Neun Jahre Rechenzentrum: VolleRZukunft

In the organizer's words:

Nine years of the computer center: a full future

The conversion of an administrative building from the early 1970s into a socio-creative place of culture, participation, encounters and exchange began in 2015.

With 210 fully rented rooms on 5,000 m² of usable space and over 340 users with fixed-term contracts, the data center is full: full of diversity, full of life, full of questions, full of hope, full of change and full of ideas for the future.

We celebrate the ongoing transformation 17 months before the third potential end of use at the beginning of 2026 and present the exhibition futuRZwei for a data center that will be preserved for the long term.

We look at uncertainties, complexities and the future.

You are invited to the joint exhibition Multivalenz, the cosmos concert with WHAT ARE PEOPLE FOR, a documentary film about a same-sex parental wish and activism, inclusive food and games, the inauguration of a new mosaic wall and much more.

Free admission unless otherwise noted.

Program:

Sunday, September 1

4 p.m.
VolleRZukunft: Exhibition about RZukunfte

We want to preserve the data center. In this exhibition we report on the why and the ideas of the how.
presented by the RZ strategy group and the active members of the feasibility study

Glass cube

LeckeRZeug: cake, pastries and cakes

Bring a friend, pastries and a toast if you like.

Plantation

MULTIVALENCE

Vernissage RZ joint exhibition
Of complexity, multiple values and uncertainties

Cosmos

FutuRZwei: Exhibition about a data center preserved for the long term

We want to preserve the data center. In this exhibition, we report on the why and the ideas of the how: values, content, use and construction.

Presented by the RZ Strategy Group, the active members of the MIT feasibility study and FÜR e.V.

futur 1

5 p.m.
In between - work in progress

a work of the 101concrete Kompagnie by Camille Larroque and Stevie Koglin

How does togetherness work? The performers explore this question in a dance piece for two and transform a table tennis table in public space into their 360-degree stage. 30min / www.101concrete.de
Table tennis table on the plantation

6 p.m.
LiebeRZusammen: Neighboring countries vote - we kiekn projections

Together we look at the first projections of the results of the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia.
New corner / bad weather: seminar room 127/6

7 pm/20 pm

Kosmos concerts #77 with WHAT ARE PEOPLE FOR? and Manu Louis
WAPF? make the perfect dystopian dance music for our time: eccentric, wild and outspoken and are traveling from Munich especially for their birthday! Manu Louis, Belgian with a bathrobe and resident in Berlin, remixes everything that crosses his path. Look forward to a passionate performance and improvised disco!
Admission 7 pm / concert: 8 pm, recommended admission: 7 - 20 €
Inner courtyard / bad weather: Kosmos

Monday, September 2nd

19:00 Admission and bar open / 19:30 Film start
Together: A movie night on the topic of activism

"Never Alone, Always Together" | Germany, 2024 | 90 min | by Joanna Georgi

The documentary follows five activists for a year. They all firmly believe that radical change is not only possible, but necessary: in terms of climate, anti-racism, care work and the right to housing. In addition to all the difficulties, the film also shows the loving, interpersonal stories in their commitment to social change.

Supporting film: "From demolition site to creative cosmos" | 2016 | 15 min. | by Kristina Tschesch and Elias Franke

The short documentary tells of the conquest of the data center from the beginning of 2014 to the end of 2015 and of an already historic part of Potsdam's urban development and joint effectiveness.

afterwards, approx. 21:00 Q&A with the directors Joana Georgi and Kristina Tschesch

New Corner at the Plantage (Bad Weather Cosmos)

Tuesday, September 3

5 p.m. - 6.30 p.m:
Tour of the corner
Join Heinrich Weber, user of the RZ and board member of FÜR e.V., on a tour of the building and learn about its uses, the status of current discussions and take a rare look over Potsdam and enter a special GEGEND.
Meeting point: main entrance

7 p.m.
"The Wish", documentary film by Judith Beuth

Germany/Norway, 2024 | 105 minutes | German | in the presence of the editor and director
An intimate portrait of two women, their love and their repeated attempts to fulfill their wish to have a child together despite enormous challenges. At the Max Ophüls Prize Festival, "The Wish", which editor Jana Dugnus spent months assembling in her room in the computer center, was awarded the Audience Award.
New Corner at the Plantage (Bad Weather Cosmos)

Thursday, 5.9.

5 - 7 p.m.

RZähl mal: Storytelling café

Every Thursday, the AWO's storytelling café brings people together. Playing games, drinking coffee and enjoying a relaxed get-together creates a space for getting to know each other and improving German language skills. For new arrivals and long-established Potsdam residents.
Inner courtyard / bad weather Kosmos

7 - 9.30 p.m.

Nude drawing to try out

Katrin Seifert regularly offers nude drawing in the house. On the 1st Thursday of the month, the group is open to people who would like to try their hand at drawing for half an hour. Drawing materials on site.
Room 127/6

Friday, 6.9.

12 - 1.30 p.m.
Cosmos Canteen

Angela and Yunia Rota from near Odessa cook vegetarian, Eastern European cuisine every Friday. You can fill up on a donation basis and collect money for civilian aid for Ukraine.
Cosmos

Sunday, 8.9.

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

KultuRZusammen: Culture for everyone

presented by the AWO Bezirksverband Potsdam
Join us for an extended culinary-cultural lunch at Kosmos: we will cook, eat and do handicrafts together. The guitarist and ukulele player Rostislav Mazurkevich will perform from 2 pm. The singer-songwriter from Berlin and Odessa will present his songs about love, friendship, kindness and the beauty of life.
Kosmos / inner courtyard / in front of the house

11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

capture - photography workshop
Document the individual nooks and crannies of the data center after 9 years of transformation with photographer Georg Ander. After a short introduction to documentary photography and finding a theme for participants, we will go on a photo tour through and around the data center, individually or in small groups. Together we will evaluate the different perspectives and possible stories and make a selection for a photo series.
Participation free of charge. Registration required at georg.ander.design@gmail.com

Meeting point: In front of the main entrance

1 p.m. - 2.30 p.m:
Mosaic tour: From "Man conquers the cosmos" to "Man sinks into the cosmos" - art on buildings from 1972 & 2024
as part of the Open Monument Day

Since 1972, the computer center has been adorned with an 18-part glass mosaic by Fritz Eisel, which praises the socialist belief in progress. This tour with Anja Engel begins with insights into the imagery and the condition of the listed mosaic. In the second part, it leads to a 5-part mural that was created on the building in summer 2024. Jim Avignon has ironically commented on visions of the future from the past and present based on the work of art, which is over 50 years old.

Meeting point: Main entrance to the computer center

3 pm:
Tour and presentation "The 19th panel" - a new mosaic for the RZ
as part of the Open Monument Day

Anna Schiefer and Björn Kühn have smashed crockery as part of the project "Man sinks into the cosmos" with a performative bachelor party. The resulting shards will now become a collectively laid new mosaic. The artists from Cottbus will talk about their journey from mosaic to mosaic and give the RZ a new wall.

Meeting point: at the C/O Rechenzentrum kiosk

11 am - 4 pm:
Art market: From the computer center to the Alter Markt
As part of the Kulturfest Potsdam, a creative market will be held at the Alter Markt, where makers from the RZ will be exhibiting stationery, wooden objects, reading material and art.
On the Old Market Square

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