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Bits, Pieces and Mechanical Actions

Giulio Delvè at Supportico Lopez 2012, exhibition view

Blog post and photos by Anna Smith – in Berlin; Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Upon entering the gallery one is confronted with a collection of what appear to be scrappy materials, elements and techniques, only to realize after a while that “Azione meccanica” is exactly that: a collection of elements.

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Berlin-Island: a bridge between Berlin’s art scene and Sardinian artists

Ewa Surowiec - "Losing Sharpness" (2012), video still Holiday Island

Blog post Florence Reidenbach – in Berlin; Monday, April 2, 2012.

Berlin-Island is an art residency program for Sardinian artists in Berlin. The project was developed by the Sardisches Kulturzentrum in Berlin, and by the artist and curator, Giovanni Casu, in collaboration with the curator Giusy Sanna, and the residency program, Culturia.

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Dorothy IANNONE at Peres Project

Dorothy IANNONE at Peres Project, exhibition view

Blog post and photos by Anna Smith – in Berlin; Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2012.

Peres Projects currently presents a collection of Dorothy IANNONE’s works that spans over four decades. The American artist (born in 1933) has lived in Berlin since the mid 70s.
The small collection of paintings and collages, some of which interact with video as well as audio elements, explore male-female sexual practices and invite us to imagine the relationships and the stories behind them. [read on…]


Plataforma Revolver at Transboavista- Open Call for Curators

Blog post by Marta Jecu – in Lisbon; Monday, Mar. 25, 2012.

Lisbon’s Transboavista is a multiple art project installed in the Palace Marquis of Sampaio, which dates back to 1712 (and was partially rebuilt in 1952). The three stories and attic edifice, founded and directed by the collector Vitor Pinto de Fonseca, …

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8 CLOUD. An installation by Carla Mercedes Hihn & Sebastian Zidek

Carla Mercedes Hihn and Sebastian Zidek - "8CLOUD", installation view

Blog post by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Sunday, Mar. 25, 2012.

Found windows, photographic fragments, fields of mark-making and an eerie soundtrack come together to a rather unsettling effect at Galerie im Turm. Artist Carla Mercedes Hihn has teemed up with composer Sebastian Zidek to create an installation which confronts the viewer with nebulous images and associations

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Kurt Schwitters Seminar

Photo: Kurt Schwitters. Photo El Lissitzky

Blog entry by Devon Elise Atkins – in Berlin; Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012

Tonight at Another Vacant Space Ian Hunter of Littoral Arts – a UK based non-proffit arts organisation – will present a seminar of Kurt Schwitters and information regarding a new residency in relation to the Elterwater Merz Barn project.

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I want to love you but I’m getting blown away. Carly Fischer at REH Kunst

Carly Fischer at REH Kunst; courtesy of the artist

Blog post by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Thrusday, Mar. 15, 2012.

Since moving to Berlin, how often have you heard someone say: „Berlin… the city is just so historic, so meaningful, so, you know…?” New Eckkneipes sport the ubiquitous Boxi flea-market chic, Plattenbauten are all of a sudden spots for destination-tourism, even such horrific GDR memento-moris as the watch-towers to imprison its citizens have become mere film-set props.
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Art Dubai 2012: BAL connects Berlin’s art scene to the U.A.E.

Art Dubai 2011

Blog post by Monica Salazar – in Berlin; Friday, Mar. 09, 2012.

On March 21th – 24th, BERLIN ART LINK will join the international art world at the 6th edition of Art Dubai; the regions leading fair which intersects the art scenes of the Middle East and South Asia. The fair attracted over 20, 000 visitors in 2011 with a curated program showing 74 galleries from 32 countries.
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HomeBase BUILD II Festival

Article by Samantha Manton // Feb. 29, 2012
The HomeBase BUILD Festival promises to be one-of-a-kind, with a rich interactive programme of installations, performances, music, lectures, readings, as well as a symposium discussing the meeting of contemporary art and…[read more…]


EVIL DEAD 2: Matt Jones and Kadar Brock at Horton Gallery

EVIL DEAD 2 - Matt Jones and Kadar Brock

Blog entry by Devon Elise Atkins – in Berlin; Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.

Everyone has different ideas about what happens when we die, every culture a different way of mourning or celebrating the life we have lived. A Wake opened to coincide with the Mexican tradition Lo Dia de los Muertos, or The Day of the Dead, and explores death and the afterlife from various perspectives in moving images.
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