As I suspected it would be – strangely, even before meeting Jen Ray in person – the studio visit was both laid-back and intellectually enlightening. The…[read on]
Rumour has it that Michael Sailstorfer’s studio building in Weissensee, on the tranquil outskirts of Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg district, was once the…[read on]
Sitting in Catherine Lorent’s Berlin studio in Wedding beside two grand pianos, a stack of Schubert scores on the bench (Schubert is important, she tells…[read on]
It’s easy to feel far removed from the city in this place. I’m looking out of a window over a large grassy field, the scene is quiet but for the low drone of a doom band rehearsing in a nearby studio. Julius von…[read on]
Olaf Breuning is a master of balance. His work oscillates gently between what is genuine and what is false, imagined or real. Inside his bright New York studio…[read on]
The streets of Bushwick are grey in the depths of winter. They’re pretty grey in the summer too, but something about the cold really accentuates…[read on]
A sauna and strap-ons? Electronic music-machines and ugly pink bathing suits? Hairy costumes and oversized acrylic necklaces? This is the studio visit that defies all others,…[read on]
Eva Maria Salvador’s remarkable ‘Köpfe’ (Heads) sculptures are hidden away in her Kreuzberg studio, never exhibited as such or seen by more than a select few…[read on]
When I walk into Song-Ming Ang’s studio at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien (where he was a resident for one-year until very recently) the music-art…[read on]
