Media workshop 

Media Lab

From 2020, in the historic "Kesselhaus" of the Kunstquartier Bethanien

Foto der Produktion im Medienlabor: KLIT_Making_of_03_@pong

Making Of | Projekt "Klit Oris" von pong_film_berlin | © b.e.t.z.e, alex_gerbaulet
im Medienlabor 2025

Audio-Aufnahme im Kesselhaus am 17.09.26

Audio-Aufnahme im Kesselhaus am 17.09.26
Foto: Manfred Miersch

Rumours of Noise Lecture 5 | Frauke Boggasch_Manfred Miersch

Rumours of Noise lecture #5 | Foto: © Frauke Boggasch

Fixtures #9 am 08.12.2025 | Sharon Paz - „Fragmented Reality – Technology, Memory, and Home“ | Work: "DARE TO DREAM"

Fixtures #9 | Sharon Paz - „Fragmented Reality – Technology, Memory, and Home“ | Work: "DARE TO DREAM"

    The historic "Kesselhaus" on the south wing of Kunstquartier Bethanien was renovated in 2019/20 and set up as a laboratory for the development of multimedia artworks, performances and projections. It is open for experiments with art and media, screenings, performances, workshops and network meetings.

    Facilities

    • 80 square metre windowless room: trusses and projection surfaces, white screen with coving as background for video and photo recordings, event and studio lighting controllable via DMX, several video projectors, good sound insulation, a speaker's booth for sound recordings.
    • 20 square metre room with daylight: workshop, 3D printer, a repro/trick table for simple stop-motion projects.

    Lights

    • dmx-controlled lighting on trusses: 
      Studio light
      2 large Kinoflo panel lights (daylight)
      2 SWIT Bi-Colour SL-100P (flexible LED panel)
      1 LED spot bi-colour Dedolight
      Stage lighting
      1 Martin Rush MH6 Wash Movinhead
      2 Eurolite LED THA-50f theatre spotlights
      4 Martin Rush Strobe 5x5
    • Mobile lights from the green screen studio and other technology on request

    Contact Medienwerkstatt
    Interim Management: Lioba von den Driesch
    Team: Ilka Forst, Paul Gröbel, Manfred Miersch, Jo Zahn

    @email
    tel +49 (0)30 614015-79 / 030 551472-84

    opening hours

    Mo 1 - 8 pm
    Tue - Fri 10 am - 5 pm

    • The same rules as in the green screen studio apply in the media lab
    • No weekend bookings
    • The technology is included in the price. Individual prices may be negotiated for special projects.
    • After a short introduction, users work on their own - it's easy - but there should generally be two of you and you should allow at least an hour to set up.
    • Not permitted: The use of glitter and small reflective particles, smoke machines and smoke-like effects.
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    Fixtures Titel HearteartH, Performance Timo Dufner, 2016

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      Project "Klit Oris" von pong_film_berlin

      in the media lab 2025
      Making of (Timelapse-Video) | © pong_film_berlin, b.e.t.z.e, alex_gerbaulet