salon wellenmaschine

The Salon Wellenmaschine as a place for dialogue, the arts and community.

The idea of the salon as a privately organised cultural meeting place dates back to the 17th century and was initially a predominantly female affair.

In the European capitals of Berlin, Vienna, Paris and Florence, an illustrious circle of society gathered to exchange political and cultural ideas. The salon hostesses – among them such witty figures as Rahel Varnhagen, Henriette Herz, Germaine de Staël and the Marquise de Rambouillet – were the hosts of these intellectual soirées.

In the 21st century, it is a social network in the analogue world, a social meeting place free from class snobbery, a place for ideas and dialogue.

The salon wellemaschine is a venue for the arts; situated in one of Berlin’s most precarious neighbourhoods, it offers space for events, exhibitions, music and literature.