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A selection of articles, radio features and publications about our projects, exhibitions and artistic initiatives. Media coverage from culture, architecture, urban development and contemporary art offers insights into our work and the topics that move us.

  1. Article

    Monuments wrapped in orange in Karlsruhe: ato and Francis Karat take a stand against violence against women

    For the international day of action „Orange the World“, the city of Karlsruhe, together with the artist collective Francis Karat and the artist agency ato, wraps selected fountains and monuments in orange film. The intervention „hermanas“ draws attention to violence against women in public space and points to support services via QR codes.

    BNN ka-news Stadt Karlsruhe
  2. Audio

    Architecture book, who was Marlene Poelzig?

    Deutschlandfunk Kultur, a radio feature with Hannah Dziobek on the publication about the Haus Marlene Poelzig.

    Deutschlandfunk Kultur
  3. Article

    Norina Quinte at the Innovation Festival at the ZKM

    Norina Quinte, curator and founder of ato, at the Innovation Festival KA at the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, on the role of art in times of digitalisation, polarisation and crises.

    karlsruhe.digital
  4. Article

    Haus Marlene Poelzig, publication

    A report on the book „Haus Marlene Poelzig, Berlin. Abriss und Aufbruch“, which addresses building culture and gender equity. It examines the history of the house designed by Marlene Poelzig and puts care work, heritage protection and feminisms in architecture at its centre.

    Süddeutsche Zeitung
  5. Article

    „The Haus Marlene Poelzig is missing“

    Yiling Pan's article is about the architect Marlene Poelzig's house, demolished in 2020, which was regarded as a significant example of feminist architectural history.

    taz
  6. Article

    Haus Marlene Poelzig, Berlin. Abriss und Aufbruch

    The review presents the newly published book, describes its structure and central themes and places it within current debates on heritage protection, architecture and feminism.

    KulturPort
  7. Article

    Abriss und Aufbruch

    An article about the publication: how the book reconstructs the demolition of the Haus Marlene Poelzig while opening up perspectives on dealing with historic building stock.

    moderneREGIONAL
  8. Article

    „Haus Marlene Poelzig“, book and debate

    This piece presents the new release and reports on the accompanying public debates. Its focus: heritage conservation, equality and civic protest.

    db deutsche bauzeitung
  9. Article

    Book tip: Abriss und Aufbruch

    The piece describes the demolition of Marlene Poelzig's house and studio in Berlin and presents the publication, which documents the building in words and images and sets out a manifesto for preserving building culture.

    BauNetz
  10. Audio 19 June 2025 · 8 July 2025

    Radio3 features, building pioneer & building stock

    Two radio features in the cultural magazine „radio3 am Nachmittag“, with guests discussing the publication and the manifesto around the Haus Marlene Poelzig.

    radio3 · 19 June radio3 · 8 July
  11. Audio

    A manifesto for our building stock

    A feature engaging with the new manifesto „Substanz-Gesellschaft“ and describing its central demands for dealing with existing building substance.

    Deutschlandfunk Kultur
  12. Article

    Haus Marlene Poelzig, Berlin. Abriss und Aufbruch

    A review of the publication in Bauwelt. The piece examines the history of the house and places questions of heritage conservation, care work and feminisms in architecture at its centre.

    Bauwelt
  13. Article

    Feminist architectural literature

    An article in taz on feminist architectural literature that places the publication in context and highlights the significance of women's perspectives in architectural history and building culture.

    taz
  14. Article 19–23 February 2025

    artini 2025, the art bar for the „art“

    An article on the temporary art bar artini, conceived by ato, running alongside the art Karlsruhe. It presents more than 20 artistic positions, DJs and creative drinks in a former inn in Rheinstetten.

    INKA Magazin
  15. Article

    artini, the art bar for the art Karlsruhe

    A short report on the third edition of the art bar artini in Rheinstetten, which brings art and audiences together away from the fair and aims to foster an open community.

    rheinstetten.de
  16. Article

    Art, AI and the city, FLORA MOMENTUM

    How an AI-generated plant world transforms the Stephanplatz, and why ato is presenting it at the InnovationFestival. An article by Sabine Adler.

    karlsruhe.digital
  17. Article

    „Flora Momentum“, an installation on the Stephanplatz

    An introduction to the interactive art installation on the Stephanplatz, a „Fest der Sinne“ initiated by the Karlsruhe cultural office and financed through the federal programme „Zukunftsfähige Innenstädte“.

    Wochenblatt Badeninfo
  18. Article 2022

    Werkstattpalast, art festival at the Rhine harbour

    A look back at the Werkstattpalast, a festival of art, science, music and a bar at the Rhine harbour, set on an open scaffold. On the concept „Rahmen im Wandel“: how temporary, modular infrastructure eases access to art.

    INKA Wochenblatt BNN · Festival BNN · Rheinhafen
  19. Video

    Werkstattpalast, where art meets science

    A video feature on the temporary art and science platform Werkstattpalast at the Karlsruhe Rhine harbour. KAVA ORIGINAL by Kavantgarde Karlsruhe.

    YouTube