Call Loneliness By Its True Name | Shared Table Dinner x Between Us 🍿

A Shared Table Dinner in Collaboration with Between Us 🎬

This is a special edition of Shared Table Dinner, created in partnership with Between Us — a just-produced short documentary crafted by final-semester students at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UDK).

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💭 What This Evening Is About

We all carry loneliness within us — and yet, most of us would rather do anything than face it, name it, or speak it aloud. In a culture fixated on productivity and relentless positivity, loneliness has been reframed as a personal failing: something shameful, something to conceal. And that silence, in part, is how we ended up here.

In a lonely world, only the lonely are sane.

But something shifts when we turn toward one another in that loneliness. We begin, slowly, to find our way back — to ourselves and to each other. This evening is a deliberate step in that direction.

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🎥 About Between Us

Between Us is a newly completed short documentary (~20 min) made by final-semester UDK Berlin students. The film follows three protagonists — rooted in Argentinian, Eritrean-Italian, and German heritage — through their experiences of arriving in a city, searching for connection, and finding a sense of belonging. Through their inner worlds, we're gently invited to look inward at our own.

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🌊 How the Evening Flows

• 🥗 Potluck-style conversations to open the space
• 🎬 Screening of Between Us(approx. 20 minutes)
• 🪞Reflection & sharing round— best enjoyed alongside some dessert 🍫

No fixed script. Just presence, contribution, and the kind of meaningful connection that emerges when people gather with intention.

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🍚 What to Bring

Please bring something small and easy to share — homemade or store-bought, both are warmly welcomed!**Ideas:**a salad, a spread, soup, raw veggies for a platter, a beloved leftover, or something sweet 🍫

🌿 This is avegetarian, alcohol-freedinner. DeliciousOolong teaand water will be provided. 🍵

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💛 Contribution & Accessibility

Every Shared Table Dinner involves hours of preparation, cooking, facilitation, and care. Your contribution sustains these gatherings and keeps them accessible to all.

All contributions are split equally betweenC*Space(our community home) andMonika Jiang / the hosting team.

Amount	What It Means
10 €	🪑 Your Seat at the Table — a spot to join, share food, and be part of the magic
15 €	🌱 Give Back a Little — covers basic costs and some of the host's time
20 € +	🌟 Sustain Community — helps the space grow and allows others to join at lower contributions

Choose what feels right. Every contribution is community in action. 💛

👉**Register here**---

🤸‍♀️ Your HostsMonika Jiang— writer, curator, community builder, and creator ofThe Oneliness Project. Monika launched Shared Table Dinners as part of her ongoing inquiry into loneliness and oneliness as personal, social, and cultural phenomena, exploring how we can practice reconnection with ourselves, others, and the world. Her gatherings weave together play, joy, embodiment, and depth of inquiry through movement, reflection, and thoughtful questions.The Between Us Team:

• Amina Zaghloul
• Daniela Araujo
• Jeanna Lee Miller
• Luciana Bassallo
• Maya Jolande Palberg

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🟡 About C*Space

C*Spaceis the community home of all Berlin Shared Table Dinners. Housed in a former furniture factory inBerlin-Weißensee, this purpose-driven creative hub nurtures curiosity, community, and regenerative ideas through co-working, cultural programming, and gatherings exactly like this one.

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Come. Let's begin reimagining loneliness — and perhaps even start befriending it — by simply calling it by its name. 💛