Living Room is a community center in Bern’s Marzili neighborhood. The space enables dialogue between artists, activists and community members to create a unique space where connections can be built and unheard stories can be told. Living Room uses community building, art, expression, healing and participation to address current issues around racism and other forms of exclusion. It’s a place for all of us but especially for those of us who may not have access to other spaces. It’s a place where we can feel at home, just like in our living room, a place where we can feel free.
Living Room has an atelier, library and workspace. We sustain multiple projects: Artists-in-Community, Diaspora University, Living Archiv, and Anticafé.
Friday, March 6 2026 10:00–15:00
The Living Room at Sulgenrain 28 is open to you as a workspace, social meeting point, library, and place to relax. There are drinks, food, Wi-Fi, the Living Library, and much more – come by and get to know our new space!
Saturday, March 7 2026 10:30–13:30
For everyone aged 9 and up
Immerse yourself in the world of art – learn the fundamentals of various art forms and techniques with experienced artists in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere.
Friday, March 13 2026 10:00–15:00
The Living Room at Sulgenrain 28 is open to you as a workspace, social meeting point, library, and place to relax. There are drinks, food, Wi-Fi, the Living Library, and much more – come by and get to know our new space!
Saturday, March 14 2026 10:30–13:30
For everyone aged 9 and up
Immerse yourself in the world of art – learn the fundamentals of various art forms and techniques with experienced artists in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere.
Friday, March 20 2026 10:00–15:00
The Living Room at Sulgenrain 28 is open to you as a workspace, social meeting point, library, and place to relax. There are drinks, food, Wi-Fi, the Living Library, and much more – come by and get to know our new space!
Saturday, March 21 2026 10:30–13:30
For everyone aged 9 and up
Immerse yourself in the world of art – learn the fundamentals of various art forms and techniques with experienced artists in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere.
Friday, March 27 2026 10:00–15:00
The Living Room at Sulgenrain 28 is open to you as a workspace, social meeting point, library, and place to relax. There are drinks, food, Wi-Fi, the Living Library, and much more – come by and get to know our new space!
Monday, March 30 2026 19:00–22:00
Cheryl, who works in a video store, is making a documentary about an African American actress from the 1930s who was known only as “The Watermelon Woman.” At the same time, she experiences a major upheaval in her own life… Cheryl Dunye’s autofictional comedy is the first feature film by a Black lesbian filmmaker and a landmark of 1990s New Queer Cinema.
Feature film, USA, 1996, 85 minutes, original version with subtitles.
The Living Room offers an artist-in-community program: In it, local and international BIPOC artists or collectives enter into an honest conversation with the Living Room, with communities and the neighborhood.
The diaspora is a multi-voiced community with a lot of knowledge about Switzerland, about migration and racism, about politics, community and art. Asia Diaspora discussion and exchange meetings are currently held at irregular intervals (see the events calendar).
Open on Fridays from 10 am to 3 pm.
Every Friday, the Living Room is open as a work space, social meeting place and to linger, without focusing on consumption.
The Living Archive is a place for everyone, a place of learning, unlearning and encounter. A public archive that collects intersectional, decolonial, and power-critical media in various languages, selected and written primarily by Black people and people of color. A place for discussion and self-reflection, in order to bring new perspectives to local resistance. The Living Archive consists of analog and digital media.
Current collective members:
Mohamed Abdulkadir, Omar Blangiardi, Claske Dijkema, Angelina Dungga, Nataliia Hradanovych, Attoumani Mohamed, Stephan Schoenholtz
Former collective members:
Dragana Draca, Eva de Souza, Izabel Barros, Malana Rogers-Bursen, Mardoché Kabengele, Marianne Naeff, Nicolle Bussien, Rohit Jain, Said Adrus, Timo Righetti, Timothy Perry Bwengye, Youness Bitite
Living Room
Sulgenrain 28, 3007 Bern
Your donation makes our space possible. Thank you very much for your support.
Bank account:
Verein Living Room
Sulgenrain 28
3007 Bern
CH86 0900 0000 1670 5810 9
