KN

KN: Raum für Kunst in Context (Room for Art in Context) is a non-commercial, volunteer-run project space and artists’ collective. Between 2014 and 2019, KN produced 61 events involving over 80 artists, and engaged more than 2,000 visitors and audience members — all without external funding or support.

Founded in 2014 in Schöneberg, KN moved to Kreuzberg and became ein offiziell eingetragener Kunstverein in 2015.Since its foundation, KN has brought different viewpoints and mediums together. Framing artistic practices in new contexts is a cornerstone principle of our organization, and the inspiration for our name: K=Kontext, N=Neu. As an experimental project space, KN’s primary mission is to foster a meeting place where people can work outside of Berlin’s traditional culture industry to share their knowledge and experiences. At KN, artists become curators, curators become musicians, writers makes movies, and community members experiment with new forms of expression.

In January 2019, after three years in its home in a former frame factory in Kreuzberg, Berlin, KN lost its lease and went on indefinite hiatus.

Director / Curator

Carleen Coulter

Founding Member

Jana Nowack

Friends

Ben Mauk, writer
Vivian Kvitka, designer/artist
An Paenhuysen, art blogger
Karolina Sobecka, artist/scientist
Rachel Uwa, artist
Ellinor kärnestam, artist
Sharon Peretz, artist
Glenn Cornett, director of Spectrum NYC
Nomi Nanako Tilde Nomi, filmmaker
Patrick Jimmy Reed, artist/printmaker
Nadja Bournonville, artist
Moritz Frei, artist
Lena Rosa Händle, artist
Michael Schmid, artist
Wolfgang Müller, artist/ writer/ musician
Anno Dittmer, photographer
Adi Schroeder, videographer
Freddie Blumenberg, artist
Raphael Adams, creative engineer
Ditte Lyngkaer Pedersen, artist
Jade Conlee, musician
Tony Tulathimutte, writer
Franz Bargmann, musician
Hélène Barutciski, dancer/writer
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