Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Dec. 25, 2016
How can we capture and represent a changing world, caught in the moment of transition? In the work of Marwan Rechmaoui, a large floor-based black rubber map delineates the entire city of Beirut, sixty individual…[read on]
Article by Alison Hugill in Berlin // Dec. 14, 2016
Beirut’s Temporary Art Platform is a curatorial platform that develops art projects relating to the public realm. T.A.P. supports and encourages art practices concerned with public space, urban and social design,…[read on]
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Dec. 05, 2016
How do we perceive the world as it changes around us, mediating the transition between before and after? How does this process bring with it new meaning, a new understanding of what came first?…[read on]
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Nov. 30, 2016
I first encountered the work of Belgian-born Philip Aguirre y Otegui at this year’s Ireland Biennale, EVA International, being struck by his new installation ‘Cabinet Mare Nostrum’. Monotone blue, coffin-shaped boats…[read on]
Article by Nat Marcus in Berlin // Nov. 28, 2016
The textual, alphabetical characters spelling out subtitles also become acting, narrative characters in the films of Berlin-based Amelia Umuhire. As self-taught director, Umuhire represents the…[read on]
Article by Nat Marcus in Berlin // Nov. 21, 2016
As a premise, Embassy for the Displaced could seem like a bureau written into a Borges story: the design-based collective remains anonymous, and explicitly defines itself as an institution, a consulate general of…[read on]
Article by Alison Hugill in Berlin // Nov. 18, 2016
Norwegian artist Marianne Heier is known for her politically-charged performance and installation works. While practice work has always been underpinned by anti-capitalist aims, she’s taken on a series of pertinent issues…[read on]
Article by Nina Prader in Berlin // Nov. 09, 2016
Berlin is brimming with transient artists. Originally from Uruguay, Madrid-based artist Veronika Marquez was artist-in-resident at Institut für alles Mögliche in Wedding for the past three months…[read on]
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Oct. 31, 2016
Refractions of light emanate from the gaps between the edges of a mirrored cube, patterned beams echoing around the room over and over again, creating an expanding immaterial matrix; bright light peeps …[read on]
Article by Brit Seaton in Berlin // Oct. 21, 2016
Voin de Voin teams up with musician Parsifal Marin to establish a project in Sofia, Bulgaria: the exhibition space and concept store, Æther…[read on]
Article by Göksu Kunak in Berlin // Oct. 21, 2016
In a performance, the effect of light has the potential to enormously transform the perception of a mo(ve)ment. Light, as a language in itself, not only narrates but also veils various situations. In that sense, how does…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty in Berlin // Oct. 17, 2016
Light regulates us. It allows us to understand the passage of time; we see light as energy indicating a life force. Brenna Murphy transforms light into pixels. Her works may never live in our own atmosphere but our eyes…[read on]
