There are many conglomerates!

What are we going to do?

As Konglomerat e.V., we are experimenting with our future by making things together in the open workshops and throughout the city of Dresden

In doing so, we are establishing a Culture of do-it-yourself in the spirit of DIT or DIY thinking, try our hand at The topic of sustainability & circular economy in a very practical way and make urban development for the common good from the bottom up.

More about us as an association

Flirting - How to find your way in

Open workshops

The easiest way to get to know us and the open workshops: just drop by during opening hours! But before you go, make sure you check whether the open workshop is actually open. It is organized by wonderful volunteers.

Appointment to get to know each other

We explain how the association works and show you the #Rosenwerk - our base. This is where most of Konglomerat e.V.'s workshops are located.

But what do we actually do? What is possible here? What tools & workshops are there? How can you join in? How is everything organized? What are the ideas behind it? Is this something for me?

Answers to these and many other questions can be found once a month at #RW INTRO (~1h). Please write to us at intro@listen.konglomerat.org if you would like to take part.

Come along, whether you don't know us at all or already know us pretty well, whether you have a specific question or a more general interest.

Podcast

You can also take a look at the open workshops listen in. In three podcasts we tell the world of the conglomerate!

Werkschau - The audio tour through the Dresden Rosenwerk Part 1
Werkschau - Heads with nails part 2
Werkschau - Heads with nails part 3

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Petr is here! 🎞️
From October to January, the DRKRM is hosting a film student from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. Petr Vašků is working on his doctoral project, which deals with the materiality of film in the context of the current audiovisual environment .We are very happy about Petr!→ https://darkroom.konglomerat.org/→ https://en.jamu.cz/
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Join in - become part of the conglomerate

Become a member

As a member, you can use the workshops freely, help shape the conglomerate, get to know really cool people and networks and, above all, empower yourself and take ownership of the world! You can find more information here.

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Use workshops

You don't have to be a club member to use the workshops at #Rosenwerk. There are a whole range of options for this - depending on what you have in mind.

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We introduce ourselves - smart and charming as always:

"Richard tests..." the conglomerate. An idea of the Tu Dresden:

Develop the infinite stories with us

We commemorate the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone
by Lilly Barthel“Committed to the past—looking toward the future”: these words rang out repeatedly on Open Monument Day to the ears of visitors to the Neues Volkshaus Cotta—and to mine as well. Sarah Urban spoke them in 2023 at the reopening of the cultural and community center in this, our shared home. We took part on September 13, 2026, and watched short films and photos from the Volkshaus’s past years on the big screen many times.Days like Open Monument Day are important! We were able to engage with many people in conversations, memories, and stories—about the old and the new Volkshaus Cotta, about commitment to others in general, in Dresden and elsewhere. Here, it becomes strikingly clear that the world keeps turning—and that it can only function if we consciously and courageously “look to the future.”
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CO² Report 2026
A total of 3,762 kg of material was donated13,089 kg of CO₂e avoided*Note on the carbon footprint: The figures shown are reliable estimates of the climate impact of our material brokerage. The calculation is based on a scientifically published methodology and was adapted for our specific use case using verifiable assumptions. The results should therefore be understood as well-founded estimates rather than exact measurements.If you’d like to delve deeper, you can find the scientific publication on the study of our material brokerage from 2019 to 2022 here:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43615-024-00360-y
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Residency at the Neues Volkshaus Cotta - Open Call
Application period: through August 10, 2026Note: We deliberately do not require the submission of a finished concept, as we are seeking a site-specific exploration and development—which is what the residency is all about. For the application, we are therefore interested in your artistic practice and personal motivation—what appeals to you about the location and the project, and what your initial thoughts and ideas might be—in other words, a sketch.Selection: Selection will be made by a jury consisting of representatives from the Neues Volkshaus Cotta and the Künstlerbund Dresden. The jury will meet on August 26, after which acceptance or rejection will be communicated.Duration: Starting in September 2026. The residency is to take place over a period of two weeks. These two weeks may be taken consecutively. It is also possible to split the weeks into blocks, but individual days cannot be selected separately.End: with the presentation in October 2026
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Cross the threshold.
Marlen Buchda was with us in the open workshops for her report in Medienpraxis. The result is a wonderful article about the conglomerate, DIY and improving the world in the blind spot of urban perception - somewhere in the industrial area in an open workshop.Click here for the article
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