In spring 2007 the cultural producers Dorothee Bienert, Dortje Drechsel, Marina Sorbello and Antje Weitzel have opened to the public the project space uqbar, a multifunctional space for exhibitions, meetings, presentations, seminars, conferences, screenings and workshops, featuring Berlin based and international artists. The project space uqbar is a derivation from the non-profit art association uqbar – Society for Representation Research e.V., founded in 2004 as platform for interdisciplinary projects and international cooperation. The name uqbar was taken from a novel by the writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986).