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The 35th anniversary of the squatting of Schreinerstraße 47 in Berlin-Friedrichshain was the occasion for artists to paint the façade together with the residents. The residents decided on the central content and image motifs. The picture of social utopias reflects the various topics they deal with within their housing project: in addition to the practical appropriation of living space, for example, feminism and climate justice. The final design was created after several open meetings over the summer, at which sketches and ideas were compiled.

Go to the photos at Umbruch Bildarchiv.

Schreiner47 was initially occupied on 29 December 1989 by a dozen people who knew each other from the non-conformist opposition movement in the GDR or were active in the Kirche von Unten, among others. One of them was Silvio Meier, who was murdered by neo-Nazis at the nearby underground station in November 1992. Since then, there have been annual anti-fascist demonstrations in his memory. In the ‘Villa Felix’, as the house was later called, there is, among other things, self-managed Clubrooms. Since 2003, the Schreiner has been owned by a co-operative and thus successfully taken off the rental market. It makes sense to squat!

Links

• https://besetzensowieso.de/schreinerstrasse-47

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