalbi (panelist / photographer), Mohammed Abdullah (panelist / photographer) The Syrian uprising and the one that followed War is perhaps one of the best-documented visual events in modern history. There are harrowing images that are burned into people's psyche. That [...]
On 8th October, we will celebrate the Finissage of THE PATH on the Tempelhofer Feld around the installation with a joint picnic with all participants. The artists of the Open Call - the singer Mizgina Rengin and the performer Xueqing Yu, Aina Plans, Elisa Kostka and Johanna Schmalöer will also show their performances there. // [...]
The panel discussion organized by the Sudanese rapper and activist Zeyo will happen on Oct 10 at Oyoun in the realm of the project Betahssul. The discussion will be moderated by the political activist Shadia Abdel-Moneim and the visual artist and activist Eythar Gubara and the writer and filmmaker Ibrahim Aljrefawi, alongside Zeyo. Four speakers [...]
Panel discussion with Dr. Dörthe Engelcke (moderator), Dr. André Bank (panelist), Dr. Andreas Reinicke Ambassador retired (panelist) and Ferdinand Dürr (panelist). Note: The event takes place in German.
The third edition of Soura Film Festival, hosted at Oyoun, will take place from October 21st - 24th 2021 in Berlin. The festival will present a program curated with the idea to address queer culture, filmmakers, and characters relevant to South West Asia and North Africa; a region commonly known as SWANA In the majority [...]
Release party! For the fourth edition of Literary Diverse we want to meet and spend a nice evening together. We look forward to unknown and familiar faces. Bring your friends with you too! There are drinks, music, smaller readings and of course the magazine. → Start of the event: October 22nd, 20:00 p.m. → This event is free of charge. A registration [...]
"Accompanying, supporting and strengthening people on their way is a need for me and I see it as my natural task. As a holistic Ayurveda coach / healer, you, as an individual, are the focus of everything that your system (= body / Spirit / soul / emotions). You are the expert in your system and I empower you to find your inner strength to help you [...]
With the offline and online information and event series "Mind your privilege", 14,4km aims to reflect on the role of post colonial structures in four cultural domains: films, literature, public places and music. In the frame of this project 14,4km will screen the short documentary "The Bleaching Syndrome" from Eiman Mirghani. Synopsis The filmmaker, Eiman [...]
A twice-monthly online reading and discussion group curated and facilitated by Action Research collective (artists and researchers Izdihar Afyouni and melissandre varin) as part of the program for the Except for Palestine: New Pedagogies for Art and Activism project, curated by Izdihar Afyouni. This reading group is only open to BIPoC participants. Please register to [...]
Hope is universal. We cannot live without hope. It is she who does not let us despair when faced with disappointments, setbacks or blows of fate. It strengthens the backbone in times of crisis. If we can hope, giving up is not an option - instead we get up and follow the silver lining. But what is hope, what does it feed on [...]
What does anti-colonial resistance have to do with the climate crisis? What connects anti-racist struggles with the struggle against environmental and climate destruction? The BUNDjugend project Locals United invites you to an evening with spoken word, reading and music. Also there are poetry artist Sami El Poet, the authors of the brochure "Colonialism & Climate Crisis - Over 500 [...]
¿Dónde quedan grabadas nuestras impresiones? ¿Cuáles permanecen a través del tiempo y no son visibles? Intersecciones y capas de archivos migratorios y de exilio que revelan otras miradas sobre la cultura de la memoria alemana y otra forma de habitar nuestras impresiones. ¿Pero qué más nos dicen estas imágenes? ¿Qué esconden? ¿Quién hizo las photos? ¿Qué [...]
(See German translation below) On November 13th the Vierte Welle Film Festival will introduce a new category: #niunamenos. The "Vierte Welle Film Festival" includes in its program audiovisual productions exclusively made by women of the so-called Fourth-wave feminism. The aim of the festival is to provide visibility for female artists and help to raise awareness [...]
On November 13.11th The 2021th edition of the Woka Kuma Festival on art and culture from Burkina Faso will take place in 7. → Admission: from 19.30 p.m. → Tickets: 15 € // Reduced *: 10 € >>> Link here * Trainees, schoolchildren, students, volunteers (FSJ, FÖJ, BFD), Berlin Pass holders are entitled to discounts (Beneficiaries of Hartz IV, social assistance, basic security or according to the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act). *** [...]
Manuscripts of foreign body (s) visual screening panel event, taking forms of manifestation of stories that Queer & Trans * bodies of color hold as a form of existence, from pain to resilience as a cycle, to the in between. Manuscripts of Foreign Body (s) is a critical visual collective workshop-based project by Ahmad B َ ab َ a (interdisciplinary artist) and [...]
All readers and interested parties are welcome to our book club meeting together with Stolzeaugen.books! Also present: artist Keça Filankes, she will read her contribution to texts to Hanau. The event will be moderated by Pardis Zarghampour, the founder of the intersectional feminist book club Cologne "ifbkoeln". This has existed since June 2020 and was launched to ensure a safe [...]
Berlin has a vibrant scene of independent and artist-run radio stations that provide frameworks and platforms for musicians, DJs and other artists to produce mixes, radio shows, and sound art. To play music they care about, to share new releases by other musicians, to also use the airspaces as experimental grounds for creative new [...]
Panel Discussions | dance performance | Stand up comedy | Concerts | DJs The gathering, Cult Sup, is curated as a celebratory exploration of all things pertaining to the diverse expressive arts that supplement our well beings with inspiration, contemplation and the multidimensionality emerging from expressive art forms. This event is an invitation to deepen collective [...]
Live zoom talk and screening of HK5senses work with Gemini Wong Yuk Tak FRATZ Festival curator Marie Yan spent half a year in Hong Kong in 2021 for a theater project and during this time got to know the HK5Senses Theatre, which is dedicated to work for babies and dedicated to toddlers. As part of the FRATZ 2022 symposium, we want to [...]
How do we want to live together in the future? How could we work together? How do we want to grow old together? The Oyoun is dedicated to these questions as part of this year's Performing Arts Festival Berlin (May 24.05 - 29.05). Oyoun conceives, develops and implements artistic-cultural projects through decolonial, queer*feminist and migrant perspectives. Dami Choi and Louna Sbou report as members of [...]
How does a theater position itself in society? How does it stay connected to burning issues? For us, the theater should be an activist place and a place by and for the community(s). For this movement has to go into the theater and theater into movement - that is only possible through networking. In this workshop, Annika Füser and [...]
All people who are interested in experimenting and want to explore new forms of cross-species togetherness are welcome in this workshop. This workshop deals with the art of fermentation, one of the oldest methods of preserving food on the one hand and changing its taste on the other. Depending on the culture, the recipes are very different. Included [...]
Have you always wanted to stage your own story? Do you find it exciting to slip into different roles? The creators of the theater project Check! invite you to immerse yourself in the world of theater together. In this workshop we exchange ideas on topics such as gender, feminism and queerness. We improvise, learn different breathing and [...]
Jacobin magazine and Transform! Europe invite you to two days of stimulating debate in summery Berlin. Join us as leading left voices from Europe and North America speak in English and German about what socialism today can look like. Times: Friday, June 10 | 18:00 p.m. – 21:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11 | 10:00 – 21:30 [...]
Conversation with activist and member of the Constitutional Convention Manuela Royo The uprising in Chile in 2019 was followed by a referendum on a new constitution. A directly elected constitutional convention then spent a year discussing its content. The result is the world's first social-ecological-feminist constitution. In another referendum on September 4th about [...]
The Fallen Figures exhibition, which premiered in 2020, examines the idea of a possible memorial to Europe's colonial past from the perspective of the colonized countries. Colonial memorials are noticeable everywhere in Ivory Coast, with statues of former colonists at intersections and magnificent buildings on the beach. In Germany, too, colonial history can be found in street names, statues [...]
We invite you to drink soup with us! After our “Open Call” on the SOUP3 project a few weeks ago, numerous activists and artists from the neighborhood applied with their great ideas. Three selected project groups want to tell you their ideas over a cup of soup! We were very enthusiastic about your contributions and look forward [...]
Doors: 18:00 | Programs: 18:30 p.m. - 21:30 p.m. Free admission | No registration needed! With Ariel William Orah (sound/performance artist), Hinemoana Baker (poet/musician), Pepe Dayaw (performance/dance artist), Theresa Arriola (anthropologist), Karin Louise Hermes (storyteller/storyweaver), Rosa Castillo (anthropologist), Caxxianne (rapper/songwriter) and Makossiri (DJ). After party music by DJ Makossiri. Catered by: Cafe Bulbul While was [...]
This is a BIPOC Men Circle. The aim is to get together and share different experiences in this journey called life. Being a BIPOC Man in this society brings different challenges. Participants come together as brothers, as men. Letting go of our toxic masculinity and exploring sustainable masculinity. This is a safe space and everything [...]
Matla Ahuna means "The power is within me". With this transformational special event, your power is waiting to be discovered so you can truly create your best life. Where do we go from here? That will be the overarching question of this event, which aims to provide not only answers but also helpful solutions that really work. The [...]
This is a BIPOC Men Circle. The aim is to get together and share different experiences in this journey called life. Being a BIPOC Man in this society brings different challenges. Participants come together as brothers, as men. Letting go of our toxic masculinity and exploring sustainable masculinity. This is a safe space and everything [...]
The Federal Trans* Association invites you to the first BVT* specialist days. The specialist days offer a platform for scientists, multipliers and interested individuals to network and to discuss current research projects on trans* issues. In addition to networking, there will be an opportunity on this day to discuss research ideas in areas such as health, social policy and law, as well as communities and [...]
4th International Conference of the Collaborative Research Center “Re-Figuration of Spaces”, October 20-21, 2022 The Collaborative Research Center “Re-Figuration of Spaces” has a particular interest in how spatial and social conflicts interplay and how these conflicts connect with the intersectional tensions that accompany processes of urban spatial refiguration. Taking its inspiration from decades of research [...]
20:00 p.m. Ethnographic Gaze Film Screening : "India's Stone Wonders" (1934) With Tanya Talwar and Johanna Függer-Vagts (Institute for Art and Visual History) 20:30 p.m. - 22:00 p.m. Artist Walk and Exhibition Opening With Rajyashri Goody, Kirtika Kain, Sajan Mani and Upendranath TR Colonial archives in various museums and institutions across Europe generate diverse discourses [...]
*** Update 3.11.: Registration only possible until 17:30 p.m. Then admission at the box office! *** Featuring Kenza Mala Badi, Louna Sbou, Badiaa Bouhrizi, Nadja Makhlouf, Sarah El Hamed and Maya Inès Touam Sitting on a rug, drinking tea together, six+ individuals come together to share their realities, experiences and critical reflections on their Relationship [...]
It's a wrap! In the truest sense of the word ... With a community brunch at the end of the six-day discourse program, we invite you and the participating artists from Moudjahidate* to meet and meet in person, to have conversations and to make friends. --- Start: 10:00 End: 15:00 Admission free, prices à la carte --- CONTEXT This [...]
Cult' Sup' is an exploration of African, Afro-descendant, and Afrofuturist culture as well as the of course the world. Like it is written in their name, Cult' Sup' are here to supply culture from their community, to their community, but also aim to reach communities beyond their own. Organized by Anaïs Astan Meyer aka Astan [...]
Be there for INSPIRATION, MOTIVATION, WONDER and POWER. It's time to live the day instead of just surviving. "I am living now." Are you living your real life? Or are you just trying to survive your everyday life? On November 26.11.2022th, XNUMX it's all about finding out about getting out of the past and not being afraid of the future [...]
This series is called "The Berlin Cultural Majlis". A similar version has already been organized in Washington DC by Sultan Al-Qassemi and was very well received by the intellectual scene in the American capital. The series of talks should offer Berlin/European based artists from the MENA region a platform in Berlin to present their works [...]
The etymology of the root word 'Ngoma' is found amongst many nations' tribes and regions in southern, central and West Africa. Janzen argued that Ngoma is a proto- Bantu cognate within which exists an ecology of related institutions such as the practice of medicine, divination, crafts, music, and ritual. Kwasukasukela Arts Collective practices and believes [...]
A series of performances, films, food, and after-party celebrating Black History Month. Curated by Blindian Project Vibrations of Blackness is a curated evening of performances, film, food and dance that connects the diaspora with the continent. In honor of Black History Month, it aims to bring the BlindianProject ethos of celebrating Black x Brown culture [...]
The election for the Berlin House of Representatives on February 12, 2023 is getting closer and closer. This takes the stats "Our voice counts - for participation and anti-racism" as an opportunity to ask the candidates of the SPD, Greens, LINKE, CDU and FDP on February 06, 2023 what they will do for the German-Arab community. You have over 20 receivables from [...]
.ضيفون مدر مدر مدر ا اس ب بردوي بردوي في في في في نق نق عم عم س س س ا ا و و جدو كم كم كم ي مس6 مس مس مس 45: القاسمي) 7:7-8:15 مساءً: ختام المجلس يرجى الرد على دعوة الحضور باستخدام ار ار ار ار ار يرجى الانتباه أن عدد الضيوف محدود وسيتم [...]
كم و يسعدن يسعدن حضور مج بر برocket الثق ا ا الثلثench ا فبر ق ا ا ا ا ا ا الثق في ا الثق في بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر. ضيفتنا ا اايو شفيق نق نق نق السينم– ا س س ا ا ا ا اوق وووو وووو. جدوocket كم كم كم يلي: 6: 45-7 مساءً: وصول الضيوف 7-8: 15 مساءً: محاضرة المج مج (الط وسلط سعود ا ا مس8: 15 مساءً: ختام المج يرجى [...]
German version below The International Women's Day is not only meant to set a sign against the daily and worldwide oppression of girls and women, inter, trans and non-binary persons in patriarchal systems. It also celebrates the courageous fights against social injustices, discrimination, sexist and racist violence. The book “Breaking Borders to [...]
الأعزocket والعزيز االمهتم بمجلس ا ا ا ع ع حضور مج بر بر ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا التocket كم و يسعدن يسعدن حضور مج مجocket ا ا ا ا ا ا م م م ا ا الثق بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر ضيوفن سيكونون ابب د خ خ خ خ برك برك برك ا ا علحف العربي العربي ا ا س س س س س س س س س س س س س س س س س س س Moreط [...]
The Theme is Joy, is a variety show hosted by Mayowa where 4 performers perform material around the concept of joy. After the showcase there will be a dance party with DJ FemdelaFem playing afrobeats & hip hop music so come prepared to dance as well. Artists: Mayowa - stand up comedian, YouTube, discourse girlie [...]
الأعزocket والعزيز االمهتم بمجلس ا ا ا ع ع حضور مج بر بر ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا العocket كم و يسعدن يسعدن حضور حضور مجلس بر ا ا ا ا ا السبت ا أبري في ا ا ا ا ا ا ا بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر بر برocket. ضيفن سيكون ا ا ا س س س نق نق إنه إنه ا ا ا س س ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا ا اense. يرجى [...]
You are warmly invited to a reading by Adania Shibli. Adania Shibli (Palestine, 1974) has written novels, plays, short stories and narrative essays. Shibli has twice been awarded with the Qattan Young Writer's Award-Palestine in 2001 on her novel Masaas, and in 2003 on her novel Kulluna Ba'id bethat al Miqdar aan el-Hub. Her latest [...]
With Salah Zater (performance artist, dancer, curator) How can a transnational artist gain a foothold in the independent scene? How do you deal with the challenges of freelance work, the bureaucracy and the burden of finding your way in a new system? How do you access funding opportunities when language is a barrier [...]
Presentation of the project "Telephassa: The journey has begun". Are you ready to challenge dominant narratives and rewrite the myth? Are you ready to hear the stories and perspectives of those who have been overlooked? Join us at the Telephassa First Look Event and be a part of the journey. At Telephassa, hidden stories are [...]
Failed anti-war movement, instrumentalized aid and the Iraqi protest movement Shortly before the start of the Iraq war in 2003, the worldwide anti-war movement mobilized 15 million people. In Berlin alone, more than 500.000 people took to the streets in February and demonstrated against a US-led military intervention. On March 20, 2003, the military intervention began under demonstrably false claims. It led to [...]
!Content warning: suicide, violence! This June marks three years since Sarah Hegazi - activist, lesbian, advocate for women's and queer rights, communist, software developer, sister, and daughter - decided to take her own life. In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was imprisoned after raising a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in her hometown of Cairo. [...]
In a world of globalization and migration, where do I belong to? 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 the workshop will question how the world around us defines [...]
Rice and Beans Events invites you to a day full of food, fashion and music. Music: Immerse yourself in the smooth sounds of RnB, the foundation of music that holds a special place in our hearts. Take a break from fast-paced, loud music and let yourself fully enjoy the rhythm of RnB. Food: Join us for [...]
Juneteenth, a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, holds a profound significance not only for Black Americans but for Black people around the world. It serves as a powerful reminder of the enduring spirit of resilience, strength, and triumph in the face of adversity. While this holiday originated in the context [...]
“Art is a refuge for the marginalized, a sacred space where queer people can reclaim their narratives and redefine their place in the world.” - Ocean Vuong Germany stands out as one of the most progressive countries when it comes to LGBTQIAP+ rights. Because of this, a large number of queer people migrate to Germany, [...]
Clothes swap party for racialized people The intersections of colonialism, the fashion industry and the climate crisis are often not highlighted. On that day, along with related information and music from SHI (DJ from Nairobi), we will have a clothes swap party. Bring clothes you no longer wear and swap them for clothes from people in the community. Please pay attention [...]
*Please note that the event does not take place in Oyoun, but in Sarajevo.* Panel discussion as part of the AJB Doc Festival Together with Esther Mujawayo-Keiner, Shahnura Kasim and Nihad Kreševljaković, we explore the connections between art, film and culture of remembrance. In the panel discussion "Our Histories in Conversation - Rwandan, Bosnian and Uyghur Perspectives on the Role of Film [...]
*Please note that the event does not take place in Oyoun, but in Sarajevo.* With Melina Borčak, Esther Mujawayo-Keiner and Shahnura Kasim As part of UN:IMAGINABLE - Histories in Conversation, the interactive city tour explores Sarajevo Roses to Kigali Kwibuka: Walking through our histories the historically significant sites and places of remembrance in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but also throughout [...]
THE LEFT. Neukölln invites everyone who wants to work for a solidary, anti-racist and climate-friendly Berlin to the conference in the Oyoun! Only a few months in office, the policies of the grand coalition in Berlin are already leaving unmistakable traces: the sell-out of the city and the racist law-and-order policy are being pushed forward vehemently and climate justice is becoming a distant prospect. Whether Tempelhofer [...]
Theatre, art & activism by young women in Kabul & Herat, Afghanistan. Coming to Berlin in Sep 2023 Since the withdrawal of the US & the UK in August 2021, the situation for women in Afghanistan has spiraled into despair. Women do not even have rights to be violated. They have lost the ability to [...]
JACOBIN Magazine and Transform! Europe invite you to Berlin for two days of stimulating debate in over 30 panel events and workshops with hundreds of socialists from all over Europe and the world. The political situation may no longer be as favorable as it was a few years ago, but the socialist project is as urgent [...]
Tiny OyoUnity presents: Archive-in-the-making for Statue of Peace Facilitated by: Spicy Ginkgo Collective *** From late August to mid-October, our Tiny House travels through Berlin districts, engaging interactively with the local community and partners at cultural venues and institutions. Through a diverse range of workshops, the aim is to connect decolonial knowledge and artistic practices [...]
Join us on October 04.10th to celebrate the opening of the photo exhibition "Queer Footprints: Melodies of Migration Weaving the Threads of Identity"! This showcase, organized by Oyoun's fellows Dipesh Khanal and Shuhrat Saidov and the Oyoun Team, features the stories of nine amazing queer immigrant artists living in Germany. Their personal art pieces highlight deep, [...]
Join us to celebrate the opening of the photo exhibition "Queer Footprints: Melodies of Migration Weaving the Threads of Identity"! This showcase, organized by Oyoun's fellows Dipesh Khanal and Shuhrat Saidov and the Oyoun Team, features the stories of nine amazing queer immigrant artists living in Germany. Their personal art pieces highlight deep, vulnerable narratives [...]
Listening to the Land / Sea Behind the Wall presents: Indigenization of the Arts - a workshop by Asta Mitkijá Balto In her workshop, titled "Indigenization of the Arts," Asta Mitkijá Balto engages with participants to explore the significance of Sámi culture for non- indigenous individuals who express themselves through art. She initiates the workshop by [...]
This event had to be postponed to another date. As soon as a new date is set, we will inform you here and via our usual channels. Explore the Afikra community salons, where members of the local community engage with cultural and historical issues of the Arab world that pique their interest. The speakers are not necessarily experts on [...]
Podium organized by the Revolutionary Left with speakers from KOP Berlin, the Revolutionary Left and the Palestine Campaign The state reaction to solidarity with the Palestinians has shown it: the mask of the parliamentary republic fell and the ugly face of the repressive police state was revealed. Freedom of expression and assembly disappeared overnight. Who the Kufiya – [...]
Poetry Meets presents: Hip Hop 'n Blues Edition w/ aja monet, Yarah Bravo, Layla Zami & Sami El-Ali Led by curator and presenter Jumoke Adeyanju, Poetry Meets transcends boundaries and brings out a global, multilingual community of artists Berlin and beyond together. This extraordinary series of events features poets, short filmmakers, dancers, musicians and [...]
In the shadow of October 7th, the ongoing bombing raids on Gaza and the horrific number of civilian casualties, the “Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East” association is marking its 20th anniversary. Contrary to what was originally planned, the original program for an anniversary celebration was adapted to the current situation. In addition to music from the members, there will be speeches and [...]
»It would be good for all of us, regardless of whether we are disabled or not, to free ourselves from the pressure to normality and internalized ableism. Let's build a society in which everyone can participate without fear or pressure." Rebecca Maskos in "Are you disabled or what?" As an experienced inclusion expert, Rebecca Maskos researches, speaks and writes [...]
On November 13.11th The writer, screenwriter and lecturer Ferhat Atik gives a seminar on Sufism. The seminar is aimed at members of the Turkish community who would like to embark on a spiritual journey. Participants gain insights into the mysticism of Sufism and learn techniques to calm the mind, increase their energy, and free themselves from negative thoughts.
The event is exclusively for FLINTA* and BIPoC. DaMigra invites you to a film afternoon. Together with you, they want to use the documentary film by the Afro-German filmmaker Mo Asumang “The Aryans” (2014) to search for the origins of the Aryan term and understand how the term is still misused today by right-wing extremists in Germany and the USA. .]
The impact of artificial intelligence will radically change the way we produce and consume media content. The consequences will be even more significant for the activities of media and cultural organizations working in or with the Global South. The event will invite experts who will try, if not to provide answers, at least [...]
The loss of land, the search for safety and the search for space to grieve. The loss of land leads to an ongoing grieving process. The need of those affected for a place where they can mourn appropriately and find safety is great. However, in the search for familiarity through people, experiences and language, [...]
The loss of land, the search for safety and the search for space to grieve. The loss of land leads to an ongoing grieving process. The need of those affected for a place where they can mourn appropriately and find safety is great. However, in the search for familiarity through people, experiences and language, [...]
Organized by Lana Bastašić HUMAN, ANIMAL: Reading and Conversation with Poet Ghayath Almadhoun Moderated by: Lana Bastašić Do wars ever truly end? What trace do they leave in language? How does the experience of exile form our sense of self? Who else are we and how can we escape its narrow confinement? After the cancellation of [...]
Organized by Jüdische Stimme + Pa_allies Film screening followed by a talk by Dr. Anna-Esther Younes, Salah Said (Pa_allies), Udi Raz (Jüdische Stimme) The NGO "Breaking the Silence" - BtS for short - is made up of former Israeli servicemen and women who want to draw attention to everyday military life and the treatment of [...]
