common ground by Cosmo Niklas Schüppel

Installation / Participatory event
11.06.2022
18:00 – 22:00
TOP project space, Schillerpromenade 4, 12049 Berlin

As a participatory room installation common ground creates a space for inter-special connection – touching on topics of hierarchic, human-centred thinking, and wo*mankind’s relation to the unknown.

common ground invites visitors to experience reality consciously and in a shared space with the micro-algae Euglena Gracilis. Euglena Gracilis evolved at the overlaps of the animal and the plant kingdom – uniting in them many characteristics of non-human life on this planet. Read More →

Zdzisław Jurkiewicz. The sun in the kitchen

Solo exhibition
Exhibition on view: 26.05.2022 – 07.06.2022
Visiting hours: 17:00 – 20:00
Soft Opening: 26.05.2022, Thursday 17:00
TOP project space, Schillerpromenade 4, 12049 Berlin

In 1964 Zdzisław Jurkiewicz moved to a small flat in Łaciarska Street in Wrocław, which would become the figure connecting the various aspects of his artistic work, and more – a point of intersection of all the numerous matters and issues that he found interesting. It was there that all the works featured at the exhibition at Wrocław Contemporary Museum were created: objects, paintings, photographs, but the role and function of the flat far exceeded the traditionally understood art studio; Read More →

Like Water

Group exhibition & Performances
Exhibition on view: 06.05.22 – 20.05.22
Visiting hours: Thursday – Sunday, 16:00 – 21:00
Soft Opening: 06.05.22, Friday, 18:00 with a Performance by Lux Venérea
TOP project space, Schillerpromenade 4, 12049 Berlin

Performance
14.05.2022, Saturday, 18:00
Mariama Nzinga Diallo & Vivian Crespo Zurita

Reading & Talk
19.05.2022, Thursday, 19:30
Adelaide Ivánova, Sarah Berger

Finissage: 20.05.2022, Friday, 18:00 with Performances by Birte Opitz and Lotti Seebeck

Participating artists:

Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo, Lilian Robl, Marleen Rothaus, Ivana Pavlíčková, Đejmi Hadrović, Cleo Kempe Towers, Lux Venérea, Vivian Crespo Zurita, Mariama Nzinga Diallo, Birte Opitz and Lotti Seebeck

The group exhibition Like Water explores the complex relationship between rage and femininity from diverse angles and through different artistic media, explicitly taking femininities outside of a binary gender system into account as well.

Anger is a multi-layered emotion. It can be destructive and transformative, rational and impulsive, empathetic and isolating. In its ability to point the finger at injustice and reinforce boundaries, it’s one of the most Read More →

Open Call – Zur Teilnahme an der Vernetzungs-Konferenz von Artist-Run Network Europe (ARNE)

>top e.V. veranstaltet am 09. und 10. September 2022 eine Konferenz zur Vernetzung Berliner Projekträume mit acht Europäischen Partnern von ARNE.

Dafür laden wir zehn Berliner Projekträume/ Initiativen ein, sich auf einem Ministand sowohl mit einem Plakat (Gestaltung und Produktion macht >top) über die Struktur und Infodaten zum Projektraum, als auch mit einer künstlerischen Präsentation darzustellen.

Ein gemeinsames Dinner und ein kleines Honorar sind geplant. Bei Interesse schreibt uns bitte eine Email mit Kontaktperson und Link zur Webseite Eures Projektraumes/Initiative und einem Satz warum Ihr an der Veranstaltung interessiert seid bis 03.05.2022 an: top [at] artistsinitiatives [dot] com Read More →

Krit-Kölln Online, Zeitraum für Zweifel

Group exhibition
Exhibition on view: 03.04.22 – 09.04.22
Visiting hours: 17:00 – 20:00
Soft Opening: 03.04.22, Sunday, 17:00
TOP project space, Schillerpromenade 4, 12049 Berlin

Zeitraum für Zweifel is the conclusion of Krit-Kölln Online, a two-month program where they regularly met to analyze their artistic practice.

During their sessions, different Berlin-based artists joined them as guests. Andres Villarreal, Ana María Millan, Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard, Mario Asef and Sofía Lomba thought together with them and also, shared their experience in relation to their own work and their previous involvement in different academic programs and participation in residencies etc. Read More →

BRAINtouch: embodiment, An exhibition of neuroscience-art

Group exhibition
Exhibition on view: 02.03.2022 – 06.03.2022
Projektraum Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
Visiting hours: by appointment

BRAINtouch: embodiment presents a scientific-artistic perspective on how we can connect with our brains. Neuroscience-art overcomes the skull through electricity, biology, and sensory experience. Participants take on the role of researchers, experimenting and observing, to become immersed in the science of the brain. With avenues to make the brain ‘touchable’, what do we learn about ourselves? Read More →

TOP e.V – Readings

A poetry/text-reading event

Mon, 28.02.2022
Time: 18:00 – 22:00
Readings by:
Nat Marcus
Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju
Maru Mushtrieva
Etaïnn Zwer
Cru Encarnação

All proceeds go to Casa T

Poster Design by Saïx

This is a 2G+ event – Covid-19 vaccination or recovery proof will be checked at the entrance. Please bring either a valid digital vaccination certificate or recovery certificate and an official ID plus a negative test. Read More →