Liebe Gäste,

seit Ende Februar haben die Renovierungsarbeiten an unseren Gebäuden und den Nebengebäuden direkt vor unserer Haustür begonnen!

Die Besonderheit: Unser Gebäude stammt aus der DDR-Zeit der 80er Jahre und ist eines der Kulturdenkmäler in Berlin. Die Spandauer Vorstadt ist heute ein denkmalgeschütztes Gebäudeensemble.

Wir haben die folgenden Informationen für Sie:

Die Arbeiten werden voraussichtlich bis  eNDE September  2024 dauern!

Unser Café wird trotz der Einschränkungen

wie gewohnt geöffnet bleiben 

Unsere Sommerterrasse kann in dieser Zeit leider nur eingeschränkt genutzt werden.

Wir entschuldigen uns für die Unannehmlichkeiten und hoffen, dass Sie trotz der Umstände den Weg zu uns finden werden.

Vielen Dank vom Kaffeemitte Team!

New Show:

Serien 1 - 4

Gregor Hutz / 2024

Show open every day / July & August

This exhibition is about cracks in the sealed surface of four rigid systems: Internet, advertising, health regulations and mega-publishers - when these systems run wild, things can get funny. 

These spontaneously emerged free spaces show the power that is unleashed by chaos. 

I collected and sorted 100 samples and brought some order to this chaos. Besides, a single image no longer proves anything. And it certainly doesn't show a trend.

But the fifth series shows a trend. Even several trends! Trends to confuse, amuse and amaze us. Record covers from my oldest collection. You can look at them like in a mirror to see the zeitgeist. The good-looking young reader of this text may look astonishingly funny in 40 years' time - not to think of the pictures from my own youth. It made me think...

More:

https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/NAWHTtliXmjKI

New Show:

Woman Portrait Gallery V.2

April & May 2024

Woman portraits by:

Alex Zika / Altea Federico / Casa De Balneario / Dared / Eva Contreras / Liliana Rasmussen / Lou Held / Lucille Guder / Macarena Cox / Martin Krusche / Paul Rosenbauer / Pongsuang Choop / Sunny Strange / Tony Federico / Vassilis Konstantinou

Read more:

https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/fLbA1XYDBGk8h

NEW EXHIBITION

STOP LOOK GO

Analogue photography by Alexander Sokolov / Eric Götz / Filipe Nascimento

February & March 2024 / KAFFEEMITTE

We would be happy if we could inspire you with the pictures and interviews. You are very welcome to visit Kaffeemitte until the end of March to see the prints in large format. We hope to encourage some deceleration in hectic, sometimes restless times.

Read more: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/rwNjC4oP5YFnX

TADAA! This is our coffee cult / by Zora Jurenkova

From 7 December, we present the exhibition "This is our coffee cult" by Zora Jurenkova.

Zora says:

 "Our multi-cultural guests inspired me to create this photo project. Coffee house culture is not dead. From the 17th century until today, coffee houses have been places of discussion and gathering, where ideas were born and revolutions were prepared... Our coffee culture is also evolving, but we also maintain the tradition. People meet, debate and mingle. They put their intellectual energy in ideas, opinions and debates. KAFFEEMITTE provides the space. In a typical Berlin café, the guests and the staff are truly diverse, the walls are decorated with art works and visitors from all over the world are individually styled and radiate freedom and love.This is what our world needs.

This is really good coffee!"

Zora's exhibition has a benefit 

The photos can be bought for 50 euros each and the money goes into a fund to finance further exhibitions by young artists.

More: 

https://www.zorajurenkova.de/

98 Hektar by Marion Dieterle

From 19 October, we present the exhibition 98 Hektar by painter and dancer Marion Dieterle. At the vernissage (October 19 / 6pm - 9pm) the artist will do a live performance at Kaffeemitte and connect to the story of her paintings.15 canvases that were created in the last two years in the artist's current home: Umbria, Italy. After 20 years as a dancer in Germany, Marion Dieterle moved to the Italian countryside with her family in 2021 - a new beginning. And the changed working and living environment have also led to a change in her medium. Instead of dance, a discipline for which the immediate presence of several people is crucial, painting and sculpture are now the mediums with which the artist works. The exhibition tells of a new beginning and search for artistic means of expression. Accompanying the paintings and the performance, we have interviewed Marion Dieterle about the process of her emigration.

Exhibition teaser: https://youtu.be/a26C8iwshvY?si=D_WUIvPsg9XvNAYB

Vassilis Konstantinou / Eros & Thanatos

We are happy to invite you to our new exhibition: Photoseries "Eros & Thanatos" by Vassilis Konstantinou.

Vernissage on Wednesday, 2 August. Athens-based photographer Vassilis Konstantinou shows 14 works in which he explores themes of Greek mythology and their meaning for our world today. The title "Eros & Thanatos" describes two forces that seam to be contradictory at first, but are, according to Greek mythology, the two sides of the same coin.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a podcast series in which we discuss the individual works and the themes behind them. 

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

More: http://vassiliskonstantinou.com/

TinBrain

Solo show by Matus Toth at Kaffeemitte

In July 2023, we are showing TinBrain - an image series generated with Artificial Intelligence. Nine free works by Prague-based photographer and artist Matus Toth.

The debate about machine intelligence affects large parts of society. For labour and for science, there is talk of a quantum leap. The Chat GPT text generator is compared to the invention of printing. And the development is still very dynamic!

AI also affects art and the idea of creativity quite fundamentally. Questions of basic principle arise when, for example, the incomplete 10th and last symphony of Beethoven is finished by a software.

For image creation, Midjourney, DALL-E and the AI applications by Adobe are what Chat GPT is for text creation. 

Based on the nine works in the exhibition, we ask Matus Toth about his approach to AI. Which programs does he use and what were the prompts for each art work? How does the “new tool” affects his style as a fashion photographer? Is there a renaissance of surrealism? 

The exhibition is extended by a conversation between Matus Toth and a computer specialist. A nerd from the field of "neural networks" helps Matus Toth - and us - to better understand the tools and production processes. A dialogue about technical, aesthetic and social issues.

We are happy if you visit our exhibition at Kaffeemitte, if you like the artworks by Matus Toth and if you are interested in the theoretical discussion.

More:

https://www.instagram.com/_tinbrain_/

FINISSAGE - GROUP SHOW "Woman Portrait Gallery"@Kaffeemitte

 Dear art friends, We hereby cordially invite you to the exclusive finissage of the exhibition "Woman Portrait Gallery" in the premises of the Kaffeemitte Gallery.

With a glass of Prosecco and delicious snacks, you have the opportunity to view the artist's works up close and also to auction your prints. Large part of the artists will be present. 

We look forward to welcoming you personally. 

Art auction & live music At BANA BANANA / 

http://www.banabanana.com

exhibition website

http://www.womanportraitgallery.com

NEW EXHIBITION  "Woman Portrait Gallery"  Group Show 

December 2022 - February 2023

About the exhibition: 

The artworks in this collection and the people behind them explore different ways in which women can be represented. At a time when the topic of "gender" is being intensively discussed, this series listens to the discourse and collects the voices.

 Artworks by:

 • Carol Pep • Casa De Balneario • Dared • Franka Suhlo • Gairah Praskovia • Lilika Strezoska • Lucille Guder • Naicha • Nina Barnini • Theresa Rosier • Tom Pollhammer • Tony Federico • Zora Jurenkova 

Exhibition website:

http://www.womanportraitgallery.com

Liebe Gäste,

wir tun alles was uns möglich ist, um Euch, sowie unser Team vor Corona zu schützen. Über die Hygiene-Vorgaben der WHO hinaus scheuen wir keine Mühen und keinen Aufwand um alle gesund durch diese Krise zu führen.

Unsere Maßnahmen:

Während der Arbeit im KAFFEEMITTE tragen alle Beschäftigten stets eine medizinische Maske und desinfizieren regelmäßig alle zugänglichen Bereiche, Türklinken, Griffe und Oberflächen.

Alle nutzen regelmäßig das Angebot für kostenlose Tests bei einer offiziellen Teststelle. Zusätzlich bieten wir allen Beschäftigten zweimal in der Woche ebenfalls einen Schnelltest an.

Bei dem jedem Hinweis auf eine Infektion bei einem Team-Mitglied, wird die Arbeit erst wieder aufgenommen wenn keinerlei Verdacht mehr besteht.

Wir achten stets auf die Einhaltung aller Regeln wie Abstand, Maske tragen, Händedesifektion und ausreichende Raumbelüftung.

Wir wünschen euch und eurem Familen, euren Lieben und Bekannten, dass ihr die Krise gesund und unbeschadet übersteht. 

Außerdem an dieser Stelle auch ein lautes Dankeschön an euch alle! 

Danke an alle die uns trotz der extremen Einschränkungen weiterhin immer wieder besuchen kommen und die Stimmung oben halten.

Danke dass Ihr so ausnahmslos die uns auferlegten Regeln wie Abstand einhalten, Hände desinfizieren und Maske korrekt tragen einhaltet, und uns dabei so oft noch hinter der Gesichtsbedeckung ein Lächeln schenkt!

Danke von Herzen!

Deutsche Wohnen enteignen

Unterschreibe jetzt im KAFFEEMITTE

Einen Monat nach Beginn der zweiten Sammelphase am 26. Februar hat die Initiative Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen 47’342 Unterschriften gesammelt und der Landeswahlleitung übergeben.

“Dieser Zwischenstand zeigt, dass wir einen großen und stetig wachsenden Rückhalt in der Bevölkerung haben”, sagt Mark Schrolle, Aktivist für die Initiative. “Wir freuen uns, dass wir in einem Monat fast 50’000 Unterschriften sammeln konnten. Das verdanken wir den über 1000 Aktiven, die in allen Bezirken Corona und schlechtem Wetter zum Trotz unermüdlich Unterschriften sammeln. Wir sind gut aufgestellt und sind sehr optimistisch für die kommenden Wochen,” ergänzt Jenny Stupka, Sprecherin der Initiative. Die Initiative wird noch bis zum 25.06.2021 weiter Unterschriften sammeln, so auch auch bei der Demonstration gegen Verdrängung und Mietenwahnsinn bis zum Housing Action Day. 

www.dwenteignen.de