Projects

  • by bpigs team, 10 Jul 2013
    Yes, we did! Curators on the left, artists on the right.  We asked the artists participating at the 4th Speed Portfolio Viewing to send us their feedback in following questions. 1. How did you go about preparing your presentation beforehand and then during the event. Did you have a specific plan or left it...
  • by Despina Stokou, 4 Jun 2013
    SPEED PORTFOLIO VIEWING IV  Sunday 07. July 2013 from 13-16.30h at L40 - Verein für Kunst und Kultur am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Linien Str 40 Special thanks to Susanne Prinz. HOW DOES IT WORK? Based on the structure of speed dating, curators are invited to review artists portfolios in 10 short...
  • by Despina Stokou, 25 May 2012
    “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 as a kind of rating-race; Did I pass – did I...
  • by Despina Stokou, 28 Mar 2012
    SPEED PORTFOLIO VIEWING III -- Deadline ist Sonntag 13.05 Basierend auf der Struktur des "Speed Datings" werden hier 10 Kuratoren eingeladen um in 10 kurzen Sitzungen á 12 Minuten Künstler-Portfolios zu besprechen. Sonntag, 20.Mai von 13.00 bis 16.30 Uhr im Verein für Kunst und...
  • by Despina Stokou, 3 Oct 2011
    The second Speed Portfolio Viewing took place last Sunday 25.09 in L40, kindly hosted by Verein zur Förderung von Kunst e.V. am Rosa-Luxemburg Platz. After the event we asked artists and curators for a short feedback. The pictures were taken with my ipod, so they have this illegal immigrant pixelated...
  • by Despina Stokou, 12 Aug 2011
    BPIGS presents SPEED PORTFOLIO VIEWING II Sunday 25. September 2011                                          ...
  • by Despina Stokou, 29 May 2011
    Bringing together speed dating and portfolio viewings , curators are invited to review artists’ portfolios in 10 short sessions of 20 minutes each. In a clean and friendly environment, Bpigs brings together artists and curators who have not yet met and appear to share interests with each other. The...
  • by Despina Stokou, 22 Mar 2011
    On Saturday 19. March the Curator's Battle took place at the Grimmuseum. Two curators, two shows, the same 8 artists. Both curators created a show with all 8 artists, they chose at title, formed a concept, wrote a curatorial text and gave instructions for set up. Both shows were inaugurated at the same time...
  • by Despina Stokou, 4 Mar 2011
    Carson Chan and Aaron Moulton CARSON CHAN Describe in a step-by-step way what the curating process is like for you- like If you had to write Curating for Dummies: step one, step two.. 1) Identify your interests. I often have mini-obsessions that get formalized into exhibitions. 2) Come up with a thesis. ie...
  • by Despina Stokou, 4 Mar 2011
    Bpigs- Berlin Independents Guide is happy to present the first of a series of shows and events in cooperation with the projects spaces featured in Bpigs. Two curators, two shows, the same artists.  Team CHAN: Constant Dullaart, Kinga Kielczynska, Darri Lorenzen, Timur Si-Qin Team MOULTON: Marco Bruzzone,...