Due to its special history, Berlin has always been a city of transformation - politically, socially, culturally, economically. Currently, such a moment of change is again palpable. These experiences are particularly reflected in the city's club culture, which is known and celebrated worldwide.
Today, club culture is seen primarily as an economic and cultural factor. Less often we consider from which social structures club culture emerges, which communities shape it, keep it going and thus also define the social life of the city. For many queer and marginalised people, club culture is not simply a possibility for hedonistic leisure activities, but a social necessity.
We are the collective ( ) s-p-a-c-e and we look at Berlin's club culture from a queer and subcultural perspective. We don’t want to talk about club culture but aim to listen to voices from within the community — from queer club workers, collectives, bookers, DJs, artists, bartenders, bouncers, promoters, technicians, runners and cultural workers.
What defines Berlin's club culture? Who shapes it? What supporting role do queer communities play and why? Who has access and who doesn't? Who benefits? How can club culture remain significant? And how can we create resistant but open places that challenge social, (hetero)normative and capitalist conditions?
We want to ask these and other questions in the Fluidity of Resistance - the podcast about queer club culture in Berlin.
Podcast produced by collective ( ) s-p-a-c-e
Hosted by neo seefried
Research and editing by xan egger und neo seefried
Track 'The Hustle' courtesy of Nene H
Audio edit by Gilles Yann Smrkovsky
Design by xan egger
Design edit by wro wrzesinska
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Due to its special history, Berlin has always been a city of transformation - politically, socially, culturally, economically. Currently, such a moment of change is again palpable. These experiences are particularly reflected in the city's club culture, which is known and celebrated worldwide.
Today, club culture is seen primarily as an economic and cultural factor. Less often we consider from which social structures club culture emerges, which communities shape it, keep it going and thus also define the social life of the city. For many queer and marginalised people, club culture is not simply a possibility for hedonistic leisure activities, but a social necessity.
We are the collective ( ) s-p-a-c-e and we look at Berlin's club culture from a queer and subcultural perspective. We don’t want to talk about club culture but aim to listen to voices from within the community — from queer club workers, collectives, bookers, DJs, artists, bartenders, bouncers, promoters, technicians, runners and cultural workers.
What defines Berlin's club culture? Who shapes it? What supporting role do queer communities play and why? Who has access and who doesn't? Who benefits? How can club culture remain significant? And how can we create resistant but open places that challenge social, (hetero)normative and capitalist conditions?
We want to ask these and other questions in the Fluidity of Resistance - the podcast about queer club culture in Berlin.
Podcast produced by collective ( ) s-p-a-c-e
Hosted by neo seefried
Research and editing by xan egger und neo seefried
Track 'The Hustle' courtesy of Nene H
Audio edit by Gilles Yann Smrkovsky
Design by xan egger
Design edit by wro wrzesinska
In the first Episode - Fade In - collective ( ) s-p-a-c-e meets selection and door warden Asia-James and bartender and multimedia artist Mascha. Asia-James has been a long-standing figure in club culture since the age of 16 and has been booked regularly ever since as a door personality at queer raves in Berlin. Mascha has been working as a bartender for years, especially at the former club Griessmühe. After the club closed it showed Mascha the importance of queer spaces and clubs in Berlin.
The two guests tell us when and how their first contact with club culture was. Host neo asks them why Berlin's club culture is so different from other cities. What has changed for them personally and in their club work since the pandemic? Are bookings getting now more diverse, but the representation of queer and BIPoC artists more capitalized? And is there something they would change about Berlin's club culture? Mascha and Asia-James discuss these questions and explain what the advantages and challenges are of working in nightlife and why queer club culture means more to them than work and leisure experiences.
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Podcast produced by ( ) s-p-a-c-e.
Hosted by neo seefried
Research and editing by neo seefried and xan egger
Track 'The Hustle' courtesy of Nene H
Audio edit by Gilles Yann Smrkovsky
Design by xan egger
The Fluidity of Resistance
Due to its special history, Berlin has always been a city of transformation - politically, socially, culturally, economically. Currently, such a moment of change is again palpable. These experiences are particularly reflected in the city's club culture, which is known and celebrated worldwide.
Today, club culture is seen primarily as an economic and cultural factor. Less often we consider from which social structures club culture emerges, which communities shape it, keep it going and thus also define the social life of the city. For many queer and marginalised people, club culture is not simply a possibility for hedonistic leisure activities, but a social necessity.
We are the collective ( ) s-p-a-c-e and we look at Berlin's club culture from a queer and subcultural perspective. We don’t want to talk about club culture but aim to listen to voices from within the community — from queer club workers, collectives, bookers, DJs, artists, bartenders, bouncers, promoters, technicians, runners and cultural workers.
What defines Berlin's club culture? Who shapes it? What supporting role do queer communities play and why? Who has access and who doesn't? Who benefits? How can club culture remain significant? And how can we create resistant but open places that challenge social, (hetero)normative and capitalist conditions?
We want to ask these and other questions in the Fluidity of Resistance - the podcast about queer club culture in Berlin.
Podcast produced by collective ( ) s-p-a-c-e
Hosted by neo seefried
Research and editing by xan egger und neo seefried
Track 'The Hustle' courtesy of Nene H
Audio edit by Gilles Yann Smrkovsky
Design by xan egger
Design edit by wro wrzesinska
