a project space in a storefront on the weserstrasse 54 for sound and performance art experiments. A non profit intersectional feminist space of care, humility, gratitude, community building, knowledge sharing and collective grief.

Last year I unexpectedly lost my mom. It happened like a hurricane and blew everything out of balance. She was the first artist I ever knew, as a child I watched her getting her hands dirty and deep into clay to form her sculptural works. She was my biggest inspiration, and later when I became an artist, she was my number one fan.

In the midst of patching up the pieces after she was gone, the universe granted me this gift. I don‘t yet have a proper plan. These walls will tell me what to do, I trust the process. studio54 is dedicated to and in memory of MAlice: mom, artist, feminist, fighter, now somewhere else being my number one fan. muito amor.

get your ears ready for a full weekend of music, both live and recorded, coming up at the MusikMarkt at studio54!

Between some intimate concerts there is the chance to hear, see and take home some of the finest releases of the Berlin (and beyond) independent music scene, in a cozy atmosphere on weserstrasse.

Friday February 13th (spooky!) 17-22Uhr
Saturday February 14th (sweet valentine!) 14-20Uhr

weserstrasse 54, Neukölln

Friday:
19Uhr – @bleedingblackwood
Timo C Engel performs his atmospheric Lo-Fi Pop Hymns, sometimes minimalistic, sometimes opulent. First played in the dark. Sometimes borrowed from the world and transferred to the computer but always connected to nature.

20Uhr – Helmar (cassette release)
Helmar is the new project of Berlin-based artist Marieke Helmke, who creates intimate indie pop with soft, direct vocals, tactile tape-warmed instrumentation and a psychedelic touch. Celebrating her cassette release, she will play stripped-backed versions of the upcoming album and new songs with her band Joni Saksala and Hakim Azmi.

Saturday:

17Uhr @the_schnickschnack
Wir sind der Pop der an Dir kleben bleibt, wie Kaugummi an Deinem Schuh, der süße Fehler der
den Gehweg zuckert.

18Uhr @softshockgarden
Tanno is playing songs on guitar.

19Uhr @duchampdrone
DuChamp is an Italian scientist, musician and curator based in Berlin, religiously devoted to drone. Drone is related to a precise childhood memory: the sound of the hair dryer, that her mother used to fix her hair. That was the sound of care, bliss, and infinite love.

Vinyls, Cassettes, CDs and comics for listening and taking home by:
@emitter_micro @kitchenlegrecords @patrick_weh_weiland @bleedingblackwood @mary_ocher @muteswimmer @koob_music @no_more_music @glasambel

AND MORE!!!

(if you have recorded music and want to take part, reach out!)

the official opening of studio54 takes place on January 30 and 31, with the showing of the work in progress „for malice“, and it tells a very personal story.

In 2023 my mother and I began working on an installation together, merging her ceramic sculptures with my sound art research. We experimented with feedback loops and the resonating frequencies of her ceramics. She was fascinated with the ocean and we imagined what it could sound like in the deep sea.

In 2024 she unexpectedly left this plane, much too early, too many unfinished projects left behind. I decided to keep working on out installation in her memory.

In 2025 I was honoured to receive the Senat Stipendium für KlangKunst to support me in continuing the research for this piece. Due to the circumstances, it became an intimate work about grief.

I am nervous to show this work to an audience. But it feels right to start the program of studio54 as a project space with this story. It‘s a vulnerable place. A place of memory, of care and of love. It talks about emotions that don‘t often find space, that we (in western society) are not equipped to deal with. It talks about sharing and collectiveness, and translates a healing process into sound waves and vibrations.

come share this journey with me on Friday, January 30th from 18-22Uhr, and Saturday January 31st from 14-20Uhr.