Open studios Tempelhof-Schöneberg

13 June to 29 June 2003

Schöneberg has a long tradition as a district with a high share of artists. In 1991, the last "Open Day" took place, with the focus on the studios around the Crellestraße and the Belziger Straße, the main focus of the Schöneberger artists' scene. After the district fusion of Tempelhof and Schöneberg in 2001, there was a growing need to get an overview of the artistic activities in the new district.

In cooperation with the decentralized cultural work of the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg, therefore, the association Quarts e.V. in 2003 planned the project local art - open workshops Tempelhof-Schöneberg. The local art team, consisting of the art scientist Constanze Musterer, the cultural manager Peter Wollenweber and the artist Peter Gustavus, began in autumn 2002 with the research on the artists who are active in the new district.

The result finally captured more than 300 artists who lived or worked in the district. 137 of them agreed to participate in the project and opened their ateliers on two weekends. In various places, exhibitions and accompanying events were organized with guided tours, concerts and performances.

On 13 June, the opening event of local art 2003 took place in Rathaus Schöneberg, the exhibition local_objects. Works by Christine Kühn, Birgit Knappe, Dagmar Koeppen, Gabriela Oehring, Claudia Sawallisch and Ragna Schepke were presented. The main focus of photography was on 19.6. the exhibition local_photo in the VHS Schöneberg. Presentations were presented by Angelika Fischer, Vera Lichtenberg, Ulrich Meyer and Sonja Martins.

Artists , whose studios were not in the district, introduced the exhibition local_positions in the Askania Courtyards in Bundesallee 88-89. Here were objects, installations, sculptures and paintings by Ana Bilankov, Sangmi Cho, Kim Dreyer, Irene Fehling, Hwangslik Lee, Bill Masuch, Dietmar Spiller and Christian Zwirner.

Performances with Eva Kreutzberger, Elisabeth Zündel, Ulla Rauh and Magdalena Ritter took place during the exhibition.

With the project local art 2003, the brochure "local art guide" was published, in which artists who participated in the project were presented as well as detailed information on the events were to be found – a local "artist industry book" one of the main concerns of local arts in 2003 – considerably facilitated.

Participating artists: