On The Clock
A five-day live studio during Berlin Art Week where artists work in public shifts across disciplines, free entry with donations welcome
A Performative Exhibition During Berlin Art Week September 9-13, 2026
On the Clock transforms Manifesto Market into a live working studio. Across five days during Berlin Art Week, artists occupy former food stand structures, dressed in blue overalls and working in continuous shifts across painting, music, fashion design, choreography, performance, and installation. There is no final artwork and no curatorial control; what matters is the labour itself: the visibility of the creative process and the rhythm of a factory floor applied to artistic practice.
The studio operates on a shift schedule. Each artist enters their station, works visibly under fluorescent light, and leaves at the end of their time. Rehearsal, experimentation, repetition, failure, construction, and transformation all happen in public. There is no attempt to separate process from presentation. The blue overall becomes the project’s only visual anchor, collapsing the distinction between artist and worker.
On the Clock is realised by Kinder der Welt, Placebo Collective, and Leonis Works as a gesture toward horizontality, transparency, and the unfinished. Bringing together artists working across different disciplines, the project creates a shared environment without imposing a singular aesthetic or expected outcome. During Berlin Art Week, On the Clock stakes a simple claim: artistic labour is worth witnessing.
INFO September 9–12, 2026: 12:00–20:00 September 13, 2026: 12:00–22:00 Manifesto Market – Upper Floor: Potsdamer Platz 10785 Berlin Free Entry / Donation-Based Contact & more information: [email protected]