Workshops
Most Workshops will be at:
24.09. @ Main Festival Area Start 14:00
Lohmühlenstrasse 17 / 12435 Berlin
But some workshops will also take place in the week before at different places all over the city.
For details have a look at the workshop descriptions.
Mushroom Throwies
Textile mushroom breeding facilitated by Semi (Grafftify Research lab Germany ) Juli und Thea (Recycle Werkstatt Berlin)- Sew fabric mushroom Throwies out of different textiles scraps and spread them over the whole city! Mushroom Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. A Throwie consists of a textile mushroom and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it up high and in quantity to impress your friends and city officials.
We have: Sewing machines & tools
You bring: Colourful textile scraps of all kind (like….old t-shirts, thin plastic bags etc.)
Website: graffitiresearchlab.de www.recycle-werkstatt-berlin.de
24.9. @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
15:00-18:00
Political Birdhouses
For the last months the faces of politicians have haunted the streets,
they don't tell us what they stand for or what they represent. They just
want our brains to absorb their names. At the same time, birds,
beautiful birds, who bring us song and colour to the city, struggle to
find a home safe from cats and predators.
But all is not lost. One shared simple action can allow us to reclaim
our minds from the blight of political campaigns, and provide our
feathered co-inhabitants with a new space to live and thrive. Bring
scissors, craft knives, some pencils and chairs (or ladders if you want
to be fancy) if you have them.
Website: www.opendesigncity.de
20.9. @ OpenDesignCity - Prinzessinnenstraße 19-20
Meet at 20:30 to collect posters from the streets
24.9 @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
16:00-19:00
GoGoTrash Plastic Wigs
GoGoTrash performance collective are a group of decoration makers, costume designers and dancers doing what they call "trash performances". @ the Recycled Creativity Festival we will be happy to show how to make wigs out of plastic waste. It´s lovely if the participants bring what they always dreamed about wearing on the head.
Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/gogotrash
24.9 @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
14:00-15:00
Smart Crafts
What is it? Together making of upcycled jewellery to spread the
message of upcycling or whatever else we want to express – to make
people feel, think, question about the world in and around us.
What to bring? Whatever that inspires you when you think about
jewellery, materials and things to upcycle - from used computer
keyboards to product packages that would otherwise just be thrown away.
We have: some tools and materials but feel free to bring your own along :)
Workshop facilitated by Vahagn (Armenia, Smart Crafts) and Kaja (Poland, Smart Crafts)
Website: smartcrafts.blogspot.com
24.09. @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
16:00-20:00
Yoga in English with Anya Kinneavy
Yoga introductory session for all levels. Taught in English (with German translation if necessary!)
Website: Kinneavy@facebook
24.9. @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
14:00-14:20 // 16:00-16:20 // 18:00-18:20
Pfandtasche
Make your own 100% upcycled* banner bags!
In this workshop, you
learn how to re-use old commercial banners, and make smart bags, using
100% recycled materials. The method is simple and quick, a bag can be
designed and produced within 40 minutes. With help of a clever solution -
using pet-bottle tops to assemble the bag – you need neither thread nor
electricity! When you finish your bag, you can personalize it with a
nice stencil!
Website: www.trial-error.org pfandtasche.tumblr.com
24.9. @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
14:00-18:00
Loesje speed text writing
Join a 30 minute text writing session, creating the thought provoking, funny and actual one-liners of Loesje in a small group. No previous experience is needed and all participants can include topics they would like the group to write about.
Website: www.loesje.org & www.loesje.de
24.9. @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
all day drop in
Stencillia!
Cut your own stencil and spread your words out with this ludic two
hours workshop! Discover new ways to paint fabrics (or other surfaces)
with single-layered stencils and learn how to create your own halftone
pattern. But watch out - the workshop is limited up to 10 person!
Interested ones should previously register via email: hugo.massari@gmail.com
Don't miss the chance; join us!
Website: Hugo Massari @ facebook
20.-22.9. @ OpenDesignCity - Prinzessinnenstraße 19-20 - Ground Floor
14:00-16:00
24.9. @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
14:00-17:00
Jaw Harps
Learn how to play the Vietnameese Jaw Harp "Dan Moi" and try to make your own from an old phone or bank card! Facilitated by musician Jens Mügge - Rhythmus, Atem, Resonanz
24.9. @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
14:15-15:30
Yoga Flashmob
What is it? This is a way to softly go against the stream of modern life dynamics, of culture of constant rushing, in order to positively affect the people around us. Bring Yourself and whoever else you can (the more people the better). Please come with a relatively empty stomach (skip eating from 4pm preferably and avoid drinking alcohol) bring something to put under you, something like a yoga mat.
23.09. @ 18:30h Weltzeituhr Alexanderplatz
WarmUp: 17:30h in the yard of Neurotitan Gallery, Rosenthaler Straße 39
ART and ZINE
An art making workshops! With old newspapers and magazines we will make collages and create Zines. This workshop will also include art and fashion making using recycled materials -for example paper, plastic and foil- Decorate your outfits with found and recycled objects. All the products made during the workshops will be on display during the festival day at Lohmulhle.
19.09.-20.09. @ Bethanienhaus Studio, Mariannenplatz 2b, Berlin-Kreuzberg
(South Wing, 1st floor, 1st door right)
14:00-18:00
24.9. @ Main Festival Area (Wagenplatz Lohmühle)
16:00-20:00
Upcycle electronics
There are many ways of transforming old electronic devises into great new purposes, objects and installation. Lets come together and share our skills! From circuit bending till jewellery making and other forms of upcycling. It would be great to have the pieces created on display during the festival day on the 24th at Lohmühle.
Bring your cables, wires, electronic toys and anything else you want to experiment with. Basic tools will be present :)
21.9. @ OpenDesignCity - Prinzessinnenstraße 19-20
19:00-22:00