Exile as cultural territory
Hotel Continental- Art Space in Exile - our mission
Our world has entered a new state of disorder. For many people today, losing one’s home, livelihood, and country is not an abstract idea, but a lived reality. Exile is not a single condition. It is a vast territory of displacement, adaptation, memory, and renewal. In recent years, art in exile has become a cultural practice in its own right, shaped by artists who continue to create across borders, languages, and ruptured histories.
Berlin has become one of the central cities of exile today. We believe in the creative force, knowledge, and cultural renewal brought by new Berliners — artists, cultural workers, and communities who reshape the city through their presence and practice.
Welcome to Hotel Continental — Art Space in Exile, a project by Ogalala Kreuzberg e.V.
A space for creating and sharing art
Art Space in Exile provides the space for creating and presenting art, for conferences, campaigns and workshops, for exhibitions, education, and coming together.
Where refuge seeking artists and Berliners meet, exchange, and work together.
Since outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War, countless Ukrainian artists have fled to Germany. They seek to continue their work which, especially now, is of elevated importance for Ukrainian culture and all of Ukraine.
New music in an old piano factory
Project “HC- Art Space in Exile“ is situated right in the middle of Berlin, in the ground floor of a former piano factory. Since June 2022, the Hotel hosts refuge-seeking artists and cultural workers in Berlin, offering them a platform and social space to work and meet.
From artists for artists
HC - Art Space in Exile is a project by ogalala kreuzberg e.V., an independent theatre collective in Berlin. Together with our Ukrainian colleagues and friends, we try to contribute to cultural diplomacy in Europe in times of war.
