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YES STUDIO BERLIN: THE LOCAL CONCEPT STORE IN KREUZKÖLLN — RECOMMENDED BY KERSTIN FINGER
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YES STUDIO BERLIN: THE LOCAL CONCEPT STORE IN KREUZKÖLLN — RECOMMENDED BY KERSTIN FINGER

If you find yourself in Kreuzkölln, walking to the market on Maybachufer or along the Landwehrkanal, be sure to stop by Nadia’s Yes Studio. In this concept store you’ll find a carefully curated assortment of jewelry, textiles, books, fragrances, stationery and beautiful things for the home. Among them are brands like New Tendency (one of my all-time faves), Atelier Haussmann, and Christian Metzner, as well as design pieces by llot llov. Nadia, who used to work as an online sales manager and has now fulfilled her dream of opening a brick-and-mortar store, attaches great importance to providing a platform for designers, artists and manufacturers from German-speaking countries.

On my first visit, the gorgeous paper flowers by Nana Neukölln immediately caught my eye. If it were not for the fact that she works with artificial colors, I could have sworn the flowers were real. I was also an instant fan of the colorful acrylic bangles by Berlin’s Zhuo Zhao, which catch the light brilliantly. So if you’re ever looking for a gift for yourself or a friend, you’re sure to find what you’re looking for in this fairyland of design. 

Graphic designer Kerstin Finger came to Berlin in 2007 and has been running the Italian shop Amore Store in Neukölln since 2015.

Text: Kerstin Finger / Photos: Yes Studio

Yes Studio Berlin, Bürknerstr 26, 12047 Berlin–Neukölln; map
Mon–Sat 12–18h

@yes_studio_berlin

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LITERARY REVIEWS & CLAIRVOYANCE  WITH WOW: THE NEW YEAR’S CASINO — RECOMMENDED BY GLORIA REMÉNYI
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LITERARY REVIEWS & CLAIRVOYANCE  WITH WOW: THE NEW YEAR’S CASINO — RECOMMENDED BY GLORIA REMÉNYI

A new calendar year also marks a new year in literature. For many culture enthusiasts, this is a time for looking back and looking forward: What were the literary highlights of 2022? What highlights await us in 2023? If you’re still floating between the two years, you shouldn’t miss “The New Year’s Casino with Inokai & Sielmann” at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. Next Tuesday (Jan. 17, 2023), author Yael Inokai and cultural journalist Lara Sielmann invite you to a unique evening in which they will dive once again into the flood of titles from the past year and speculate on what the new literary year will bring. The curators have combed through the publishers’ previews and are ready to put their clairvoyant literary intuition to the test. They also promise nothing less than to revive the spirits of late LCB authors.

The eclectic event takes place within the framework of the “Stoffe” series of events. Inokai and Sielmann have recruited numerous protagonists from the literary scene who will transform the Gründerzeit Villa on Wannsee into a veritable kaleidoscope of voices, themes, and perspectives. Slata Roschal will immerse the audience once again in her debut novel “153 Forms of Non-Being,” nominated for the German Book Prize in 2022. Author Raphaëlle Red, literary critic Miriam Zeh, and poet Felix Schiller debate what constitutes “good literature”. The anthology “Gedichte aus Guantánamo” (Poems from Guantánamo) is the focus of a discussion between editor Sebastian Köthe and translator Sandra Hetzl, while authors Biba Nass and Caca Savic devote themselves entirely to prophecies: What will the new literary year come to bring?

Gloria Reményi is a freelance journalist who covers cultural and social topics for German and Italian media. She loves languages, small cinemas, and “commuting” between her adopted home of Berlin and her place of origin in northern Italy.

Text: Gloria Reményi / Photos: Annika Fußwinkel, Raphaëlle Red & Ladina Bischof

Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Am Sandwerder 5, 14109 Berlin–Wansee; map
WOW: Das Neujahrs-Casino mit Inokai & Sielmann 17.01.2023 19h. You can get tickets online and at the box office.

@lcb.berlin

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FURNITURE MEETS ART AT FOUL PLAY — RECOMMENDED BY YOSA PEIT
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FURNITURE MEETS ART AT FOUL PLAY — RECOMMENDED BY YOSA PEIT

In recent years, Berlin has become a hotspot for young furniture designers, with small companies and solo designers all setting up shop. Furniture galleries, meanwhile, are harder to come by. Starting tomorrow (02.12.2022), this is changing – at least temporarily – with the opening of the first Foul Play. Half exhibition, half concept store, this event from photographer Frank Wang, FluxGeist and Plusminus Studio is set to take place every six months. Each temporary show brings together five different objects that blur the lines between sculpture, performance and design. They question material and form in new ways, shunning categories and terms like “classic”. Just in time for the indoor season, the sale includes new objects that you can view and bring home – or at least dream of doing so. The transparent “Megapašcale” shelving unit, for instance, was created by the duo Cainelliklaska in collaboration with graphic designer and artist Mark Bohle and combines lightness and mass in an unusual (and excellent) way. Or there’s the futuristic, iridescent “topo-4” lounge chairs by Studio Kern, inspired by aerospace technology and computer design. Other designers/artists on show include Aleksandr Delev, Frederik Fialin and Nazara Lázaro. Glamorous and unusual, the objects are not just intended to be seen but to be lived with, touched and discussed – providing aesthetic, sensual enjoyment and prompting new ways of living.

Text: Yosa Peit / Photos: Studio Kern, Fausto Paz & Fanette Guilloud

Yosa Peit is a music producer, singer and founder of Error Music – don’t delete, a series of experimental sound workshops for girls and non-binary children in Berlin. Her debut album “Phyton” has just been released on Fire Records.

Foul Play, FW22 at FunkRaum, Pflügerstr.70/71, 12047 Berlin–Neukölln, map

2–11.12.2022, Mon–Sat, 13–18h. Opening: 02.12.2022, 19–22h.

@foulplay.eu

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KINKS AND CONFORMITY: ANNA UDDENBERG AT THE SCHINKEL PAVILLON — RECOMMENDED BY IRENE SZANKOWSKY
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KINKS AND CONFORMITY: ANNA UDDENBERG AT THE SCHINKEL PAVILLON — RECOMMENDED BY IRENE SZANKOWSKY

A visit to the Schinkel Pavillon is always worthwhile, but if you go on weekends between 15h and 18h you’re in for something extra special. It’s then that Anna Uddenberg’s alien-like sculptures come to life. Her works resemble all sorts of things: ergonomic child seats, trolley suitcases, a kind of fitness-cum-torture device, rattan garden furniture and a gynaecological chair. Presenting a sort of techno futurism, the exhibition is called Fake-Estate and is Uddenberg’s first institutional solo show. Unlike many works by the Swedish artist, you won’t find sculptures of women sprawled out in extreme poses here. The objects in this exhibition are made to be used – in this case by real people, namely athletic performers wearing white socks, Crocs and nappies. Who is using whom is an open question: the performer’s bodies are slotted into and at times trapped by the furniture, which is made of wicker-like 3D-printed plastic and stainless steel.

Objects which might function as prosthetic extensions of the body are used by Uddenberg to restrict it. If they have a function at all, it’s pleasure: the pleasure of loss of control, discomfort, bodily alienation, subjugation and modification. The exhibition combines object and material fetish with a sort of Balenciaga coolness and smatterings of philosophy from French ecological thinker Bruno Latour. Questions lead to other questions that are no more unanswerable than the last, leaving a pleasant yet unpleasant taste in your mouth. 

Text: Irene Szankowsky / Photos: Frank Sperling/ Credit: Courtesy of the artist, Schinkel Pavillon & Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler

Irene Szankowsky expresses herself with colors, images and words. Born in Vienna, she recommends books at Buchbund bookshop in Neukölln. Apparently she loves bubble tea, reality TV and theory.

Schinkel Pavillon, Oberwallstr.32, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map

Anna Uddenberg, until 31.12.2022, Thu & Fri 14–19h, Sat & Sun 11–19h

@schinkelpavillon

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UNDERSTATED SMALL PLATES AND WINE AT KONTRÄR — RECOMMENDED BY MICHAELA WÖLFEL
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UNDERSTATED SMALL PLATES AND WINE AT KONTRÄR — RECOMMENDED BY MICHAELA WÖLFEL

As soon as you enter the Konträr, you feel a sort of deceleration: this is a place for taking your time. Combining wine bar and restaurant, the Prenzlauer Berg spot was founded by Charlottenburger Taran Schiffer and chef Pablo Gomez. The pair have pedigree: they trained at The Culinary Institute of America and worked at New York’s Contra restaurant and Wildair wine bar under chefs Jeremiah Stone and Fabiàn von Hauske Valtierra (the name Konträr is a portmanteau of their former kitchen employers). Located in the Winsviertel neighborhood, the restaurant (bar) serves an excellent combination of interesting natural wines and down-to-earth fusion dishes inspired by the food the duo encountered while traveling in Latin America. Their approach is intuitive: ingredients are picked based on what “feels” right, seasonality permitting, of course.

Taran chooses exactly the right wine for the evening – and for you. He picks with as much precision as Pablo puts into his sharing plates. We ordered the Rockefeller scallops, a plate of radicchio, some white asparagus with beurre blanc and – the highlight – octopus with roasted potatoes, chipotle jam and aioli. The wine recommendation was a 700 series cuvee from Jacquesson, one of the oldest champagne houses in France. Briefly put: it made us want to stick around. Combining spontaneity and lightness, Konträr is as happy a culinary hangout as you can think of.

Text: Michaela Wölfel / Photos: Konträr & Henry Laatzig

Michaela worked in publishing and architectural communication in New York before joining Cee Cee in 2015. She is currently studying a master’s degree in architecture, mobility and creative urban development.

Konträr, Winsstr.53, 10405 Berlin–Prenzlauer Berg; map
Sun–Fri from 19h – you can reserve a table here.

@kontraer.berlin

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