Last week, when we were in the Hangar, we heard the rumors from the guards that the shelter as we know it, was being vacated and the people living in it, transferred either to the Tempohomes (the village of temporary houses that has being built on the old airport’s tarmac for about 6 months or …
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Turning the page (a major one BTW)
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The power of culture over the culture of power
I was meaning to write this post when we got the photos from the launch of East of Elsewhere, the new art space our Co-Founder Clemmie opened with a show by Rob Blake, dedicated to addressing the growth of the far right globally, but today shit hit the fan. And I’m gonna curse all through …
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We’re all in this together.
Though being a big (and rather complicated) topic, the Arts Rights Justice Forum 2017 felt very intimate and well catered to an audience focussed within the worlds of art and culture. Housed at Vertretung des Landes Niedersachsen beim Bund, it was a slick affair wholly in line with the assumptions one would expect from such …
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Fighting back
(Disclaimer: the views and facts expressed on this blogpost do not reflect the views of any organization or person named in it. They only express Hangar 1’s team opinions) These past two weeks, Don returned to Berlin. As you may know, Don is one of the members of our board, and one of the members …
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Clemmie’s Documenta 14 diaries
These past weeks have been such a ride! While our Hangar 1 Space Oddissey by Kosmica Institute is coming to an end (and we cannot wait to give you a full report!) Clem & Stina have been out and about all over the place discovering new artists in Documenta. Clem jetted off to a much deserved …
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Hangar 1’s Space Odissey
We have hinted our collaboration with Kosmica Institute, a collective of artists and scientists that blew our minds off, and now you get to know the details about this! We also got the chance to ask Nahum, one of its founders, some questions for more insights.. . KOSMICA Institute and Hangar 1 announce their first collaboration, …
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How to… join us for the Art Workshops in Tempelhof
Lately, we have been receiving a lot of requests of people that want to join us for the Art Workshops in the Tempelhof shelter. We would like to apologize for not being able to answer to you all, we read all emails but we are currently at the top of our capacities. This is why …
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Alive and kicking!
We just got back from the shelter, more inspired than ever. When we met in the morning, we were expecting few kids, low spirits, and little engagement as Ramadan is keeping energies down, and the emptiness of the Hangar was taking its toll on the residents. Surprisingly, this was not the case. Newcomers arrived in …
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Checking in
These past weeks have been busy for Hangar 1. We started brainstorming together some quite amazing partners everything involving our event number two. Both organizations have been following each other for a while and acknowledged that instead of competing, we should unite and create something to surprise you once again. The event it’s still very …
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Jenny visits the Hangar
Words by Jenny Kohn Before I actually went to do art with refugee kids with Hangar 1 at Tempelhof, I vaguely expected it to feel like I was Volunteering with Refugees. I thought it might make me sad. I thought I would feel sorry for the children living in an airport hangar. I thought it …
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