Interview by Alena Sokhan in Berlin // May. 01, 2015
A pop-up Gallery has appeared in Berlin, just off Potsdammer Straße, which is run by the oldest existing Champagne House, Ruinart. The Champagne House has a history of supporting the arts: this year Ruinart commissioned a sculptural work by …[read on…]
Interview by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2015.
Indian-born artist Aninditta Dutta has a remarkable practice that combines sculpture, performance, and installation. Dutta has become internationally renowned for her highly expressive use of wet clay in performance work that explores…[read on…]
Interview by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Thursday, Apr. 23, 2015.
In 2009, John Holten co-founded Berlin-based publishing house Broken Dimanche Press. Since then, BDP has executed a variety of books, journals, readings and exhibitions…[read on…]
Interview by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2015.
In the mid-morning sun outside a cafe by Kottbusser Tor, we got a chance to talk to performance artists Angela Schubot and Jared Gradinger. The duo’s practice is a set of carefully choreographed works that explore…[read on…]
Interview by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Friday, Mar. 13, 2015.
Performance artist Voin de Voin hails from Bulgaria with an unpredictable practice involving performance, installation, photography and film. His performance work stands out because of its endlessly exploratory aim and his at once absurd and deeply…[read on…]
Interview by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Monday, Mar. 09, 2015.
As the tagline goes, Verni.us is a site that actively tries to build a “friendlier” and more accessible art market. Using a social media platform resembling Air BnB, the founder Robin Greenwood aims to connect artists directly with buyers, by arranging studio visits….[read on…]
Interview by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Tuesday, Mar. 03, 2015.
Guy Maddin‘s latest cinematic venture, co-directed with fellow Winnipeger Evan Johnson, was screened as part of the Forum section of the Berlinale this year. The Forbidden Room stemmed from another project the pair are working on…[read on…]
Article by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Friday, Feb. 27, 2015.
Waqas Khan‘s work is a meditative pause in the present moment, taking the form of a series of highly precise yet organic patterns composed of dots or lines. Khan has been working on his exhibition at the Galerie Krinzinger in Vienna for the last year, conscientiously considering how…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill in Berlin // Feb. 23, 2015
Christopher Kline is co-owner, with his partner Sol Calero, of Kreuzberg project space Kinderhook & Caracas. The gallery’s name refers to the founders’ hometowns, in New York and Venezuela respectively. Kinderhook, NY also…[read on]
Interview by Alena Sokhan in Berlin // Feb. 20, 2015
Filmmaking duo Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia recently screened their feature film ‘H.’ at the Berlinale. ‘H.’ is an apocalyptic narrative that follows two women named Helen, who never…[read on…]
Interview by Alison Hugill in Berlin // Friday, Jan. 30, 2015
Canadian, Berlin-based artist Jeremy Shaw explores altered states in his considerable body of work, straddling the borders between neuroscience and what he refers to as ‘psychedelic kitsch’…[read on…]
Interview by Alena Sokhan – in New York; Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015.
Artists have long criticized and resisted the commercialization of art, though few have taken such a personal and professional risk as to disengage with the art market so absolutely as Post-Minimalist painter Dale Henry…[read on…]
