On Tuesday 22 August I had a meeting with Christian Lagé at his studio Anschlaege – Christian founded the studio together with Axel Watzke and Steffen Schuhmann in the final years of their university education.

My initial impression regarding my visit to Anschlaege was the fact that the studio was not located in central Berlin – it is situated in the residential suburb of Lichtenberg. On approach I thought the building was the maintenance office for the surrounding housing development. As it turned out the building was in fact a disused Kindergarten.

At the time of my visit the building was in the process of being transformed into an assortment of studio spaces – a collective home for a diverse community of creative practitioners including visual artists, fashion designers and photographers.

One of the distinctive characteristics of Anschlaege is the spirited drive the studio founders share for self-initiation. Over the last few years the studio has successfully conceived and developed a number of different actions. These actions have involved a variety of radical social interventions and have exposed a complex and fascinating variety of social concerns.