Every first Sunday of the month, the Sunday Art Makers invite you to discover contemporary art and get creative yourself – free of charge and for all ages. The following workshops are offered:

Die einzige erhaltene Kopie des Dokumentarfilms „Wedding heute“ (1966) nimmt das Publikum mit auf eine faszinierende Zeitreise: Aus der Hubschrauberperspektive entfaltet sich ein lebendiges Panorama des Weddings der 1960er Jahre – zwischen Wohnvierteln, Industrieanlagen und der Berliner Mauer. Nach einer Einführung von Prof. Hanns-Fred Rathenow, Prof. Michael Hoffmann und Prof. Martin Wiebel sind die Gäste eingeladen, eigene Fotos und Erinnerungen mitzubringen. So entsteht ein Abend, der Geschichte sichtbar macht und im Austausch mit persönlichen Eindrücken den Wedding von damals neu erfahrbar werden lässt.

The Mitte Museum invites you to an evening of discussion about repressed family histories in the shadow of National Socialism. Director and city guide Nirit Ben-Joseph (‘You look so German!’) and sociologist Prof. Dr. Dirk Kaesler (‘Lügen und Scham’) talk to Nathan Friedenberg about memory, responsibility and the question of how history continues to have an impact today. Film clips and discussion open up space for exchange.

In his lecture, architectural historian Dr Carsten Schmidt looks behind the façades of Berlin-Mitte and searches for traces of the hidden synagogues in the backyards of the former tenement districts. He provides an overview of the buildings, whose history has always been linked to a small association and an immediate neighbourhood, reconstructs their architectural design and highlights the features that distinguish them from the large, well-known synagogues in Berlin. The lecture will draw on research findings for his latest book, ‘Synagoge Feuerland: Der zerstörte Tempel von Berlin-Mitte’ (Synagogue Feuerland: The destroyed temple of Berlin-Mitte).

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 2019, an exhibition developed by the Berlin Senate Chancellery and the Gedänkstätte Deutscher Widerstand traced the development of the programme and selected biographies of participants. In the year marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the war and liberation from Nazi dictatorship, as well as the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, an updated version of the exhibition can be seen at the Mitte Museum.

The urban space in Berlin-Mitte has changed dramatically since the 1990s. It has become a symbol of gentrification, a hub for commercial galleries, an investment property, and a backdrop for tourists. The program sequence on the spot examines these processes of exploitation and displacement—as well as the artistic strategies used to circumvent them. Combining exhibition, performance, and discourse, on the spot brings together contemporary perspectives and archival material to explore the speculations and fictions with which a place is charged.

The community space »Emergent Archives« at Galerie Wedding is a growing archive of (post-)migrant and anti-racist engagement. It collects stories of people who have organized—through alliances, initiatives, and across communities. Their experiences speak of responsibility, contradictions, solidarity, and the struggle for a just city.

The exhibition »Cemetery of the Nameless« by artist Pınar Öğrenci weaves together the ecological, historical, and social threads surrounding Lake Van in eastern Turkey, creating a haunting portrait of the region shaped by profound loss.

Jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat laden die Sunday Art Makers dich ein, zeitgenössische Kunst zu entdecken und selbst kreativ zu werden – kostenlos und für alle Altersgruppen. Folgende Workshops werden angeboten: