The Malzfabrik, a defunct brewery turned art and music venue, has been home for cultural productions in the south of Berlin for over a year now. The area is known for its big warehouses, factories, and hardware and furniture stores (yes, we mean Ikea) and less as a sizzling creative hotspot, though young artists have long discovered the residency programmes and spacious studios offered by District Kunst, who share the grounds of the Malzfabrik compound.
This week, the compound is inaugurating a public art installation by Julius von Bismarck, in collaboration with experimental designer Benjamin Maus and artists and filmmaker Richard Wilhelmer. Entitled Public Face, the installation shows a huge steel and neon frown, which will be installed on the roof of the former grain silo, visible to costumers driving into the vast parking lots of the adjacent strip mall.
Until 31 May 2013.