Artists are threatened with being locked in the Arthouse. HELP. PLEASE-Solimail: the online demo.
DEUTSCHE VERSION
FRENCH VERSION
ENGLISH VERSION I.
The situation in Tacheles Berlin Mitte evolves once again.
Here is the text that the arthouse sent to the press today:
Berlin,05.03.2012
Arthouse and artists are being fenced in.
Today (Monday) at midday some workers from the berliner company Lahr, Gawron GmbH (the company responsible for the erecting of fences and barricades) measured the main entrance in the Arthouse Tacheles in order to build a fence.
If this happens, the 30 ateliers, several exhibition rooms, one big theatre stage and more than 50 artists working in Tacheles, with non expired rent contracts, as well as their works, would remain behind a fence.
The act of blocking the main entrance, would be that access to the events and exhibition and to the current temporary exhibition Tacheles Biennale 2012, daily visited by thousands of people, would be stopped and effectively force the closure of the Arthouse
The actions that are being undertaken against Tacheles ,without any court order, are being decided by the lawyers (Schwemer, Titz and Tötter, as well as Michael Schulz) from HSH Nordbank, and in all probability lawyers representing investor Jadfeld and Harms Müller Spreer. These acts are also being carried out, unlawfully, without an eviction order and it is clear that there is no court permission for the erecting of a wall or fence on the property.
The artists of Tacheles are now watching the entrances, and especially the emergency exits, of the house 24 hours a day. The building authorities have been alerted and now the artists are calling for the public to send solidarity letters for Tacheles, to those responsible for these acts.
In spite of the threatened closure, the art house is still open and making art as usual.
Should bankers, investors and their lawyers be allowed to block and fence the entries of the house in which art is being produced around the clock? And the security company?
Support the besieged of Tacheles with your presence, especially at 6 a.m when the threat is greatest, and please write solimails to the following recipients:
holger.schwemer@stt-hh.de, ronald.titz@stt-hh.de,kontakt@lahr-gawron.de, dr.schultz@schultzundseldeneck.de, anja.miesner@mueller-spreer-ag.de, gesine.daehn@hsh-nordbank.com, olaf.scholz@hamburg.de, info@gal-fraktion.de, info@SPD-Fraktion-Hamburg.de, info@cdu-hamburg.de, landesregierung@schleswig-holstein.de, der-regierende-buergermeister@senatskanzlei.berlin.de, andre.schmitz@kultur.berlin.de, michael.mueller@spd.parlament-berlin.de,Brigitte.Lange@spd.parlament-berlin.de,henkel@cdu-fraktion.berlin.de, brauer@linksfraktion-berlin.de, ramona.pop@gruene-fraktion-berlin.de, petra.pau@bundestag.de, baustadtrat@ba-mitte.verwalt-berlin.de,bernd.neumann@bundestag.de, internetpost@bundeskanzlerin.de, christian.hanke@ba-mitte.verwalt-berlin.de, poststelle@bpra.bund.de, renate.kuenast@bundestag.de, monika.gruetters@bundestag.de, kult@parlament-berlin.de, vorstand@berlin.piratenpartei.de,info@rak-berlin.org,Verwaltung@lg.berlin.de, hans-peter.friedrich@bundestag.de, PPrIR4@polizei.berlin.de, sabine.bangert@gruene-fraktion-berlin.de, office@tacheles.de,
Here is a possible template for your protest letter, YOUR SOLIDARITY MAILS HAVE HELPED US A LOT IN THE PAST – PLEASE KEEP ON DOING IT- ONLY WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION CAN THINGS CAN MOVE ON.
Dear Sir/Madam:
Today (Monday) at midday some workers from the berliner company Lahr, Gawron GmbH (the company responsible for the erecting of fences and barricades) measured the main entrance in the Arthouse Tacheles in order to build a fence. If this happens, the 30 ateliers, several exhibition rooms, one big theatre stage and more than 50 artists working in Tacheles, with non expired rent contracts, as well as their works, would remain behind a fence.
This is an unbearable shame for Berlin, the behaviour of the investors Müller Spreer-Jadfeld , HSH Nordbank and the lawyers Schwemer, Titz, Tötter and Schulz is not acceptable. They intend to isolate the artists behind a fence without any building permission or court order. These people don’t mind carrying out criminal actions in order to guarantee their continuing dirty business practices within the city.
Stop the erection of an illegal fence in Tacheles immediately. It is not possible to isolate human beings like this. Artists and visitors are in the building day and night.
With the placing of the fence, the construction company Lahr and Gawron is putting itself in a punishable and illegal situation, stop these actions.
The closing of the 5th floor by an enforcement officer and security company representitives must be immediately revoked.
Was a federal and state investigation committee established for the case for the privatisation of Tacheles and the area surrounding it, by the then senator for culture Herr Nagel?
Ask yourself about the business around the Tacheles area. Why for instance, did the culture senator for Berlin already know on the 17.03.2011 (Protocol of the meeting in the Berlin City Parliament), that the first forced auction on the 04.04.2011 would be revoked, however the court asserted that this auction was cancelled just 30 minutes before its start on the 04.04.2011?
Save the international reputation of Berlin and the creative center of the city.
Waiting for your reply, best regards.
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