Posts Tagged ‘Berlin Art Link’
Javier Peres: Interviewed by Zefrey Throwell
by Zefrey Throwell // July 11, 2011
Javier Peres holds nothing back in this one. From his humble roots in San Francisco to his meteoric rise in Los Angeles, then to Athens and now with his two spaces in Berlin,…[read on]
This Friday! Artconnect Berlin Launch Party
Blog Entry by Monica Salazar, Founding Director, Berlin Art Link – in Berlin; Thursday, July 14, 2011.
This Friday, July 15, Artconnect Berlin, a new networking platform for the city’s creative sector, will be launched in an effort to unite the different segments of this scattered and often disconnected community.
BERLIN ARCH LINK: TESTIFY! Lukas Feireiss on Architectural Consequences
Blog entry by Elvia Pyburn-Wilk – in Berlin; Friday, July 8, 2011.
Testify! The Consequences of Architecture, originally conceived for the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam by Lukas Feireiss, intentionally challenges the cross-examination of our built environment as the sole provenance of the architect and attempts to interweave architectural discourse into the very fabric of society.
Slow As Molasses, Faster Than 2GB Ram
by Corinna Kirsch // June 30, 2011
Here’s a lie: The misfortune of the present is that it will become the future’s past. The artworks selected for this exhibition disprove that the past is a miserable precursor to the…[read on]
ArtStars* Guide to Getting Your Shit Together
Blog entry by Monica Salazar – in Berlin; Thursday, June 30, 2011.
This week I had the fortunate opportunity to take the “Business 101: Consulting for Creative Professionals” course with Nadja Sayej, host and creator of the witty and insightful (and sometimes enjoyably disturbing) web-TV show, ArtStars*, at Node Residency Center.
VIENNA IN BERLIN: Praterstr. 48
Blog entry by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Sunday, June 26, 2011.
Tucked away behind a Vespa workshop in a back alley in Mitte lies Leslie Weißgerber’s and Max Frey’s new project space, Praterstr. 48. Originally hailing from Vienna, the art historian Weißgerber and the artist Frey set up the space early this year, and show a varied programme of contemporary art.
Requiem für einen Untoten
by Marta Jecu // June 2, 2011
I think that the German Pavilion of the 54th Venice Biennial is incorporating the gap between on one hand representativity and identity (signifiers that are meant to express…[read on]
WIR SIND BEI UNS: We Are Here With Us
Blog entry and photos by SP Williams – in Berlin; Monday, June 13, 2011.
In ‘Mythos Incorporated’, Eckart Hahn puts classical symbolism and mythic force to the test. He paints over the subjects with current day objects such as plastic bags, or masks them in ‘marketing colors’, such as the sickly McDonald’s yellow that I connect with cheeseburgers, childhood and constipation.
The month of Performance Art
by Henna Räsänen // May 25, 2011
The numerous locations around Berlin have been a platform for performances of interesting artists from around the world. The program started on May 1st and lasts until…[read on]
ECKART HAHN: Mythos Incorporated
Blog entry and photos by SP Williams – in Berlin; Saturday, May 21, 2011.
In ‘Mythos Incorporated’, Eckart Hahn puts classical symbolism and mythic force to the test. He paints over the subjects with current day objects such as plastic bags, or masks them in ‘marketing colors’, such as the sickly McDonald’s yellow that I connect with cheeseburgers, childhood and constipation.