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Cia Rinne believes that if you only speak one language you are limited in your thinking because you can only express things in one way. In her show, Sounds for Soloists, at Grimmuseum, Rinne showcases her ability to express herself through an...read more
Karla Black @ Schinkel Pavillion, Vadim Fishkin @ Galerija Gregor Rodnar, Harald Klingelhöller @ Konrad Fischer Galerie, Wolfgang Stiller, Laboratory I and Andreas Zingerle, Squeeze @ Delloro Contemporary Art, Cia Rinne, Sounds for Soloists @...read more
A Tale of Three Cities Berlin Bookswap @ Geist im Glas, Alfredo Jaar Opening Afterparty @ Prince Charles, Impress Me @ NGBK, Positioning Osmotic Impulses @ Former Neukölln Prison THURSDAY 14.06 Alfredo Jaar. The way it is @ Berlinische Galerie A...read more
The 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!!! )...read more
Kassel: Real-Unreel screening with Francis Alys; Art Magazine party @Ekstase, professional preview Berlin: Films and Windows I @ Mathew Gallery, Hilaron Manero "2011" @ 7hours Haus 19, Sameheads/Purge/Ocvlto Party Kassel If the sound of the Art...read more
OPEN CALL: “Kunst braucht Fläche” / Art needs space We are looking for young talented, undiscovered artists to showcase their works to the public. AV Aussenwerbung GmbH & Co. KG is a Berlin based company specialized in cultural advertisement...
STOP 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)...read more
Construction/ Building @ Galerie Open, The World is Not Fair: Die Grosse Welt Ausstellung @ Tempelhof Field, Picasso Grid @ Autocenter, The Future Archive @ n.b.k. "this bitch REALLY loves the camera" THURSDAY 31.05 Kanon 1-12, Henrik Vestergaard...read more
Meister Proper geht ins Deutschlandhaus: Territorien, Kunst, Politik Unter Kuratoren wird der Ausstellungsraum allzu oft aufgeführt als nihil privatium, das nach der Auffüllung mit Kunst als Ausdruck des Lebens ganz werden soll. Ohne die gefüllte...
A while back, in celebration then to the upcoming berlin biennal, we posted our Berlin/ Art Hate-o-meter and invited our readers in an "oppinion exercise": What are top 5 things you absolutely dislike, disagree with in the Arts and/or in Berlin?...
mobile pics from the events we visited WEDNESDAY 23.05 Turkish Art New and Superb @ Tanas THURSDAY 24.05 Haroon Mirza @ Schering Stiftung Slawomir Elsner @ Künstlerhaus Bethanien FRIDAY 25.05 Larry Clark @ C/O SATURDAY 26.05 Book Days @ C/Oread more
“It reminds me of school time, with the difference that we wrote the books that we are talking about.” One of the artists, the Italian guy, told me this when I asked him how it is going. (Davide from IOCOSE) The idea of the speed portfolio viewing...read more
In preparation for a work included in his solo exhibition, “Shadows of Words Spoken” at Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, sculptor Andreas Blank was in an uncomfortable situation in an Italian quarry. There were only five pieces left of the good...read more
mobile pics from the events we visited THURSDAY 17.05 Krytyka Polityczna @ Berlin Biennale SATURDAY 19.05 Cosmophobia @ L'atelier - kunst(spiel)raum SUNDAY 20.05 Speed Portfolio Viewing @ L40 Eine Statue hat sich an mich erinnert ---A statue has...read more
Dogbite means something somehow more surprising then any other accident. It shock as something unpredictable and in someway connected with the breaking of a trust. It’s a hit from a direction we wouldn’t aspect, for a reason that usually we don’t...
Month of Performance Art Photos by Laura Gianetti (for more pics click here ) Performances Program 3. May - 6. May, 6 - 9pm at L'Atelier - kunst(spiel)raum | Thursday 3. May: Pipi N P Records, Agora Collective, Katherina Heil Friday 4. May:...
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
Zur Ideologie des Schalensitzes von Diego Castro Mehr über "Oberfläche und Oberflächlichkeit" hier klicken. Jeder kennt es: auf einer Fahrt in einem 2.Klasse-Abteil eines Regionalzugs, z.B. nach Leipzig, ist der Reisende rundum unbequemen Sitzen...
"Two thirds of what we see is behind our eyes," says Chinese proverb. Does what we see really exist or is it just a creation of our imagination? It is common knowledge that what we perceive is pretty much what our eyes see and report to our brain...read more
mobile pics... THURSDAY 03.05 Aufbruch. Malerei und realer Raum @ Akademie der Künste FRIDAY 04.05 On Research: Lecture Performance by Hito Steyerl and Rabih Mroué @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt Sand Issue 5 Launch @ mindpirates SATURDAY 05.05 "...read more
Last February, Delloro opened its doors again after relocating in Kreuzberg with a concert by Martin Creed and his band that you probably attended or at least heard about. The Berlin-based gallery is the second project of Rolando Anselmi, an...read more
You 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...read more
