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Long time no see, but The Fluidity of Resistance is back! In the fifth episode host neo seefried invites drag queen, choreographer, moderator, and writer Olympia Bukkakis. Her practice is inspired by tensions and intersections between queer nightlife and contemporary dance and performance. In this conversation Olympia and neo talk about politics and behavior in queer related spaces and the interchanges of subculture and (cultural) institutions. As a worker of the night, how  do you move in between subcultural and institutionalized spaces? Olympia explains more about the privilege to be in the room and whether state funding of queer sub- and club culture is a solution to the low paying rates in culture and nightlife. 

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The month of July is the official pride month in Berlin. Especially at that time we see an increased visibility of queer topics and also queer club culture is more present in the city. But which queer lived experiences are really being negotiated in the end? The 4th Episode of ‘The Fluidity of Resistance' deals with taking up Space: Queer Visibility, Performativity and Representation in Berlin Club Culture. Host neo meets Sander, a transdisciplinary artist, clubworker and DJ and Fadescha, an artist-curator and founder of the trans-feminist social space Party Office. Together they discuss who is visible in queer club culture and who is not and why? Why do we never talk about class? Does queerness become an exploitable trend? How much does "queer aesthetic" become the norm in club culture and who is in the end profiting from it? Fadescha will give us insights from their cis-white-male-exclusive door policies at Party Office at documenta in Kassel and Sander explains why queer and trans visibility is not enough to change heteronormative and capitalist society.

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

Design edit by wro wrzesinka

Viele Berliner Clubs und Tanzflächen sind dafür bekannt, dass sie junge und alte Raver miteinander vereinen, doch seit der Pandemie beobachten wir, wie die unterschiedlichen Generationen sich voneinander entfernen. In der dritten Episode von Fluidity of Resistance trifft Host neo auf zwei sehr unterschiedliche Figuren der queeren Berliner Clubkultur. Emi ist im Jahr 2000 geboren und arbeitet mit ihrem Kollektiv Duct Tape als Dragqueen und Host. Jens ist Theaterregisseur, ehemaliger Travestiekünstler und geht seit nun 16 Jahren in seinen Lieblingsclub. In dieser Folge wollen wir über die sogenannte Generational Gap in Berliner Clubs sprechen, also einem Generationskonflikt? Inwiefern hat sich die Crowd in den letzten 20 Jahren verändert? Welche Rolle spielt dabei Social-Media? Und wie gehen junge und ältere Menschen in queerer Clubkultur miteinander um? Welche Herausforderungen stellen sich dabei, wenn das Publikum internationaler und wohlhabender, aber auch diverser in Bezug auf Gender, Sexualität und Race wird?

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

Design edit by wro wrzesinka

In the second episode, neo talks with their guests about the dancefloor as a social space and raving as an experience. What do we feel when we are on the dancefloor? Sir Rita, curator and writer for GEGEN relates raving to them as dance therapy and trauma processing machines. Juan Carlos, who experienced (queer) communities throughout the years in San Francisco, New York, Miami, Puerto Rico tells about the unique intergenerational connections he makes on the dancefloors in Berlin. Together we discuss the affective states of emergency and body liberation via dancing, raving, connecting, vibrating and shaking and the potentials of pleasure activism in queer club culture.

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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

Design edit by wro wrzesinka

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. 

If you have any questions, feedback or want to work with us, write us on Instagram.

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

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?

Podcast hosted and produced by ( ) s-p-a-c-e.

If you have any questions, feedback or want to work with us, write us on Instagram.

Track 'The Hustle' courtesy of Nene H

Audio edit by Gilles Yann Smrkovsky

Berlin ist aufgrund seiner besonderen Geschichte seit jeher eine Stadt des Wandels — politisch, gesellschaftlich, kulturell, ökonomisch. Derzeit ist wieder so ein Moment der Veränderungen spürbar. Diese Erfahrungen spiegeln sich besonders auch in der weltweit bekannten und gefeierten Clubkultur der Stadt. 

Clubkultur wird heute vor allem als wirtschaftlicher und kultureller Faktor gesehen. Viel seltener wird darüber gesprochen, aus welchen sozialen Gefügen heraus Clubkultur entsteht, welche Communities sie gestalten, am Laufen halten und damit auch das gesellschaftliche Leben der Stadt prägen. Clubkultur ist für viele queere und marginalisierte Menschen nicht einfach eine Möglichkeit zur hedonistischen Freizeitgestaltung, sondern eine soziale Notwendigkeit. 

Wir sind das Kollektiv ( ) s-p-a-c-e und wir betrachten Berlins Clubkultur aus dieser queeren und subkulturellen Perspektive. Wir wollen nicht über Clubkultur sprechen, sondern queere Clubarbeiter:innen, Kollektive, Booker, DJs, Künstlerinnen, Barkeeper, Türsteher:innen, Promoter, Techniker*, Runner und Kulturarbeiter:innen zu Wort kommen lassen und ihnen aus der Community heraus eine Stimme geben.

Was macht Berlins Clubkultur aus? Wer gestaltet sie? Welche tragende Rolle spielen queere Communities und warum? Wer hat Zugang und wer nicht? Wer profitiert? Wie muss sich Clubkultur verändern, um nach wie vor bedeutsam zu bleiben? Und wie können wir widerständige und dennoch offene Orte schaffen, die die gesellschaftlichen, (hetero)normativen und kapitalistischen Bedingungen herausfordern?

Diese und weitere Fragen wollen wir in the Fluidity of Resistance - dem Podcast zu queerer Clubkultur in Berlin stellen.

Podcast gehostet und produziert von ( ) s-p-a-c-e

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Track 'The Hustle' mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Nene H

Audioschnitt von Gilles Yann Smrkovsky