Article by Katharine Doyle in Berlin // Sep. 16, 2017
Taking our seats before the start of Miet Warlop’s ‘Dragging the Bone’ at HAU — Hebbel Am Ufer, we are confronted face-on with an arena of smoothly fashioned plaster forms. The onstage sculptural elements…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Aug. 29, 2017
Entering the stripped-down space of the Sophiensaele theatre, the audience is immediately confronted with La Ribot’s nude figure, lounging lethargically in front of a circular mirror in the corner of the room…[read on]
Article by Katharine Doyle in Berlin // Jul. 28, 2017
On a clear evening in July, I arrived at the south entrance of Tempelhofer Feld, the site at which the work by Lundahl and Seitl ‘Unknown Cloud On Its Way To Berlin’ was about to commence. The project is part of the immersive…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce, Photos by Michela Filzi in Berlin // Jul. 10, 2017
Berlin’s free dance scene, in all its eclecticism and diversity, provides fertile grounds for experimentation within performance. An approach to…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Apr. 23, 2017
Upon entering an incense infused studio, the audience was met by a single woman sat cross-legged in the middle of a circle demarcated by white tape. Inhaling the fumes, she drew long, meditative breaths…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Mar. 10, 2017
Building walls — the contemporary rhetoric exacerbated by Trump’s exhaustive twitter-feed — will no doubt go down in history as one of the most heated stories of our times. Seeping out of the internet…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Feb. 14, 2017
Transmediale’s robust programme for this year’s edition of the festival, Ever Elusive, also included experimental performance. The Instrument Inventors Initiative, an artist-run-platform based in The Hague,…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Feb. 02, 2017
The idyllic Spanish town of Seville, known for its beautiful architecture and tasty tapas, is also home to the off-beat performance festival Encuentros Concentrados…[read on]
Article by Brit Seaton in Liverpool // Jan. 31, 2017
In her three-act-play installation ‘Sprung a Leak’, Cécile B. Evans provides a physical space of intertwined human and artificial intelligence…[read on]
Openings at Tanya Leighton, Daniel Marzona, Scriptings, Galerie Albrecht, Kimmerich, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Kwadrat, Salon Dahlman, NBK, Institut für alles Mögliche, Display, ADK, Frankfurt am Main, CTM, Galerie im Turm,…[read on]
Article by Candice Nembhard in Berlin // Jan. 18, 2017
For his first solo and debut show in Berlin, ‘In Me Everything is Already Flowing’ is the first of a series of performances taking place by French-born, London based artist Paul Maheke. With heavy influence from philosopher…[read on]