THURSDAY 06.12 Blows to the temple @ Atelierhof Kreuzberg FRIDAY 07.12 Şakir Gökçebağ @ Tanas Hito Steyerl @ pro qm Edition 2012 @ Scotty Enterprises Adrian Buschmann @ EINE Galerie Christian Patterson @ Robert Morat SATURDAY 08.12 SAMEHEADS /...read more
As Flaubert’s Bouvard and Pecuchet have shown us, trying to learn only from books and no experience only leads to one failure after another. Sometimes we need to take a closer look at the educational system and how knowledge is produced in order...read more
mobile pics... MONDAY 07.05 Artistic Practice As Research talk @ ProQM WEDNESDAY 09.05 Post gig at the exhibition by residents Melissa Fisher & Teresa Adversa @ Sur la Montagne FRIDAY 11.05 Iain Hamilton Grant: Origins of Dynamics lecture @...read more
Book Hook: The Real Thing One thing that I find especially appealing about books is that since they are produced in editions, it is possible and affordable to obtain and hold in one’s hand the original object. Why is it so important to be able to...read more
They say not to judge a book by its cover, but when browsing at a bookstore, of course the books I pick up first are the ones with the bright covers. Only after I have fondled all the colorful books or ones with nice textured covers will I look at...read more
Earlier this week I attended a conversation between artist Ilana Halperin and Professor Achim Brauer (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam) on the occasion of Halperin’s exhibit at Schering Stiftung, “Hand Held Lava”. In close...read more
mobile pics from the events we visited...... MONDAY 30.01 Hal Foster @ ProQM TUESDAY 31.01 Transmediale opening @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt THURSDAY 02.02 Matt Mullican & Guido Van Der Werve @ Künstlerhaus Bethanien Morten Søndergaard, Word...read more
This month I have selected a handful of books that cover the basic incentives for traveling so that you, reader, can avoid cramped red-eye flights, immunization shots, visa nightmares, and meat in your supposedly vegetarian meals. Maybe we can’t...read more
Before your eyes is the second installment of the latest supplement to the BPIGS blog, in which I, an avid reader, collector, and book browser, provide you with a suggested reading list composed of art related books found in Berlin. Considering...read more
Welcome to the newest addition to the BPIGS blog, a weekly suggested reading list of art-related printed matter all of which, for your convenience, can be found in Berlin! But first, who am I, and what are my qualifications for providing you with...read more
