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With the TELL ME project, from the Gasteig contemporary dance series »Gasteig moves«, Alfonso Fernández Sánchez creates an open platform for dialogue and expression. »At the end of the day, it’s about sincerity,« he says, dancing and narrating to an empty Philharmonic Hall in Chapter 1 of this performance last December.

Our longing for culturally inspiring encounters is growing! For months, the stages in the Gasteig have been largely abandoned, with no artists, no dance, no music, and no theatre. Nevertheless, we remain in close contact with many creatives and want to hear their concerns especially during lockdown. Here, they talk about their current situation, hopes and plans.

Hall E is the centrepiece of the Gasteig’s interim quarter in the Sendling district. After the move, the listed transformer hall will serve as the central foyer as well as housing the library and a gallery, among others. The photographer Herbert Stolz was on site for the department for heritage conservation and documented the imposing hall from an artistic perspective.

The heart of the Gasteig Sendling is the listed Hall E, a red brick edifice that once served as a transformer hall and is now being given a new lease of life after many years’ disuse. But converting a listed building has its pitfalls. That’s why the Gasteig architects worked closely with the Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege – the Bavarian state department for heritage conservation – which is responsible for listed buildings like this striking brick hall. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Mathias Pfeil, the General Curator for heritage conservation, explains why Hall E is of particular interest to his department.

Thanks to our extensive and well-maintained ventilation systems, the entire building enjoys an excellent indoor air quality. Even at the beginning of the pandemic, Munich’s premier culture centre had a head start in the fight against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Since then, the systems have been retrofitted to make the Gasteig even safer during the winter months. Norbert Wiesmann, head of Building Management at the Gasteig, explains how the arts centre comes by its clean air.

From November 2020, the Münchner Volkshochschule adult education centre (MVHS) has a new managing director. Arriving in the middle of the corona pandemic and in the last season before the Gasteig’s temporary relocation, Dr. Martin Ecker left his position as director of the Nuremberg Bildungscampus, which comprises the city’s library and adult education centre, to return to Munich, where he studied and lived for many years.

They create magical dawns, let the moon rise at exactly the right moment and make sure that musicians can read their scores in the dimmed hall: The Gasteig’s lighting engineers are masters of mood; without them, the Gasteig would be like a Christmas tree without lights – unimaginably dull. In this issue, we put the people who make the light into the limelight themselves.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

She dances, choreographs, creates and walks – often for miles – through nature, for inspiration and very specifically to her »The Vigil« performance when it reopens somewhere. For almost ten years, choreographer Joanne Leighton has been visiting European cities with it. Here, she reveals to us her thoughts on the Munich version of her performance: »The Munich Vigil« (»Türmer München«).

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

He has been tasked with taking the Gasteig’s architecture into the future: Gunter Henn, architect and managing director of the internationally active Henn GmbH, is planning the »New Gasteig« together with his team of architects. In an interview, he reveals to us how he wants to make the iconic culture space of the Gasteig more open, democratic and communicative.

An open day at the New Gasteig in Haidhausen district, some time in 2026. The whole family is there, we’re meeting friends at the Deutsches Museum and together amble across the river Isar on the Ludwigsbrücke. To our left, on Rosenheimer Berg, the Gasteig is gleaming in the sunlight.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

In charge of the future: architects Julia Große Frie, Anna Mochnac, Georg Glas and Tobias Jahn. As the Interim team of the »Zukunft« (»Future«) department of Gasteig München GmbH, they are responsible for the planning and construction of the Gasteig interim quarter at Sendling. In this interview, they tell us about the challenges their role has in store.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

If you want to visit the Sendling construction site, you’ll need his permission: Andreas Schmidt is in charge of the building work for the interim accommodation that the Gasteig will occupy during the general refurbishment of its premises from 2021. A guard in the gatehouse on Hans-Preißinger-Straße checks all traffic onto the site. Now he asks us for the reason for our visit: a conversation with site manager Andreas Schmidt, who welcomes us in his 20 square metre office container.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.