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YOUR OFFICE IN THE CEE CEE STUDIO: A ROOM INCLUDING YOUR OWN MEETING ROOM AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY

YOUR OFFICE IN THE CEE CEE STUDIO: A ROOM INCLUDING YOUR OWN MEETING ROOM AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY

Everything is new in January: we are reorganizing and rethinking our space. That’s why we not only offer free office desks (see also the article here), but also a whole room for a small company: The lower part of our space is now also available. The bright room with floor-to-ceiling windows has its own entrance and street-side access, meaning you could also set up a small showroom with its own meeting room on request. There’s soundproof booths for meetings and a kitchen – both of which are shared with the rest of the studio. Analog amenities such as Third Wave Coffee, Leogant-filtered water and printer are included. Of course you also profit from digital amenities too, such as a meeting room booking system, a digital lock at the main entrance and obviously: good internet. We are looking for a company of up to eight people or two small groups/collectives/companies for the bright room on Charlottenstrasse. If that sounds exciting, please get in touch with us by email. And with a bit of luck, individual spaces are still available in the Cee Cee Studio. Viewings are possible at any time – Cee Cee you later.

Text: Nina Trippel / Photos: Robyn Steffen

Cee Cee Studio, Charlottenstr.1, 10969 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map

Price for single desks: 380€/pP. Price for the office room incl. meeting room: 3500€/month.

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KUNST ON KU’DAMM — STUDIO MONDIAL HOSTS A GARDEN PARTY IN A WOULD-BE ART SPACE

KUNST ON KU’DAMM — STUDIO MONDIAL HOSTS A GARDEN PARTY IN A WOULD-BE ART SPACE

What if Ku’damm had an art space? One which you could stroll and dream in? It would be the crowning jewel of the boulevard of luxury…well, former boulevard of luxury, for the shine of West Berlin’s consumerist center has been fading for years. Shops close and tenants change – usually not for the better. The development of Ku’damm and the utopia of art are, among other things, the focus of the Kunsthaus exhibition at Studio Mondial (the former Hotel Mondial at Kurfürstendamm 47) which opens tomorrow (14.07.2023) 17h with a garden party. The solo works, some of which are shown in parallel, connect to each other with playful poetry, thanks to busy Berlin cultural workers Lutz Henke and Vlado Velkov whose curation is full of tongue-in-cheek mischievousness.

A huge textile installation by Dafna Maimon in the form of a flaccid tongue stretches limply and sock-like onto the asphalt. Insanely aesthetic and full of humor, it peeks out of the entrance – hanging charmingly and leaving you to construct the narrative. The works of the Swiss artist Reto Pulfer also employ textiles: site-specific found objects transform the space into something intimate, observing, transforming and playful. Transformation and play work well here, at least as far as the thought is concerned. “What-if” questions arise: What if the world were different? Without war and inflation and pandemics? What if the city had enough space for its inhabitants? What if art was there for everyone? And Ku’damm? What if Hotel Mondial once again housed fantastic contemporaries? The last question, at least, can be answered concretely. Works by the hands, heads and studios of  Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Jimmie Durham, Philipp Eyrich, Inge Mahn, Benedikt Terwiel and many others can be discovered and admired. What would it be like if Ku’damm had an exhibition space? The answer is: probably quite beautiful.

Text: Hilka Dirks / Credit: Dafna Maimon, Mutating Mary, 2019. Ausstellungsansicht, Studio Mondial Berlin, 2023; Reto Pulfer, Simulat, 2023. Ausstellungsansicht, Studio Mondial Berlin, 2023 / Photos: Studio Mondial

Studio Mondial, Kurfürstendamm 47, 10707 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map.
Wed–Sat 12–18h, free admission. 

Garden party and opening: 14.07.2023 17–22h. Anyone who brings something in the spirit garden romance to the garden party, from garden gnomes to lawn mowers, gets a drink on the house.

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LAST-MINUTE GIFT TIPS— OUR COOKBOOK AND NOVEL PICKS

LAST-MINUTE GIFT TIPS— OUR COOKBOOK AND NOVEL PICKS

Still looking for bookish Christmas presents or reading recommendations for the holidays? We’ve put together our picks from two categories close to our hearts: food and fiction. When it comes to new recipes, Bon Appétit magazine and its YouTube channel have long been go-tos. Behind the scenes discord drove many employees to pursue their own projects, including chef Andy Baraghani whose book The Cook You Want to Be tells of how his Persian roots influence his recipes. Baraghani also reflects on his career in food, which started with onion peeling as a teenager at cult restaurant Chez Panisse. Claire Saffitz, another BA alumna who is known for her cake creations, provides dessert inspiration with her book What’s for Dessert, covering everything from cobblers to caramel peanut popcorn bars. Meanwhile, charity cookbook Turn the Tables is a collection of recipes created by DJs – including duo Marvin & Valentino, aka Public Possession.

Back to Berlin: Gülsüm Güler and Inci Güler who run supper club TDD have published a book of their own, bringing together recipes and stories from 15 years of dining experience. Blending kitchen and fiction is Cake Zine, a printed collection of cake recipes, essays, poems and photographs that launched this year with two issues. Next up is the debut novel Hund, Wolf, Schakal from Behzad Karim Khani which follows two brothers who flee Iran and end up on the streets of Neukölln. Musa Okwonga also reflects on a Berlin arrival with In the End, it Was All About Love, a book about finding a sense of belonging as a person of color. One of the fantastic love stories this year comes from Sheila Heti, who tells of a young woman who turns into a leaf in Pure Colour. Meanwhile, Theresia Enzensberger’s utopian novel At Sea follows 17-year-old Yada who lives in a floating city in the Baltic Sea. Last up is the novel Checkout 19, a tribute to writing and storytelling by Claire-Louise Bennett. Happy reading!

Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Savannah van der Niet, Cottonbro & Samson Katt

The Cook You Want to Be” by Andy Baraghani (2022, Lorena Jones Books, 336 pages)

What’s for Dessert” by Claire Saffitz (2022, Clarkson Potter, 368 pages)

Turn the Tables” by Eira Haul (2021)

Flavours & Friends” from TDD Bon Appétit  (2022, Gülsüm Güler 480 pages)

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Hund, Wolf, Schakal” by Behzad Karim Khani (2022, Hanser Berlin, 288 pages)

In the End, it Was All About Love” by Musa Okwonga (2021, Rough Trade Books, 132 pages)

Pure Colour” by Sheila Heti (2022, Harvill Secker, 224 pages)

Auf See” by Theresia Enzensberger (2022, Hanser, 272 pages)

Checkout 19” by Claire-Louise Bennett (2021, Jonathan Cape, 224 pages)

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LIGHT & FLAVORFUL GOURMET SNACKING WITH KNALLE POPCORN

LIGHT & FLAVORFUL GOURMET SNACKING WITH KNALLE POPCORN

For your next movie night, desk snack drawer, stocking filler — or any point at which you need a delicious pick-me-up, note the name Knalle, a gourmet “Popkornditorei.” Founded by culinary mavericks Lucie Krautien and André Göbel — who are also behind the café Zuckerstück — Knalle’s popcorn is handmade in Berlin. With flavors ranging from Malabar pepper and sea salt to Thai curry roasted peanut, butter caramel-tahiti-vanilla or even the vegan tonka bean-coconut, it’s hard to settle on just one type. Good thing, then, that a taster pack of all seven varieties is available. Pop by their Friedrichshain store or order online. P.S. We’re offering a €5 discount on all orders over €30 with the code KNUSPERCEECEE at checkout. Happy crunching! (Text: Anna Dorothea Ker / Photos: Knalle)

Knalle Popkornditorei: online shopInstagram

Mühsamstr.41, 10249 Berlin-Friedrichshain, map

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A NEW GUIDE TO BERLIN’S INDEPENDENT LITERARY HOTSPOTS

A NEW GUIDE TO BERLIN’S INDEPENDENT LITERARY HOTSPOTS

As Germany’s cultural capital, Berlin would be incomplete without its jungle of charming independent bookshops. In October 2018, Argobooks, a local art book publisher, completed a two year long endeavor of cataloguing the top stores in Berlin – 173 of them in total. The Berlin Bookshop Map invites you to re-discover your neighborhood’s haunts. Stop by your local bookstore to pick up a copy of the map, slide into an alcove, and lose yourself in your new favorite novel. There’s Ägyptischer Kulturladen Papyri for Middle Eastern literature, Books People Places for a focus on architecture and urbanism, and Anagramm for a large children’s selection. If you’re seeking further literary discourse, many of Berlin’s shops host lectures, discussions, and classes – think Zabriskie’s “Between Us and Nature” reading club or Pro Qm’s book release readings. The Berlin Bookshop Map makes a delightful addition to any books you gift this holiday season. (Text: Michael Rice / Photos: Martina della Valle, Pro Qm, Pamina Aichhorn)

Argobooks: WebsiteInstagramFacebook
Berlin Bookshop Map, available online or at select bookshops around town.

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