As we pause in a gray courtyard in the shadow of Kottbusser Tor, sharing quiet delight at the rare appearance of sun in a mid-December sky, the light feels provisional…[read on]
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst own a studio right next to the Schöneberg Kulturhaus, a state-owned complex of spacious, affordable artist studios which, however, they didn’t qualify for…[read on]
Two CDJs are arranged on the floor as I enter Lyra Pramuk’s Altbau in Schöneberg. They sit atop a large Berber carpet, blinking lights, USBs plugged in either side. Pramuk tells me…[read on]
The low metallic thrum of machinery drifts over from the neighboring industrial yard as the waning, saturated hours of late summer seep in through the wide windows…[read on]
I visited kennedy+swan in their studio on a drizzly August day. At the time, the artists were in the middle of envisioning new environments: having only moved into this space at…[read on]
Often working on location, Julian Rosefeldt calls himself a “lazy studio-goer” when he’s in Berlin. The space he shares, part of a larger Kreuzberg studio collectively used by fellow artists…[read on]
When I arrive at the Flo Kasearu House Museum—a place that is equal parts home, studio, institution and conceptual (as well as literal) playground—Flo Kasearu herself is perched atop…[read on]
Winter comes twice a year in Berlin. Without fail, a deceivingly spring-like week hits around March, followed by another bout of winter. I met Emilia Tikka…[read on]
On a recent early autumn morning, still sunny yet deceivingly warm, I walked to Eli Cortiñas’ studio in Neukölln. As I reached her floor, she welcomed me with a beaming smile…[read on]
Sarah Schönfeld is not a photographer. The kaleidoscopic series of prints that comprise her project ‘Labor Lab,’ an upcoming solo exhibition at the Schering Stiftung’s project space…[read on]
About six months ago, Monica Bonvicini had to leave her place at the Uferhallen complex in Wedding and relocate to a new studio. For the first time in 15 years…[read on]
