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WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Stefan Lenke + Johann Husser – Schichten
Urban spaces and fragments of our everyday world become the source of Lenke and Husser’s […]
Groupexhibition: OBSERVING SYSTEMS – vom Beobachten und Beobachtet werden (Axel Obiger, Berlin, zu Gast in der GEH8)
Observing systems are systems that systematically and purposefully gather basic or supplementary knowledge. Often working […]
Open Studios 2025
Since 2007, the old Bahn-Halle in Gehestraße has been a creative melting pot – now […]
VORWÄRTS IMMER, RÜCKWÄRTS AUCH – DEINE GESCHICHTE, DEIN LEBEN. Eine intergenerationale biografische Comic- und Schreibwerkstatt für Jugendliche und Senior*innen (mit Jeff Hemmer, Bremen & Silke Tobeler, Hamburg)
Die eigene Lebensgeschichte erzählen und Erlebnisse miteinander teilen spielt in allen Beziehungen und in jedem […]
Exhibition + Vernissage „WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER”
In our time, social, political and economic differences are becoming increasingly visible and more intensively […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // August Willi Lange + Michael Merkel – TORE UND AMORE. Wie der Vater, so der Sohn
The exhibition “Tore and Amore. Like father, like son” invites you to explore the creative […]
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER! GEMEINSAM SCHREIBEN, GEMEINSAM WACHSEN. Eine Schreibwerkstatt für Senior*innen mit Jeff Hemmer (Bremen)
We’re all in this together! Gemeinsam Schreiben, gemeinsam Wachsen. Die Schreibwerkstatt bietet Seniorinnen und Senioren […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Marleen Andreev + Amanda Bartak: LIAISON Kunst trifft Design – Ausstellung und Diskursfeld
Visual artist Marleen Andreev invites designer Amanda Bartak to the GEH8 workroom. Both share a […]
WERKRaum Exhibition+ Vernissage // Claudia Kleiner + Olicía – Kleine Töne
In January, February and March, the Werkraum presents the project “Kleine Töne”, in which the […]
OPEN CALL FOR THE DESIGN OF FLAGS ON THE TOPIC„WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER“
BACKGROUND With the 2025 annual theme “We’re All in This Together”, the GEH8 art and […]
OPEN CALL TO THE EXHIBITION „WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER“
BACKGROUND In the planned group exhibition “We’re All in This Together”, the GEH8 art and […]
That was our graffiti workshop 2024!
Anyone who moves around in urban areas is inevitably confronted with vibrant colors and images […]
WERKRaum Group Exhibition + Vernissage // The winner
Marleen Andreev, Kathrin Assauer, Matthias Bausch, Claudia Kleiner, Thomas Judisch, Michael Merkel, Julia Pommer and […]
2nd Offline Market at GEH8
The Offline Market is coming back to GEH8! On December 7 and 8, 2024 from […]
Writingworkshop with Birthe Mühlhoff
Learn from the Pieschen author and translator Birthe Mühlhoff how to write inspiring texts, exchange […]
WERKRaum Exhibition+ Vernissage // LITTOPIA (Kathrin Assauer & Silke Tobeler) + Claudia Christoffel – BOSS* The winner takes it all
Claudia Christoffel studied media and visual communication at the HFBK in Hamburg. She received the […]
Graffitiworkshop THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL? – TAKE IT EASY!
Fancy graffiti and street art? Then come to our free, five-day graffiti workshop and […]
LIQUID LOVE. Ein performatives Konzert über die Flüchtige Moderne
Der Soziologe Zygmunt Bauman beschrieb in seinem Buch „Liquid Love“ (2003) die Tendenz zu einer […]
Pecha Kucha Pieschen at GEH8
A new round of Pecha Kucha Nights in Pieschen will start again in 2024! Open […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte presents: Music meets Painting! With Kravchenko Klees Duo and Isolde Leonhardt + Susann Brenner.
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. Music […]
Joint waste collection campaign by SchönerPieschen and GEH8
On October 26, 2024, the SchönerPieschen initiative, together with GEH8, invites you to its fifth […]
Konzert: Seventh Floor – “Chronicle” Release Tour
Are you ready to create memories for eternity? Because that’s exactly what the Dresden indie […]
KG[O] FESTIVAL TOUR DRESDEN IN DER GEH8
Mit einem erfolgreichen Auftakt startete die KG[O] Festivaltour im letzten Jahr. Im November 2024 gibt […]
Photography workshop “Introduction to photography: from theory to practice” with Christoph Lämmel
Learn from Christoph Lämmel how to take good photos, be introduced to photography and get […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Matthias Bausch + Ekkehard Tischendorf – NONPLUSULTRA
Matthias Bausch studied painting and graphic art at the Dresden Academy of Art and […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte presents: Music meets Cooking! With Peuker and Que Chévere.
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. Music […]
Fleamarket at GEH8
Come along to the 6th flea market on the grounds of GEH8. Everything from clothes […]
WeinLese – GEH8-LitLabLoversClub
WeinLese – GEH8-LitLabLoversClub The story behind the story – Vorglühen – Sex Sells WeinLese marks […]
7th international Elbe Dock Festival
The ELBE DOCK International Film Festival is a competitive showcase of the best short films […]
Druckwerkstatt “Dein Plakat – Deine Message” + “Mosaik – Ein Gewimmel an Sprachen” von Kultur Aktiv e.V.
Druckwerkstatt “Dein Plakat – Deine Message” in der GEH8 Gegeneinander – nebeneinander – miteinander – […]
Matthias Lorenz // Fremdbestimmt 4: Sound
Friedemann Schmidt-Mechau – Program compilation / Matthias Lorenz – Violoncello We all have an idea […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // REAL INSECT ESTATE
In February 2021, the GEH8 art and culture center launched a design competition for an […]
Neighborhood brunch at GEH8
Solidarische Aktion Pieschen invites you to a neighborhood brunch. It would like to introduce itself, […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Music meets Yoga! With Forest Roots & Anna Zepnick.
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. Music […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Tiziana Foit + Lea Weiß – Berührungspunkte. Betrachtungen zu Zärtlichkeit
Peach fuzz on skin, flowers in the kitchen, long sundays under the covers, laughing and […]
Exhibition + Vernissage „THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL!?”
“The winner takes it all!” is the title of the annual program of the GEH8 […]
It’s here! The project film for the performative reading of “*Topie – Space is the case” (2023)
Last year, *TOPIE was the title and occasion for the publication of an anthology by […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Lea Hoffbauer + Margarita Mednikova – leaking
It drips and flows when Lea Hoffbauer builds up her pictures layer by layer. Ink […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Thomas Judisch + Robert Vanis – Die Kubatur des Alltags
This year we are continuing our GEH8 + 1 concept, in which each studio tenant […]
KG[O] FESTIVAL TOUR DRESDEN AT GEH8 – ROUND TWO!
Saxony’s creative music scene in the spotlight On April 13, 2024, the second round of […]
Filmfest Dresden „Total Refusal: Everyday Daylight“
In a live gaming lecture, the media guerrilla Total Refusal takes us through the digital […]
Participation of GEH8 at the 9th Künstlermesse Dresden
The upcoming KÜNSTLERMESSE DRESDEN will take place from March 22 – 24, 2024 at the […]
3rd children’s flea market in the GEH8
Come along to the 3rd children’s flea market on the grounds of GEH8. It starts […]
Open Call to the Exhibition: THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL!?
“The winner takes it all!” is the title of GEH8’s 2024 annual program. In a […]
Georgic cooking evening for all generations at GEH8
This evening aims to bring together different people from Pieschen. In cooperation with the Georgians […]
WERKRaum Exhibition+ Vernissage // IN CASE
Marleen Andreev, Matthias Bausch, Thomas Judisch, Stefan Lenke, Michael Merkel, Julia Pommer, Heinz Schmöller, Sara […]
GEH8 in „111 Orte in Dresden, die man gesehen haben muss”
“What happened to Europe’s largest abattoir? What does the molar of a woolly rhinoceros […]
Teilnahme der GEH8 am Projekt „GREEN CULTURE INDEX” mit eigener Klimabilanz
2023 nahm die GEH8 am Projekt „Green Culture Index Sachsen“ (GCI) teil, um erstmals überhaupt […]
ANNUAL REVIEW 2023 AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Dear friends of GEH8, An eventful year full of diverse experiences and encounters is coming […]
ATTENTION! THE EVENT HAS BEEN DELETED! Fleamarket during advent at GEH8
Because of sickness at the team, the event won’t take place!! For the first […]
Offline Market at GEH8
In cooperation with the GEH8 café, the offline store will take place on December 9 […]
5th Verstärker Art-Film-Festival: The winners have been announced!
THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! This year, the Verstärker Art-Film-Festival took place on October 7. […]
KG[O] FESTIVALTOUR
On November 11, 2023, the festival will start in Dresden and continue its spectacular […]
“Traces of Jewish Life in Hellerau in the 1930s and the Rediscovery of the Garden City as a Nazi Place of Longing” – Lecture Commemorating the 85th Anniversary of the 1938 Pogroms.
“Traces of Jewish Life in Hellerau in the 1930s and the Rediscovery of the Garden […]
PECHA KUCHA PIESCHEN
Open stage for inspiration & networking Cultural professionals present current projects in 6:40 min each […]
WERKRaum Exhibition+ Vernissage // Stefan Lenke + Christoph Wüstenhagen (Hamburg) – Anbetracht des Mondes
The moon serves both artists as a fixed instance in a constantly changing world. It […]
Holger Kasten Grauberg – Gallwespen (Soundcollage and Paperinstallation)
Holger Kasten Grauberg likes to stage things, objects and images. In his new, wall-sized collage […]
Summergarden Concert: Heated Land
Heated Land, an Americana band project around singer and songwriter Andreas Mayrock, who lives in […]
5th Verstärker Art-Film-Festival: participating entries
The selection is ready! Here you can find all participants of our 5th Verstärker Art-Film-Festival, […]
Colorful flea market (from clothes to odds and ends) at GEH8
Come by for the 4th flea market on the grounds of GEH8. Everything from clothes […]
The three-part project “*Topie – Space is the Case” – Publication – Performance – Exhibition
follows an interdisciplinary approach and interweaves different artistic genres -literature, performance, visual arts and music- […]
*TOPIE – SPACE IS THE CASE: A PERFORMATIVE READING & WERKRaum Exhibition „*TOPIE” with Pop-up-Reading for the DCA-OPEN-Gallery-Tour
*TOPIE – SPACE IS THE CASE: A performative reading Foto: AuditivVokal *TOPIE is the title […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte presents: crimejazzorchestra meets Matthieu Anatrella
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. In […]
6th Intenational Elbe Dock Festival
The ELBE DOCK International Film Festival is a competition for the best short films from […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Dell Lillinger Westergaard meets Matthias Gruner (presented by Dresdner Drum & Bass Festival)
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. In […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte presents: Peter Piek
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. In […]
Extend! 5th Verstärker Kunst-Film-Festival: Call for Entries
On the 7th of October the GEH8 Art and Culture Center in Dresden will host […]
OF CHICKENS AND PEOPLE – exhibition, film and exchange around our favorite country animal.
For years, Swedish artist Lovisa Lesse photographed friends on her small farm in Östergötland (Sweden) […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Michael Merkel + Pictoric (Ukraine) – MAKE ART NOT WAR
The Pictoric Illustrators Club is a community of Ukrainian illustrators, graphic designers and artists founded […]
Exhibition + Midissage: Energiekulturfabrik
The region around Chemnitz used to be one of Germany’s industrial heartlands, a region on […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Marleen Andreev + Juliane Schmidt – Justthetwoofus
Just as lines meet in a drawing, the paths of the visual artists Marleen Andreev […]
OPEN STUDIOS 2023
Since 2007, the old Deutsche Bahn hall in Gehestraße has been a new home for […]
Exhibition + Vernissage „SPACE IS THE CASE”
Space is the Case is the title of the 2023 annual program of the GEH8 […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Thomas Judisch + Susanne Ring – Über Kinderträume und andere Weisheiten
Wishes are spaces of experience – vessels in which thoughts, once conceived, can manifest themselves. […]
Matthias Lorenz // Fremdbestimmt 3: Wissenschaft
For his current concert series, Matthias Lorenz has given six composers a content-related task and […]
2nd children’s clothes flea market in the GEH8
Come to the 2nd children’s flea market on the grounds of GEH8. It starts at […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Nilsson Samuelsson + Svea Duwe – KRITISCHE MASSE
CRITICAL MASS – Space installation by Svea Duwe and Nilsson Samuelsson on activism, art and […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Tiziana Foit + Franz Burkhardt: Poetics of Cities – analoge Architekturfotografien im urbanen Raum
The exhibition shows a selection of photographs taken in recent years on forays through large […]
Seed-exchange
Are you looking for rarities and treasures for the coming gardening season? You have seeds […]
Open Call “Space is the case”
From April 29 to June 04, the GEH8 Art and Cultural Center is organizing an […]
Review of the year 2022
Dear friends of GEH8, with fast steps we are approaching the end of the year […]
Announcement publication children’s book: GEH8 – Was machen die da eigentlich?
Still looking for the perfectgift for you and your loved ones? Get a copy of […]
Filmscreenings to the Football World Championship 2022
No World Cup in the tournament’s nearly century-long history has been as controversial as this […]
WERKRaum Exhibition+ Vernissage // Brot und Spiele
Thomas Judisch Michael Merkel Heinz Schmöller et al. No World Cup in the tournament’s nearly […]
Pecha Kucha Night at Zentralwerk Pieschen
Pecha Kucha (Japanese for “chatting all the time”, registered word mark) is a lecture technique […]
Space is the case
On Friday, December 9, the Institut für räumliche Resilienz e.V. and GEH8 Kunst Raum Ateliers […]
Dear Future – Dresden Sustainability Festival
Our world is constantly changing and it is primarily in our hands what the future […]
Pecha Kucha Night at Galvanohof in Pieschen
Eleven creative artists present their current projects at the Galvanohof in Pieschen at the Creative […]
Exhibition „UNDER CONSTRUCTION” – Opening with Come Together & DCA-Tour
“Construction time again” is the motto for the artistic program of GEH8 in Dresden in […]
Colorful flea market (from clothes to odds and ends) at GEH8
Come by for the 2nd flea market on the grounds of GEH8. This time everything […]
Matthias Lorenz // Fremdbestimmt 2: Werk/Prozess
The concert on 28.9. continues the series “fremdbestimmt” of cellist Matthias Lorenz. This year Benjamin […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Organ Clash meets Kumo
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. In […]
If paradise is half as nice IPIHAN#12
Last year, GEH8 Kunst Raum Ateliers launched the project Frei.Raum.Direkt., a multi-layered examination of the […]
Winning designs of the call for entries: Hanging gardens or: Nobody intends to green a wall
GEH8 wants to combine environmental protection with design and was looking for unusual and fresh […]
Fête macht mobil! The Open-Air at your doorstep.
Fête makes mobile! On September 09 and 10, it’s Fête macht mobil again! – The […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Heinz Schmöller – LOOPS
Sculptor and video artist Heinz Schmöller [b. 1975] primarily creates video loops among his video […]
4th Verstärker Art Film Festival: The winners have been announced!
THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED! From June 17 – 18, 2022, GEH8 organized the 4th […]
Pecha Kucha Night at GEH8
Open stage for inspiration & networking: Actors from the fields of art, culture, sports and […]
Open Studios – GEH8
Since 2007, the old Deutsche Bahn wagon repair hall in Gehestraße has been a new […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Julia Pommer – DUG unplugged
“The Neverending Story” by Michael Ende is probably familiar to most. The GEH8 workroom takes […]
MARIUPOL, I LOVE YOU: Movie Night / Benefit PEACE FOR UKRAINE!
What do you know about Mariupol? Mariupol is a port, a resort, home to a […]
Colorful baby and children flea market in the GEH8
Come by for the 1st baby/children flea market on the grounds of GEH8. It […]
Cello Concert by Sofia von Freydorf & Tobias Bäz
In November 2021, the two young cellists Sofia von Freydorf and Tobias Bäz met for […]
4th Verstärker Art-Film-Festival: participating entries
From June 17 – 18, 2022, the GEH8 Art and Culture Center in Dresden will […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Johannes Gerstengarbe meets Tim Schreiber
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. In […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Tolyqyn meets Susanna Großmann
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. In […]
Concert Kronenquartett
In June 2020, four Dresden-based musicians meet and immediately a musical symbiosis with a common […]
5th International Elbe Dock Festival
The ELBE DOCK International Film Festival is a competition presenting film students and debut and […]
Outside the Bounding Box – junge Designpositionen zu künstlicher Intelligenz
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now the ubiquitous pace-setter of automation. At the same time, it […]
50 Uhr [das DU im ICH]
A tribute to Matthias Kornetzky (1957 – 2019). Matthias Kornetzky was a central figure in […]
Open Call to the exhibition „under construction“
“Construction time again” is the motto for the artistic program of GEH8 in Dresden in […]
RauschKörper: Dance piece for teenagers from 14 years
RauschKörper thematizes the allure of intoxication, but also the decay of body and soul through […]
GEH8 supports ARTISTS IN WAR program of Jam Factory Art Center, Lviv, Ukraine
Dear friends of GEH8! Today we turn to you with a special and important request. […]
Summergarden OPEN AGAIN
Dear visitors of the GEH8, it is finally time again! The summer garden opens again […]
We become greener! III
This year, too, the grounds of GEH8 will be given a helping hand, because we […]
Talk + Reading: “LIEBE SVENJA” VON NILSSON SAMUELSSON
On December 1, 2021, the book “Dear Svenja – 46 Postcards to the Federal Environment […]
Signing of the Dresdner Charta für Nachhaltigkeit im Kultursektor
On Friday, March 25, 2022, we as an arts and cultural center and 24 other […]
Replacement of the flags on the installation “G? Flags” by Saeed Foroghi
“We all ask ourselves, why is the noise of war swelling again? Another war besides […]
Exhibition ,,REITER#STAND#BILD OR AN EQUESTRIAN STATUE“
The theme of the exhibition is the equestrian statue. “The ruler on horseback” in its […]
Participation of GEH8 in the eighth artists’ fair in Dresden
Also this year the artist fair Dresden takes place for the eighth time! The […]
Win at teilAuto’s 2021 christmas promotion!
We are pleased to announce the winners of teilAuto’s 2021 Christmas campaign! 15 winners […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Stefan Lenke – Painting
Six photographs are the starting point of Stefan Lenke’s new exhibition. Perpetuated in passing as […]
The final documentary on Frei.Raum.Direkt. 2021 is here!
It’s done! We are pleased to announce the completion of the documentation of our project […]
Call for entries: 4th Verstärker Art-Film-Festival
Apply now until 5/8/2022! From June 17 – 18, 2022, the GEH8 Art and Culture […]
WERKRaum exhibition + vernissage // Claudia Kleiner
“[…] A central aspect of the working process in Claudia Kleiner’s works is stillness. […]
Review of the year 2021
Dear friends of GEH8, for the second time a year comes to an end, which, […]
Announcement! Book launch: Real Insect Estate
OUT NOW! It’s finally here. Under the title REAL INSECT ESTATE, GEH8 2021 launched a […]
eku – FUTURE PRIZE idea: Hanging Gardens. Facade greening at the art and culture center GEH8
In recent years, GEH8 has taken various measures to make its own contribution in the […]
WERKRaum exhibition + vernissage with shop window // Thomas Judisch – Dear Good
INFO: Due to the current situation, the exhibition will only be visible through the new […]
Review OURSPACE Fall Course 2021
For the last time, young people from Pieschen and the Hechtviertel were able to give […]
Frei.Raum.Direkt. Documentation-Video
We are happy to announce the completion of our documentary video as a review of […]
WERKRaum exhibition + vernissage // Susanne Engelhardt: Treasure Islands – Altars, Vases and Bowls made of Ceramics
For more than 10 years Susanne Engelhardt’s studio in GEH8 has been a center of […]
Anmeldung zum OURSPACE Herbstkurs 2021
Five-day workshop – October 18-22, 2021 at GEH8, Gehestr. 8, 01127 Dresden For the last […]
Review OURSPACE Sommercamp N°2 & N°3
At the last two summer camps it was once again: build, saw, spray & nail […]
3rd Verstärker Art-Film-Festival: Award Winners
The winners have been announced! As part of the “Verstärker Program” to support young artists, […]
Announcement: Graphic Novel by Nilsson Samuelsson – Liebe Svenja
On December 1, 2021, the book “Liebe Svenja – 46 Postcards to the Federal Environment […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Sara Hoppe – Fragments
With the upcoming exhibition in the WERKRaum of GEH8, the artist Sara Hoppe shows new […]
Umundu Festival – CLIMATE OF CHANGE (Guided Tour & Film + Talk)
Global climate change is arguably the greatest challenge facing our world today. The risks and […]
Shaping Europe! Participation formats in the EU
Europe is shaped from Brussels? Not true: Europe is everywhere and much closer than is […]
WERKRaum Exhibition + Vernissage // Michael Merkel – Einhundertachtundfünfzig Krankenwagen
In October 2021, Michael Merkel will present works from his medical repertoire in the WERKRaum […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Gomringer & Scholz
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. In […]
The Reading Club Festival: Ally Klein – The Whale
“Literature as a dare – Ally Klein shows how it can be done.” Wolfgang Huber-Lang […]
3rd Verstärker Art-Film-Festival: participating entries
As part of the Verstärker Program to support young artists, GEH8 is hosting the 3rd […]
Frei.Raum.Direkt. Young Satellites – DIY Building Workshop
young satellites / DIY – Building Workshop Here we saw and build! We design the […]
Frei.Raum.Direkt. BRAIN WALK WITH AFTER WALK PARTY
BRAIN WALK Old Leipzig Station with After-Walk-Party We invite you next Wednesday from 5 pm […]
Esther Kokmeijer / Rotterdam – Artist Residency #3 – Frei.Raum.Direkt.
August 17 – 20, 2021 Frei.Raum.Direkt. Artist Residency #3 Esther Kokmeijer (Rotterdam) From August 17-20, […]
REVIEW OURSPACE SUMMER CAMP N° 1
From July 26 to July 30, OURSPACE SUMMER CAMP N° 1 was all about being […]
real insect estate – award winners
The winners have been determined! In February 2021, GEH8 launched a design competition for an […]
Frei.Raum.Direkt.
With the project Frei.Raum.Direkt. we were able to test artistic practices as tools for […]
Windkanal – New music for recorders and accordion
For the concert project we have chosen an unusual instrument duo: Accordion and recorders. Both […]
WERKraum Re-Opening
Already last year, the WERKraum created a showcase for the studio tenants of the GEH8, […]
Concert Kronenquartett
In June 2020, four Dresden-based musicians meet and immediately a musical symbiosis with a common […]
Pecha Kucha Night
Eleven creative artists present their current projects in GEH8 – each contribution lasts 6:40 minutes. […]
Fête makes mobile! – The open air on your doorstep
Fête makes mobile! – The open air on your doorstep – special edition 2021 More […]
OURSPACE summer camps
At our summer camps in July and August we are on the road on brownfields […]
Exhibition + Finissage-Brunch: Grüner wird’s nicht!?
Exhibition + Finissage-Brunch „Grüner wird’s nicht!?” In the discussion of the annual theme 2021 of […]
This is how it went at the graffiti workshops
Well equipped with plenty of spray cans, OUR SPACE started into the summer of 2021. […]
Opening – G? Flaggschiffe
G? Flaggschiffe Opening of Saeed Foroghi’s art in construction project. July 3, 2021, 6 pm […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Olicía trifft mDura
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. In […]
Graffiti workshop in June and summer preview
Learn in three afternoons the 1×1 of Urban Art and design together with us the […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Laurent de Schepper Trio meets David Pinzer
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte provide a platform for the fusion of sound, image and space-based arts. There […]
eku – FUTURE AWARD 2020 for the project REAL INSECT ESTATE of GEH8
For the project REAL INSECT ESTATE the GEH8 receives the eku – Future Award 2020 […]
We are becoming greener! II
Sustainability at GEH8. As an arts and cultural centre, we take the issue of sustainability […]
open call real insect estate
Call for proposals for the artistic conception and realization of an insect hotel The cultural […]
3rd Verstärker Art Film Festival: call for entries
In May 2021, the GEH8 Kunstraum will host the 3rd Verstärker Art Film Festival and […]
We are art – That was the motto of the fall course
Spontaneity and courage were in demand when it came to creating art in the district […]
Made in Pieschen
Exhibition. Urban planning ideas for urban production, common good and culture in Pieschen. What is […]
Free spinning with OUR SPACE – new autumn holiday course
Free spinning with OUR SPACE! Autumn holiday course from 26-30 October in the GEH8 Because […]
“MOD HELMY” – Talk with Igel Avidan
In his book “Mod Helmy” (dtv, 2017), the Israeli author and journalist Igal Avidan traces […]
Ya-Wen Fu “Metamorphose”
Ya-Wen Fu “Metamorphose” Interactive installation performance Metal, wood, leather, acrylic glass, motor and sensor 2019-2021 […]
UMUNDU – Trash with Brain II: “Ideocracy”
Film presentation with UMUNDU-Festival! We have teamed up with Filmgalerie Phase IV and continue the […]
SoCell – New Music for Sopran and Violoncello
A concert project of the Sächsischer Musikbund e.V. in cooperation with musik21 e.V. (Düsseldorf) The […]
Brot_lose_Kunst III: Solo, Duo, Kollektive? Forms of artistic collaborations
Conversation over bread and dips with Paul Elsner (visual artist), Cindy Hammer (choreographer) & Prof. […]
2nd Verstärker Art-Film-Festival
Under the title “Verstärker” the GEH8 presents projects and exhibitions of students of the HfBK […]
Die Sehnsucht nach dem Jetzt
We take the NOW, as well as the desire for it, as a sequence of […]
Günter „Baby“ Sommer meets The Saxonz
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. Thereby […]
Matthias Lorenz // Fremdbestimmt 1: Politik/Gesellschaft
The concert on September 14 marks the start of Matthias Lorenz’s new concert series “fremdbestimmt”, […]
OURSPACE Summercourse
Our summer vacation courses from August 17 to 21 in the GEH8 KUNSTRAUM The summer […]
DESIRABLE TIMES
an exhibition by students of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden Contemporary perception of aesthetics, […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Josephin Bunde paints to Kid Be Kid
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. Thereby […]
Corona-Denkzettel
Reading by Ulrike & Nilsson Samuelsson, Max Loeb on the guitar The year 2020 was […]
3rd international Elbe Dock Festival
3rd International Documentary Film Festival ELBE DOCK The documentary film festival for debuts of Czech […]
So waren die Sommerkurse
In der vorletzten Sommerferienwoche wurde es kreativ im OUR SPACE Atelier: die Teilnehmer*innen unserer Ferienworkshops […]
We are becoming greener!
A lot has happened in the past year. The area of the GEH8 Kunstraum has […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: JOHANNES ZINK & EZÉ WENDTOIN
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offers a platform for the fusion of sound-, image- and space-based arts. The music is […]
LAGE LAGE LAGE III
As a scholarship holder of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, the […]
Textile Raumnahme – ornamental structure transformation
The two artists Freya Schweer (Halle) and Anne Reiter (Hamburg) use freely suspended, space-consuming textile […]
GEH8 TV – INTERVIEW#2
THOMAS JUDISCH Specializing in three-dimensional design, Thomas, who lives in Dresden by choice, creates sculptures […]
GEH8 TV – INTERVIEW#1
SUSANNE ENGELHARDT Susanne is a ceramist and has been with us at the Atelierhaus for […]
André und Christian – unsere Kursleiter kurz vorgestellt
The most important thing about our courses and activities is, of course, you as participants, […]
Wasserkränze – Multimedia room installation by Constanze Kresta
Multimedia room installation by Constanze Kresta, Leipzig Welcome, sister. Welcome brother. “We do not touch […]
G?-Flaggschiffe – Saeed Foroghi
An art project by the artist Saeed Foroghi for the GEH8. BACKGROUND Under the title […]
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
We look back to an exciting, diverse and intense year 2019 of which we would […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Linebug & Selma Juhran
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte offer a platform for the fusion of sound, image and space-based arts. Music […]
FILMS NEVER MADE, PART 1: 8919 – ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR
– Performance, installation, and reading – SATURDAY, 21.9.2019, 19:30, 10:30 pm AFTERPARTY GALLERY TOUR, Fred […]
Kunst.Raum.Konzerte present: Amore Meow und Annie Quinn
The Kunst.Raum.Konzerte provide a platform for the fusion of sound, image and space-based arts. There […]
Summit and metamorphosis
Gipfeltreffen – Aus Rücksicht auf die Zukunft The extensive modernisation and setting the course for […]
GEH8 SOMMERGIPFEL
PROGRAM Saturday, August 31 In cherished tradition, the GEH8 celebrates its summer festival again this […]
Final presentation: KUNTERBUNT – Minimal Art Gallery
In a Minimal Art Gallery the young participants of our workshop curate their own artworks, […]
GEH8 is a member of TEH
Since May 2019, GEH8 is a proud member of Trans Europe Halles, a network of […]
Veranstaltungen im Rahmen der Raumkonferenz 2019
Wir mischen mit! Gemeinsam mit dem Konglomerat e. V. finden bei uns im Rahmen der […]
The Future of Time
»The Future of Time« is dedicated to the artistic examination of contemporary issues. Whether historical […]
Alte Meister – Epilog
Thursday, July 4, 8 p.m. With the “sonate for cello solo” by Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, composed […]
KATALYZATOR – New cross-border network and cultural catalyzer
SAVE THE DATE Symposium and Launch Session: KATALYZATOR – New cross-border network and cultural catalyzer […]
1st Verstärker Art-Film-Festival: Winners announced!
As part of its “Verstärker” program, GEH8 organizes the 1st Art Film Festival and awards […]
Annual topic 2019: OUT OF FOCUS ON THE FUTURE
In its self-image as a place of artistic exploration of social issues, the GEH8-Kunstraum dedicates […]
Happy christmas and a wonderful new year!
We look back on an exciting, diverse and intensive year 2018, from which we would […]
Cooperation forum for culture
With the German-Czech exchange and cooperation platform we bring together independent art and cultural organizations […]
Workshop : Multicolor – children meet artists
In September 2018 the project “multicolor – children meet artists” started, an educational opportunity initiated […]
Soirée Électrique Au Café Américain: HOBO UFO meets “ ”
In cooperation with DAVE Festival New York-based musician, artist, and publisher James Hoff, […]
DEM VATERLAND ZU ZIER UND EHR
With works by: J. Tobias Anderson (SWE), Annette Hollywood (DE), Neuen Berliner Kunstverein & Dan Perjovschi […]
Alte Meister 4 – Balance
The composition “sonate for cello solo” of 1960 by Bernd-Alois Zimmermann started a new era […]
Verstärker
“Verstärker” is a new format by GEH8 to present projects and exhibitions by students of […]
Over 400,000 euros for our roof, new windows and house electrics
With 403,390 euros from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), first the roof and then […]
BIGASSO BABY
The solo exhibition BIGASSO BABY includes two video installations of the Berlin artist Annette Hollywood. Hollywood […]
GEH8 makes SUMMER!
Summer time @ GEH 8 ! Let’s go! Enjoy nice weather, blue skies, sunshine AND […]
Artisttalk with Juliane Stiegele/UTOPIA TOOLBOX
As part of the exhibition “Stairway to Heaven” Initiated by Juliane Stiegle in 2010, UTOPIA TOOLBOX is […]
Stairway To Heaven
A group show with Margit Greinöcker (AT), Juliane Stiegele and UTOPIA TOOLBOX (DE), Philipp Gloger […]
A warm invitation to an artist talk with Pawel Kowalski (Breslau, PL) Tuesday – 10. April, 19:30 Uhr – at the GEH8 Art Space!
Since the beginning of this week our first resident of the new exchange-programme for curators […]
annual topic 2018: “Model artists” – human, role and artist models
„Let’s say, the art system is a small model, a test field. Other industries are […]
The fellows for the curator exchange program (Wroclaw/Dresden) have been announced!
This year, for the first time, GEH8 initiates a travel grant for curators between the […]
OPEN CALL! Exchange for Curators 2018 (Wroclaw/Dresden)
Bewerbungsfrist verlängert / Deadline extended: 25.01.2018! This post is also availabe in English: Curators Exchange […]
Between self-organisation and organisation
In 2014, the conditions that had been unfavourable for the GEH8 changed for the better. […]
OPEN CALL! Exhibition participation
In addition to invited international positions, GEH8 Kunstraum & Ateliers e.V. also promotes the work […]
Alte Meister 3 – Leichtigkeit
Matthias Lorenz (cello) plays and comments on works by Helmut Lachenmann, Klaus Huber and Benjamin […]
GEH8 at the Industry Culture Parcour
How can former industrial sites be revitalized? The Spinnerei in Leipzig is a good example: […]
FALL
GEH8 Kunstraum & Ateliers e.V. invites you to FALL, an international group exhibition by the […]
Final presentation “I map my body”
The exhibition shows results of seven workshops, a cooperation project of GEH8 Kunstraum with young […]
Winners of the ideas competition Metamorphose GEH8
The environment of GEH8 is changing. This offers us the chance to realign ourselves. We […]
MULTIPOLIS – Images of the City / Dresden
A group exhibition with results of interventions in public space in Sofia (BG), curated by […]
International art scholarship
For the seconde time the foundation “Stiftung Kunst & Musik für Dresden” awards the International […]
Dokumentarism
Symposium accompanying the exhibition “Fictions are useful”. Beginning on August 19, 11 a.m. – 11 […]
Fictions are useful
International exchange project and group exhibition of artists from Austria and Germany as guests at […]
Artist talk at GEH8
Founded in 1995 by the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Saxon State Ministry for […]
Visit from the Czech Republic in the art room of GEH8
We have visitors from Ústí nad Labem! On 21.7. from 14 to 17 o’clock young […]
Intermediate use / further building / rebuilding
An evening about architectural strategies between the preservation of historical monuments and building in the […]
Artistic ideas competition: Metamorphosis GEH8
GEH8 is based in a former wagon repair workshop on a wasteland in Dresden Pieschen. […]
our new offices
GEH8 has never had a classic association office in Gehestraße. With support from the Kreativraumförderung […]
Artist exchange with Columbus / Ohio
The artist exchange program between “Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen” and “Greater Columbus Arts Council”, Columbus/Ohio, […]
Open Call: Workshop I-map-my-body
Kostenloser Workshop für geflüchtete junge Erwachsene zwischen 18 und 25 Jahren Free Workshop FOR REFUGEES between 18 […]
Open Call: Artistic Ideas Competition “Metamorphosis GEH8
GEH8 is based in a former wagon repair workshop on a wasteland in Dresden Pieschen. […]
Artist in Residence Program launched in cooperation with Zentralwerk
Das ZENTRALWERK und GEH8 laden gemeinsam KünstlerInnen, KuratorInnen und WissenschaftlerInnen ein, für einen Zeitraum von […]
Employees wanted
GEH8 is expanding its organization. For our business operations we are looking for employees who […]
Zwischen Selbst und Organisation – Publication on the Reorganization of GEH8
After the first few years of start-up and build-up, it was time to develop a […]
GEH8 receives concept funding from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
In December 2016, the board of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony […]
OPEN CALL! Application for an exhibition participation in 2018/2019
The GEH8 Kunstraum und Ateliers e.V. is a non-profit association for contemporary art in Dresden. […]
Hands-On Urbanism. About the right to green.1850 – today.
An exhibition of the Architekturzentrum Wien in cooperation with the 8. Umundu-Festival Dresden Exhibition Period: 20.10. – […]
Supporting program: Hands-On Urbanism. About the right to green
Curatorintroduction: 27. 11., 11 o’clock Curator: Elke Krasny
Supporting program: Hands-On Urbanism. From the right to green
Curator Lecture & Shortfilm to the exhibition 26. 11., 18 Uhr Curator: Elke Krasny
Umundu Kneipenquiz
Kneipenquiz: 26. October, 20 o’clock An event in the framework of the 8th Umundu Festival. […]
Stadtgärten – Gestern, Heute, Morgen
Fishbowl & Lecture: 26. October, 16.30 – 18.30 o’clock An event in the framework of […]
Doug Saunders „Arrival City“
An event of the Ecumenical Information Center in the framework of the 8. Umundu-Festivals Dresden. Reading […]
About GEH8
GEH8 Kunstraum and Ateliers e. V. is a non-profit association in Dresden that promotes contemporary […]
High-Rise – Im Bann der unsichtbaren Städte
Reading and Music: 24. October, 20 o’clock Entrance: 5,- € An event in the framework […]
The Human Scale – Perspektiven einer bürgernahen Stadtpolitik (OmU)
Filmpresentation: 20. October, 20 o’clock An event in the framework of the 8th Umundu Festival. […]
Le Pot: HERA
Saturday, 8. Oktocer 20 o’clock Manuel Mengis (tr), Martin Schütz (vcl), Hans-Peter Pfammatter (keys), Lionel […]
Toprak
Friday, 23. September 20:00 o’clock a Butoh dance solo by Seda Büyüktürkler with Helga Kölle-Köhler […]
BAHNEN
Tina Beifuss, Anja Kempe, Isabelle Krieg Period: 09 – 25.09.2016 Opening hours: Thu-Sun, 15 – […]
build and work
Period: 14.-28.8.2016 Openingtimes: Th-Su, 15-18 o’clock Vernissage: Sa, 13.8.2016, 19.00 o’clock
Artist Talk and OPEN STUDIO
Janis Mars Wunderlich, Austauschkünstlerin / residency exchange artist, Columbus/OH / USA Paul Scott Page, Fotograf / […]
EVERYBODY BODYMAP!
Intercultural workshop and exhibition project with people of all backgrounds by Marleen Andreev, visual artist. […]
! ! ! O P E N C A L L ! ! !
CA. 50 PARTICIPANTS OF ANY ORIGIN WANTED FOR BODYMAPPING-WORKSHOP! Age limit up to approx. 30 […]
GEH8 summerparty
Saturday, June 11 from 16:00: Exhibition opening EVERYBODY BODYMAP! from 21:30: geh8 SUMMER PARTY The […]
Theater Choochoo presents Kalif Storch
On Whitsunday, 15. 5. the theater Choochoo Berlin plays Kalif Storch freely after the fairy […]
Nancy Huenger reads „Wir sind golden. Wir sind aus Blut“
On Saturday, April 23 at 6 p.m. Nancy Huenger will read from her book “Wir […]
DAY IN DAY OUT – Disturbances of the digital
Exhibition from 26.09. – 18.10.2015 Opening: 26.09, 18.00 clock Opening hours: Thu-Sun 16-19 h
HEIMAT – Das Bild als Ort der Identität
Opening: 04.09.2015 19:00 Exhibition: 04.09. – 06.09.2015 Opening hours: 10 -18 h
MEETING PLACE FOR EVERYBODY
Thursdays from 17:00 to 20:00 (25.06, 02.07 and 09.07.2015)
Holy Independent Space | Exhibition
Holy Independent Space Sunday 21st June – 12th July 2015 Opening Sunday 21st Juni 3 […]
8990 WENDEKUNST ERLEBEN
May 2 – May 10, 2015 Mon-Fri: 5pm-2pm Sat & Sun: 14-20 h Vernissage on […]
GEH8 Seasonstart with Muzik
The geh8 opens the exhibition and concert season 2015! Saturday, 28.03.2015, 19:00 h Admission on […]
Winterschlafstörung
Vernissage: Saturday, 24.1. 2015 from 16 to 22 hrs. open also Sunday, 25.1. 2015 from […]
Българска Pабота | Bulgarian Work
Ausstellungszeitraum: 6.9.-27.9.2014 Vernissage: Fr 5.9.2014, 17 Uhr
Open Call for the bulgarian and german exhibition project “Same Standing /183”
END of application: 20. August 2014
Bilder der Wiedereröffnung am 21. Juni 2014
Fotos © Thomas Kemnitz: Fotos Konrad Behr (Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0 DE):
calendar-edition 2014
Dear friends and supporters of geh8 Art Space and Studio e.V., The new year has […]
600 x 10 Euro für die Erhaltung der GEH8
Herzlichen Glückwunsch Freunde! In nur 4 Wochen haben wir es Dank Eurer Hilfe geschafft, die […]
situation of the GEH8 art space
Dear friends and supporters of geh8, We are constantly receiving questions about the current situation […]
