We’re excited to announce that “Between Concrete & Boudoir” will be featured in Warsaw on the 12th of September as part of the ‘Night of Photography 2025’ organized by @muzeumwarszawy
Sto Pociech Foundation 20/24A Freta St
8PM–9.20PM
We will be featured among a showcase of works from the
@rencontresarles festival—the largest and oldest European photography festival, held in the French region of Provence. The festival presents a selection of the best photographic projects from the past twelve months.
See you there! x
Music: Trotzstadt by @coseymueller
Closing the chapter of Between Concrete & Boudoir
From our beautiful gallery space in Kreuzberg to Les Rencontres d’Arles – what a journey it has been.
The film accompanying the project remains on view as part of the Festival’s “Best Of” selection at the Ancien Collège Mistral until October 5th and will be uploaded here next.
Endless gratitude to our incredible contributing artists, whose artworks shaped this project from start to finish
@annettehauschild@marinaamonaco@luciajost@emilydoddnoble6@annchristine.jansson@friedavonwild@janinafken@katvoss
and to our tireless helpers, without whom none of this would have been possible.
This chapter ends, but the story continues – so stay tuned!
Moments captured by @mcliebermeier 🤍
Offering a look at women’s perspectives on life in Berlin from the the 1980s to today.
Slide one features two images by Annette Hauschild capturing the Chromapark party — a Techno and Art exhibition at the E-Werk in Berlin, 1995. On the bottom right a 2023 photo by Marina Monaco, from her series Neue Deutsche Welle depicts “Kids at Die Verlierers Concert”.
Slide two features photographs by Emily Dodd-Noble. In her series Dancing Off Beat, she documents Berlin’s queer club scene from the perspective of an insider, portraying not just nightlife but the deep sense of belonging and importance for community found within these spaces.
The third slide includes two images by Swedish photojournalist Ann-Christine Jansson. On the right, a photo from 1987 shows a newly renovated bathroom in a squatted building in West Berlin. The image below captures the Schokofabrik women’s center in 1984. The former chocolate factory was occupied by women in 1981. Jansson, who moved to Berlin in 1980, became a careful observer of the city’s political and social transformations. On the left “Ava During Winter (2023)” by Marina Monaco, another piece from her Neue Deutsche Welle series, offers a contemporary counterpoint.
From 1981 to 1996, “Pelze Multimedia” was a self-organized space in a squatted building on Potsdamer Straße in Berlin-Schöneberg. Run by women* and lesbians*, it was used for exhibitions, concerts, parties—and above all, as a place to live lesbian* identity and sexuality openly and without shame.
The film "Subjekträume" by Katharina Voß and Janin Afken featured in our exhibition “Between Concrete and Boudoir” (2025) looks back at this space through interviews with Roswitha Baumeister, Ursula Bierther, and Mahide Lein. It shows how Pelze Multimedia stood out, even within the women’s movement, by welcoming different ways of living and creating.
The film also touches on conflicts of the time, like the exclusion of trans* people, and makes clear that any attempt to tell this history is just one of many possible perspectives.
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Slide 1: “Subject Spaces – A Lesbian Production Capsule: Pelze Multimedia, West Berlin 1981– 1996 (2020, 28 Min.)” by Janin Afken und Katharina Voß
Slide 2: Ann-Christine Jansson 1981, Lucia Jost, 2022, Frieda von Wild, 1984
Slide 3: Janin Afken und Katharina Voß
Slide 4: Ann-Christine Jansson, 1987 and 1988, Lucia Jost, 2022
OPENING TOMORROW
“Between Concrete & Boudoir” looks at Berlin’s history from a female perspective, using photos, films, and texts to highlight women’s spaces, stories, and connections. It focuses on themes like resistance, change, and how women have made urban spaces their own — beyond the usual male-dominated narratives.
Featuring works by Emily Dodd-Noble, Ann-Christine Jansson, Lucia Jost, Annette Hauschild, Marina Monaco, Frieda von Wild, Janin Afken, and Katharina Voß
Curated by Karla Schieferstein and Laura Schnitzer
OPENING 24. April 2025, 17 - 22 Uhr
25. April - 18. Mai
Do-Sa, 14 - 19 Uhr
Hasenheide 54, 10967 Berlin
opening of „Zweite Stadt“ last week — we’re overwhelmed by the number of people that showed up and all the love and support 🧡couldn’t think of a better way to start to this journey. stay posted, more to come!
Andrés Sanjuan, a visual artist based in Amsterdam and Berlin, is currently part of the Photography Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in the Netherlands. His work revolves around portraiture, movement, and intimacy, capturing the ephemeral, the intense, the boundary-pushing moments, the pleasures, and the heartbreaks.
Having spent considerable time in Berlin, he offers a distinctive view of the city, especially its vibrant nightlife and cultural shifts. His photographs capture Berlins dynamic after dark, showcasing a diverse array of characters and settings. His work provides a fresh perspective on Berlin’s perpetual change, revealing an outsider’s take on its evolving cultural landscape.
Andres Sanjuan‘s practice encompasses both personal projects and a growing portfolio of editorial and commercial assignments. The latter provides the resources and opportunities that enable him to dedicate more time to his personal explorations in the field.
Zweite Stadt - a project by sch²
Opening: 18.07.24 / 18:00 - 22:00
@pinci.berlin , Große Hamburger Str. 42
It begins in 1990s Berlin, in a city suddenly lacking a border. Since then the cultural scene has changed in various forms. Our first exhibition captures these shifts from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present day. Told from various perspectives across different generations, showcasing images of a city in constant transformation, constantly re-shaped by the people who inhabit it.
We can’t wait to see you there! (drinks by @pinci.berlin )
Exhibition: 19.07 - 21.07 / 12:00 - 19:00
Photo by @loszl0
Layout/Design by @leo_lamprecht
