C/O Berlin
The well-known photography exhibition centre C/O Berlinhas recently moved into a new home. It was forced to vacate its previous premises in a former post office building in the Mitte district because property developers wanted to open a new luxury hotel there. Now C/O Berlin operates from the historical Amerika Haus, which was erected after the Second World War for ideological reasons, mainly to familiarize the people of Germany with American culture and politics. Built in 1956-1957, the building – which has also housed a cinema and a library – has experienced all kinds of events, including a visit by American senator Robert Kennedy, exhibitions by Robert Rauschenberg and Frank Lloyd Wright, and bombardment by eggs and Molotov cocktails.
In 2006, when the US embassy moved to its new quarters on the Brandenburger Tor, the Amerika Haus was given to the municipal government of Berlin and stood empty for a long time. Recently the building was renovated and adapted as to conform to the standards of a modern art space.
Hardenbergstraße 22–24
www.co-berlin.org
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