Kunstraum Ossastraße is an artist space located at Ossastraße 38 in Berlin-Neukölln.
Between 2012 and 2015, the Belgian curator and artist Ludovik Vermeersch organised a series of exhibitions and artist presentations at Kunstraum Ossastraße that investigated contemporary strategies of "contextual" abstraction. The project was supported by the University of Antwerp and Sint Lucas University College of Art and Design, and resulted in a book and an accompanying lecture performance.
Kunstraum Ossastraße has since continued to function as a working space, occasionally organising public events that focus on the format of the lecture performance.
Past events:
25 June 2022, 12:30–19:00pm: Everything is Interesting #3
exhibition by Benjamin Rubloff and lecture performances by Toon Leën
lecture performances by Eddie Bonesire, Lizza May David, Nadine Hattom, Toon Leën, Franziskus Nakajima, Robbert&Frank/Frank&Robbert, Stefan Römer, and Max Sudhues
23 June 2018, 6:00pm: Everything is Interesting #1 — Lecture Performance Marathon
lecture performances by Jozefien Beckers, Lucas Blondeel, Raimund Krumme, Ellen Lapper, Toon Leën, Ying Sze Pek, Erik Porath, Stefan Römer, Max Sudhues, titre provisoire, Kris Van Alphen, Ada Van Hoorebeke, Hanne Vogelaers, Nathaniel Whitfield, and Frans Willems
24 June 2018, 5:00pm: The Case of the Ridiculous Curator
lecture performance by Toon Leën
23—24 March 2013: Das erotisch-transzendente Kabinett
exhibition featuring works by Ludovik Vermeersch and Aleksey Miroshnichenko
14—16 June 2013: Transfigurationen. Ein Gesamtkunstwerk
exhibition featuring works by Anna Ernst, Sarah Bal, Jens Presser, Marc Bergson, Bohumil Leo Rosendorf, Aleksey Miroshnichenko, and Stella Pinson
28 November 2012: Werkstattgespräch
discussion with Aleksey Miroshnichenko, Anna Ernst, and Jens Presser
3 November 2012: Werke aus der Sammlung Maas
15—17 June 2012: Über die Entbehrlichkeit abstrakter Kunst
exhibition curated by Ludovik Vermeersch, featuring works by Stella Pinson, Jens Presser and Anna Ernst
24 May 2012: Musik in den Augen
exhibition and concert by Stella Pinson
25 March—14 April 2012: Die Malerei ist ein Ballast, den man auch wegwerfen kann
exhibition featuring works by Sarah Bal