Un:imaginable in Sarajevo | Film screening: UN:IMAGINABLE – our histories in conversation

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

*Please note that the event is not taking place in Oyoun, but in Sarajevo.* The genocides of the 1990s against Tutsis and Bosniaks shocked the world - and are still among the bloodiest events in modern history. The transnational documentary music theater UN:IMAGINABLE - our histories emerged from the lived reality of trauma, war, exclusion and exile.

Conference | The Left.Neukölln: Conference for a resistant city

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

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Workshop | BIPoC Yoga Session – led by Kris Eshu 007

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

BIPoC Yoga Session - A BIPoC Exclusive Hatha Yoga Experience Christopher aka Kris Eshu 007 invites you to join the BIPoC Hatha Yoga class, a space that integrates meditation, chanting, asana (poses) and pranayama techniques. Come along to strengthen your mind, body and soul. Admission: 5 euros (donation basis) Registration: To register, write an email to: kris.flows@outlook.com Language: English and [...]

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Workshop | BIPoC Ballroom Session – led by Kris Eshu 007

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

BIPoC Ballroom Session - Embracing the Rich Heritage of Ballroom Culture In the workshop you will experience the vibrant world of ballroom, an art form that has its origins in the black and Latino drag and trans community in Harlem, New York. The aim of this event is to create a space for the local Berlin community in which [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ ZK/U (Centre for Art and Urbanism)

ZK/U (Centre for Art and Urbanism) Siemensstrasse 27, Berlin

*Please note that these events are not taking place at Oyoun, but at ZK/U (Center for Art and Urbanism)!* Oyoun's Tiny House is going on tour! Between the end of August and mid-October, our Tiny House wanders through various Berlin districts. For one week we stop at different cultural places and institutions and interact with the surrounding urban space, [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ ZK/U | Ria Boss - Casting Spells: A Songwriting Workshop

ZK/U (Centre for Art and Urbanism) Siemensstrasse 27, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: “Casting Spells: A songwriting workshop with Ria Boss” 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 with marketing, design, [...]

Canceled: Tiny OyoUnity @ ZK/U | Hamam Talk: How to Podcast?

ZK/U (Centre for Art and Urbanism) Siemensstrasse 27, Berlin

This workshop offers young adults the opportunity to learn the basics of podcasting while exploring the potential of podcasts in the context of anti-racism and activism.

MediaLab Scenario Workshop | The joy of being an error

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The body, as a gendered material, is seeking a way to reshape a world in which participation would be possible. At a deeper level of this approach to machinic or digital systems, where colonial ideas still dominate the non-white world, we no longer wish to participate in any of these ecosystems. This is because we [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ ZK/U | Pop-up event: hugo x tibiriçá – rituals for the anthropocene

ZK/U (Centre for Art and Urbanism) Siemensstrasse 27, Berlin

Tiny OyoUnity presents: rituals for the anthropocene Facilitated by: hugo x tibiriçá *** 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 with [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ ZK/U | John Lee - Breaking Poetics and Aesthetics

ZK/U (Centre for Art and Urbanism) Siemensstrasse 27, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: “Breaking Poetics and Aesthetics” by John Lee 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 with marketing, design, and [...]

Sea Behind the Wall | Outdoor Film Screening | A Closer Look at Crop Exchange

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Curated by Mai El-Gammal Film and agriculture, seemingly disparate realms, possess a fascinating dialectic that allows them to mutually inform and enrich one another. The first screening by the curator Mai El-Gammal delves into the intricate dynamics of crop exchange between the global North and South. Two thought-provoking documentaries explore the multifaceted implications of aid [...]

Vernissage | Ay Kash ای کاش

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ ZK/U | Queer Analog Darkroom: Seeing Yourself – Queer Self-Portraits

ZK/U (Centre for Art and Urbanism) Siemensstrasse 27, Berlin

This workshop is experimenting with putting oneself in front of the camera. For this, the focus lies upon looking at self-portraiture in queer art history, talking about imaginations, trying to help each other realize them, and speaking about the photographs that will be taken.

Tiny OyoUnity @ Korea Verband

Korea Verband Quitzowstrasse 103, Berlin

*Please note that these events are not taking place at Oyoun, but near the Korea Association at the Peace Statue!* Oyoun's Tiny House is going on tour! Between the end of August and mid-October, our tiny house travels through various districts of Berlin. For one week at a time, we stop at different cultural locations and institutions and interact with the surrounding [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Korea Association | Seeing Others – Queer Portraits

Korea Verband Quitzowstrasse 103, Berlin

This workshop is experimenting with putting oneself in front of the camera. For this, the focus lies upon looking at self-portraiture in queer art history, talking about imaginations, trying to help each other realize them, and speaking about the photographs that will be taken.

Sea Behind the Wall | Outdoor Video Exhibition @ various locations | Species, Soil and Successors

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

*Please note that the exhibition is not only taking place at Oyoun, but at various locations throughout Berlin* Curated by Arijit Bhattacharyya | With works by Studio 33/3 (Soumik Ghosh, Shibayan Halder, Suvojit Roy), Devadeep Gupta, Binita Limbani, Swagata Bhattacharyya and Mahi Ghane The project "Species, Soil and Successors" curated by Arijit Bhattacharyya presents seven audiovisual [...]

Concerts & Performances | DESIRE. About sex, work and queer desire

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

On September 29, LGBTQIA+ sex workers will be celebrated on the occasion of the release of the radio play series DESIRE and its soundtrack. Featuring performances by: Aka Kelzz, Alice Danger, Antonio Herrera, Bendix, Breezy, Bunny B. Blaq, Caxxianne, Elio Coulibaly, Emilian, Kumi, Lexi Dark, Puck Ellington and Sanni Est. Admission to this evening is based on free donations and all proceeds [...]

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Conference | Jacobin Magazine | Socialism In Our Time 2023

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 @ Korea Association | Pop-Up Event: Spicy Ginkgo Collective – Archive-in-the-making for Statue of Peace

Korea Verband Quitzowstrasse 103, Berlin

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 [...]

Vernissage | Queer Footprints: Melodies of Migration Weaving the Threads of Identity

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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, [...]

Specialist day | Invisible Struggles: Precarious living conditions for lesbian and queer people in Berlin

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

An event by Lesbisch*Sichtbar Berlin Short version of the program 10 a.m.: Welcome 10:20 a.m.: Keynote by Katharina Oguntoye Precarious living conditions from the perspective of a feminist and activist of the 1980s and 1990s 11 a.m.: Lecture by Kathrin* Schultz Presentation of how QUEERHOME* works Anti-discrimination work regarding preservation of housing, loss of housing, current statistics from homeless assistance 11:50 a.m.: Lecture by Elsa Paus and [...]

Exhibition | Queer Footprints: Melodies of Migration Weaving the Threads of Identity

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

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Sea Behind the Wall | Workshop | Harvesting Resilience: Foraging and Guerrilla Gardening

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Harvesting Resilience – a workshop series by Zeren Oruc This workshop series 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. What is this workshop about? Harvesting Resilience workshops series are part of a [...]

Sea Behind the Wall | Outdoor Film Screening | LUPA/TERRE: The Fight for Land and Justice

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

*Please note: In case of bad weather, the screening will be taking place indoors at Oyoun.* Curated by Savannah Garcia Lupa in tagalog, above else, means land. In the Philippines, the word lupa also resonates with the complex issues of private property and the ongoing oppression faced by sugarcane workers. Hacienda, an exploitative land system [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Gropiusstadt community center

Community house Gropiusstadt Bat-Yam-Platz 1, Berlin

*Please note that these events do not take place in Oyoun, but in the spacious courtyard of the Gropiusstadt community center!* Oyoun's Tiny House is going on tour! Between the end of August and mid-October, our tiny house travels through various districts of Berlin. For one week each, we stop at different cultural locations and institutions and interact with the surrounding urban space, [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Community Center Gropiusstadt | Workshop | Hatice Tahtali + Tariq Bajwa (Oyoun Team) – Cultural Marketing in a Nutshell

Community house Gropiusstadt Bat-Yam-Platz 1, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun team in Oyoun's Tiny House *** 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 [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Community Center Gropiusstadt | Workshop | Nicola Reißer, Nina Martin + Dami Choi (Oyoun Team) – Design tools to present your artwork

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun team in Oyoun's Tiny House *** 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 [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Community Center Gropiusstadt | Workshop | Mithra Nezhad (Oyoun Team) – Hacking Systems

Community house Gropiusstadt Bat-Yam-Platz 1, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun team in Oyoun's Tiny House *** 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 [...]

Sea Behind the Wall | Electric Lies | Workshop | Uaajeerneq – Greenlandic Maskdance Workshop w/Elisabeth Heilmann Blind

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Listening to the Land / Sea Behind the Wall presents: Uaajeerneq – Greenlandic Maskdance Workshop by Elisabeth Heilmann Blind The Greenlandic mask dance Uaajeerneq is the oldest theatrical form of expression of the Inuit in Greenland. In this mask dance workshop, participants will be introduced to the historical significance of the mask dance and gain [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Gropiusstadt Community Center | Workshop | Lara Chahal + Madhumita Nandi (Oyoun Team) – Performing Resistance

Community house Gropiusstadt Bat-Yam-Platz 1, Berlin

Tiny OyoUnity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun team in Oyoun's Tiny House *** 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 [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Gropiusstadt Community Center | Workshop | Louna Sbou (Oyoun Team) – Artful Liberation: Market Placement for Diasporic Artists

Community house Gropiusstadt Bat-Yam-Platz 1, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun team in Oyoun's Tiny House *** 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 [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Gropiusstadt Community Center | Workshop | Dami Choi, Nora Roho + Yodit Gebreheneras (Oyoun Team) – Artist Portfolio as an Empowerment Tool

Community house Gropiusstadt Bat-Yam-Platz 1, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun Team in Oyoun's Tiny House *** 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 [...]

Photo Exhibition | Antoine Antabi: Tales of a Gully

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

***The exhibition will be on display until November 7th, daily from 10:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m.*** *** Please note that the two concerts that were planned after the opening have been canceled *** Urban Photography Solo Exhibition followed by a live concert by The Last Postman, a Syrian Indie/Dream-Pop band, and Anas Maghrebi, a Syrian [...]

Photo exhibition | Antoine Antabi: Tales of a Gully

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

In collaboration between the MENA Art Gallery, Oyoun and AL Berlin, "Tales of a Gully" is presented, a fascinating interplay between chaos and art. "Tales of a Gully" is a photography exhibition by Antoine Antabi that dares to redefine our perception of the everyday through a lens that hovers over ordinary streets. With [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Community Center Gropiusstadt | Pop-Up Event: Matagumpay – Draw Me Close

Community house Gropiusstadt Bat-Yam-Platz 1, Berlin

Tiny OyoUnity presents: Draw Me Close A performance by: Matagumpay +++The performances will be held outdoors at 13h and once more at 16h (registration below). The Tiny House is open from 12-18h as an oasis space and quiet drawing area.+++ *** From late August to mid-October, our Tiny House travels through Berlin districts, engaging interactively [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Gropiusstadt Community Center | Pop-Up Event: Jaq Lisboa – Incentivora

Community house Gropiusstadt Bat-Yam-Platz 1, Berlin

Tiny OyoUnity presents: Incentivora A performance ritual by: Jaq Lisboa 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 with marketing, design, and [...]

Sea Behind the Wall | Electric Lies | Workshop | Indigenization of the Arts w/Asta Mitkijá Balto

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

Sea Behind the Wall | Electric Lies | Performance Intervention, Film Screenings and Discussion | ČSV

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Listening to the Land / Sea Behind the Wall presents: Performance Intervention, Discussions and Film Screening with ao Asta Mitkijá Balto, Elisabeth Heilman Blind, Liv Aira, Asta Mitkijá Balto, Marika Renhuvud, Luis Bogado, Lars Henrik :: 13:30-15 :30 Performance Intervention ČSV* at Hasenheide (Meeting place at Oyoun) The performance intervention ČSV is the result of the [...]

Postponed Community event, Talk | afikra Berlin Vol.4

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

Sea Behind the Wall | Outdoor film screening | Irrigation and Degradation

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Curated by Mai El-Gammal After the first screening on September 22.09nd. curator Mai El-Gammal continues her exploration of the dialectic between film and agriculture, revealing an unexplored terrain where artistry and nutrition converge to create a deeper understanding of both practices and a shared appreciation for the intrinsic value of storytelling and [ ...]

Podium | State of emergency – the new “normal”? State repression and police violence

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 – [...]

Spoken word, concert, short film screening | Poetry meets hip hop 'n blues

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

Screening | Palestine Cinema Days 2023

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Palestine Cinema Days 2023 As international news outlets, world leaders, and major social media platforms are engaging in censorship and distorting the narrative, all while perpetuating the dehumanization of Palestinians and their enduring suffering, we extend our channels in support of "Palestine Cinema Days" Festival, which was forcibly canceled. One day after the summer anniversary [...]

20 years of the Jewish Voice – celebration of mourning and hope

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

Book Launch | “Are you disabled or what?” by Rebecca Maskos and Mareice Kaiser

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

»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 [...]

€12,00

Seminar | The Key to Spiritual Healing: Wisdom from the Koran and Quantum Technology

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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.

Exhibition opening | Experience Oyounity

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

An exhibition with this year's impressions of Oyoun's Tiny House on tour After a trip to five different Berlin cultural locations and offering a total of over 34 different events and workshops over the course of five weeks, Oyoun's Tiny House became a nomadic meeting place to create together and lesser-known corners of Berlin [...]

Concert | November 17th – Uprising at the Athens Polytechnic. Freedom written on walls

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the fall of the dictatorship in Greece. On November 17, 1973, the uprising of citizens barricaded in the Polytechnic reached its climax in Athens. This was the first massive and dynamic manifestation of the population in Greece against the military junta, which collapsed a few months later, on July 24, 1974, after seven years of dictatorship [...]

€ 15,00 - € 20,00

Film screening | A letter to myself – Queer Lebanese short film series

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

A letter to myself, a short documentary series about Lebanese LGBTQI people, each episode (5 to 10 minutes) follows a vulnerable LGBTQI+ person from Lebanon as they write a letter to themselves while trying to find their way despite the abuse, that she has experienced in the past. The series shows their vulnerability, their hopes and [...]

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Film screening + conversation | Documentary “The Aryans” (2014) by Mo Asumang | Only for FLINTA* + BIPoC

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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. .]

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Exhibition | Experience Oyounity

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

An exhibition with this year's impressions of Oyoun's Tiny House on tour After a trip to five different Berlin cultural locations and offering a total of over 34 different events and workshops over the course of five weeks, Oyoun's Tiny House became a nomadic meeting place to create together and lesser-known corners of Berlin [...]

Conference, panel | She, He, and It – Discussing AI and journalism from a global South perspective

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

Exhibition opening | Land, Safety and Grief

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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, [...]

Exhibition | Land, Safety and Grief

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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, [...]

Threads of Resilience | Party | Kids' Club & Afro Beats for children with DJ Cuby

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Oyoun If you are looking for a day party where parents, children and friends get together, this is your dance! DJ Cuby is known for bringing a mixture of baile funk, afro beats, hip hop and international edits to the dance floor. For this special edition, Cuby has selected some fine tracks, so make [...]

Threads of Resilience | Panel Discussion | McCarthyism Reloaded

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Oyoun A conversation with Zoë Claire Miller and Lucas Febraro. In a time in which space for nuanced, pluralistic and free exchange of ideas is rapidly shrinking, "McCarthyism Reloaded: Navigating the German Cultural Landscape" centers lived realities of artists and practitioners from varying backgrounds. This panel seeks to address the layers of political [...]

Threads of Resilience | Workshop | A Conversation about Sustainable Collective Organizing

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Workshop by Sarj Lynch In this conversation-based interactive workshop, we will explore together tools, strategies and frameworks for working together with steadfastness, how to distribute labor and use relay models to participate in liberation movements in sustainable ways. Sustainable meaning: embodied, strategic, historically-grounded, collapse-aware, compassionate and planning for a long fight. We want to see [...]

Threads of Resilience | Concerts | Sounds of togetherness

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Oyoun With Jumoke Adeyanju, Liaam Iman, Qeas Pirzad, AŸA + Batila This evening will gather a plethora of sonic voices. The concerts and spoken word performances will feature both artists close to Oyoun as well as new faces who are joining the session in solidarity with the current situation and as a sign [...]

Threads of Resilience | Discussion | Multi-Scalar Resistance: How the world solidarity movement for Palestine can decolonize Berlin

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Event organized by AATMA How can we move together from a culture of fear, censorship and militarization to that of collective care, knowledge and transformation? AATMA warmly invites you, in grief, persistence and solidarity, to join us for a public discussion tomorrow. It is a great honor to have with us trenchant lawyer Nadija Samour, [...]

Threads of Resilience | Workshop | Fabric of resistance songs

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Voice workshop for resistance and restitution | Organized by Jamila and Pro Jamila and Pro offer a voice workshop for resistance and restitution. In this workshop you will have the opportunity to sing and exchange songs from anti-colonial and anti-fascist resistance movements that you grew up with or that you composed yourself. Jamila and Pro [...]

Threads of Resilience | Reading + Talk | HUMAN, ANIMAL – with Poet Ghayath Almadhoun, moderated by Lana Bastašić

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

Threads of Resilience | Workshop | Contemporary Dance – The political body

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Community dance course organized by Camilla Przystawski Mobilization and action means movement and is what is needed now. Dance and movement have the power to connect people beyond language and different societal barriers. This is a contemporary dance workshop that aims to offer a community space to connect through our bodies and through our physical, [...]

Threads of Resilience | Listening Session | Meshwar Mixtape – Palestine Edition with DJ Dumtak

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Meshwar Mixtape - Palestine Edition organized by and with DJ Dumtak Meshwar Mixtapes takes participants on a journey to Palestine, through music, stories of the songs and people who have a special connection to them. To make it accessible, the song lyrics have been translated to English to reach a wider audience. "Meshwar Mixtapes" is [...]

Threads of Resilience | Film screening + talk | Silent Narratives: Unveiling the Unheard

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

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 [...]

Threads of Resilience | Party | Healing And Empowerment Through Dance

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Oyoun We'll close the second day of our “Threads of resilience” festival on the dance floor. In the intimate setting of our club, we're delighted to host none other than Oyoun's favorite saliah (all the way from London), Oyoun-collaborator and Queen of Eklektik BerlinIstan DJ Ipek and DUMTAK's acclaimed celebration of Arabic Pop and [... ]

Threads of Resilience | Workshop | Exploring Black Lives Matter Protest Performance – a collective reading of The Interrogation of Sandra Bland

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Oyoun With Mojisola Adebayo Theater artist, playwright and academic, Mojisola Adebayo, will briefly share about some of the artistic / activist work she has been making over the past 30 years and invite you to be part of that work, through a collective reading of the Black Lives Matter protest play, performance, memorial [...]

Threads of Resilience | Workshop | Grandmother of the Universe

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Jamila Al-Yousef In this workshop we will connect with our grandmothers through games and writing exercises. Under what circumstances did they grow up and become the women* who brought our parents into the world? And how are they embedded in our identity? What do we know about them and what would we like [...]

Threads of Resilience | Puppet theater | Party in the princess's castle

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The event is organized by Oyoun The Yellow Prince begins his journey to save the princess of his dreams. He's been preparing his whole life! The surprise comes when he arrives at the castle and the princess is not there. She had saved herself! What will happen when both of them meet? What will the [...]

Threads of Resilience | Workshops | Resistance Bazaar

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Diaspora Rising Collective As part of the Resistance Bazaar, there will be two workshops: Endurance Workshop led by Zïada | R4 | 14:00 p.m.-16:00 p.m. | For BPoC activists and organizers In this workshop, we hold space for questions that particularly organizers and activists of the global majority don't get to ask themselves and check-in often [...]

Threads of Resilience | Exhibition + art auction | Art-ish

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Event organized by Artish Immerse yourself in the art world of Berlin! Artish proudly presents the art auction & after-party on December 16th & 17th at Oyoun Berlin. Highlight 1) Local talent 2) Captivating auctions 3) Rousing DJ music 4) A unique networking experience Tickets: Admission is free because art should be accessible to everyone! Places are limited Registration [...]

THREADS OF RESILIENCE | Talk | On Radical Grace

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Presented by Rmad Records “Let us go together in two separate paths, Let us go together and let us be kind.” Mahmoud Darwish Rasha Nahas, Udi Aloni & Emilia Roig on inclusive grassroots in time of brutal silencing. The possibility of co-resistance within 48ers, the diaspora & beyond. Tickets: Free admission Language: English Room: Gallery [...]

Threads of Resilience | Exhibition + Performance | Resistance Bazaar

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Diaspora Rising Collective We heard it from Bethlehem: Christmas is cancelled! So come join the Resistance Bazaar! Where we come together to practice solidarity through art and exchange. Resistance through art is as old as time itself, with communication and expressions at its core. When we feel silenced and repressed, we might find comfort [...]

Threads of Resilience | Panel Talk | Replacement nationalism: on the instrumentalization of Jewish fear and anti-Semitism

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Oyoun Emilia Roig, Candice Breitz and Iris Hefets will critically explore how expressions of philosemitism in Germany are increasingly being used as a tool for political and social agendas, often targeting and marginalizing other groups such as Muslims, Arabs, Palestinians, and various racialized minorities. In this conversation, they will shed light on the [...]

Threads of Resilience | Online panel talk | Israel, Palestine, Germany and the Doppelgänger Effect: on transnational solidarity, free speech and colonialism

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by Oyoun | Via zoom With Naomi Klein, Beth Miller and others In this conversation, Naomi Klein together with other members of US-based Jewish Voice For Peace will join us for an exploration of the ways Israeli ethnonationalism is a double of the European nationalism that oppressed Jews, the dangers of a specific child [...]

Threads of Resilience | Film screening + talk | Papa De: THAT UGANDAN FLAMING GAY

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Weaving together pieces of a childhood. revisiting memories. archiving a self that had to retransform and reshape many times. A grandmother's dress becomes a symbol for the transformation of traditions to make room for future generations. What legacy would you want to leave behind if you ceased to exist? How would you want to be [...]

Threads of Resilience | Party | AL.Berlin: Still We Rise

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Organized by AL.Berlin with Ebn hoari, Maii&Zeid, DJabali&Vex (AL.Berlin Crew), Leila Moon (DJ), sherryaeri (DJ), FISK & V1V1S3KT10N (AL.Berlin Crew) We're happy to announce that our friends at AL .Berlin will be hosting the closing party of our three day festival! Ticket: 15 € / Donations Language: English/Arabic Room: Main Hall Biographies Ebn Hoari An Arab [...]

Threads of Resilience | Party | Art-ish Exhibition After Party

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Afterparty for the Art-ish exhibition and auction happening in the café. Ticket: 5.- € Room: Club --- This event is part of the Threads of Resilience Festival Given the current situation and urgency to express, we decided to co-organize a community-led and collectively curated 3-day festival “Threads of Resilience” from 14-16 December at Oyoun.Those include [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Oyoun | Workshops | Louna Sbou (Oyoun Team) – Artful Liberation: Market Placement for Diasporic Artists

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun team in Oyoun's Tiny House After a first round in 2023, we will continue our capacity building workshop series in 2024! *** Are you concerned about your self-marketing as an artist and cultural worker? Are you looking for tips and tricks on how to effectively promote [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Oyoun | Workshops | Nicola Reißer, Nina Martin + Dami Choi (Oyoun Team) – Design tools to present your artwork

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Tiny Oyounity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun team in Oyoun's Tiny House *** After a first round in 2023, we will continue our capacity building workshop series in 2024! *** Are you concerned about your self-marketing as an artist and cultural worker? Are you looking for tips and tricks on how to effectively [...]

Tiny OyoUnity @ Oyoun | Workshops | Lara Chahal + Madhumita Nandi (Oyoun Team) - Performing Resistance

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Tiny OyoUnity presents: Capacity Bridging Workshops with the Oyoun team in Oyoun's Tiny House *** After a first round in 2023, we will continue our capacity building workshop series in 2024! *** Are you concerned about your self-marketing as an artist and cultural worker? Are you looking for tips and tricks on how to effectively [...]

FILM + Q&A with Sarah Schulman and Ben Mauk | United in Anger (2012)

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

(English below) Film screening and discussion "United in Anger - a history of ACT UP!" The film will have German subtitles. The Q&A will take place in English. About the film "United in Anger - a history of ACT UP!" (2012, USA): A documentary about the birth and early years of the AIDS activist movement ACT UP and the [...]