Making Spaces
Making Spaces: A Programming Series in Solidarity with Ukraine is a series of cross-institutional events of the SPK (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin). Throughout the series’ formats Talking Spaces, Performing Spaces, Sounding Spaces, Hosting Spaces etc. Ukrainian art and culture takes centre stage in talks, lectures, performances, film screenings, and collaborations with institutions, artists, curators, and scholars. Making Spaces takes place at various institutions of the SPK and is curated by Charlotte Knaup, curator at Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart. The project is funded by the Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz.
Events
19.2.2025
Artist Talk with Boris Mikhailov and Wolfgang Tillmans
In conversation, both artists explore the overlaps and contrasts in their artistic practice and reflect together on their work and the artistic language they share.
24.8.2024
Berlin Beats: ALIS
A Berlin based artist originally from Ukraine, ALIS is one of the most exciting DJs taking off. Her free spirited, high energy sound mixes all different genres from groovy and 90’s techno, ghetto tech, hard house, 2000s trance and more.
14.3.2024
Making Spaces: On Vadim Sidu
Talk: Maria Isserlis with Karl Eimermacher and Thomas Eller on Vadim Sidur
Kupferstichkabinett
22.2.2024
Making Spaces: On Reenacting and Continuing
With Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
30.11.2023
Talking Spaces: No Milk, No Love!
With Asia Bazdyrieva
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
6.10.2023
Making Spaces: Finissage „Sensitive Content – Zerstörte Bibliotheken in der Ukraine“
Kateryna Mishchenko presents her essay „Spiegel der Seele“
Stabi Kulturwerk
21.9.2023
Talking Spaces: On Queer Archives from Central and Eastern Europe
With Artist Karol Radziszewski
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
16.-18.6.2023
In Dialogue: Berlin Beats x Making Spaces
Filmic Portraits of the Rave and Techno Scene in Berlin and Kyiv
by Stini Roehrs and Ellen Allien and Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Khimei
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
26.2.2023
Talking Spaces: Counter-Revolution at the Gates.
With Vasyl Cherepanyn
On the Ideology of Russia’s War Against Ukraine and Europe
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
18.2.2023
Hosting Spaces: Finissage "Splitter des Lebens"
Museum Europäischer Kulturen
2.2.2023
Performing Spaces: Art4All
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
29.1.2023
Talking Spaces: On Creative Resilience
With Victoria Pidust, Volo Bevza and Anastasia Pasechnik
Museum Europäischer Kulturen