WerkStadt

Menschen stehen vor der WerkStadt in Essen-Katernberg und unterhalten sich
Photo: Christoph Sebastian

Initiated by PACT as an independent EXPERIMENTAL working and meeting place in Essen-Katernberg, the WerkStadt is an open space where residents and community stakeholders can come together with national and international artists to explore, reflect and create local, regional, national transnational urban realities and VISIONS. All who come and go from the WerkStadt contribute to shaping and sharpening its profile as a lively community sounding board for social realities. Alongside a regular programme of scheduled activities, new projects continue to grow out of meetings of interests between local people of diverse backgrounds and artists and specialists in the fields of TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE. The WerkStadt’s profile remains flexible and is constantly questioned, tested and tuned.
Zeichnung von zwei Frauen
Melwyn Haensch

Katernberg, lass dich blicken!

The new format ›Katernberg, lass dich blicken!‹ (Katernberg, let yourself be seen!) at the WerkStadt is a collection of stories, projects, and experiences from Katernberg. Here in the neighborhood, there are countless small and large occurrences, activities, commitments, and challenges that shape the coexistence of urban society and yet often remain hidden. The WerkStadt consistently engages with district-related topics and gathers impulses from the neighborhood community.

WerkStadt
Viktoriastraße 5
45327 Essen

Contact:

Laura Hermeling
Tel: +49 (0) 171.9766389
werkstadt@pact-zollverein.de


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Current Events
  • Sat 31.08.24 15 h
Platzhalter
WerkStadt Assembly For children

Tach am Bach
Ein Stadtteilfest in Katernberg

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Schreibwerkstatt Katernberg Aleyna Cira, Elisabeth Nierodkiewicz und Lara Peissig
Christoph Sebastian

Schreibwerkstatt Katernberg – Poetry in our city and journal

At the Katernberg writing workshop, young people explored the north of Essen with writer Pascal Bovée and wrote texts about unusual and everyday things they encountered in the area. Some of the resulting works by Aleyna Cira, Elisabeth Nierodkiewicz and Lara Peissig were displayed on posters all over the city and in full length in our online journal.
#Takeover: Mein Tanz Dein Tanz – Unser Tanz?

#Takeover: Mein Tanz Dein Tanz – Unser Tanz?

Vom 09. bis zum 15.08.2021 haben die Tanzvermittlerinnen und Choreografinnen Bianca Pulungan und Cinthia Nisiyama die Technik der Partizipation in ihrer Arbeit untersucht, mit der Absicht, diese zu erlernen. Dafür haben sie sich zuerst an zwei Tagen mit AkteurInnen der Jugendarbeit in Katernberg und Umgebung über deren Erfahrung und Expertise ihrer Arbeit ausgetauscht.
Takeover Künstlerinnen vor der WerkStadt
Photo: Dirk Rose

#Takeovers of the WerkStadt space

Killa Schütze (09.11. - 15.11.20), Magdalena Öttl (23.11. - 28.11.20), Paulina Holtkamp & Sofia Strunden (30.11. - 06.12.20), Yasmin Fahbod (07.12. - 13.12.20), Bettina Schiel, Bettina Grahs, Elisa Ueberschär, Tanja Krone, Eva Lochner & Johanna-Yasirra Kluhs (23.03. - 28.03.21), Zukunft Bildungswerk (30.03. - 09.04.21), Julian Weigandt & Leonard Leyens (19. – 24.04.), Lilith Ribitzki & Simon Ringelhahn (17. – 23.05.), Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber (24. – 29.05.), Linda Hafenenger (25. – 31.05.), Miyoko Urayama (07.–13.06.), Nadine Sleiman, Laura Herder, Philip Grüneberg, Johan Schüling, Sophie Ammann, Tashina Mende (21. – 27.6.), Kollabion (05. – 09.07.), Benjamin Trilling & Amir Mirzaei (5. - 11.07.), Bianca Pulungan & Cinthia Nisiyama (9. - 15.08.), Sanheyon Park (23. – 29.09)

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From pigeons to prosperity - a visit to carrier pigeon breeder Joachim Skrzypczak

In response to the Corona lockdown, local neighbours and other interested parties exchanged information over a period of several months starting in April via the “Together at Home” digital neighbourhood meeting organised by the WerkStadt. The stories and reports they shared gave rise to the idea of making a short documentary about a special neighbour living in the north of Essen: Joachim Skrzypczak is a carrier pigeon breeder in Stoppenberg. Carrier pigeon racing is in his family. Like his father before him, Joachim has successfully bred pigeons for many years. The Corona crisis has brought about some changes and unfamiliar situations for Joachim too. You can hear him talk about these and more in this short film documentary.
Karte: Tipps & Tricks
WerkStadt

A MAP for KATERNBERG

Find local tricks and tips to master this challenging current situation in your neighbourhood! We have collected places that we want to support and marked beautiful places close to our hearts: important addresses, places to have a nice walk, offers for refugees and take away food form our favourite restaurants. Do you have further tips for us? Send them (with name, address, contact options) or suggestions for other categories via e-mail to werkstadt@pact-zollverein.de

A project within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

In close cooperation with ›Arbeitskreis Kunst und Soziales‹ (art and social engagement working group): PACT Zollverein, Bürgerzentrum Kon-Takt, Institut für Stadtteilentwicklung, Sozialraumorientierte Arbeit und Beratung der Universität Duisburg-Essen (ISSAB), Jugendamt Essen, Stellwerk GmbH, Stiftung Zollverein (Zollverein mittendrin).