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SICK IN THE CITY

We are excited to present SICK IN THE CITY, running August 22 -24 mostly at Casino (and one event at Spore on Sunday)! SICK IN THE CITY is a weekend…

Here is an image of Yesim sitting in front of a piano looking cool.

Ping Pong, Hayat, & the art of the staying alive: talking to Yeşim Duman

October 27, 2024 Recently I had the chance to sit down with COVEN friend Yeşim Duman to have a coffee in the sunlight to talk about the current iteration of…

A collage of barrier methods for sex (gloves, a condom, a dental dam, with 90s US headlines over top, which urge teenagers not to have sex or lament the teen birth rate. The artist's teen doodles are visible in the background.

Teenage Dreams and Political Nightmares: An Interview with Charlie Jeffries

Ki Niehaus of COVEN Berlin interviews historian Charlie Jeffries about her 2022 book “Teenage Dreams: Girlhood Sexualities in the U.S. Culture Wars”.

Ecology of Care: COVEN BERLIN and DoLess collective explore collective art practice

In July 2023, COVEN and DoLess, an international well-being and resilience artistic collective, organized and produced a week-long explorative artistic research laboratory and residence. DoLess art collective has evolved from a series of creative workshops aimed at Belarusians during 2020-2023. They have held over 70 events with a total of 1700 participants.

Multiple posters for concerts and events are wheat pasted to a wall. A poster for On Rape is visible in the middle, with the black text superimposed over a white wedding dress.

On Rape, Gender and Complexity at C/O Berlin

Laia Abril’s On Rape – And Institutional Failure is a small exhibition packed with written information, occupying the front three rooms of the upstairs gallery space at C/O Berlin.

Watercolor of two trans bodies floating together in water. One pink being with long hair floating butt to the sun over a purple sting ray. One being light lemon green lavender and pink with furry legs on their back with seaweed floating between their crotch and being touched on their stomach by a tentacle. The water is dark blue and grey and filled with seaweed.

Holy Rebirth of a Youthful Pilgrim

We kiss and slowly undress, as we impatiently caress and taste each other’s bodies like two starved pilgrims at the end of their long walking day. We are both sweating a lot. Our bodies are hot with desire. I feel like a scallop floating in the ocean, soaked in the holy water of desire and touch.