Club Care [OPEN CALL]

Fürsorge im Club ist oft nur eine Reaktion auf Notfälle oder ein individuelles Thema für den Tag danach. Das Kollektiv Overflow hinterfragt diese Sichtweise und betrachtet Fürsorge als Basis für den Tanzboden und das Miteinander. Im Rahmen von Club Care startet eine neue Phase der community-basierten Forschung. Raver, Künstler, Veranstalter und Teammitglieder sind eingeladen, ihre Erfahrungen in kurzen Interviews zu teilen. Die Ergebnisse fließen in eine öffentliche Umfrage ein. Ziel ist es, konkrete Empfehlungen für die Berliner Clubkultur zu entwickeln und bestehende Strukturen zu reflektieren.

An open call on the infrastructure of care in nightlife Too often in club culture, care only enters the conversation as an emergency response when things go wrong, or as an individual recovery routine the day after. With Club Care, Overflow wants to look at care differently: as something that already underpins the music, the dance floor and the spaces we build together. Care isn't the opposite of high-intensity raving; it can be part of what makes deep experimentation, freedom and long nights possible. Building on our Rave Wellbeing research, we’re opening a new phase of community-led research with ravers, artists, promoters, venue teams and others working across Berlin nightlife. We’re currently inviting people from the scene to take part in short interviews about what care in nightlife means to them, where it is already working, where it is missing, and what needs to change. These conversations will help shape a wider public survey, with the aim of developing practical Club Care recommendations for Berlin nightlife. If you’d like to take part or contribute your perspective, get in touch at info@overflow.berlin. About Overflow Overflow is a Berlin collective exploring the intersection of rave culture, sensory design, embodiment and collective care. Through spatial projects like Sensory Rave Spa, Somatic Rave and Post-Rave Cocoon, we build environments for rest, movement and genuine connection, working from within the scene to protect its freedom and energy.