In 1990, all members of dogfilm co-founded the interdisciplinary association Botschaft e.V. in Berlin-Mitte, in which numerous events and collective projects in all cultural fields were realised until 1995.
In May 1990, Botschaft e.V., an interdisciplinary group of around 13 people, was formed. Its location in the eastern part of the city and in the free spaces that emerged there after the Wall came down were constitutive for the work of Botschaft. In the summer of 1990, the group squatted spaces in the WMF building, and from 1991, Botschaft worked at Kronenstr. 3 in Berlin-Mitte, where the club ‘Friseur’ was opened in 1992 to confront a bar audience with themed events. Due to its proximity to projects such as ‘Friseur’, “Elektro” (bar) and ‘WMF-Club’ - both in terms of space and content - Botschaft was situated in a wide variety of contexts.
The collaboration opened up new possibilities in terms of both technical infrastructure and communication. The project work took place in various group constellations, which functioned as an information pool, a working space and think tank at the same time. Botschaft e.V. projects included ‘Dromomania’ (1990), ‘richtig '92’, ‘IG Farben - Performance einer Aktie’ (1993), ‘Botschaft Praxis’ (1994), ‘Berlin/NY/Beirut’ (1995-96).
Projects
The following chapters contain a selection of Botschafts projects in which members of dogfilm were involved.
Dromomania
Exhibition and Events
Indiskret
Exhibition and Novel Project
Fishing for Documents
Seminar in the 'Friseur' und film series in the cinema 'Babylon', Berlin-Mitte
Museum für Geschichte (Museum of History)
Exhibition
Magdeburg '92
Installation
Zucker
Exhibition and Multiple
IG Farben
Exhibition / Intervention in public space
Kitty Genovese
Exhibition
Jetzt Zeichen setzen (Make a Mark Now)
Installation/ Intervention in public space
Botschaft Kollektive Projekte
Installation and newspaper
Beirut-Berlin
collaboration project