EXI|ST.ATION ASPKünstlerische Haltestelle auf dem Anton-Saefkow-Platz



Launch: 06.08.2023
Location: Anton-Saefkow-Platz, Berlin-Fennpfuhl


Onsiters Collective: 
Daniel Weyand, Elissa de Brito, Evgenia Chetvertkova, Gustiele Fistaról, Kim Wichera, Lucas Lacerda, MXM - Muep Etmo & Mirella Brandi

 With EXI|ST.ATION ASP eight interdisciplinary artists came together for six weeks at Anton-Saefkow-Platz in Berlin-Fennpfuhl, where they set up a temporary artistic stop (German: Haltestelle): a three metre high/deep/long cube with semi-transparent outer walls. During their site-specific research the artists talked to people at Anton-Saefkow-Platz in Berlin-Lichtenberg about living together on the square and about the history, present and future of the neighbourhood. The goal was to activate the cube in an artistic-participative process as a 'third place' for testing new community spaces.

Wofür hältst du in deinem Alltag an?
Wann hältst du inne?
An welchen Orten fühlst du dich gehalten?
Mit wem würdest du am liebsten gemeinsam halten… und wann verweilen?

Onsiters Collective are eight interdisciplinary artists from Germany, Poland, Russia and Brazil. The group emerged from the ONSITE festival in summer 2022. Based on their respective disciplines, biographies and thematic focuses, the members of Onsiters Collective explore the history, present and future of the urban space and create artistic experiences and interventions in dialogue with the multifaceted realities of our human and non-human neighbours. As new arrivals at Anton-Saefkow-Platz (ASP), they were welcomed with open arms by some and eyed critically by others.