Project conception and curation: Katharina Koch, Zofia nierodzinska, Sylvia Sadzinski
Location: alpha nova&galerie futura

HAVEIT (Hana Qena, Vesa Qena, Alketë Sylaj, Arbërore Sylaj); 127 garage (Nastia Khlestova, Anton Tkachenko); Work Hard! Play Hard! working group (Aleksei Borisionok, Olia Sosnovskaya, Nicolay Spesivtsev and Dzina Zhuk); Cornelia Herfurtner, Uladzimir Hramovich, Dr. Lorena Juan, Dr. Catherine Nichols, Richard Pettifer (Cultural Workers Studio), Heiko Pfreundt & Lisa Schorm (Kreuzberg Pavillon), Joanna Warsza;

exhibition, performance, presentation, symposium/round table

September & October 2024

Geographies of Collectivity. Artistic Infrastructures in Times of Crisis: Berlin-Vienna-Graz-Minsk-Kharkiv-Pristina is an artistic and discursive encounter and networking project that focuses on practices of collectivity and solidarity.

Together with the curator Zofia nierodzinska, alpha nova and & galerie futura invites HAVEIT, 127 garage, and Work Hard! Play Hard! working group & Uladzimir Hramovich—three emancipatory working artist groups and individuals from Kosovo, the Ukraine, and Belarus, in order to strengthen the exchange between post-socialist and late capitalist realities of living and working and to learn from each other.

During the residency, both informal gatherings and public events will take place with presentations, performances, and exhibition, and an assembly (Decentric Circles Assembly) with the purpose to establish long-term solidarity alliances. Berlin-based art and cultural actors and activists in particular are invited to take part.

How can artistic and curatorial work be carried out in times of political and social uncertainty, repression, crises and wars? Together with cultural workers and self-organised collectives, who partially live in exile due to precarious political situations, we want to create a space for translocal exchange, personal encounters, and solidarity practices in which various forms of collaboration can be developed and collectively articulated.

Program

HAVEIT (18.9.-22.9.2024)
21.9.2024, 18:00: Shaving Patriarchy – Performance & Discussion with HAVEIT, Dr. Lorena Juan (Kunst im Untergrund, COVEN Berlin, among others), Dr. Catherine Nichols (Manifesta 14, Hamburger Bahnhof, among others)

127 garage (19.9.-29.9.2024)
28.9.2024
The Weaving Project – Networking of Independent Art Spaces Across the Ukraine and in Exile
16:00 Exhibition by 127 garage and participants of The Weaving Project (Tvorche Nezhit, Kut, depot 12_59, gallery Kruchi, Gareleya Neotodryosh, Totem, 31 Art Space, Nulla, Detenpyla)
18:00 Presentation & Talk with 127 garage, Kreuzberg Pavillon and Cultural Workers Studio

Work Hard! Play Hard! working group & Uladzimir Hramovich (12.10.-21.10.2024)
19.10.2024, 18:00
Wherever We Live, We Live With Others; Odd Geographies of Solidarity
Discussion with Aleksei Borisionok (Biennale Matter of Art, WH!PH! working group), Cornelia Herfurtner (artist), Olia Sosnovskaya (artist, writer, WH!PH! working group), Joanna Warsza (59. Biennale di Venezia, Stadtkuratorin Hamburg, among others)
Supported by die Freundinnen und Freunde der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
20.10.2024
17:00-20:00 Presentation by Uladzimir Hramovich & Decentric Circles Assembly with WH!PH! working group