*german Version below From November 4 to 28, PANDAwomen puts music, literature, theater, performance, and visual art by women at the center of a month-long program in Berlin. More than 50 FLINTA artists from over 20 countries are taking part in the festival’s ninth edition. In a conversation with INDIENOXZINE, Sveta Müller, chair of the board at PANDA platforma, talks about the festival’s development, why cultural encounters matter, and the challenges facing independent cultu

Raw walls, €5 gin and tonics and a room full of people. Schokoladen feels like a piece of old Berlin that never quite left. Foto: Ansgar Koreng, 2014 · Lizenz: CC BY 3.0 DE Located in Berlin-Mitte, Schokoladen has been part of Berlin's alternative scene since 1990. It started in a former chocolate factory and has had to fight to keep its place over the years. Walk inside today and you get the feeling that not much has been done to make it look any different. The Soundmap of B

Five artists from Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway brought Nordic folk, electronic music and experimental sounds to Berlin’s Kesselhaus. Logo by The Sound of Courage There is a particular kind of silence that only happens when an audience is completely engaged. At the Kesselhaus in Berlin on September 27, people sat closely together while others stood at the back, unable to find a seat. The room was full but quiet. Some had come alone. Most of the audience appeare