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roam projects e.V. is a Berlin-based non-profit active since 2020. roam space is project space in Berlin-Kreuzberg since 2021

The association's main focus is on the art and cultural exchange with Eastern Europe, such as exhibitions and artist residencies. roam is a newly opened project space in the centre of Berlin with a residency program focusing on East European artist exchange and a changing exhibition program. The project space accommodates art shows, shorter pop-up projects and networking events. roam was founded by the artist Ottjörg A.C. and RAM – Rebel Art Management in 2021. The goal of roam is to set an example against the dynamics of gentrification in relation to the art market and to be hereby openly critical of outdated and unsustainable structures regarding the art scene. roam defines itself as a platform to engage with international protagonists of the free and independent art scene by strengthening Europe-wide connections, sharing already existing contacts and welcoming creatives to this fastly growing network. As a residency space, roam invites two artists per year for a 1-2 month stay in spring, before the Gallery Weekend Berlin. The project space, furnished with an equipped kitchen, bathroom and shower, and a second level for sleeping, can be used for both work and accommodation. At the end of the residency time the produced artworks are presented within the context of pop-up events during the highlights of the Berlin art year. Afterwards a connected cooperation exhibition with an institution or gallery in the home country follows to secure a sustainable and international visibility. Depending on the individual project, the team of roam is supporting the artist in realisation of diverse events such as pop-up exhibitions, panel talks, workshops and networking events.

09/07/2026

Video snippet of Shared Space II 🙏

Vernissage and live interventions at roam projects, Berlin, 24 May
Concept by Biliana Voutchkova
Installation by Elsa Mencagli Andersen & Biliana Voutchkova
Guests:
Sabine Vogel – flutes, objects
Emilio Gordoa – percussion
Michael Thieke – clarinet

Thanks you 🌼

23/06/2026

Thank you John Seung-Hwan Lee and all the visitors at the opening of Mass 🙌

This Friday, 26.6 we will have a finissage of the solo exhibition and an artist talk at 7 pm 🌼

Also, visit us during the opening hours until Saturday - see times below

📍 Finissage
Friday, 26 June, 7–9:30 pm
Artist Talk: 7 pm

📍 Opening hours
23.6 Tue by appointment
24-27.6 Wed-Sat 4-7 pm

Lindenstr. 91
10969 Berlin

13/06/2026

Coming soon 🙌 Mass by John Seung-Hwan Lee .sh

📌 20.6 Sat Vernissage 6-9 pm (performance 7pm)
21.6 Sun 4-7 pm
22-23.6 Mon-Tue by appointment
24-27.6 Wed-Sat 4-7 pm
26.6 Fri Finissage 7-9:30 pm (talk 7 pm)

Mass brings together two bodies of work, Arirang Half (2016/2026) and Body Borders (2023), asking what borders do to bodies, and what bodies can do to borders. Moving between collective spectacle and intimate trace, between the scale of nations and the scale of a single moving figure, the exhibition offers roam projects as a space for sitting with that question.

Arirang Half takes the North Korean Mass Games as its point of departure: a propaganda spectacle involving over 100,000 performers staged under the name of a legendary Korean folk song shared across both Koreas. The work responds through abstraction, bodily transcription, and phonetic drift. A single figure does quietly what the spectacle did with thousands, transforming a symbol of rigid collectivity into an open field for interpretation.

Body Borders commands the gallery at full scale: a 400 × 300 cm drawing made with oil pastel shoes on paper. The accumulated marks evoke landscape, a land mass charted not by surveyor's instruments but by the weight and path of a body. Mass, here, is double: the body as physical fact, the land as political one.

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John Seung-Hwan Lee is a Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist working across drawing, performance, video, and writing. Shaped by relocations across South Korea, New York, and Berlin, and by an extensive training in dance, his practice activates the entire body as an instrument of mark-making.

Graphic design: Formal-Settings .settings

24/05/2026

SHARED SPACE II

Stop by today until 9 pm ✨

Introducing the guest artist Michael Thieke

clarinet | composer-performer

The Berlin-based clarinetist/composer/performer Michael Thieke is equally at home across a broad range of musical environments, such as experimental song forms, collectively composing projects, improvising collectives, and music on the fringes of jazz. He is exploring the minutiae of sound, timbre and noise, with a particular interest in microtonality and related sound phenomena. The qualities of slowness are another field of his research. He has a preference for long-term collaborations and collective work.

26/04/2026

Sellerie Weekend Special: One of the best art initiatives of the year 💚 🥬

Our current exhibition 'Pendelnde Rationalität' with works by Ottjörg A.C., Clara Ianni and Ulrike Thiele is part of this year’s Sellerie Weekend edition. From May 1–3, Sellerie Weekend brings together Berlin’s independent project spaces, opening up a diverse program of exhibitions and artistic practices beyond the Gallery Weekend circuit.

Join us on Saturday, May 2, from 12–5 pm for artist tours, secco, coffee, Vietnamese salted coffee speciality and sour cucumbers!

16/04/2026

Throwback to last Saturday’s opening of Pendelnde Rationalität ✨

Thank you to everyone who spent this wonderful evening with us, and thank you to all the artists and Ottjörg A. C. for the amazing works.

The exhibition is open Thu–Fri 4–7 pm, Sat 2–5 pm.

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29/03/2026

Time flies, but better late than never: Here’s a look back at 2025 at roam 💫

A year shaped by exhibitions, residencies, collaborations and international projects

Thank you to all artists:

ludemann

Ottjörg A. C.

gruber

Thank you to all our collaborators and partners

13/03/2026

Last Saturday’s panel talk was truly special! Thank you, Delia Keller , Marta Vovk , and Marie van Bömmel, for sharing your experiences and thoughts on the gender show gap, invisible labour, and the many imbalances that continue to shape visibility, perception, pay, and opportunity in society and the arts.

And thank you to for the excellent moderation!

Tomorrow is the last chance to visit the exhibition, so don’t miss our finissage event

11/03/2026

Join us on Saturday, 14 March, for the final chance to experience the exhibition Labour of Love and a children's workshop, followed by a closing event.

Artist Yurika Saito offers a relaxed, hands-on workshop where children and families can explore natural dyeing through a simple tie-dye experience. Using safe materials such as onion skins, participants can experiment with natural colours and dye their own fabric pieces.
Simple painting materials will also be available for younger children.

Saturday, March 14, 12–7 p.m.
Children’s painting workshop from 2–4 p.m.
Closing event from 4–7 p.m.

Exhibition Opening Hours
Thursday & Friday: 4–7 p.m.
Saturday: 12–7 p.m.

04/03/2026

Join us this Saturday, 7 March at 4 pm, for a panel discussion as part of Labour of Love – 13 positions on invisible labour, gender power and societal equality, curated by Bettina Semmer with roam projects e.V.

The panel discussion with Delia Keller, Marie van Bömmel and Marta Vovk will bring some light into the conceptual foundation of an exhibition that examines the persistent gender show gap, and the structural inequalities that continue to shape female* artists’ production and visibility, and ultimately, their livelihood.

Saturday, 7 March
Panel discussion at 4 p.m. with Delia Keller, Marie van Bömmel and participating artist Marta Vovk

The talk will be in German with English summary possible

Lindenstr. 91,
10969 Berlin

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Lindenstraße 91
Berlin
10969

Website

https://www.roam-projects.eu/

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