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New York WalkAbout: Working Class Bars

New York WalkAbout: Working Class Bars; photo: Barbara Confino

Blog post and photographs by Barbara Confino – in New York; Wednesday, May 15, 2013

What drove me there was loneliness. I knew no one in this far away neighborhood. My new place had effectively exiled me from friends who were more centrally located, and since I typically worked alone all day, I was hungry for…[read on…]

OPEN CALL: AURORA 2013 new media arts festival

Blog post by Jessyca Hutchens – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

As an artist do you feel your creative voice and perspective reflects and contributes to society? AURORA new media arts festival, a free contemporary art event in the public space of Downtown Dallas Arts District, presents a platform to express this voice within the realms of new media art.[read on…]

BLINK // Jose Romussi, Dancing Strings

Blog post by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Friday, May 10, 2013.

The works of Jose Romussi are a form of artistic intervention that combines a particular craft with a repurposed image. With a strong background in embroidery, Romussi creates works with thread that bear a distinct duality between old and new, production and hand-made….[read on…]

Drive East: Volker Kreidler’s Russia Photos.
Artist talk, May 13.

Volker Kreidler - "Saint Petersburg" (2011), piezo-pigment print; courtesy the artist

Blog post by Jessyca Hutchens – in Berlin; Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

Currently on display at the Volkswagen Automobil Forum are the large-format photographs of Volker Kreidler, documenting a drive he took from Berlin to Russia. These landscapes take us on a journey that feels ever informed by a sense of history and symbolic purpose. On Tuesday May 14 the Volkswagen Automobil Forum and Kubix will present…[read on…]

Gentle Teasing: RELAUNCH at KW

Article by Jessyca Hutchens in Berlin // May 5, 2013
These days, when a company goes through a re-brand they tend to present things in the friendliest terms possible—think voice over actors that sound like Zach Braff, little xylophone ditties, and language that manages to sound left-of-centre while being completely innocuous…[read on…]


Documentary Donnerstag, Part II: May 2 – 23

Blog post by Emelie Flood – in Berlin; Thursday, May 2, 2013.

Salons have played a key role in the reception process of artworks, providing a forum for the free exchange of ideas and opinions since the days of Diderot and Baudelaire.Momentum, the Berlin platform for time-based art, hosts these events to coincide with…[read on…]

BLINK // Alex Zelina’s transformed subjects

Blog post by Zuzana Oravcova – in Berlin; Monday, Apr. 29, 2013.

The Slovakian artist, Alex Zelina, is often inspired by controversial social phenomena. His creative process often begins with the selection of a mass-media image he then re-interprets. His most recent work consists of five paintings, acrylic on paper…[read on…]

Alice through the key hole

Blog Post by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Sunday, Apr. 28, 2013.

British artist Martin Butler calls his new home base in Berlin a playground for artists and art. He rejoices in its two airports, three opera houses, and more liberal culture than his former residence in Italy…[read on…]

BLINK // Peter Daverington

Blog post by Angela Connor – in Berlin; Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2013.

There are not many Australian artists who can claim to be as dexterous as Peter Daverington. Daverington is a unique presence, mastering the painter’s palette and techniques, as well as being an accomplished Ney Flute player with acclaimed performances in the Great Pyramids of Egypt…[read on…]