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An Interview with Julian Weber

Interview by Göksu Kunak – in Berlin; Thursday, Aug. 06, 2015.

Sleek surfaces, pastel colors, minimal forms and abstract ideas; small head ventilators, watermelons, kitsch waterfall posters. A vibraphone played by a classical musician wearing old-school roller skates transforming into a performer with white sneakers sampling 90s hip hop live in another space…[read on…]

COLLABORATION // Conference Call: Talking with Collectives

Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Monday, Aug. 03, 2015.

Experimental design collective ON/OFF has recently initiated a series of Conference Calls, to investigate the recent proliferation of art and architecture collectives worldwide. Following the nomination of 18-member-strong, London-based collective…[read on…]

Venice Biennale // The Curator’s Standpoint: An Interview with Katya García-Antón, Nordic Pavillion

Interview by Marta Jecu – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2015.

At the Nordic Pavilion, which, for the first time, will be represented only by Norway, Katya Garcia-Anton in collaboration with Antonio Cataldo, curated the work of Camille Norment. Relating to the concept of dissonance, which according to the exhibition’s press release inspired the work in ‘a sonic, cultural and individual way’…[read on…]

Sound Spectrum // An Interview with Ari Benjamin Meyers

Interview by Arielle Bier // July 27, 2015
Having trained as a classical musician, composer and conductor, Ari Benjamin Meyers brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in musical formats to his practice as a conceptual artist working with…[read on]

Sound Spectrum // An Interview with Video Jam

Interview by Celia Wickham // July 24, 2015
Founded only a few years ago in 2012, Video Jam has quickly distinguished itself as one of the most innovative arts events in the North West of England. Taking place predominantly in arts and cultural institutions around Manchester…[read on]

Sound Spectrum // Deeper Into The Soft Moon

Article by Melissa Pink // July 23, 2015
Berlin Art Link recently caught up with the gothic, synth-pop, post-punk band The Soft Moon and discussed their new album, Deeper, over beers in frontman and creator Luis Vasquez’s current base in…[read on]

Venice Biennale // The Curator’s Standpoint: An Interview with Mihai Pop, Romanian Pavilion

Article by Marta Jecu; Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015.

The following series of interviews look at the curatorial work within three pavilions at the 56th Venice Biennial. Not designed as receptacles of various forms of mixed and layered artistic content, but also not as multi-media platforms that annul the material persistency of architecture…[read on…]

Sound Spectrum // Tino Sehgal: Between Sound and Movement

Article by Rebecca Partridge // July 15, 2015
Entering the Martin-Gropius-Bau on a sweltering July morning, two lone hunched figures sit in the middle of the vast atrium. At first imperceptible from the normal rumblings of a large building, a voice emerges,…[read on]

Sound Spectrum // Interview with the ASMRtist Claire Tolan

Interview by Alison Hugill // July 14, 2015
Claire Tolan is off to London for the rest of the summer to do a sound art residency at The White Building, where she plans to build a web platform for ASMR enthusiasts. Auto-Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)…[read on]

Sound Spectrum // An Interview with Lundahl & Seitl

Interview by Alison Hugill in Berlin // Jul. 09, 2015
In July everyone in Scandinavia seems to go on mandatory vacation. Even in the art world, where the lines between work and non-work are constantly being blurred, it’s important to follow suit. As a result,…[read on]

Sound Spectrum // From Hieroglyphs to Graphic Novels: Origins of the Written Sound

Article by Lucia Love in Berlin // Jul. 07, 2015
The world we exist in is a dense map of thought. Our knowledge and memories of all experience are constantly accessed and revised as we traverse a landscape of phenomena. It is our creation of…[read on]

Art & Feminism // An Interview with Maja Cule

Interview by Evanna Folkenfolk // Jun. 27, 2015
To start with stock photography is a kind of bravery. Some don’t pull it off, though the intent is there — the regurgitation of culture, an imbroglio of imagery from the modern world — and what you see is what it is:…[read on]