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…]
Interview by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 06, 2015.
Kristoffer Gansing is the artistic director of transmediale, a major Berlin-based cultural festival dealing with the intersection of technology, art and culture through four formats: an academic conference, an art exhibition, a film programme, and a series of performances…[read on…]
Interview by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Frédéric Brenner spoke to Berlin Art Link about his role as the driving force behind This Place, an artistic project involving 12 world renowned, established photographers and the unstable social and physical landscape of Israel and the West Bank…[read on…]
Interview by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014.
Elisa Linn and Lennart Wolff are an established power couple who run the project space KM Temporaer. They are the curators behind the current exhibition, One Step Ahead Moving Backwards…[read on…]