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News

AIC Index 2024/2025


AIC Index 2024/2025

Der AIC-Index 2024/2025 ist da!

Der Index gibt einen Überblick über die rund 45 im Netzwerk organisierten nichtkommerziellen Kölner Kunstinitiativen und Projekträume, die zeitgenössische Kunst ausstellen, produzieren, diskutieren und vermitteln.

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AIC Edition 2021


AIC Edition 2021

Zu AIC ON 2021 ist erstmalig eine eigene Künstler*inedition entstanden, gestaltet von Jan Hoeft, Mona Schulzek und Lucia Sotnikova.

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Initiatives

Baustelle Kalk e.V.


Baustelle Kalk e.V.
Baustelle Kalk sees itself as an initiator of projects and culture. The not-for-profit cultural association, founded in January 2012 by Meryem Erkus, Nicole Wegner and Fatma Erkus, brings cultural diversity, far from institutional requirements, especially to the Cologne district of Kalk. The focus of this small cultural niche is on (sub) cultural art, events of all kinds and concerts of a challenging nature (e.g. experimental, noise, sound art or improvisation). Baumusik was founded in April 2016 in response to the fact that most of the musicians associated with the association had nowhere to publish their releases, offering the chance to self-publish with greatest possible artistic individuality. BAUSTELLE KALK became a nomadic venture in 2017 after almost 5 years based on Kalk-Mülheimer-Straße. [read more]

PAErsche


paersche
PAErsche is an action lab that has intervened temporarily in various locations since 2010. PAErsche offers a platform and network for performance art, with talent as the most important ethos. The wavering core of the work is in Open Source Performance. [read more]