District Berlin

Once you find your way and get past the feeling of being a little off the map, this is a fantastic space, made all the more interesting by its location as gallery space is confronted with industrial space. The aim of the  institution is to promote art and culture, in particular artists and artist collectives that reflect the contemporary from a critical position. Their focus rests on artistic ideas that deal with urban space and its appropriation as well as a new understanding of social issues. The project has developed through the collaborative efforts of three young curators: Susanne Husse (artistic director), Janine Halka (coordination artistic education), Andrea Carolien Keppler (project manager and curator) and Frank Sippel (director)

District invites cultural producers, individuals from other fields of knowledge and different audiences to reflect upon societal, technological and cultural developments from a critical perspective, to deal with urban spaces and modes of its appropriation and to re-evaluate the commons. District is privately funded in its infrastructure, studio program and part of its projects. The space runs a Studio Grant program which is available solely to contemporary female artists, with no further restrictions based on nationality or age. Each scholarship holder is awarded the use of a studio for 6 months.

The events programme at District is varied and lively - a recent event included a bathtub full of ice and a japanese snack bar!