Volta7 show press release

From Berlin/New York the The HomeBase Project also finds temporary sanctuary at VOLTA7. The HomeBase Project is an international site-specific urban art project that explores the notion of home as a window into questions of identity and as the foundation of humanity. By pursuing a nomadic model annually in neighborhoods undergoing change and inviting a diverse group of international artists / collaborators, HomeBase seeks to challenge the role of art as a tool for cross-cultural dialogue, social integration, and community cultivation, thus fostering interconnectedness in society through the arts. Currently establishing a new headquarters and residency program, The HomeBase LAB in the old Engelhardt Brewery in the former East Berlin, founder/artist/curator Anat Litwin will present their homebrew artisan craft pilsner, Ignatz Bier, at VOLTA7. The beer is named after Ignatz Nacher, the German-Jewish director of the brewery, who transformed it into one of the most successful breweries in Germany before it was taken over in the 1930s by the Third Reich. 104 years after Nacher launched his first ‘Engelhardt Pilsner’ on site, The HomeBase Project conducted an artistic resurrection of the brewery as both a tribute to their legendary landlord, and as a way to celebrate a new life for the building.