Blog entries by Despina Stokou
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by Despina Stokou, 27 Jul 2012Back in February, when I had gotten all intern crazy and spent a week actually joking about building the "pigs" army. I met this girl, the last of a series of young people offering to do everything for nothing. She had been a while in Berlin, got some street smarts, funny, british (the accent..) and most... -
by Despina Stokou, 24 Jul 2012Our Likes our now complete- Maria, Rachel, Christian and mine below. Now your turn! Send in or comment online the 5 things you absolutey adore about Berlin and its art scene. We will post all half -way sane answers with a name, as soon as we get some. Der Fernsehturm I LOVE the Alex Tower. I just love it. It... -
by Despina Stokou, 5 Jul 2012-Why did you come to Berlin to work? -I have promised myself I will not answer any more questions about Berlin. First of all football. So Germany triumphs over Greece, to get beaten to a pulp by Italy, who in their turn got absolutely ridiculed by Spain in the final. It feels like there is a karmic statement... -
by Despina Stokou, 17 Jun 2012The ultimate guide to Art Basel- All you need to know about the super art fair- the absolute highlights. If such a thing is even possible, this is not it. The first thing I noticed in Art Basel is that I did not get in. In Kassel ( Documenta!!!) press (and those of us who pose as such) got info bags with... -
by Despina Stokou, 7 Jun 2012STOP whatever you are doing and plan your trip to Kassel!!! (in that case: Spoiler Alert for following photos) KARLSAUE - (pronounced karls - a-u-e ) Song Dong Anri Sala Pierre Huyghe Sam Durant time bank (eflux/Julieta Aranda &Anton Vidokle... -
by Despina Stokou, 4 May 2012You don’t forget fear. How can you? You forget the name of someone the minute they utter it at an opening and you forget the name of a guy you met in Kingsize. You don’t forget fear. Is that a politically correct euphemism for f*ck fear, like we would say fudge fear? Or is this word really weighed in... -
by Despina Stokou, 19 Apr 2012(my) Virtual Collectors Buy List @Art Cologne 2012/ meine Imaginäre Kaufliste auf der Art Cologne If collecting is a virus- I think I got it. In an all in all very satisfying fair- these are the works I would not want to leave/live without. Total value of my imaginary first step into collecting: 200.000euro... -
by Despina Stokou, 9 Apr 2012Berlin and its art scene have long past the age of no man’s land innocence- the city is growing, the art scene tries to find it’s pace. Growing pains and conflicts come with it. As a mental exercise for the upcoming bb and in celebration of Easter I wanted to attempt a collective Berlin-Art Hate-o-meter.... -
by Despina Stokou, 29 Mar 2012This letter is inspired by all the so called unsolicited proposal emails, everybody, who has even remotely something to do with offering exhibition opportunities, gets by the dozens. I collect these emails, as I am always intrigued by their tone, a rather psychotic split between worship and hate. When I was going... -
by Despina Stokou, 16 Mar 2012I have been thinking a lot lately about this new language, spoken in art openings and events. It is of course English, or Euro English* but it is also more than that. The main characteristic of this language- lets call it PR Language or Art English, is that nothing means what it says. The surface of the sentence (and... -
by Despina Stokou, 27 Feb 2012This is maybe the rudest thing I have ever admitted thinking, but when I watch a semi senile Über Artist being attacked by flashes and moronic journalist questions “You are in the...autumn of your career, what comes next?“, I just can’t help but think: Dudeee get off the pot... -
by Despina Stokou, 14 Feb 2012My journey to emotional growth has started with Felicita, back in the days where there seemed to be only two songs at parties, (the Duck song being the other one), and somehow has made a full circle to Synchronize Lips. So maybe it is just me, but falling, being and surviving love was the... -
by Despina Stokou, 10 Feb 2012With just about the right amount of queues, an invite that makes the one for your wedding blush, free flowing champagne white wine and, yes, the obligatory art, Mädchenschule opened yesterday in the former Jewish Shool for Girls, home of one of the best (and very few) Berlin Bienalle... -
by Despina Stokou, 28 Jan 2012It could be funny, but then it is not. Giti Nourbakhsch ( and I am going to say the name correctly just this once out of respect) announced she is closing her gallery in March, via a YouTube video, where she is dancing to Udo Lindenberg's "Ich mache mein Ding" or short "Mein Ding". (This is... -
by Despina Stokou, 5 Jan 2012whatever love you can get and give, whatever happiness you can filch or provide, every temporary measure of grace, whatever works.(as long as you don’t hurt anybody) I don’t know where you stand on the I love/hate Woody Allen scala, but I cannot think anything better than this speech of... -
by Despina Stokou, 6 Dec 2011Revisited: glitter shiny and creepy weird moments of the holiday season. Merry Christmas! Christmas magic: More Merry than a free Blackberry. *No Art. Finally we get to enjoy the Art of Cooking, the Art of Drinking (good quality wines for a change) even the Art of Caroling if you super traditional. The Art of... -
by Despina Stokou, 24 Nov 2011In the year and a half of its existence Bpigs might have admittedly stepped on a toe or two. Your responses, scold and enthusiasm have been a constant companion, helping us retrace our steps, or just move on. It seems like a good idea to publish a selection of those emails at this point, in a kind of Thanks Giving... -
by Despina Stokou, 15 Nov 2011mobile pics from the events we visited... TUESDAY 8.11. Trisha Baga - sandwich pedestrian mysticism sandwich sonata @ Johann König Delaine Le Bas. @Kunstlerhaus Bethanien MONDAY 14.11 Mirjam Thomann@ 4D Mirjam Thomann@ 4D coming up 17.11