Blog post by Anne van Leeuwen – in Berlin; Friday, May 9, 2014.
You can’t rely on the joke as the only mode of social relation! exhibits the work of Berlin-based, Canadian artist Alexi Kukuljevic. Kunsthalle Leipzig is an exhibition space founded by Jeff Weber in 2014….[read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Thursday, May. 8, 2014.
In Nothing Less than Literal: Architecture after Minimalism, author Mark Linder argues that the minimalist art tradition of the 1960s was largely informed by architectural qualities, concepts, and techniques of representation…[read on…]
Interview by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 06, 2014.
Artist Georgia Russell has made her name in the niche of book art. Her meticulous handiwork with a scalpel and old tomes is awe-inspiring both in its effort and aesthetic. Through the process of, in some sense, destroying a book, she creates, reconstructs, and enlivens pages into creature-like objects. The Scottish artist uses her skill to make stories and histories relevant again…[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 6, 2014.
The physicality of Jared Gradinger and Angela Schubot‘s performances makes you squirm. The intense panting, flopping, slapping, and movements not even thought controllable or possible, ebb and flow. The duo’s performance at Hebbel am Ufer, is maybe, began almost as scenes of a domestic dispute in slow motion, with sluggish punches and shoves in the fashion of capoeira…[read on…]
Blog entry by Graham Haught in Berlin; Saturday, May 3, 2014.
There was a clear reason why I went to Lido in Kruezberg last Wednesday, April 23rd. Potentially it was the same reason everyone was there, swirling through doors with glasses of beer and cigarettes poking through long hair, draping down shirtless backs…[read on…]
Blog post by Linus Ignatius – in Berlin; Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2014.
I am at Ufer Studios for the Crossover Projekt, a dance series curated by Isabel Gotzkowsky. Her mission is to pair young dancers in search of experience with eminent choreographers from all over Europe…[read on…]
Blog entry by Graham Haught in Berlin; Monday, Apr. 28, 2014.
Near Hermanplatz there is a place like no other in Berlin: La Ultima Cena. It’s a cold Mexican street café hued in a dark, industrial atmosphere that leaves you to wonder, perhaps feeling a bit displaced in a way that makes you think… [read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Thursday, Apr. 24, 2013.
Last week marked the triple launch of a new art book publisher, an artist’s monograph, and the premiere performance of a musical composition. At the centre of all this was Israeli artist Amir Fattal…[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2014.
As a part of the 48h Neukölln Festival, Studio Chérie is holding a photography competition, specifically for photos inspired by the theme of “courage” and with an emphasis in conceptual photography. There will be ten winners announced, with the first prize winner receiving a weekend shoot at Studio Chérie. Other winners will be a part of an exhibition at the photography studio and project space for the festival, happening June 27-29th. …[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014.
Computers and technology have obviously become more accessible than its original creators and proponents could have imagined. The reach of technology is important to LEAP’s newest show, Obsessive Sensing, with many installation pieces created using technical methods rather than traditional artistic academic skills. Each piece intrigues, from controversial lie detection software to hallucinating algorithms and neural networks. …[read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Monday, Apr. 21, 2014.
Since the 1990s there has been a considerable push in art practice towards socially-engaged, participatory methods. Instead of removing art from the ‘useless’ domain of aesthetics and relocating it into praxis or politics, this year’s Hardbakka Ruins Project aims to think about art as existing in an ambiguous territory that deals with complex social concerns like political engagement, affect, inequality, class, narcissism, and social norms….[read on…]
