TAKE a SEAT. MAKE a SHIFT

Schedule

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 11:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Kulturfabrik Moabit | Berlin, BE

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Exhibition by de_colonialanguage collective ️ 20 September - 18 October 2025
About this Event

  TAKE a SEAT. MAKE a SHIFT


📍 Exhibition by

🗓️ 20 September - 18 October 2025

📍 Kulturfabrik Moabit, Lehrter Str. 35, 10557 Berlin

🎟️ Free Entry


You are invited to TAKE a SEAT. MAKE a SHIFT.

A space of gathering, reflection, and activation by the transfrontier art collective de_colonialanguage, curated by Irina Denkmann.

Since 2023, de_colonialanguage has been transforming Berlin’s public spaces into cultural fields of resistance. From their open-air base at Alexanderplatz - marked by imperial memory and capitalist transit - they created the Open Air Museum of Decoloniality: a network of collective learning, publishing, and community care.

Now, they shift into Kulturfabrik Moabit with a multi-week exhibition exploring exile, displacement, and radical solidarity across Central and North Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe.

🧭 What to Expect:


  • Works from the Voices Otherwise residency program
  • Performances, poetry readings, and community rituals
  • Lectures and workshops (AI, musicology, beadwork & more)
  • Publishing programme and a presentation of the publication “Grasp a Seat”
  • A collective archive of resistance and care

🕰️ Opening Reception: Saturday, 20 September 2025 at 17:00


🗓️ Open to the public on:


  • 20-21 September
  • 26-27 September
  • 3-5 October
  • 10–12 October
  • 17–18 October

Graphic Design: Anna Sukhova

Team: Denis Esakov, Irina Denkmann, Marina Solntseva, Maja Esakova, Olesya Gonserovskaya, Saahan Arigolla

Contact: [email protected]

Instagram: @de_colonialanguage

Publishing Platform: syg.ma/@de_colonialanguage

🪑 Take a seat.🔁 Make a shift.



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TAKE a SEAT. MAKE a SHIFT

📍 Ausstellung des translokalen Kollektivs de_colonialanguage

🗓️ 20. September - 18. Oktober 2025

📍 Kulturfabrik Moabit, Lehrter Str. 35, 10557 Berlin

🎟️ Eintritt frei


Nimm Platz. Änd’re was.

Die Ausstellung TAKE a SEAT. MAKE a SHIFT lädt zu einem Raum des Zusammenkommens, der Reflexion und der Aktivierung ein - organisiert vom translokalen Kunstkollektiv de_colonialanguage in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kuratorin Irina Denkmann.

Seit 2023 transformiert de_colonialanguage öffentliche Räume in Berlin in kulturelle Orte des Widerstands. Am Alexanderplatz gründete das Kollektiv das Open Air Museum of Decoloniality – ein wachsendes Netzwerk für kollektives Lernen, Publizieren und Fürsorge.

Jetzt zieht das Kollektiv in die Kulturfabrik Moabit, um eine vielschichtige Ausstellung zu präsentieren, die sich mit Exil, Verdrängung, Sprache und Solidarität zwischen Zentralasien, Nordasien, dem Kaukasus und Osteuropa beschäftigt.


Was erwartet dich?
  • Ergebnisse des Residenzprogramms Voices Otherwise
  • Performances und Poesie-Lesungen
  • Workshops zu KI, Identität, Musik und Handwerk
  • Kollektive Rituale und Gesprächsformate
  • Buch-Präsentation “Grasp a Seat”  & Publikationsprogramm

Eröffnung:

🗓️ Samstag, 20. September 2025, 17:00 Uhr


Geöffnet für Besucher:innen an folgenden Tagen:
  • 20.-21. September
  • 26.-27. September
  • 3.-5. Oktober
  • 10.-12. Oktober
  • 17.-18. Oktober

Grafikdesign: Anna Sukhova

Team: Denis Esakov, Irina Denkmann, Marina Solntseva, Maja Esakova, Olesya Gonserovskaya, Saahan Arigolla

Kontakt: [email protected]

Instagram:@de_colonialanguage

Texte & Projekte: syg.ma/@de_colonialanguage

🪑 Nimm Platz. 🔁 Mach eine Verschiebung möglich.


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Where is it happening?

Kulturfabrik Moabit, Lehrter Straße 35, Berlin, Germany

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