Liebling Salon | Culture in the Making: Building Urban Infrastructure for Cultural Spaces in the City

Creators and activists utilize alternative buildings in the city to establish performance spaces, studios, galleries, clubs, and more. The use of old industrial buildings, warehouses, workshops, and obsolete factories evolves from an accessible solution into an act of preservation in its own right, breathing new life into these structures while maintaining their history and character. The material aesthetic of reuse and improvisation, as opposed to demolition and reconstruction, creates something that money cannot buy: authenticity.

The unique atmosphere created is a rare commodity that attracts audiences and generates activity, but it also creates a paradox: when a place succeeds and becomes attractive, developers arrive, and the authenticity created by the community is pushed aside. Ironically, a site's success may become the first step toward its disappearance.

In this Salon, we will examine the tension between the fringe and the establishment, asking: How can a municipality allow cultural activities growing from the bottom up to flourish in urban spaces and buildings? Does the connection between the need for these spaces to remain organic and anti-establishment and their "sentence of disappearance" also allow for institutional intervention to protect them? Within the framework of these questions, Revital Ben Asher Peretz will present the "1% for Art" bill currently being promoted.

Participants:

Giyora Yahalom – Director of the Culture and Arts Department

Revital Ben-Asher Peretz – Art Advisor to the Mayor

Ido Levit – Consultant to the Strategic Unit for Cultural Affairs, Cultural Infrastructure and Creative Public Spaces Manager

Shani Veenstra – HaMifal 1

Yarin Didi – 4TRESS

Amir Schreiber – Hameretz2

Ido Gavish – Cinema Kanada

Yakir Segev – The Social Space

Event Schedule:

19:00 Gathering

19:30 Short lectures and discussion

Curation and Moderation: Arch. Sharon Golan, Director of the Liebling Haus Research Lab

Content Management: Arch. Noam Sar Shalom

Ticket Price: 50 NIS (includes light refreshments)

The "Liebling Salon" of the Urban Research Lab at the Liebling Haus was established to bring to discussion issues related to preserving the spirit of Tel Aviv-Yafo, at a time when the city is changing rapidly before our eyes. These meetings aim to address current urban issues in the field, during a period when the city's historical layers take on new meaning and the tension between old and new is sharper than ever.