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by Adela Lovric, 1 May 2013photo by Mary Scherpe from stil in berlin May Day's artiest party, openings, music and movie treats + a tip to visit Berghain without queueing or being rejected at the entrance. WEDNESDAY 01.05 13.00 Month of Performance Art Berlin - Myfest @ Worldstage im Bullenwinkel - opening + party WHY:...
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by bpigs team, 21 Jan 2025We are excited to announce the dates for this year’s Berlin Art Book Fair & Festival! On June 13–15, 2025, Miss Read will be returning to Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW). As we continue our shared exploration into Decolonizing Art Book Fairs, we are committed to nurturing spaces and communities that take into... -
by bpigs team, 21 Jan 2025Register now for this six week mindfulness and meditation course on staying with the trouble! - with Lucy Powell The radical, relational and transformative methodologies of meditation and mindfulness provide profound support in staying with the trouble and responding rather than... -
by bpigs team, 8 Jul 2024It’s the end of an era. Our story is coming to a close with Vol. XII, A L’ARME! will be celebrating its last edition—its grand finale. For more than a decade, the festival has offered new perspectives on jazz and experimental music, paved the way for undreamed-of collaborations, and influenced a generation of... -
by bpigs team, 7 Jun 2024After the successful Ohrid Residency in April 2024, we have now launched Open Call II for the Euboea Residency in October 2024 with PROSPER: PROSPER is an international project co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the EU, led by 5 partner organizations: Oyoun (Germany), Peripetija and... -
by bpigs team, 13 Mar 2024Applications for this year's Berlin Art Book Fair & Festival are now open! You can apply here. We are looking for exhibitors with an ongoing publishing practice (around five publications). As we continue our shared exploration into Decolonizing Art Book Fairs, we are committed to nurturing spaces... -
by bpigs team, 30 Jan 2024Berliner Programm Künstlerische Forschung announced its 2024/25 fellows Bini Adamczak, Murat Adash, Jessica Ekomane, Daniel Falb, Holly Herndon, Anton Kats, Dan Lie, Henrike Naumann, İz Öztat, Marta Popivoda, Anta Helena Recke, Konstanze Schmitt and Luise Schröder. The pre-selection was made by the jury... -
by bpigs team, 13 Apr 2023We now accept project spaces, galleries, institutions, and individual artist listings. Here are a few tips. Plan and list your event at least 15 days in advance. Prepare a short text in English explaining what will be on view and how the event will be structured. The text should answer the questions Where, When, What... -
by bpigs team, 15 Nov 2022It is an honor to feature some pieces from the latest issue Crip magazine by Eva Egermann for the Instabul Biennal 2022. Download issue 5 here It is normal and completely human to think and communicate in unconventional ways. Being human is a spectrum. Mel Baggs, autistic blogger and activist, died... -
by bpigs team, 10 Nov 2022Over the years, we’ve come to know you – (by following your work as an artist) – as somebody who operates from a feminist worldview and according to feminist principles. Your work has sought to take on and critique patriarchal power over decades. We address you now because we’ve come to view you as a feminist ally. We... -
by bpigs team, 7 Feb 2022If you’ve been sitting on the fence when it comes to whether to boycott the new ‘Kunsthalle Berlin’ or not (I personally prefer to call it the ‘Kunsthalle Smerling’), you may find Niklas Maak’s article in yesterday’s FAZ compelling (‘Berlin zahlt auch noch drauf,’ 05.02.22). Maak confirms, unequivocally, what... -
by bpigs team, 20 May 2021One thing we have been enjoying during this uncertain period is alternative cultural formats. Case in point: THINK! - an auditive online series. What impact do news and headlines have – especially if one needs to follow their directives. How do you digest - or – what words, phrases or expressives articulate... -
by bpigs team, 28 Apr 2021Green is the new Black! We have had a lot of time this last year to think how we can make the art market a more sustainable place and we are happy to see some initiatives growing towards that direction, even if they are ultimately powered by corporate interests, in this case an OVR gallery platform. The aim of GCC is... -
by bpigs team, 8 Mar 2021FICTIONS: An anthology centering queer voices in/from/across South Asia a language where yesterday and tomorrow are the same word. kal Call for Submissions: Until 15 April 2021 For District's Berlin upcoming fiction anthology, they are looking for writers that build queer utopias through storytelling. The call... -
by bpigs team, 4 Feb 2021ON FEB 18th 2021, 6-9 PM, Floating e.V will hold a public jury session, as part of their open call for urban practitioners. During the session, five finalists will present their project proposals for the site of the Floating University Berlin, with open Q&A from the expert jury and the wider public. Anyone can... -
by bpigs team, 14 May 2020Open call for an educational residency with: BILL FONTANA (composer and video artist), HANS PETER KUHN (sound and visual artist), SEBASTIAN MULLAERT a.k.a MINILOGUE (producer and DJ), OVE HOLMQVIST (sound artist), HANS ROSENSTRÖM (sound artist), STEFFI WEISMANN (sound artist), JI WOO & SUN WOO (Zen masters... -
by bpigs team, 15 Apr 2020project initiated by Matthew Burrows Here is another idea taking form currently on Intagram ARTIST SUPPORT PLEDGE Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists have found themselves without work, teaching, technical support and gallery work. Exhibitions and sales have disappeared. In an attempt to help alleviate... -
by bpigs team, 15 Apr 2020So here we are. We can be we, but not together. We can be in space, but not with each other. We can be in public, but privately. Christina Dimitriadis in der Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße (Image: Christian Lohse) What form can the path from the studio to the public take under quarantine conditions? A few ideas...