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HIGH-END COFFEE FOR THE NEW YEAR: AUGUST 63

HIGH-END COFFEE FOR THE NEW YEAR: AUGUST 63

What could be better than the intoxicating aroma of freshly brewed coffee on a rainy January afternoon? With the arrival of August 63 in Mitte, you can savor Berlin’s finest coffee and bring home the highest quality roasts. From the tangy-sweet Costa Rican filter “Los Cipresses” to the nutty-chocolatey espresso “Communidade Serra Nova” from Brazil, the roastery offers a selection of seven sophisticated specialty coffees. But it doesn’t stop with the fantastic flavors of the beans, all lovingly roasted in Berlin; the producers are hand selected with care. Managing Director Ken Braz emphasizes sustainable trade and absolute transparency of origin. Their online store explains each product individually and provides insight into its sourcing and production as well as the specifics of its region of origin. It is precisely this dedication that ensures their beans’ quality and the fact that all their coffees have been awarded high cupping scores – the rating system of the Specialty Coffee Association. Our show stopper was The Ethiopian “Dikitu Lot#1”, which will catapult you into seventh heaven with its floral aromas and subtle raspberry notes. Not convinced yet? You can sample the entire range at ice cream shop Spoonful’s coffee pop-up at Auguststraße 63 in Mitte until the end of February.

Text & Photos: Arne Meyer

Pop up August 63, Auguststr.63, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map
Wed–Fri 9–17h, Sat & Sun 10h30–18h

@august.dreiundsechzig

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WHERE THREADS COME TOGETHER: SEWING SESSIONS WITH STEPHANIE IMBEAU AT THE BÄRENZWINGER

WHERE THREADS COME TOGETHER: SEWING SESSIONS WITH STEPHANIE IMBEAU AT THE BÄRENZWINGER

The artist Stephanie Imbeau seeks to understand how people build connections, find refuge, and form networks. She investigates these connections as an artist in residence at Bärenzwinger. Every Thursday afternoon during her residency, she invites visitors to open Sewing Sessions: together, they will work on a single piece of art that will adorn the exhibition space like a second skin. It will be attached to scaffolding designed by Imbeau, which is part of the parallel exhibition “Roaming Winters.” In the show, she and fellow artist and resident Sujatro Ghosh aim to render communities and collective efforts visible in performance-based installations. While her current sewing project is about collaborative design and experimenting with fabric, smaller pieces will also be created in the process. “I hope that these times can be both productive and cozy,” says Stephanie Imbeau, “at least in the way of sewing circles, offering a time to work with others, while sharing stories, ideas, and presence. Anyone and everyone are welcome at her sessions – anyone who wishes is welcome to bring their own sewing machine; for everyone else, Imbeau keeps a needle and thread handy.

Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Juan Saez

Bärenzwinger, Rungestr.30, 10179 Berlin–Mitte; map

Sewing Sessions with Stephanie Imbeau, Thursdays in January and February, 15–18h, no sign-up necessary. Roaming Winters until 26.02.2023.

@baerenzwinger.berlin
@stephanieimbeau
@anotherhere.residency

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WORKSHOPS, SOURDOUGH, COMMUNITY: KEIT TAKES LOCAL TO A NEW LEVEL
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WORKSHOPS, SOURDOUGH, COMMUNITY: KEIT TAKES LOCAL TO A NEW LEVEL

When you think “locally sourced” how far do you think? How about within 100km? That’s the distance that Kolja Orzeszko and Thanos Petalotis decided on when they founded Keit. What started as a market stall and small bakery in Schöneberg is now also an iconic wheat-filled space in Friedrichshain. A neighborhood bakery through and through , they source all their products from 100km of Berlin City. So what does 100km really look like for sourcing ingredients? The fully organic and locally-sourced approach makes sustainability one of the key values of Keit. Within the challenging distance of 100km, they’ve managed to source, not just wheat (the main of three farms they use is Ökohof Kuhhorst, located in Havelland) but even the most challenging ingredient of salt. They work with farmers to support the local ecosystem, supporting them through trial and error to achieve the best seeds and grains they can. The result is a truly non-homogenous Berlin loaf – a taste you can only get here.

On the menu are five loaves, including rye or wheat sourdough, two baguettes, and four brötchen, alongside other seasonal products. The space resembles a wheat field – stems of dried crops stand upright in the chic store on Boxhagener Platz. Also running workshops in German and English, hosted by a Keit baker. We attended one and enjoyed the intimate nature of the workshop, sent home with full stomachs, rising dough, a sourdough starter kit, and the knowledge of how to continue our bread-making passion. If you aren’t in the area you can buy one of their sourdough starter kits to make at home, or try out their loaves at one of the places they supply to: Oh, Panama, Klinke, or Kioski.

Text: Savannah van der Niet / Photos: Savannah van der Niet für Silo Coffee und Cee Cee Creative

Keit, Grünbergerstr.75, 10245, Berlin–Friedrichshain; map
Keit, Goltzstr.18, 10781, Berlin-Schöneberg; map
Tue–Fri 10-19h, Sat 9–17h & Sun 9–13h

Keit’s next sourdough workshops are on 14.01. and 24.03. Book yourself a place here.

@keit.berlin

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INSTITUTIONALIZED FOREIGNNESS — MOSHTARI HILAL & SINTHUJAN VARATHARAJAH IN CONVERSATION AT CCA

INSTITUTIONALIZED FOREIGNNESS — MOSHTARI HILAL & SINTHUJAN VARATHARAJAH IN CONVERSATION AT CCA

The artist, curator, and researcher مشترى هلال (moshtari hilal) and the political geographer and essayist சிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (sinthujan varatharajah) are no longer just an Instagram phenomenon within a small bubble of art and culture. Since establishing their Instagram Live discussion format a few years ago, in which they explore and analyze German social issues and phenomena, they have established themselves as voices in the German and Berlin art and cultural discourse. Their latest print publication, “English in Berlin,” confronts the hegemonic nature of English in the capital. CCA now brings its dialogue from the social media screen into the exhibition space. The evening’s topic, “Wer hat Angst vorm Ausländeramt?” (Who’s Afraid of the Immigration Office?) opens a cultural-historical analysis of the institution, which has recently gained an unusual pop-cultural notoriety through memes, television, and social media. Where does the sudden interest in authority come from, an authority that for Germans has mostly been background noise in local news coverage? And what is its significance for all people without a German passport in this country?

Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: Zain Ali

مشترى هلال (moshtari hilal) &  சிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (sinthujan varatharajah) “Wer hat Angst vor dem Ausländeramt?“— at CCA Berlin, Kurfürstenstraße 145, (entrance via Frobenstraße), 10785 Berlin–Schöneberg; map 

16.01.2023 19h. The discussion will be in German.

@ccaberlin
@varathas
@mooshtariii

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARTIN KIPPENBERGER: TWO EXHIBITIONS TO MARK HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARTIN KIPPENBERGER: TWO EXHIBITIONS TO MARK HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY

He is an artist who is sorely missed. Martin Kippenberger – the artist of the century (not to mention wisecracker, rascal, and joker) – would have turned 70 on February 25. The eighties and nineties were his playgrounds; he also worked and performed outside museums, galleries, and studios. Looking back on his life, which ended in 1997 at only 44, it seems as if he had never slept: But sleep must also have seemed negligible to someone who worked, drew, and painted tirelessly. Along the way, he helped run SO36 in Kreuzberg, played in a band, acted, and was part owner of a restaurant in Los Angeles and owner of a gas station in Brazil. In Berlin, he could be found in Paris Bar with blood sausage and wine. The galleries Max Hetzler and Capitain Petze l both dedicated exhibitions to him on his milestone birthday, commemorating various phases of his work. While Capitain Petzel will present his room-sized installation “Heavy Burschi,” which caused a sensation at the Cologne Kunstverein in 1991, starting next Friday, Hetzler will ring in the birthday celebration tomorrow. Photographs by Wilhelm Schürmann and Andrea Stappert frame Kippenberger’s works here: they show him in the studio, on the street, and in everyday life.

Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Simon Vogel / Credit: Martin Kippenberger, heute denken – morgen fertig, 1983, Privatsammlung & Courtesy Estate of Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Max Hetzler, Goethestr.2/3, 10623 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map
Heute denken – morgen fertig, Works from private collections from the 80s and 90s. Photographs by Wilhelm Schürmann and Andrea Stappert, 13.01.–25.02.2023 Tue–Sat 11–18h

Capitain Petzel, Karl-Marx-Allee 45, 10178 Berlin–Mitte; map
Martin Kippenberger Heavy Burschi, 21.01.–18.02.2023 Tue–Sat 11–18h

@galeriemaxhetzler
@capitainpetzel

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