LaborBerlin is a self-organized DIY analog film lab in Berlin.

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  • Anja and Juan featured in Chinese Press

    Anja Dornieden and Juan David Gonzalez Monroy are back from Beijing, where they conducted a workshop at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts. Here is some feedback in the local Chinese press. Some things were lost in translation, some pictures have the wrong descriptions and one report used a picture of l’Abominable, but overall the…

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  • INTRICATE MACHINES

    From 11-14 August the film collective and laboratory LaborBerlin presents Intricate Machines at the project space MicaMoca in Berlin Wedding. Intricate Machines consists of an exhibition with film and video installations, slide shows and sound works from various artists. The exhibition opens on Thursday, 11 August at 8pm. On Saturday, 13 August there will be…

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  • Their Attack is Our Escape

    LaborBerlin members Anja Dornieden and Juan David Gonzalez Monroy are in China to work on their latest film projects. They will also be in Beijing to teach a workshop at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art and present a film program with films of LaborBerlin members. This project is made possible with the generous support…

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  • Meanwhile at LaborBerlin

    Last week, Mantas, Silvia and Michel worked on the contact printer which was hauled over from l’Abominable a few months ago. They cleaned, and cleaned again, and again cleaned a bit more … and put some pieces together: One of the main missing parts is an electricity transformer, one that will convert 
220V to 110V.…

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  • Our Thoughts Are With You

    Sad news reaches us that our friends at l’Abominable have been pushed out from their space. We know how hard it is to find an adequate, affordable home to equipment, machines, cameras, projectors, flatbeds, viewers, animation stands, printers, baths, watering spaces, and communal spaces, and to maintain them all. Our very best wishes in finding…

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  • Art Eats Brunch

    Tomorrow, Sunday JULY 17 // 12:00-18:00 // at the Node Center for Curatorial Studies // Waldemarstr. 37A, Kreuzberg // What better way to farewell the weekend than with a long, lazy and delicious brunch? Prepared especially by artist-run FOODGASM Berlin and the nowMomentnow team. FOODGASM’s approach takes full advantage of seasonal, locally available ingredients to…

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