Community Bath, Garden, Kiosk, Snack Bar, Workshops, Residencies, Funky Tours, Big Moments, Podcasts, and Brainfood. The list of activities planned as part of the PERFORMATIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE is long – and, above all, omnipresent. The goal is to integrate the construction site into everyday artistic life and to create spaces for exchange, care, and collective productions.
Raumlabor Berlin + Migrantpolitan = Love
In collaboration with raumlabor berlin, the construction site is not hidden away but opened up: as a place to meet, think together, and create art. For over 25 years, the collective has been developing temporary architectural installations that do not provide ready-made answers but rather create situations in which new forms of coexistence are explored (most recently, quite sensationally, with the Volksbakd at the Volksbühne in Berlin). Here, architecture becomes an invitation – to participate, to unlearn, and to rethink. At the heart of this is the collaboration with Migrantpolitan. As a community culture center, it brings perspectives, experiences, and networks to the construction site, transforming it into a shared space for creation. A perfect match, then, that is not only intended to be a hub for everyone around and within the construction site but also the alliance that artistically accompanies the renovation. The Migrantpolitan (a “Gallic village” in the middle of the construction site) becomes a living laboratory for the city; construction fences become stages, and stage floors give rise to new architectures – and, above all, an invitation not to simply wait for the finished building, but to contribute ideas as the project unfolds.
Big Moments at the Construction Site
We’ve been getting quite a few questions from both the press and the community about how the construction site itself will be used. From a bird’s-eye view of Kampnagel over the past few weeks, there have certainly been things to see that you probably wouldn’t find in this form at other construction sites. Among other things, a seven-meter-high flag was visible in the bustling scene of the construction site. This gives you a taste of what to expect from our BIG MOMENTS. During the BIG MOMENTS, major construction phases will be artistically accompanied and made accessible to the public. And so, a groundbreaking ceremony won’t just be a groundbreaking ceremony – the seven-meter-long flag and an excavator will be put to use. Artist Daniel Dominguez Teruel breathes new life into this (perhaps somewhat outdated?) ritual. A groundbreaking ceremony without a shovel – so what else? Well, the construction site will be the setting for various performances throughout the upcoming season. For BIG MOMENT #2, Göksu Kunak will take over the demolished Hall K1 and present the performance SUSPENSION there.
Great Moments on the Construction Site: A Guide
We don’t have a perfect “how-to” guide for using the construction site lying around either. Maybe in three years, when the renovation is finished – we’ll definitely keep at it. Together with Raumlabor, our neighbors, artists, and, of course, you. See you at Migrantpolitan or on the construction site.
