Berlin – in the shadow of a synagogue

Homeless Gallery Berlin - 29 May - 5 June 2004
Kunsthaus TACHELES
Oranienburger Str. 54-56, 10117 Berlin-Mitte

IMPORTANT:
Thursday, May 27th
- the tentcamp is ready.
Saturday, May 29th
- 10.00 a.m. registration office is opened, look for signs!
- 08.00 p.m. everyone is invited for some kind of vernissage, musik, drinks...
bring good mood, a lot of pictures...
and mind the hours - everything will start with german punctuality ;-)

Happy to see you all in Berlin!

see the pictures fron Berlin exhibition

The Berlin Homeless Gallery will take place in the very heart of the city, in the Mitte district, in the vicinity of the Berlin synagogue and close to one of the principal streets, Fredrichstraße.

The Homeless will stay in The Art House TACHELES (Kunsthaus Tacheles) at Oranienburger Str. 54-56, situated in the shadow of the synagogue’s domes, glittering with gold.
The building is one of the few relics of the neglected parts of the city, preserved in the state of a half-ruin for forty years during the existance of the freak of history called DDR. However, before this part of old Berlin has been restored in a typical German manner, independent artists rule over it.

Kunsthaus Tacheles is an untypical cultural centre. In the austerely redecorated interiors, they organised galleries, a cinema, a pub and art studios; there is also place for an experimental theatre. Everyone who deals with the plastic arts may send an application and the description of the project they would like to realize. If their idea is accepted by the art board, they will be able to use one of the TACHELES studios for a given time, not paying the rent but merely being charged for the technical expenses.

TACHELES was created at the beginning of the 20th century as a luxurious department store, being then a part of the Friedrichstadtpassagen. It used to be one of the last trade buildings which appeared in Europe before WWI. The construction was carried out under the inspection of the emperor’s building inspector Franz Ahrens.
In 1928 the place changed its function. After being taken over by AEG, the name turned into Haus der Technik. The function was also new, from then on there was an exhibition and presentation centre of the concern.

After the nazis had taken over Germany, TACHELES was used by various organisations connected with them, including Deutsche Arbeiterfront. During the war, there was a gun factory in some of the rooms. Due to that, the building was partly damaged during the allies raid in 1943.
After the fall of the Hitler Germany and the creation of DDR, TACHELES was not restored to its original shape; for a long time the damaged part remained in the state of a ruin, while the wing of the building at Oraniennburger Str. hosted the Camera cinema and various cultural institutions.

After uniting of Germany, the building was established a conservation area and while waiting for the revitalisation of the adjoining quarter, it hosted an organisation of independent creators, Kunsthaus Tacheles.

Here is the exact location of our place:

Tacheles is directly at s-bahn "oranienburger tor" easy to reach from the main trainstations bahnhof zoo or ostbahnhof. Nearest public transport stations: S-Bahn "Friedrichstrasse" (8 min. walk), U-Bahn "Oranienburger Tor" (1 min. walk).

From Berlin airports you can reach Tacheles by:
> from Tegel (TXL) BUS TXL, 128, 109 and X9 to S-Bahn "Friedrichstrasse", U6 to "Oranienburger Tor"
> from Schönefeld (SXF) BUS to S-Bahn, S9 to "Friedrichstrasse", U6 to "Oranienburger Tor"
> from Tempelhof (THF) U6 to "Oranienburger Tor"

This is the place in all its splendour:

IMPOTRANT!
All the homeless folks wishing to come to Berlin for the exhibition (even those ones from Downunder) will have a possibility for free accomodation. Berliners will arange a free camp place on the backside of Tacheles building. There will not be as comfortable conditions as in Hyatt network, rather be prepered for feeling yourselves like a Sparta warrior (a piece of ground for your tent at the meadow in the heart of the city + toilets and shower in Tacheles) - but it's for free.

People willing to catch on the camp place are asked to send an application to:
jakubwiniarski@poczta.neostrada.pl
latest on sunday, May 9th. At this day we close the camp place list.

There is no need to send earlier any application for taking a part in Berlin Homeless Gallery. Everyone who will come to place is welcomed. You fill out the registration forms at the reception desk.

Those Homeless People, who will not have a chance to come to Berlin, but want to show theirs works there can send the pictures to:

Homelessgallery
Kunsthaus tacheles
Oranienburger str. 54-56a
10117 Berlin
Germany
or to:
Jakub Winiarski
Czestochowska 42/18
02-350 Warszawa
POLAND

All the pictures should be signed on the backside. The filled out and signed REGISTRATION FORM should be attached to the pictures. You can download it from here.
DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM

Volunteers will hang your pictures.

This is all information for the time being.
Soon there will be more technical details concerning the Berlin exhibition as well as practical info.
Meanwhile, we recommend finding out more about TACHELES activities and visiting their site.
(the site in German)

KUNSTHAUS TACHELES

You will find information about the Berlin Homeless Gallery here:

HOMELESS GALLERY BERLIN

Please find some links to the Berlin tourist info:

BERLIN IN YOUR POCKET

BERLIN TOURIST INFORMATION

INTERNET BERLIN CITY MAP

BERLIN PUBLIC TRANSPORT

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