In Berlin, a Secretive Club Closed for Covid-19 Reopens as an Art Gallery to the Masses

 


BERLIN—Six months into Berlin’s pandemic-induced clubbing ban, the city’s most famous dance venue is trying something different: Brightly illuminated contemporary art, silence and a friendly door policy. Berghain, a play on the club’s location on the border between the districts of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, sits in a Communist-era power plant. It is one of the world’s most secretive and selective clubs, and its tough door policy inspired an online game that uses face and speech recognition to test a clubber’s prospects...



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