Blog post by Ruth Amelung – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016.
In Iris Touliatou’s newest work at DUVE Gallery is the result of personal ventures into the topic of artificiality, through an array of sources, from literature to music and a collaboration with 2**8daughters, a Berlin-based fashion designer-artist duo. a href=”https://www.berlinartlink.com/?p=80852″>[read on…]
Article by TL Andrews, Photos by Greg Bannan – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016.
Two security guards meet us at the stage entrance of the Friedrichstadt Palast. “We have an appointment with the costume director, Silvia Zuhr,” I say. The two search incredulously on their flip charts for me and our photographer, Greg Bannan. One scoffs audibly…[read on…]
Article by Alice Bardos – in Berlin; Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.
Ever feel like this city just isn’t Ber-Bling enough for you? Like it has lost much of that former early 2000’s consumption-based, hyper-sexualized shiny MTV swagger that it never really had in the first place? Sounds like you need a little more Zeix in…[read on…]
I’m visiting the Jean Paul Gaultier-Exhibition at the Munich Kunsthalle, while in Germany sexism is discussed in every newspaper and social media. The sexual assaults in Cologne and other cities at New Year’s Eve aren’t and can’t be forgotten, and…[read on…]
Interview by TL Andrews – in Berlin; Friday, Jan. 08, 2016.
The fashion world is not exactly known for its profound reflections on the human condition. Most of the industry can at best be described as superficial, exploitative of women, and destructive to the environment and workers in developing countries. There are, however, a few voices crying out in the wilderness, drawing attention to…[read on…]
Interview by Celia Wickham – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 05, 2015.
It is safe to say that 2015 was the year that feminist DIY culture catapulted into the mainstream cultural sphere. Whether it be the emergence of the multitude of female-fronted zines and publications such as Sister and OOMK, or…[read on…]
By Alice Bardos // Dec. 28, 2015
Clemens von Wedemeyer’s latest exhibition at the KOW entitled Cast Behind You the Bones of Your Mother is inspired by Greco-Roman mythology, but is brought to life through various new forms of technology such as…[read on]
By Alison Hugill // Dec. 23, 2015
Berlin-based, Scottish artist Katie Paterson has been collaborating with scientific research institutes and space agencies for several years, to realize complex projects that consider disciplines like…[read on]
By TL Andrews // Dec. 18, 2015
The irony that some of the biggest attractions in European museums were stolen from the rest of the world escapes most people. Fanny-packed tourists pour in to see the bust of Nefertiti in the Egyptian Museum…[read on]
Article by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Monday, Dec. 14, 2015.
Bringing together humor, history, personal stories and politics in a terrific mess, Balagan!!! explores the former East, particularly Russia, and the effects that area has had on Northern European countries. The works speak in all a loud, well informed voice about Russian politics and culture, with an inventiveness and a comic tone that is characteristic of…[read on…]
By TL Andrews // Dec. 08, 2015
Science does not happen in a vacuum. That is the message of Robert Marc Friedman’s new play Transcendence currently running in the Berlin English Theatre. The play is a beautiful portrait of a…[read on]
By Alice Bardos // Dec. 01, 2015
An immediate sense of a binary fragility and imposition washes over the mind when a person steps into Dittrich & Schlechtriem’s newly curator exhibition, In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man Loses Sight…[read on]
