About soft power
soft power is a non-profit art association and venue for artistic projects. As a conceptual framework soft power appropriates a political term that describes and uses the influence which ”soft” assets such as culture and art can have on policies and economic spheres. The ongoing programme is guided by the question how this notion can be productively subverted, challenged and reclaimed from an artistic perspective. The growing number of members of the art association (Kunstverein) supports our work and is encouraged to get involved in the programming.
Artistic directors (as of October 2024): Linnéa Bake and Eva Herrmann
Co-founders and artistic directors (until September 2024): Linnéa Bake, Eva Herrmann, Melissa Lücking and Donna Volta Newmen
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Positioning
As a growing organisation, we are continuously working on establishing, developing and implementing our institutional position and principles. As a non-commercial and independent space for artistic projects, it is of great concern to us to make the internal structures and working methods of soft power increasingly transparent, in order to draw attention to oftentimes precarious working conditions in the cultural sector. It is our goal not only to address structural deficiencies in the field, but also to contribute to overcoming them as an organisation, for example through our institutional stance on remuneration. In this and all other contexts, we oppose any form of discrimination, be it structural or individual. As an art association, exhibition and working space, we want to create an environment in which respectful, equal and enriching interaction can take place.
As a growing organisation, we are continuously working on establishing, developing and implementing our institutional position and principles. As a non-commercial and independent space for artistic projects, it is of great concern to us to make our internal structures and working methods increasingly transparent in order to draw attention to oftentimes precarious working conditions in the cultural sector. It is our goal not only to address structural deficiencies in the field, but also to contribute to overcoming them as an organisation, for example through our institutional stance on Remuneration. In this and all other contexts, we oppose any form of discrimination, be it structural or individual. As an art association, exhibition and working space, we want to create an environment in which respectful, equal and enriching interaction can take place.
Press
Lena Manger, The collaborative project space ‘soft power’ encourages constructive, oppositional, and fluid discourses through art, C24, November 2021
PlusX with Lena Platonos & friends hosted by soft power, Cashmere Radio, September 2021
Immo Schneider, Autonomous art comes to Tempelhof, cee cee, October 2022
Moses Hubbard, ‘Don’t Panic:’ 3hd Festival at soft power, Berlin Art Link, October 2022
Alicja Schindler, „Plural Perspectives“ in Tempelhof: Eine neue Version der Siegessäule, Berliner Zeitung, June 2023
All Muses are Dead by Donna Volta Newmen, Kaltblut Magazine, July 2023
Laura Helena Wurth, Das Atelierhaus Teilestrasse, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Dezember 2023
Space and Accessibility
In October 2020, soft power moved into the third floor of the former Sarotti factory in Berlin-Tempelhof alongside more than 40 other Berlin-based cultural workers and artists. Supported by the work space program (partial subsidization of the space rental) of the cultural administration of the state of Berlin (Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe / Kultur Räume Berlin), a new place of artistic production is being created here, which we wish to contribute to shaping as an art association, exhibition and working space. In addition to exhibition formats curated by soft power and on-site artist residencies, soft power has increasingly established itself as a platform that invites external curators and project initiatives to carry out artistic projects within the framework of our program and on our premises.
Location: Teilestraße 11–13, 12099 Berlin
Size: 137 m2
Ceiling height: 3,90 m
Floor: 3rd floor (accessible via elevator)
Facilities: mobile kitchen, tables, chairs, internet (WiFi), sanitary area, freight elevator,
heating
Accessibility:
Our space is located on the 3rd floor and can be reached via the stairs and an elevator. Access to the room is at ground level.
Stools are available for seating.
If you have any questions about how to get to soft power in advance please email us at hello@softpower.world. If you need to use the elevator, we will assist you and are available (on the day of events / during our opening hours) via this mobile number: 01573 0760994.
Funding
Contact
soft power e.V.
Teilestraße 11–13, 12099 Berlin
Courtyard 2, Entrance C, 3rd floor
(accessible via elevator)