This year, the city of Berlin together with be Berlin, its state official signet, is coming to Los Angeles to celebrate the 50th anniversary as sister cities with the launch of ‘Berlin Lab’, an event series offering both destinations a platform for exchange about freedom and creativity (#FreiheitBerlinLA).
Encompassing a variety of art activities, ‘Berlin Lab’ – a two-day festival – will be held at LOT 613 in the Downtown LA Arts District on October 4th and 5th. ‘Berlin Lab’ is an immersive experience that celebrates the lineage and synergy between the sister cities with a unique cross-metropolis exchange, five decades in the making.
Boasting free entry, Berlin’s two-day festival will offer an authentic taste of Berlin’s emerging tech, art, music, and food scenes in the heart of Los Angeles. Programming includes a robust schedule of cultural panels, workshops, a dance performance by The Flying Steps, live concerts by L.A. born Berlin transplant Simonne Jones and fellow Berlin resident Black Cracker, accompanied by DJ Anne Litt. Native Instruments will host an interactive music station, where lovers of music can try out the companies’ product. Street art by Die Dixons, an evening programmed by Europe´s largest interdisciplinary technology festival from Berlin, TOA WorldTour (Tech Open Air Conference), and a design symposium commemorating 100 years of the Bauhaus movement. A community event called Lange Tafel will take place on Thursday and invite the public to an open space for food, art, and exchange.
For more information please see the program below or www.berlin-losangeles.com. Feel free to register for the events you are interested in. We are looking forward to welcoming you!
Please note that all attendees must be 21 years of age or older WHEN ATTENDING EVENTS ON OCT 5th FROM 6.00PM ONWARDS.
THE ENTRANCE FOR ALL EVENTS IS FREE OF CHARGE.
The event areas are wheelchair accessible.
PROGRAM:
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
5.00PM TOA WorldTour (Tech Open Air Conference)
8.00PM Film UGLY & BLIND – New Berlin Cinema – achtung berlin goes L.A.
Thursday, 5 October 2017
11.00AM achtung berlin – new berlin film award: Starring Berlin. Lecture & Panel on Berlin as Film Location
1.00PM Talk: Reclaiming Public Space: Street Art in Berlin and L.A. (Wende Museum)
4.30PM Talk: Frei:Räume – Urban Creativity Berlin / Los Angeles (STATE Festival)
5.00PM Long Table: Freedom instead of walls
6.00PM 100 years of Bauhaus: How do we want to live?
6.30PM Berlin SLAM
8.00PM BERLIN NIGHT
:For more information and tickets please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.de/e/berlin-lab-in-los-angeles-tickets-37729547091?aff=es2
