ExRotaprint
ExRotaprint is the former site of the Rotaprint printing press manufacturing facility in Berlin’s Wedding district. Following the insolvency of Rotaprint in 1989, the 10,000 square meter premises fell into a state of neglect while lingering in the redevelopment line. In 2005, artists Daniela Brahm and Les Schliesser formulated a concept for taking over the property through on site renters. The goal was to develop the location to serve a heterogeneous mix of work, art, and social services. In 2007, ExRotaprint gGmbH took over the site, which is known for its spectacular architectural extensions from the 1950s. A realm of possibility is brought into being here, non-profit and showing solidarity, non-ideological but dependent on agreement and consensus. ExRotaprint forsakes the prospect of profits via ownership in favor of stability and inclusion, and balances a heterogeneous array of interests.
