speak UP – Studio Neotropico – EMBROIDERING MEMORIES

studioneotropico.com englisch, deutsch, spanisch Mehringplatz 8, 10969 Berlin
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Collective embroidery workshop to decolonize nature

The lobby is on the first floor and is accessible at ground level and without steps. There is seating and tables in the divided rooms. The rooms of the lobby are about 40 sqm. The room is in one of the lower old store spaces of the Rondell in the building on Mehringplatz. The walk from the street to the entrance is about 5 m. There are free and paid parking spaces at Mehringplatz and in the adjacent streets. You can stop directly in front of the lobby to get on and off. The nearest subway station Hallesches Tor (U1,U3,U6) can be reached in approx. 90 m by taking the Mehringplatz exit.

More informations and requests at: zugang@urbanepraxis.berlin

There are no parking lots at the Lobby. For people with disabilities, there are parking spaces in the immediate vicinity: 2 parking spaces (about 120 m away) in Franz-Klühs-Straße (behind Friedrichstraße). More parking spaces in the Kreuzberg/ Friedrichshain area are linked here. The nearest barrier-free stop is the Hallesches Tor subway station (escalator/elevator). From there, parts of the way to the lobby lead over paved paths and tarred roads. In the area in front of the lobby there are several bicycle racks, as well as benches for sitting. The entrance of the lobby is in the area of the covered traffic circle.

English, german and spanish language.

A WC (entrance door about 1 m wide) is available on the first floor. This is only conditionally barrier-free. This is a ground level toilet cubicle with a width of 1 meter. Access is through the lobby room. This is an all-gender toilet. An offer for children to change diapers is not available.

This is a workshop as part of the speak UP series of the Urbane Praxis e.V. AK Wissen.

The community is invited to take part in a collective embroidery activity. The illustrations that are embroidered contain graphic representations of plants named by and with European references to establish the colonial hierarchy. By embroidering and sewing together, we want to enable an encounter in which migrants and non-migrants find a space for exchange and interaction in which the postcolonial problem becomes visible through plants and living beings.

Organization/ Initiative:

Studio Neotropico is a group of immigrant artists and researchers working at the intersection of visual arts and science. We work from the “practices of care” and understand them as an artistic bridge that connects human and non-human
Actors where intercultural and interdisciplinary projects are created.

Anmeldung: https://forms.gle/heXkaTPFcRY3ZVzx7

Wo: Neue Lobby, Mehringplatz 8

Wann: 6.12.2023 17-21:00 Uhr