NEW FEARS was founded in summer of 2020 to offer particularly young, aspiring artists a platform to work, experiment and present at the intersection of choreography and visual art, with a focus on body-related practices. NEW FEARS was initiated by July Weber in response to the lack of hybrid spaces that meet the logistical requirements for both dance and visual arts practices. The space tries to offer artists flexibility and long-term support, as well as create transdisciplinary working conditions by combining structures from the gallery and theater context. NEW FEARS examines body politics, participation models, club culture, mixed formats and is also a social space that promotes community building with workshops, markets and exchange and thus tries to create a safe place of mutual support for a wide variety of backgrounds, genders and perspectives.
One of the main sturctures of the platform is a residency program for Berlin-based and international artists. For each episode NEW FEARS invites at least 2 artists for a residency in Berlin, which leads to a public event. The process is accompanied by a writer whose output together with a documentation manifests in a publication. Episodes: