The sign above the studio entrance reads “Video Inn,” written in all caps and now coloured by an 80s patina. There, we meet painter Elif Saydam, sitting on the steps of the former video…[read on]
Benjamin Busch welcomes viewers to navigate five digital landmarks in his project ‘Scanning the Horizon,’ first launched in December 2021 at the Schwules Museum…[read on]
Distinct reoccurring visual methods abound throughout this display of Bartana’s oeuvre, with speculative strategies that envision and question the many forms that repair and…[read on]
Semra Ertan’s family have collectively published and co-edited a bilingual book of her poetry, entitled ‘Mein Name ist Ausländer | Benim Adım Yabancı.’…[read on]
The most recent and 17th edition was the launch of the publication ‘Bliss’ by the artist duo Franziska Brandt and Moritz Grünke, known as Gloria Glitzer…[read on]
The information pamphlets were printed on neon colored paper, the fonts were loud, projecting hieroglyphic codes for new design vernaculars. From February 20th–23rd,…[read on]
Article by Nina Prader // Sept. 03, 2019
Similar to the Canadian pop-rockstar and queer feminist icon’s synth beats, Peaches’ first institutional solo art show is based on a one-liner hook: the Fleshies. Known in the sex toy business as Double Masturbators or…[read on]
Interview by Nina Prader // Mar. 26, 2019
Once again, Henrike Naumann is tasked with installing the last exhibition in a space before a change: ‘Ostalgie’ is the farewell show at KOW’s Brunnenstraße address. In this “Abrissparty” (demolition party),…[read on]
Article by Nina Prader // Nov. 23, 2018
In Henrike Naumann’s interiors, memory, amnesia and the present seem indiscernible, simultaneously as flippant as they are nostalgically potent. Her sculptural environments show ideologies, embedded in materials…[read on]
Article by Nina Prader // Sept. 19, 2018
One exclamation point was not enough to underline the bold graffiti letters on the side of the massive, windowpane-less Haus der Statistik, proclaiming “Stop Wars On Migration!!”. Empty for a decade, the former…[read on]
Article by Nina Prader in Berlin // Apr. 11, 2018
“The subjects come to you,” Assaf Gruber explains. Currently on view at the IBB Video Space at the Berlinische Galerie, he showcases two video portraits, entitled ‘The Right’ and ‘The Calling.’ Though these stories are fictional…[read on]
“Is this really your studio?” is a curious question that comes to mind when visiting photographer Tobias Zielony’s physical studio space, which…[read on]
