Most people know Snax as the biggest party taking place twice per year at Berghain. What most people don’t know is that Snax preceded and shaped what later became Berghain. Long story short, Norbert Thormann and Michael Teufele organized parties in the Reichsbahnbunker Friedrichstraße (current Boros Foundation), combining fetish sex with techno called Pervy Party by Snax Club. Later, the party found a permanent location called Lab.Oratory, eventually expanding into two adjacent spaces: Osgut and Panorama Bar. When those buildings were demolished, the club moved to its current location, Berghain.
Much can be said about what is arguably the most famous and institutionalized club in the world, but one must admit that they are good at what they do. As a sex club, Lab.Oratory is very nicely designed. The bar, the slings with long chains, the lightning, the pissoir, and the candle holders (nobody talks about the candle holders), you can tell someone took their time to think about details. Thus, it is no surprise that the same rigor is applied to their flyer. When we found this lovely flyer for the 2015 easter party by Benedikt Rugar, we couldn’t help but fall into the rabbit hole of Snax’s flyers.
Berghain releases a monthly program of its parties, also inviting artists for each issue. Here is an example by Nicola Napoli