Diaries
What Did I Miss
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by Adela Lovric, 30 Sep 2013Last week's events weren't about seeing as many as possible like the week before, but they did keep some of the festive glow. From the posh L40 to the happy-go-geeky LEAP, each one was packed and full of positive energy. People were talkative and friendly, especially in places where the glasses were... -
by Adela Lovric, 23 Sep 2013Aufwiedersehen Berlin Art Week, see you next year! Slightly exhausted and highly inspired, we look back on all of the places we visited and (dis)liked (read the first two diaries of our pilgrimage through the art venues of Berlin here & here). As if that wasn't enough, abc art fair gave us an extra kick - some... -
by Adela Lovric, 20 Sep 2013Beautiful Minds @ Humboldt University Campus Nord Although creative and immediately interesting, the idea to put up an exhibition in the anatomy department doesn't work so well for art. What would you rather be looking at - an almost empty shelving unit (actual art work) or the glass cases filled with... -
by Adela Lovric, 19 Sep 2013Marisa Favretto / Yudi Noor - Recognize Set In Free Edge @ Galerie Christian Ehrentraut After the main opening on Auguststrasse, I got the impression that I will have to queue to see any show during BAW. Fortunately, people are more into the word 'opening' when it's coupled with the word 'party... -
by Adela Lovric, 15 Sep 2013THURSDAY 12.09 Meg Cranston & John Baldessari - Real Painting (for Aunt Cora) @ Michael Janssen "Godfather of conceptual art, master of appropriation, surrealist for the digital age..." - as Tom Waits narrates. What would you ask John Baldessari if you had the chance to meet him? We were nervously... -
by Adela Lovric, 8 Sep 2013FRIDAY 06.07 Berlin Masters @ Arndt An exhibition of works by selected master students from two Berlin art universities turned out to be the most exciting opening this week. There were more people in the gallery than seeds in a pomegranate, and still nobody wanted to give up on jostling their way in and through the... -
by Adela Lovric, 1 Sep 2013WEDNESDAY 28.08 Languageleaps @ Galeria Plan B Recently I got the feeling that Tyrannousaurus Rex (known as T-Rex) is getting quite popular. Like an icon. I have met one here as a star of a poem written by Hanne Lippard. I would call it the same word I have heard from the audience after... -
by Adela Lovric, 26 Aug 2013FRIDAY 23.08 Sabine Fassl @ Scotty Enterprises The weirdest of shapes in nature met for a show... ...as if the artist visited another planet and brought us alien plants samples. The space felt very much alive, breathing and photosynthesising. New Atlantis @ Km Temporaer This was one... -
by Adela Lovric, 12 Aug 2013THURSDAY 08.08 Transartfest - Ensemble Xenon @ Supermarkt It is not a good idea to come late to an alternative music performance where audience become a part of it because in this case you won´t, and maybe (my case) you will not understand and enjoy it as you could as a participant. So as a... -
by Adela Lovric, 5 Aug 2013THURSDAY 01.08 Bárbara Fonseca - "In Summer No One Dies" @ idrawalot Although twisted and weirded, the show is still an eyecandy. Bizzare illustrations make you go "aww" and "haha", while the small-scale recreation of the beach invites you to sit down, relax, take a sip of... -
by Adela Lovric, 29 Jul 2013THURSDAY 25.07 Berlin Atonal @ Kraftwerk This new old festival really couldn't go wrong with the combination of an amazing location and a great lineup, and it even surpassed the high expectations. When I first felt that impressive wall of sound that relocated my internal organs and gave a nice brain... -
by Adela Lovric, 21 Jul 2013FRIDAY 19.07 Martin Gross - "Rutur" @ Feldbuschwiesner You had to be incurably cynical by default to discard the effort that was obviously put into these drawings. All graphite/pencil on paper, and all made up completely. Although it appropriates the cold, clean and accurate appearance of... -
by Adela Lovric, 15 Jul 2013WEDNESDAY 10.07 Parasite @OZEAN Øystein Aasan - David Edward Allen - Viktoria Binschtok Max Frisinger - Franziska Furter - Aubrey Heichemer Maureen Jeram - Joyce Kim - Antonia Low - Caitlin Masley Florian Neufeldt - Alex Schweder artist Maureen Jeram co-curated the show and delivered one of the most... -
by Adela Lovric, 8 Jul 2013THURSDAY 04.07 Episode 2: Sabotage @ insitu Sabotage awaited immediately at the entrance - a huge orange ball blocking the entrance caused some confusion (+13), until we realized the entrance is through the window, down the ladder. The rest of the exhibition wasn´t as exciting, maybe because... -
by Adela Lovric, 30 Jun 2013THURSDAY 27.06 Nicolás Robbio - Every Body Knows @ invaliden1 A simple, lovely and subtly humorous show. Or at least I saw it that way, while it actually cites some paragraph on ancient Greeks, Newton, the universe, quantum physics... (A) RELEGATION : Catherine Lorent @Bar Babette Presentation... -
by Adela Lovric, 24 Jun 2013WEDNESDAY 19.06 Thomas Kilpper Resist! - Oder let it be! @ Galerie Nagel Draxler Angela Merkel, Leni Riefenstahl, Uli Hoeneß and Pussy Riot in the same room - not in a politically themed joke but portrayed on car pieces referring to the German history, current affairs, the surrounding area (Rosa... -
by Adela Lovric, 17 Jun 2013THURSDAY 13.06 Resonant Bodies @ ICI Berlin +17 for the sound sculpture (by Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri & Pe Lang) producing delicate sounds in a peculiar way +15 for a sophisticated choice of food and wine served for the guests whose appearance was quite the opposite of sophisticated... -
by Adela Lovric, 10 Jun 2013THURSDAY 06.06 Rules of Attraction / Trink Dich Schön @ Insitu Angelika Arendt / Pauline Bastard / Julian Charrière / Vadim Fishkin / Michael Kargl / Sophia Pompéry / Tomás Werner +7 for a slightly shocking result of an experiment: how different photo studios develop the same...