Just drop by
DER FREIRAUM

The FREIRAUM, collaborative space for concept and work for the arts and science, has been perceived as an “artist run space” since 2020, as operated by the Ben J. Riepe team. The FREIRAUM consists of two ATELIERs, which can be reserved by artists free of charge. The Co-Working-Space is open from mon to fri, 10 am to 4 pm and does not require any special registration.

Opening hours
Co-Working Space

Open mo to fr, 10 am to 4 pm
Closed Labor Day (may 1), Ascension Day (may 9), Whit Monday (may 20)
Düsseldorf, Engelbertstr. 13

Start the day Moving

The “Bewegte Start in den Tag” is our morning format that offers a free training session twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for professionals as well as beginners.

9 & 11 apr Hanna Maxi Schumacher – Kundalini Yoga
16 & 18 apr Irina Hortin – Axis Syllabus
23 & 25 apr Kati Menze – Gyrokinesis
30 apr Dawna Dryhorub – Flexibility

Info & Registration

FREIRAUM Salon #30
Wednesday, 08 may
6 pm, FREIRAUM
Verena Brakonier – Class Matters
Workshop & Input

Supported by various scholarships and residencies at PACT Zollverein, Verena has been researching the topic of classism, discrimination based on class origin and class affiliation since 2019. She gives anti-classism workshops and invites working class/poor artists to exchange ideas in her monthly online meeting “Anonyme Arbeiter*innenkinder”. Verena will give us an interactive insight into her work.

Please register informally by e-mail to freiraum@benjriepe.com.

©Philipp Alfons Heitmann

FILM ROOM
Wednesday, 29 may
1 pm, FREIRAUM
Open Meeting

To all film actors from Düsseldorf and NRW!
Tired of doing the e-casting alone?
Tired of introducing yourself to your audition partner?
Fancy regular meetings?
Let`s connect – just drop by!

Opening “digital agora”

On March 1, 2023 at 6 p.m., the Ben J. Riepe Team opened the “Digital Agora” with works by:

Anno Bolender/Lukas Picard, Céline Bellut, Luise Flügge/Katharina Maister, MEMORY EMPYRE, Gulliver DeLarge, Naoto Hieda , Brigitte Huezo, Andrea Isa, Robin Junicke/Miriam Michel, Katharina Kemme, Danila Lipatov, merighi | mercy, Ying Xiao

Enter the digital agora >>

 

Critical Distance

We are absolutely delighted to be presenting the next two editions of our Project “Critical Distance“ with two pivotal figures of the South-East Asian Art scene: Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer, yoga practitioner, scholar, and social activist Navtej Johar and Mithu Sen, who performs conceptual and interactive multi-format byproducts which among others include drawing, performance, poetry, moving images, sculptures, installations, sound, to explore and subvert hierarchical codes and rules.

You can find the Videos here