What makes a creative art tech community truly meaningful to its members?

DEADLINE TO JOIN
Tuesday, 10. June 2025

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Recently we’ve come across the opportunity to expand our physical location to a beautiful space on the top floor of the ACUD Kunsthaus, a historic 19th century building that’s one of the few remaining independent art houses predating the fall of the Berlin Wall; the same building where the School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe has been housed since 2015.

To make it happen, we are starting a membership program for the School that would allow people living in or visiting Berlin to access to our spaces.

Our vision: an international group of artists, designers, technologists, scientists, researchers, activists, and the like, who care deeply about community, and co-creating a diverse, safe and sane space in the heart of Berlin for creative inquiry, shared learning, mutual support, artistic research, and playful experimentation. At the core of our efforts is a question: what makes a creative art tech community truly meaningful to its members, and how might we build a model that helps us care for one another through the absurdities of our time?

Wanna join us?

here is what we’re offering

Part-time Members (6 spots): 200 euros a month gets you

Access to our space 10 business days a month for co-working (estimated start date July 1)

Extras:

• 10% discount on in-person programs

• Free use of the School’s tools and hardware (with prior booking) (including 3D printer, electronics, sensors, monitors, screens, cameras, tripod). 

• Monthly in-person community meet-ups 

• Access to the community discord 

• Formal project and artistic feedback in small groups every quarter

Full-time Members (10 spots): 350 euros a month gets you

Access to the space 5 days a week for co-working (estimated start date July 1)

Extras (everything above plus):

• Priority access to book the space for weekend workshops

• Ability to pitch and organize community events in the space

• Free access to professional development talks

We have a lot of other stuff in the works that we would like to offer as the community unfolds, including matchmaking creatives, specific community events (e.g., book club, food club, movie club), a library of artist talks, and mentoring opportunities.

As you can see, this is not just about having desk space, but continuing to build and grow our community in a way where as many people as possible can contribute their voice in shaping things. 

We need to confirm this space as soon as possible. So we are asking everyone who wants to sign-up, please do so using one of the links above by Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

We would be super grateful if you can share this page with any like-minded people in Berlin. Here's a link to the floor plan and photos of the space.

Women and persons from BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and other under-represented communities in the tech and arts fields highly encouraged to join us! Sign-up early! Once we’re full, we’re full!

We’re happy to answer any questions in the meantime. Thanks for your support! <3