curator's battle

curator's battle

2013

2012, Cool Things, acrylic, string, pencil on canvas, 260 x 195cm

Cyrus at the Speed Portfolio Viewing

We asked Cyrus Smith, the young Canadian Artist we have followed through his Kunsthalle Waiting line - Dante macht Kunst - to describe his experience at the Speed Portfolio Viewing event last Sunday. Here it goes: Cyrus Smith and Lily Khositashvii...read more

2012

Deine Mails sind gesperrt. Ich brauche Abstand.

IDIOMS AND PECULIARITIES OF CONTEMPORARY EMAIL COMMUNICATION In the second year (and a half) of its existence, Pigs, then Bigs, and now Bpigs, has admittedly stepped on another toe or two. Your responses, scold, and enthusiasm have been a constant...read more

Definitions

BPIGS, first issue budget plan - June 2010 “The identity of an artist doesn’t have to be a truthful one, they believed. (about Duchamp and Man Ray) What they were doing was unpicking the conventions.” Jennifer Mundy, curator of Duchamp, Man Ray,...read more

Speed Portfolio III feedback

“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

2011

In Zukunft bitte alles in Deutsch oder keine Post mehr

In 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...read more

Speed Portfolio Viewing II- The Feedback

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...read more

Speed Portfolio Viewing II

BPIGS presents SPEED PORTFOLIO VIEWING II Sunday 25. September 2011 13:00-17:00 in L40, Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur am Rosa Luxemburg Platz e.V Linien str 40 Bpigs is happy to organize the second Speed Portfolio Viewings . Based on the...read more

The PIGS Vote -What people said when asked

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...read more

Curating for Dummies-Q&A with Aaron Moulton and Carson Chan

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...read more

The Curators Battle I: Aaron Moulton Vs Carson Chan

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,...read more