#kunstquartierbethanien

[lastnightinberlin]

STATES OF EMERGENCY, multimedia artworks from 18 international artists @momentumberlin #kunstquartierbethanien #momentumberlin #videoart #performance #instalation #contemporaryart #art #berlin (hier: Momentum Worldwide) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXY_r0MIWyj/?utm_medium=tumblr

[gedankenreiter]

„Borders“ - Korean Interdisciplinary Arts Festival . #borders #koreangerman #arts #festival #kreuzberg #berlin #kunstquartierbethanien (hier: Studio 1, Kunstquartier Bethanien)

[ichumarmeberlin]

Kunstquartier Bethanien Hug on Flickr.

Today I hug the Kunstquartier Bethanien. When it was completed in 1847, the Central-Diakonissen-Haus Bethanien was a 500 bed nurse training hospital lying on the outskirts of the relatively backwater city of Berlin. By the time it ceased operation as a hospital in 1970, Bethanien was completely surrounded by the gritty urban sprawl of Kreuzberg, and the hospital's closing was seen by the city as an opportunity to squeeze in more "social project" housing like the nearby "Kotti" development. That plan did not sit well with the neighborhood, and the empty building was quickly occupied by squatters, neighborhood preservationists, and artists, who made the space their own. To this date, the now renamed Kunstquartier Bethanien remains a major urban arts center. But many original elements of the nearly 170 year old building remain, including its lovely Kantine, where a man can pause to hug a warm cup of coffee on a cold Berlin day.