Protest, Performance, Reflections from Ukraine, Serbia, and beyond
July is for listening
Name something better than a day spent outside with new friends and tasty drinks!
At Pickles and Piwo, a community picnic for From Julia’s Desk readers, we got to taste the delicious Emigre Spirits — a brand-new sour cherry aperitif made in Berlin, Slavic at heart. 🍒
Thank you to everyone who joined the fun! This is what it looked like!
Should Pickles and Piwo go into round two?
This month, it’s less about doing and more about listening. From audiovisual performances to panel discussions and exhibitions, July offers space to slow down, reflect, and tune in:
Germany and Ukraine—Is There a Path to Deeper Understanding and Genuine Partnership? - Talk
The Only Material - Exhibition
Spotlight Serbia - Lecture
Zone of Alienation X DisturbedGround - Performance
Films to Watch
Opportunities & Useful Things
Germany and Ukraine—Is There a Path to Deeper Understanding and Genuine Partnership?
Vitsche is hosting a series of intimate talks and conversations, exploring Ukraine through the lenses of memory, music, identity and geopolitics. On July 3rd, Prof. Andrii Portnov, Professor of Entangled Ukrainian History in Frankfurt (Oder), is going to explore the complex relations between Ukraine and Germany in history and today. Registration is possible here.
📆 3rd of July
📍 Wedding
💵 Donation from €7 (includes one glass of wine)
🗣️ English
The Only Material - Exhibition
Ukrainian journalists share what first drew them to their work, and how the war changed everything. They never planned to cover war but chose to document it. Read more about the THE ONLY MATERIAL Project here.
📆 June 27th - July 20th
📍Museum für Kommunikation / Mitte
💵 4/8€
🗣️ English
Spotlight Serbia - Lecture
How did students use media during Serbia’s 2024–25 anti-corruption protests? A talk by Igor Išpanović from Belgrad University explores grassroots strategies, hybrid regimes, and the power of media in shaping movements. Find out more here. You can also join on Zoom!
📆 1st of July, 6:15 PM
📍Slawistik und Hungarologie @ HU Berlin / Mitte + Zoom
💵 free
🗣️ English
Zone of Alienation X DisturbedGround - Performance
An evening of audiovisual performances exploring the ecological impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine through sound, data, myth, and vibration. Presented by the Ukrainian Institute with ∄, CTM Festival & more at Kantine am Berghain.
📆 12th of July, 6PM
📍Kantine am Berghain
💵 free, register here
Films To Watch:
GO CLARA GO Film Release: How can art challenge what is allowed to be said or seen? This documentary traces the radical spirit of Clara Mosch, an artist group in 1970s East Germany, who turned then-Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz into a site for poetic resistance. Screenings
Alltäglicher Aktivismus von Migrant*innen Three short films explore everyday forms of migrant activism, followed by a talk with visual anthropologist Piotr Goldstein (ZOiS, DeZIM) and social anthropologist Phaedra Douzina-Bakalaki, who researches Greece and the Mediterranean. What counts as activism and who gets to be called an activist?
📆 17th of July 📍Kino Krokodil 💵 free 🗣️ English
Opportunities & Useful Things
Call for Film Submissions for Central Asian short films open until 1st of July
Youth Action Lab Summer School in Moldova: Application deadline today!
Panel Discussion “How Ukraine’s History has shaped its place in Europe” on 1st of July
Enpact is looking for entrepreneurs and/or ecosystem enablers to join a delegation trip to Sarajevo “Berlin goes Western Balkans”. Info Session on 9th of July
European Film Academy published: _UNDERSCORE The Living Tradition of Polish Cinema
Open Call by Art Space in Exile and Port of Culture for Myths of Tomorrow - Visual and conceptual artists, musicians, actors, directors, dancers, filmmakers, photographers, illustrators and writers are invited to submit contributions.
Job Opportunity: Referent*in Deutsch-Polnischer Jugendkulturaustausch
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