The Asian Fantastic |

The Kunsthaus Tacheles was originally built as a department center in Berlin. Originally named “Friedrechsstadtpassagen”, it currently serves as an artist’s center in the Mitte district. It is cover in murals and graffiti with art sculptures inside. In the courtyard metal-works take place, the building also contains workshops, a nightclub and a theatre. The building at one point served as a Nazi prison and was later partially demolished. In 1990 when the building was scheduled to be demolished a group of artists occupied the building, after discovering the building was actually structurally sound they had the building deemed a historical landmark. The centre was intitally run by curator Jochen Sandig. He expanded the building dramatically. Early on Tacheles served as both an artist’s space and home for several well-known artists, dancers and theatre groups. In 1991 the housing structures burnt down, many believe this was to make way for a new artists centre. I accidently wandered into this building my first night in Berlin. They had massive prints of their artwork, Im going to Metroprint later to print out my work as big as the prints I saw in Tacheles, I found all the details about Metroprint large prints here on their site.