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Exhibition // Shifting into a Different Motion at Tanya Leighton

Oliver Laric at Tanya Leighton Gallery (2014), installation view, photo courtesy of the gallery

Article by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Saturday, Dec. 06, 2014.

Immediately upon walking into Tanya Leighton Gallery for Oliver Laric‘s solo show, the viewer is confronted with confusion: in the main room stands either one work or three very similar, though distinctly different works. I found out later that it is even more complicated…[read on…]

Video Interview // Sergei Tchoban

Building by Sergei Tchoban; photo by Claus Grubner

Video Interview by Berlin Art Link – in Berlin; Wednesday, Dec. 03, 2014.

Architect and founder of Mitte’s Museum for Architectural Drawing Sergei Tchoban sat down with Berlin Art Link to talk about some of his iconic…[read on…]

Exhibition // Sensory Overload: Moholy-Nagy at Bauhaus-Archiv

Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014.

The latest retrospective at the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin is a fully immersive experience: a curatorial feat rarely realized in big institutions, but absolutely crucial to the nature of this exhibition. The show is a survey of Hungarian, Bauhaus heavyweight László Moholy-Nagy’s early preoccupation with a full sensorial education…[read on…]

Exhibition // Romania and the Republic of Moldova Speak at HAU

Farid Fairuz 'Realia (Bucharest/Beirut)' (2014), performance, photo by Alina Usurelu, courtesy of HAU

Article by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.

Twenty five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, fictional persona Farid Fairuz invited contemporary performance artists from Romania and the Republic of Moldova to dance, sing, speak and perform for an audience in Berlin at the Hebbel am Ufer (HAU). With a charismatic …[read on…]

Exhibition // Glitches in the Web Cam: Petra Cortright at Société Berlin

Petra Cortright, Petwelt, at Societe Berlin 2014

Article by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.

Unexpectedly projected onto the white walls of a gallery space of Société Berlin is a scene familiar to most of us: the charismatic washed out tone and upward angle of a webcam recording, a private house with a pretty girl in the frame, walking, prancing and making different …[read on…]

London Series // No. 3: Timothy Taylor Gallery

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Article by Harriet Thorpe – in London; Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014.

Timothy Taylor Gallery is located at 15 Carlos Place, on a curving street just off Grosvenor Square in the smart Mayfair conservation area. The area is landscaped with luxury fashion boutiques and a fountain, while porters in top hats greet guests outside the neighbouring Connaught Hotel….[read on…]