Die Bäckerei Kulturbackstube

"If you want butterflies, you have to plant a field full of flowers."

Die Bäckerei is located in an old industrial bakery. The project started in 2009 with the appropriation of the old building by a bunch of untrained but very enthusiastic crafts(wo)men. Since the beginning, participation, learning by doing and co-creation are very important practices.

The mission of Die Bäckerei is to be for the people of Innsbruck what a field of flowers is for butterflies.

Like butterflies, creativity is something beautiful, but fleeting. You can not force or control it, you can only create good conditions for it to thrive. The job of the Bäckerei is to prepare the ground for creativity. In other words, the centre provides an easy access to culture, enable creative self expression and support community building. That happens mostly through the cultural program, which is concentrated on participatory formats (f.e. Poetry Slams, Open Mics, participatory bike and wood workshop), through the shared office- and workspaces, and the support the organisation gives to many creatives and their projects.

About 25.000 people come to experience one of their 400+ events.

Have you heard of The Penguin Project?

We founded this project with the intention to create a space for how it feels to work in our sector & the effect that has on all of us individually. This project looks to support cultural workers to develop more sustainable and "resonant" relationships with their work. After all if we want to healthy art and cultural scene we need first, healthy art and culture workers.

Whats new?

We've grown a bit taller recently! We've added two brand new floors to our building, and they're home to Innsbruck's first Impact Hub. We're also developing something new: a platform for transformative culture. It's a bit of an abstract concept, but essentially, we're building a new department focused on helping communities develop the skills and mindsets they need to tackle challenges like climate change, sustainability, and other critical issues facing our future. We're empowering people to shape their own paths forward. And we will be reaching out to this network for collaboration.

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