Learning from... Karina Halbauer - KulturQuartier Schauspielhaus Erfurt

In the organizer's words:

Practical dialog, curated and moderated by Laura Bruns, stadtstattstrand

KulturQuartier Schauspielhaus

What happens when citizens reclaim a theater? This is exactly what is happening in Erfurt: a playhouse that has been vacant since 2003 is being transformed into a new cultural venue through civic engagement - with dance theater, a cinema club, free radio and much more. Committed people have been driving this vision forward for over ten years - organized in Thuringia's first cultural cooperative. Over 900 members have collectively contributed more than one million euros - the cooperative shares represent their own share of the bank loan for the purchase and renovation of the building. The building was purchased by the municipality in 2020 and construction has finally been underway since the beginning of last year!

Long before the renovation, the building was used for temporary performances: theater, film, concerts, festivals and discourse - improvised, with building materials and a lot of idealism - all organized on a voluntary basis.

The KulturQuartier Schauspielhaus is a model of how culture can be organized from below and anchored in the city in the long term.

Learning from... practical dialog series

The courage of others: How does "doing the city differently" work?

In this practical dialog series, practitioners and pioneers show how cooperative urban development can work: Together with them, we will explore how Kreativlabor München, and creative centers and urban development initiatives in general, can be organized and survive independently, collaboratively and for the common good in the long term. The event sees itself as an open space for dreaming, visioning and free speculation! We invite you to join us for music and drinks at the end.

Schedule

• 17:00: Admission
• 15min input: Quo Vadis Kreativlabor? Current status of Kreativlabor Munich.
• 45min Input: Learning from...-guest, today: Karina Halbauer, board member of KulturQuartier Schauspielhaus eG
• 60min Open Fishbowl - Discussion: the separation between stage and hall is abolished - every voice is invited to ask questions directly to Karina Halbauer and to actively continue thinking about the lab
• Get together with music and drinks

Goals and target group

Learning from... is aimed both internally, i.e. the actors on the premises of the Kreativlabor München, and externally. We expressly invite public welfare-oriented SMEs, other creative centers and urban development initiatives.

A series within the framework of BottomUp. Working sustainably together! Curated and moderated by Laura Bruns, Team stadtstattstrand. The series will end with a final symposium, probably in April 2027, followed by a brochure with the most important learnings and take-aways.

Vitas

Karina Halbauer is a board member of KulturQuartier Schauspielhaus eG. As a networker, she brings experience from numerous projects and initiatives and is involved at the interfaces of urban development, culture and civil society. Today, she combines her perspectives from civil society and administration: in addition to her voluntary work in the KulturQuartier, she works in the Cultural Directorate of Erfurt City Council to make the local cultural scene more visible.

Laura Bruns is a designer and media manager with a focus on design strategies, research-based practice and curatorial urban mediation. In her work at the interface of cultural urban development and strategic planning, she understands design as a model for social transformation processes. As co-founder of Team stadtstattstrand and as a lecturer and project manager in urban development projects oriented towards the common good, she has built up numerous networks, taught methods and designed creative approaches to the city.

Contact:

Team stadtstattstrand: Laura Bruns, Konrad Braun, Julia Klink, Leona Lynen

The interdisciplinary stadtstattstrand team researches and communicates strategies and approaches to user-driven urban development in texts, exhibitions, workshops and unconventional discussions.

stadtstattstrand | Creative approach to urban space | Laura Bruns | laura[at]stadtstattstrand.de

Location

WerkBox³ e.V.
Dachauer Str. 110c
80636 Munich
The location is barrier-free accessible.

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More information about BottomUp - Working sustainably together!

Organizer:

Labor e.V. München connects those 16 organizations with over 600 users who are involved in Kreativlabor München, a model project for user-driven organizations in art, culture, education and social affairs. Together with BECHLER Kollaborationsberatung Rechtsanwalts-GmbH with many years of experience in collaborative organizational and cooperation structures, we are BottomUp. A sustainable impact together! Over 18 months, we design and run - co-creatively with our participants according to the BottomUp principle - a development, knowledge and community program and empower teams to set their own development goals, build skills, make connections and boldly tackle change - with clearly rhythmic online and offline inputs and workshops, panels and external impulses, mentoring, moderation and reliable documentation.

A project of the program "Nachhaltig wirken - Förderung gemeinwohlorientierter Unternehmen", which is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the European Union via the ESF Plus.