Un/gleich/zeitig: Getting An Overview – The Current Situation in Berlin and the Berliner Kulturkonferenz

There are a whole lot of things going on in Berlin and it is easy to lose the general overview: press releases, reports on television, newspaper articles, cultural policy committees, radio broadcasts, podcasts, conversations in hallways and countless meetings…it certainly is not easy to track and take in all of the information, process it and then filter it. Many associations and networks in Berlin have been doing this work quite some time and provide information to their members and allies using newsletters, general assemblies and other methods.
In order to bundle this knowledge, amongst other goals, the largest alliance of cultural associations in Berlin was founded in 2023: the Berliner Kulturkonferenz. Currently featuring 19 members in various artistic and cultural fields, the Kulturkonferenz has united a multitude of the most important voices in Berlin shortly after its founding. Alongside the elaboration of a law mandating the promotion of culture or, in German, a Kulturfördergesetz, it has dedicated itself to the countless current tasks involved in Berlin’s cultural policy – from ecological and social sustainability to stable and organized participation in urban development processes.

In the presentation, the Berliner Kulturkonferenz will provide insights into the tasks and challenges – and with this, also provide an overview of the current state of cultural policy with regards to (independent) arts and culture in Berlin.

In German spoken language.

With Wibke Behrens (berufsverband bildender künstler und künstlerinnen – bbk berlin, Berliner Kulturkonferenz), Janina Benduski (LAFT Berlin – Landesverband freie darstellende Künste Berlin e.V., Berliner Kulturkonferenz) and Franziska Stoff (Landesmusikrat Berlin, Berliner Kulturkonferenz)

Conceived in cooperation with the Cultural Policy Society Berlin-Brandenburg and the speakers Cerstin Gerecht, Moritz von Rappard, Sarah Zalfen, and Wibke Behrens.