Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Tuesday Nov. 5, 2013.
Uwe Neu and Oliver Thoben, curators of Neonchocolate Gallery in Berlin, have published a book offering a personal snapshot of artists that they feel characterize the Berlin art scene. The compilation, Berlin What?, shows the work of both established and up-and-coming contemporary artists based in Berlin.
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Blog post by Alison Hugill, Photos by Stephanie Third – in Berlin; Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013.
The Abandon Isolation exhibition at ROCKELMANN& addresses the modern experience of our separation from nature. The show features the work of two American land artists, Marnie Bettridge and Kathleen Vance, who attempt to reacquaint visitors with the oft-forgotten concept of natural beauty…[read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.
Berlin-based music and culture magazine Electronic Beats has just announced the headliners for its autumn music festival at the Alter Schlachthof in Dresden. Yoann Lemoine, known by his stage-name Woodkid, will be performing at the festival in mid-November. Though Woodkid’s solo music is dubbed ‘neofolk,’ Lemoine is also notorious for his exceptional music video direction, and has created a number of artfully composed music videos for stars like Katy Perry and Lana Del Rey. Woodkid last appeared at the Electronic Beats Festival in 2012 in Zagreb…[read on…]
Blog post by Jazmina Figueroa – in Berlin; Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.
Each issue of the new London based photography zine, Frost / Mayne, represents a specific concept that the two artists, Ella FrostElla Frost and Jon Mayne, want to explore. The self-published limited issues include original photography work from the artists laid out within the DIY aesthetic of the traditional zine…[read on…]
Blog post by Dominic Stutton and photos by Stephanie Third – in Berlin; Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013.
After a decade of illuminating the walls of many of the world’s major cities, the Israeli “psych pop-art” collective Broken Fingaz Crew bring their biggest installation yet to Urban Spree…[read on…]
Blog post by Barbara Confino – in Berlin; Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.
Artist and writer Barbara Confino’s new series, WalkAbout: the World as Image, Imagination, and Idea is a leisurely inquiry into the interplay between the real and the fantastic…[read on…]
Blog Post by Jazmina Figueroa – in Berlin; Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013.
The experience of the current exhibition, This is Television, by artist Judy Radul at Daad Galerie emulates the experience of viewing and utilising television through historical context…[read on…]
Blog Post by Jessyca Hutchens – in Berlin; Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013.
On October 1, at 12pm, a cloud of thick black smoke began to billow from the top of the Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art causing many passers-by to assume that the museum was burning. This controlled simulation…[read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013.
Adina Popescu’s solo exhibition Equitable Life, which opened at Autocenter last week, attempts to put parametric design to the test. Popescu worked together with architect Thomas Rüegger to create a 3D office interior, modeled after a modern ‘new economy’ building and fictionally developed as a life insurance company called Equitable Life. [read on…]