Neun Kelche
As part of Featured 2025
Pasedagplatz 3—4, 13088 Berlin
Accessible to wheelchairs
WC accessible to wheelchairs
Access to the project space is via the street ›An der Industriebahn‹, which leads off Pasedagplatz. Various buses (X54, 156 and 158) and trams (12 and 27) stop directly at Pasedagplatz.
Neun Kelche is a project space curated by Kira Dell and Laura Seidel, located at Pasedagplatz in Berlin-Weißensee. In May 2024, artist Neda Naujokaitė joined the team in the roles of press and public relations and as an assistant curator.
Since early 2021, Neun Kelche has provided a space for local artists to meet and exchange. The programmes are shaped by a diverse range of both local community and neighbourhood conversations, as well as international collaborations. Neun Kelche primarily works with FLINTA* artists. Through solo and duo exhibitions, site-specific installations are created, which are expanded performatively or with film, video, or sound.
The curatorial work of Kira Dell and Laura Seidel is grounded in a power-critical and intersectional perspective. Their thematic focus includes utopian visions of planetary coexistence between human and non-human agents, concepts of collective love, societal perspectives on parenthood, and the agency of artistic materials. Rather than adhering to a rigid curatorial programme, they seek thematic intersections with artists through collaborative negotiations and in-depth studio visits, though which exhibitions are co-developed.
The Neun Kelche team critically examines the working structures within the art industry, and conversations around financial transparency are a crucial part of our project planning, rather than limiting them. Through long-term collaboration with project partners, Neun Kelche as an initiative aims to counteract the fast-paced working conditions of the art industry.