:: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN) :: The critics, ideas and methodologies for a truly distributed, collectively curated, international, intercultural, multi lingual network festival. ► Click "going" in facebook to stay up to date. ► Join the event through vimeo. :: LINKS :: ►Amirali Ghazemi ►Youssef El-idrisi ►Rajaa Ahaman ►Hamza Shamas ►Ebru Yetiskin ►Mohsen Hazrati ►Cenkhan [...]
► a'21: Exchanges Through The Silk Road_DAHproject :: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN/AR) :: Living in the Middle East region and some parts around it can feel as if you're being held in a euphoric state in a moment, just as it can feel as you're left floating in some kind of vacuum in another. the [...]
► a'21: Bait15 and UAE art scene_DAHproject :: ABOUT THIS EVENT (EN/AR) :: BAIT 15 is an artist-run studio and exhibition space located in a residential neighborhood of downtown Abu Dhabi founded in late 2017 by Afra Al Dhaheri, Hashel Al Lamki, and Maitha Abdalla. The villa housing BAIT includes; studios, one for each of [...]
Gen Z is coming of age in a time of sociopolitical and ecological crises, gathered in online spaces that leave many overwhelmed and paralysed. Our exposure to crowded Social Media platforms causes, more often than not, disengagement and news-fatigue, paired with insecurities around self-image. Which story does Gen Z tell together? How do they navigate [...]
EMBODIED TEMPORALITIES - Auf den Spuren verkörperter Erinnerungen Was verkörpern unsere Körper? Welche Erinnerungen können uns unsere Körper erzählen? - über uns selbst, unsere Vergangenheit und unsere Zukunft? Kurator*innen, Künstler*innen und Kulturschaffende setzen sich mit Identitäten, Zugehörigkeit und verkörperten Erinnerungen aus diasporischen, dekolonialen und queeren Perspektiven auseinander. Ein Forschungs-, Archivierungs-, Ausstellungs- und Performance-Projekt, an dem [...]
Replacing monuments and renaming streets is an emancipatory and liberatory act of our time. Lucy Lameck x Sonic In(ter)ventions is a global amplification act and artistic witness for Berlin's historic street renaming: "Wissmannstraße" turned "Lucy-Lameck Straße". At the intersection of art, music, and healing justice, Out of Time Embassy (OOTE) produces their first public project [...]
Sonic In(ter)ventions is a jam session. As cultural workers responding to the times with community building, Out of Time Embassy (OOTE) consciously meld together sound and healing to form sessions of high-energy improvisation. Spaces are reimagined as interactive meditation sites for historical excavation, archival protest, and creative processing. Open and free artistic expressions are cultivated [...]
Exilio, migración y memoria. ¿Tienes algún familiar alemán antifascista que se exilió a Latinoamérica entre 1933 y 1945?¿Volviste a las raíces? ¿Con qué te encontraste cuando regresaste a lo que fue tu país de origen? Como parte del proyecto “Jetztzeit - Lebenserinnerungen zur Migration” se realizará unos encuentros de familiares de exiliados que en la [...]
Am Samstag den 10. Juli 2021 zieht es Brown Skin Mermaids noch einmal in die Hauptstadt! 🚀🎈🧸📚 Im Kulturzentrum Oyoun wartet ein empowernder Nachmittag auf Schwarze Mädchen im Alter von 5 - 10 Jahren. Für Details und Anmeldungen schreibe eine email an: mermaid@brownskinmermaids.de und sichere einen limierten Platz. --- On Saturday, July 10th Brown Skin [...]
Radikale Zärtlichkeit – Warum Liebe politisch ist ist am 20. April 2021 bei HarperCollins Germany erschienen. What is love? Ist die Liebe Sinn des Lebens, eine politische Allianz, Illusion oder Selbstzweck? Oder ist sie gar unmöglich, weil wir uns zwischen Zukunftsängsten, überhöhten Ansprüchen und diskriminierenden Strukturen völlig zerreiben? Diesen Fragen geht die Autor*in Şeyda Kurt [...]
Sonic In(ter)ventions is a jam session. As cultural workers responding to the times with community building, Out of Time Embassy (OOTE) consciously meld together sound and healing to form sessions of high-energy improvisation. Spaces are reimagined as interactive meditation sites for historical excavation, archival protest, and creative processing. Open and free artistic expressions are cultivated [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare to [...]
Eros Marciano presents: THE CREAMY KIKI BALL It's a quite spontaneous event, so the theme is something easy! You can choose between the colours: brown, beige and white. You can decide whether you want to mix all three, just two or go with just one colour. Shoes and accessories don't count. All categories will be [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
We are really excited to invite you to our first summer social event after being apart for a while. Join in and let's celebrate together. We are really excited to invite you to our first summer social event after being apart for more than a year and a half due to the corona pandemic. The [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
Wir laden ein zu den Premierenaufführungen des Theaterstücks vom Kinder und Jugend-Theaterprojekt Check! Eine Zukunft mit Zukunft! Wünsch sich das nicht jeder? Check! Was ist ein Mädchen, was ist ein Junge, und was bin ich? Die Welt der Kinder verfärbt sich nicht in rosa oder blau. Es sind die Farben der Selbstbilder, die Entwicklung und Interessen [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
The KAUM Indonesian Alternative Performance & Film Festival organised by the Soydivision collective aims to raise underrepresented voices in the Indonesian society on issues related to the environment, the Chinese-Indonesian society, East Indonesia, Feminism, and LGBTQ+. These different topics translate into the categories of the festival: dare to be conscious, dare to be different, dare [...]
Connecting artist and audience using intimate live sets through, Hip Hop, RnB, Soul, Afro Beats, Dancehall Reggae and more. Get your tickets here The Berlin Radio Show (TBRS) is a Berlin-based radio show centred around highlighting Hip Hop, RnB, Afrobeat, Reggae, Dancehall and Soul artists of the diaspora through conversations and discussions. The goal is [...]
▸ About the Music Exhibition: This is Mariam’s & Miriam’s pilot project at Oyoun, with illustrations and music of BIPoc artist. ‘w/o additives’ is a music project, dedicated to BIPoC musicians from the past and present. These musicians changed the way we listen to music without us even knowing, let alone recognize. The project is [...]
MARTA, Frelichttheaterstück durch den Körper und die Biographie 3., 4. + 5. September auf Deutsch Es ist vorbei mit der Angst Wir kämpfen dafür, dass unsere Körper respektiert werden. Wir sind gekommen, um Grenzen zu setzen, um den Blicken stand zu halten. Wir sind von innen erwacht, wir haben unsere Krallen ausgefahren und leisten Widerstand. [...]
Manuscripts of Foreign Body(s), is a critical visual collective workshops-based project, by Ahmad Baba and Michalina Mrozek, proposing the approach of, TLGBQIA+ bodies of color, as manuscripts of duality; being sites of oppressions as well as sites of resilience. The project will be developed, through organizing critical collective practices, in two days intensive workshops,“ Foreign [...]
Reserve your tickets here The Poetry Meets Series pres. lyrical rap prodigy Yugen Blakrok, Berlin's rising talent RCSE, poets Astan KA and Hiwot. Plus a surprise act! The Poetry Meets Series presents South African Headliner lyrical rap prodigy Yugen Blakrok, Berlin's rising talent RCSE, poets Astan KA, Hiwot AND one special kind surprise act. After [...]
Am 6.September erscheint bei Edition Körber das neue Buch von Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç. In »Muslimaniac. Die Karriere eines Feindbildes« geht der Politikwissenschaftler und Rassismusforscher auf Spurensuche nach »Orientalika«, so nennt Keskinkılıç Symbole, Sprachspuren und Gegenstände, in denen sich die hartnäckigen Klischees von »Orient« und »Okzident« spiegeln. Er verknüpft sie mit aktuellen Entwicklungen und eigenen Erfahrungen [...]
Ezé ist wieder da und wieder wird musiziert, gelacht und gesprungen. Bringt eure Kinder und lasst uns toben, ihr seid alle eingeladen! // ÜBER EZÉ Ezés Workshops lassen sich mit unterschiedlichen Gruppen wie solchen aus Kindergärten, Schulen, Unternehmen, aber auch mit Erwachsenen ohne oder mit Behinderung durchführen. Kurz: Mit Menschen wie Dir! In den Workshops [...]
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 [...]
w/o additives' has set itself the task of creating spaces and visibility for BIPoC artists. On the exhibition evening, this will happen on three levels - on the one hand, there will be an exhibition that offers an insight into the musical socialisation of the founder of 'w/o additives' based on her personal biography. On [...]
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 with Şehnaz Layıkel, Patrizia Bach & Ina Weber Public space is sometimes an inspiration for art and sometimes a container. It shapes, carries and exhibits art in different forms and at different locations. For the spectator, it may be an unexpected or a planned encounter. In this panel discussion, the relationship between art and [...]
An event series from us for us. Margin is a beneficial community event, supporting different fundraisers each time, hosted by the Soul Sauna Symposium. A collective that is all about Black and Queer Unity. On the 16.9 the second edition will take place in OYOUN! Doors will open at 6 pm. This time we want [...]
The award winning film, 95cm: Mega City’s Mini Citizens by Ayşe Adanalı, Yaşar Adnan Adanalı & Gizem Pilavcı, aims to collect, produce and disseminate visual materials, including production of a documentary film, to advocate well-being of young children in rapidly transforming, mega cities around the world, such as Istanbul. Don't miss this powerful film! Doors [...]
Get your tickets here. This is event is an inclusive high society, themed, tea party for BIPoC to subconsciously cater to their mental health and wellbeing. Bringing people together in the right space for not only great Tea, fun and entertainment but peace of mind. Formal Vintage attire (the 60s-70s era preferred, Think the Supremes, [...]
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 [...]
Panel Talk with Ingo Arend (moderator), Banu Karaca, Verena Niepe, Persefoni Myrtsou Based on the recent immigration of cultural workers and queer people from Turkey to Berlin, in this panel talk, we want to reflect on the reasons and perspectives of this increasingly frequent change of location. In addition, we will focus on the connection [...]
We are excited to invite you to celebrate Queerness, Femininity, Color, and Bodies. Welcome to the Black & Brown Cabaret Show 2021 by Prince Emrah & Queerberg. On 24 September, we want to honor the thriving culture of BIPOC immigrant, refugee bodies of all shapes and sizes with a modern fusion of cabaret & burlesque [...]
Film screening and artist talk: "Rantİstanbul" - "Surplus of Istanbul" by Ömer Şamlı, Devrim Çetinkayalı and Alper Şen // Doors Open 18:30 // Event Start 19:00 Book your free ticket here *** Istanbul has expanded its borders and created new living spaces and suburbs according to the rules of neoliberal capital. In the name of [...]
As a DJ, Mobilegirl (IG: @mobilegirl) is versatile but thoughtful in her selection – her style behind the decks is focused on creating a highly energetic dance floor that allows for emotionality, for softer moments but also attention-demanding breaks and shifts; an equally fun and challenging combination that gained her traction very early on in [...]
"Queer Ping Pong III" DJ-SETS von: - DJ Thundy - Femalemacho - DJ Ipek - DJ Yes Torty Die Spieler*Innenanzahl ist begrenzt. Bitte meldet euch über *queerpingpong@gmail.com* an, wenn ihr an dem Ping Pong Turnier teilnehmen wollt. Alle anderen brauchen keine Anmeldung. Hand an die Kelle und aufs Herz: Ping Pong bzw. Tischtennis ist eine [...]
You are invited to take part in an interactive audiowalk by the Autoplot collective. Their project "Mapping stories" are about a playful and accessible installation, a kind of course that deals with questions of identity and its circumstances and tries to make them tangible for as many participants as possible. The focus of the concept [...]
As part of The Path's programme, the rapper Ebow (@ebow.mp3) will present a special performance of her tracks at the installation site at Tempelhofer Feld. We are looking forward to seeing you! // Event Start 18:30 Register for your free ticket to take part here About Ebow: Solo, but also as a member of [...]
𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐌 𝐩𝐫ä𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 "𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐥.𝐱𝐱.𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧" 𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐏𝐨𝐂 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐧* 𝐚𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐩𝐇𝐨𝐩, 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨 & 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜. DE: 𝐃𝐚𝐬 𝟕𝟓-𝐦𝐢𝐧ü𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐧𝐢𝐬 „𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐥.𝐱𝐱.𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧“, 𝐠𝐞𝐟ö𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐦 „𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭 𝐟ü𝐫 𝐊𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐚“, 𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐦 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐩-𝐈𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐩𝐫ä𝐠𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, [...]
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 und Paneldisskusion mit syrischen Fotokünstler*innen: Guevara Namer (Moderatorin/Kuratorin der Ausstellung und Fotorgrafin), Mohammed Badra (Panelist/Fotograf), Ameer Alhalbi (Panelist/Fotograf), Mohammed Abdullah (Panelist/Fotograf) Der syrische Aufstand und der darauffolgende Krieg gehören vielleicht zu den am besten dokumentierten visuellen Ereignissen der modernen Geschichte. Es gibt erschütternde Bilder, die sich in die Psyche der Menschen eingebrannt haben. Das [...]
Der syrische Aufstand und der darauffolgende Krieg gehören vielleicht zu den visuell am besten dokumentierten Ereignissen der modernen Geschichte. Es gibt erschütternde Bilder, die sich in die Psyche der Menschen eingebrannt haben. Das Bild von Aylan Kurdi, der leblos an einem türkischen Strand liegt. Drohnenbilder von zerbombten syrischen Krankenhäusern und Städten. Aber das ist nicht [...]
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. // [...]
On October 8, Zeyo - rapper, film maker, music producer and activist - will be premiering his debut album, highlighting the social and political climate in Sudan, the sound of resistance and the opposition against the Janjaweed. The government-backed militiamen gained notoriety through the brutal killing of civilians and protestors during the peaceful revolution in [...]
Zwei Einladungen zum Fühlen, zum Erforschen von Atmosphären und zum Verbinden mit den eigenen Geschichten: Wo lebt der Tod? Wo die Liebe? Was passiert mit unseren Körpern? → 9. Oktober 1. Aufführung: Einlass: 16:30 // Beginn: 17:00 2. Aufführung: Einlass: 19:30 // Beginn: 20:00 → Einlass ab 10 Jahren → Kostenfreie Anmeldung über Eventbrite erforderlich [...]
The panel discussion organised 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 [...]
Podiumsdiskussion mit Dr. Dörthe Engelcke (Moderatorin), Dr. André Bank (Panelist), Dr. Andreas Reinicke Botschafter a.D. (Panelist) und Ferdinand Dürr (Panelist). Hinweis: Die Veranstaltung findet auf Deutsch statt.
For their performance, Cammack Lindsey will sing a collection of love songs for resistance and revolution, that embody our shared experiences of oppression under exploitative capitalism. The selection will feature songs written by themselves, along with songs that have inspired them, hoping in turn to inspire you! // Event Start 18:00 Register for your free [...]
Eros Marciano (IG:@jan.nwattu) presents: THE SUPER SMASH KIKI BALL ➤ Doors open: 14:30 ➤ LSS / Roll Call: 17:00 Participants and audience are welcome to come to our in-house café/bar @abadan.berlin and garden after the ball for something to eat and drink and a little meeting place. Tickets: box office only! CASH ONLY! Participants - [...]
With this vernissage Lebanese artist Mazen Khaddaj opens his multidisciplinary exhibition “Backbone”. The show is a collection of video performances, multichannel installations, and documentation by the artist that signify his relationship with his father, and his death in December 2020. After a long and heavy battle with COVID19, his dad surrendered and passed away at [...]
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 programme curated with the idea to address queer culture, filmmakers, and characters relevant to South West Asia and North Africa; a region commonly known as S.W.A.N.A. In the majority [...]
"Backbone" is a multidisciplinary exhibition by Lebanese artist Mazen Khaddaj. The show is a collection of video performances, multichannel installations, and documentation that signifies the relationship with his father, and his death in December 2020. After a long and heavy battle with COVID19, his dad surrendered and left him at the age of sixty-three. His [...]
Releaseparty! Zum Erscheinen der vierten Ausgabe von Literarische Diverse wollen wir uns treffen und einen schönen Abend miteinander verbringen. Wir freuen uns auf unbekannte und bekannte Gesichter. Bringt auch gerne eure Freund*innen mit! Es gibt Drinks, Musik, kleinere Lesungen und natürlich das Magazin. → Veranstaltungsbeginn: 22. Oktober, 20:00 → Diese Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei. Eine Anmeldung [...]
"Menschen auf ihrem Weg zu begleiten, unterstützen und zu bestärken, ist mir ein Bedürfnis und sehe ich als meine natürliche Aufgabe. Als ganzheitliche Ayurveda Coachin/Heilerin, stehst du,als Individuum, im Mittelpunkt, mit allem was dein System (=Körper/Geist/Seele/Emotionen) beinhaltet. Du bist der/die Expert*in deines Systems und ich empower dich darin, deine innere Stärke zu finden, um dich [...]
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 programme 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 [...]
Hoffnung ist universell. Ohne Hoffnung können wir nicht leben. Sie ist es, die uns bei Enttäuschungen, Rück- und Schicksalsschlägen nicht verzagen lässt. Sie stärkt das Rückgrat in Krisenzeiten. Wenn wir hoffen können, ist aufgeben keine Option – stattdessen rappeln wir uns auf und folgen dem Silberstreif am Horizont. Doch was ist Hoffnung, woraus speist sie [...]
"In light of the heavy restrictions the cultural sector has experienced due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the political response to it, playing in front of people again feels many kinds of strange by now. As artists we get a lot of from these exchanges, at the same time we also give much of [...]
TBRS presents HAVEN : 90s Pop of Culture Halloween Special >>Live performance showcase and music! Hip Hop, RnB, Soul, Afrohouse, Afrobeats and so much more...<< This Halloween live and straight out of Oyoun, come dressed as your favourite 90s icon and watch the hottest live showcase your never thought you needed this Halloween weekend! Come [...]
Drag Cinderella Once upon a time, a couple of Queens arrived in Berlin and started a House. To be specific, in 2018, your fav QT*BIPOC refugee collective started to gather to bring some queer magic into the Berlin club scene. For our third anniversary, we have prepared a fairy tale show full of dance, drag [...]
Was hat antikolonialer Widerstand mit der Klimakrise zu tun? Was verbindet antirassistische Kämpfe mit den Kämpfen gegen Umwelt- und Klimazerstörung? Das BUNDjugend Projekt Locals United lädt euch ein zu einem Abend mit Spoken Word, Lesung und Musik. Mit dabei sind Poetry Artist Sami El Poet, die Autor*innen der Broschüre "Kolonialismus & Klimakrise - Über 500 [...]
"لوكداون" - عرض كوميدي مع علاء ابو دياب بعد أكثر من سنة ونصف على بداية جائحة كورونا، يصل علاء أبو دياب برلين لأول مرة بعرض ستاند أب جديد عن تجربته في فترة الإغلاق، عن العائلة والمجتمع وكيف هي الحياة في ظل الوباء ومواضيع أخرى إجتماعية تضيء على الفرق بين السويد والوطن العربي تُفتح الأبواب لإستقبالكم [...]
Muse, Folded is a group exhibition of a collective experimental art project shared between seven artists. The title refers to the act of folding a letter in order to put it in an envelope but also refers to the expression of a business being closed down because of difficulties, in this case, the crisis that [...]
¿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 fotos? ¿Qué [...]
¿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 fotos? ¿Qué [...]
We invite you to relax, re-center, and bathe in sound as composer and sound artist, Shannon Sea, performs a live-set that takes you on a sonic journey to help you manifest your creative intentions, surrender to imagination, and invite self-exploration. During the sound healing session, Sea’s live-set performance will feature nature soundscapes, field recordings, electro-acoustic [...]
(Siehe deutsche Übersetzung unten) 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 [...]
Am 13.11. 2021 findet die 7. Ausgabe des Woka Kuma Festivals zu Kunst und Kultur aus Burkina Faso statt. → Einlass: ab 19.30 Uhr → Tickets: 15 € // Ermäßigt*: 10€ >>> Link hier *Ermäßigungsberechtigt sind Azubildende, Schüler*innen, Studierende, Freiwillige (FSJ, FÖJ, BFD), Berlin-Pass-Inhaber*innen (Leistungsbezieher von Hartz IV, Sozialhilfe, Grundsicherung oder gemäß Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz). *** [...]
The Poetry Meets Series presents poet, rapper and multidisciplinary artist Caxxianne, Danish-born Somali poet, visual artist and filmmaker Asmaa Jama, visualizing poetry artist Fungi and Mijikenda Kenyan poet Shangazi Masika. We are also looking forward to two short films that will be screened: "ADIKORO - Women in Music Ghana" by Pamela Owusu Ansah @its_pambam and [...]
Eros Marciano Ebony (IG: jan.nwattu) presents: THE SQUID GAME MINI BALL. ➤ Doors open for participants: 16:00 Doors open for spectators: 16:30 ➤ Ball start: 18:30 ➤ Tickets: box office only (cash only). Participants - 5€ Spectators: QT*BIPOC - 10€ Other - 15€ *** Commentator: Ocean 007 Host: German Mother Ambrosia [...]
***** The event was cancelled due to health reasons of an artist. Die Veranstaltung wurde aus gesundheitlichen Gründen einer Künstlerin abgesagt. ***** The event start with the Chilean Bass Player Mauricio Nader, who will do a 20 minutes opening act with his solo project. He will perform 5 songs, and will be the [...]
HAVEN: All You Can Bling Holiday Special Live performance showcase and music! Hip Hop, RnB, Soul, Afrohouse, Afrobeats and so much more... The holiday season is around the corner! To fully usher in the end of the year and the holiday season, come celebrate with The Berlin Radioshow one last time in 2021! All You [...]
◥ Come join us in Berlin on November 27th for a full day of workshops, lectures & performances! Are we really reflecting & adapting? Are our spaces and communities resilient enough for the next crises? The extermination of our self-organized free spaces is accelerated. We remain unsupported and mostly unrecognized by local governments, even as [...]
(English below) Bis Dezember 2021 finden jeden Mittwoch (01.12., 8.12. und 15.12.) von 16:30 Uhr bis 23:30 Uhr im Rahmen von Mince e.V. Tanzkurse für Kinder und Jugendliche sowie die legendäre Freestyle-Session bei uns im Haus statt. Die Teilnahme ist umsonst - die Plätze aber begrenzt. Anmeldung bitte über ev.mince@gmail.com. IG: @mince.ev *** ◥ Bitte [...]
Zur Jahreswende 1794/95 versank das letzte Sklavenschiff „Sao Jose“, welches auf dem Weg nach Brasilien war, mit 512 Schwarzen Personen vor den Toren Kapstadts. Was hat diese Geschichte mit der heutigen Mikroaggression und Schwarzer Realität zu tun? "In Gedenken an diese Geschichte soll die heutige Lebensrealität von 512 Schwarzen Menschen in Berlin visualisieren, wer wir [...]
(German below) Affective Archives of Resistance- Enter now! With ESCAPISM, Oyoun opens a platform for an artistic and sociocritical experiment, connecting virtual and physical spaces. In an interactive exhibition at Oyoun Berlin from December 3 to 24, viewers can experience 4 hybrid game installations created by ESCAPISM artists: "tarare" by téa boyarchuk, "Thicker Than Blood [...]
Jews! Jews! Jews!, a minori-tease cabaret, is BACK with a star-studded lineup for your Hanukkah enjoyment! After a two year government-mandated ban on Hanukkah/Chanukkah/Chanukah, Jews! Jews! Jews! returns!! We know you've missed our applesauce antics and sour cream songs. So don't forego this latke-tunity to see this star-studded lineup of drag, burlesque, music, and cabaret [...]
(German below) Affective Archives of Resistance- Enter now! With ESCAPISM, Oyoun opens a platform for an artistic and sociocritical experiment, connecting virtual and physical spaces. In an interactive exhibition at Oyoun Berlin from December 3 to 24, viewers can experience 4 hybrid game installations created by ESCAPISM artists: "tarare" by téa boyarchuk, "Thicker Than Blood [...]
(German below) Affective Archives of Resistance- Enter now! With ESCAPISM, Oyoun opens a platform for an artistic and sociocritical experiment, connecting virtual and physical spaces. In an interactive exhibition at Oyoun Berlin from December 3 to 24, viewers can experience 4 hybrid game installations created by ESCAPISM artists: "tarare" by téa boyarchuk, "Thicker Than Blood [...]
"Your future is our now!" is a response of many climate activists of color to the predominately white fridays for future movement. In our work we want to explore aestehetic positions on sustainability from a diverse perspective. Our starting point is the daily use of water, it's meaning, importance, access and what it tells us [...]
Mit einer tänzerischen Installation erschließt „Break & Connection“ einen Raum des Innehaltens und der Reflexion, der jenseits von postkolonialen, westlichen Prägungen eine andere Verbindung des Einzelnen zu sich selbst und zueinander öffnet. „Break & Connection“ greift die Zeichen der Zeit auf und beleuchtet Bruch und Verbindung, Pause und Neuanfang von verschiedenen Blickwinkeln aus. Der Moment [...]
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 Bَabَa (interdisciplinary artist) and [...]
RUSNAM präsentiert die experimentelle audio-visuelle Performance „ctrl.xx.tension” - Das 75 - minütige performative Sounderlebnis nimmt das Publikum mit in die musikalische Auseinandersetzung mit dem von weiblichen Pop-Ikonen geprägten Frauenbild, vereint in einer Tanzperformance, die Diskriminierungserfahrungen von BPoC Musikerinnen* sichtbar macht. Losgelöst vom Stereotyp der Pop - Ikone über die Grenzen unserer Herkunft hinaus. → Buche [...]
Nahed Awwad lädt euch zu einem Buchgespräch “Palästina und die Palästinenser. Eine Geschichte von der Nakba bis zur Gegenwart“ mit der Autorin Dr. Muriel Asseburg und der Publizistin Kristin Helberg ein. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Buchgesprächs steht die Frage der Bedeutung der Nakba – der Flucht und Vertreibung von rund einer Dreiviertelmillion Palästinenser*innen 1947-1949 – für [...]
(English version below) Pünktlich zum Start des BLACK HISTORY MONTH laden wir euch zum Special Event der BLACK DADS READERS am Sonntag, 06.02.2022, ab 15:00 Uhr ein. Für alle Schwarzen Kinder und Familien, die Schwarze Community und alle, die Interesse haben, lesen die wunderbaren Black DADS READER die Bücher „HAIR LOVE" von Matthew Acherry und [...]
(English version below) Kennt ihr euren Atem? Unser Atem ist uns so nah, aber manchmal auch so weit weg. Mit einem bewussten, konzentrierten und vollen Atem ist es möglich, in einen erweiterten Bewusstseinszustand einzutreten. Das erlaubt uns, unsere Überzeugungen zu hinterfragen und die Perspektive zu wechseln. Wir können uns selbst in einem geschützten Rahmen wahrnehmen [...]
We are excited to invite you to celebrate Queerness, Femininity, Color, and Bodies. Welcome to the Black & Brown Cabaret Show Winter 2022 by Prince Emrah & Queerberg. This Show will be extra Hot because it's enough cold outside. On 12 February We want to honour the thriving culture of BIPOC immigrants, refugee bodies of [...]
