This short documentary series traces the turbulent aftermath of reuni-fication, when East Berlin’s industries collapse overnight, investors from the West chase high-risk opportunities, and a parallel city of techno pioneers and squatters occupies abandoned factories, churches, and cinemas to test small-scale utopias. As Berlin reclaims capital status and even bids for the 2000 Olympics, conflicts escalate, the far-right targets migrants and left-wing communities, and “metropolitan dreams” are poured into concrete at Potsdamer Platz. The screening is followed by a discussion led by Güley Alagöz, an architect at TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten, and Emrah Altınok, coordinator of HOUSING STUDIO BERLIN, whose work in critical urban theory and the political economy of urbanization connects the film’s themes to today’s housing crisis & solidarity-based alternatives.
SPREEFRONT, INC. is a critical reading of Berlin’s river edge as it shifts from civic waterfront to investment frontier. Focusing on the Mitte–Kreuzberg side and the opposite bank shaped by masterplans and flagship developments, the seminar traces how top-down redevelopment turns the riverfront into a growth narrative, reorders everyday access, and quietly decides who gets to stay. Led by Güley Alagöz, an architect at TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten, the talk connects practice-based insights with concrete project logics. Alagöz will bring an unusual second lens as a singer and guitarist, attentive not only to policy and form, but also to the cultural atmospheres that these “capital-facing” urban edges produce.
🔥 PANDAwomen #7 | TURKEY
📅 19.12.25 | 🕡 Doors 18:30
🎬 Start 19:00
🎟️ 20 € online | 25 € at the door
Curated by musician & performer Güley Alagöz, this closing night of PANDAwomen 2025 brings together powerful voices from Turkey’s contemporary music, performance, and storytelling traditions. An evening where shadow, memory, improvisation, and hybrid sound collide – moving between intimacy, theatricality & urban fantasy.
🎤 Opening Set – Güley Alagöz
Singer, guitarist & curator Güley Alagöz opens the night with a warm, intimate set blending Turkish melodies, classical guitar & atmospheric vocals.
🎭 Performance – İrem Nalça
A multidisciplinary exploration of shadow and identity, inspired by Karagöz – Turkey’s traditional shadow theatre. Movement, text & visual gesture come together in a story of presence and disappearance.
🎶 Music & Movement – Pina Berlin
A playful fusion of jazz, improvisation & old Turkish songs – imagining a poetic “What if Norah Jones and Led Zeppelin met in 1990s Istanbul?” A vibrant mix of nostalgia & reinvention.
🎤 Jazz-Pop Concert – Bîdar
Performing in Turkish and English, Bîdar blends jazz-pop, soul & electronic textures into a sound both intimate and energetic – featuring songs like First Trip, Uzak, Sarmaşık and Smokin’.
✨ Part of #PANDAwomen 2025
#pandaplatforma #SupportFemaleArt #Berlin
KARABASAN, a song dedicated to sleepless nights and unstoppable thoughts
First one Solo concert at Thirsty Thursday @floatinguniversity
Second @oblomov_berlin with @swingistan , @verapogurskaja as guest
Both versions to be heard @pandaplatforma before the year ends. On the 29.11. with Swingistan, as solo on the 19.12. at PANDAwomen, once more on the 12.12. with @nilipek at a secret xmas concert.
Couple of old photos from memories section.
Trumpets of Jericho performance with @mazenkerbaj at The Long Now as part of Maerz Musik @berlinerfestspiele in @kraftwerkberlinofficial . I loved this festival very much, also being part of it. Unfortunately this was the last time it was held.
Lights by @mfo.light.space .
I do not remember source of the photos, forgive me
#thelongnow #maerzmusik #festspiele #berlinerfestspiele #kraftwerkberlin
