Tesserae stands in solidarity and strongly supports the WemGehörtDerLaskerkiez? (Who owns Laskerkiez?) initiative and its campaign for the preservation of the Laskerkiez neighbourhood and the Zukunft am Ostkreuz cultural centre. Laskerkiez is a lively and colourful neighbourhood located in Berlin Friedrichshain between Ostkreuz and the Spree and is home to several important solidarity and self-governing organisations, including […]
A wasteland along the Spree river, that soon became a place of refuge for those with no place in society. Evacuated from its informal inhabitants, the area has undergone restructuring to host a complex of luxury buildings.
English Version Below WAS? Wir möchten eine Gruppe von Bewohner*innen in den Dialog zu bringen, die in der selben Nachbarschaft wohnen, aber unterschiedliche Erfahrungen mitbringen. Durch persönliche und kollektive Erinnerungen bietet dieses Projekt die Möglichkeit, Nachbarn*innen besser kennen zu lernen und durch sie Neues zu entdecken. WARUM? Während unseres letzten Projekts in Hohenschönhausen zum Thema […]
Our new project in the Berlin district of Hohenschönhausen “Zeig mir dein Hohenschönhausen: Aus Erinnerungen Zukunft bauen” (Show me your Hohenschönhausen: Building a future from past memories) has been awarded funding and we are looking forward to starting it this spring! During our community history project in Hohenschönhausen last year we noticed the significant impact of the GDR’s […]
Hohenschönhausen is a district part of the borough of Lichtenberg. During the separation of the city, this borough of East Berlin was part of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Tesserae has developed participatory workshops with local residents on topics related to issues of a memory culture being documented by residents of the district themselves, promoting activities of community storytelling.
2nd Workshop of our project “Erinnerung im Wandel – Zeig mir dein Hohenschönhausen! On Friday 13th November, due to the current situation and the restrictions imposed in Germany, we were forced to hold our second workshop online. We therefore had to adapt the structure of the workshop and familiarise ourselves with the IT tools. Previously […]
1st Workshop of our project “Erinnerung im Wandel – Zeig mir dein Hohenschönhausen! On Friday 23rd October, the first workshop of our project “Erinnerung im Wandel – Zeig mir dein Hohenschönhausen” took place at the Kunsthaus 360° in Hohenschönhausen. A dozen participants were present for this first meeting. After exchanges in order to get to […]
*english version below WAS? Am 23. Oktober findet der erste Workshop unseres Projektes “Erinnerungen im Wandel – Zeig mir dein Hohenschönhausen!“ statt. Ziel des Projektes ist es, Orte, Denkmäler, Gebäude und andere Objekte, die für die Bewohner*innen wichtig sind, hervorzuheben und zu schauen, wie diese mit Erinnerungen von Hohenschönhausen verbunden sind. Wir wollen gemeinsam schauen, […]
(Im)possible Complicities conference looked for ideas that come from practice and concrete engagement in distressed territorial contexts. We discussed the potential and pitfalls of co-creative projects with activists, artists and academics who share a constructive as much as critical view on the topic.
We receive and publish this call for support for the ps wedding – project in Berlin https://www.facebook.com/www.pswedding.de/photos/a.488945041626745/578997285954853/?type=3&theater ps wedding braucht Eure Unterstützung! Abriss des ehemaligen Diesterweg-Gymnasiums verhindern! Zur Erinnerung: Im letzten Sommer befanden wir uns mit unserem Vorhaben zur Umnutzung des ehemaligen Diesterweg-Gymnasiums, zur Schaffung von bezahlbarem Wohnraum und der Gründung eines Quartiers- und Nachbarschaftszentrums […]
