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Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Impersonal Politics

Berlin Art Link review of Lynn Hershman Leeson's 'First Person Plural', KW Institute for Contemporary Art

Article by William Kherbek // June 14, 2018
The phrase “the personal is political” is familiar, even cliché, and it is clear enough that in an age in which personal civil liberties are being eroded by repressive governments, where historically oppressed groups[read on]


Philippe Parreno’s Evolutionary Experiment

Berlin Art Link Video Philippe Parreno at Gropius Bau

Video by BAL Productions // June 11, 2018
Philippe Parreno is perhaps best known for his evolving artworks. No exhibition ends the way it began, and his current show at Gropius Bau in Berlin is no different. Part of the Berliner Festspiele’s Immersion program,[read on]


The Possibilities of ‘Floating Utopias’

Berlin Art Link review of 'Floating Utopias' at nGbK

Article by Lucile Bouvard // June 09, 2018
A large-scale helium balloon in the shape of a stylized rock floats over Oranienplatz in Berlin. On its top stands a small inflatable building. Below it, on the sidewalk, a group of performers[read on]


Marinella Senatore’s Worldwide Community

Berlin Art Link interview with Marinella Seantore

Article by Berlin Art Link // May 31, 2018
“I see my role as an activator, an instigator, a facilitator of processes, often focused on emancipation and engagement,” Italian artist Marinella Senatore tells Berlin Art Link. The Italian artist, based between Paris and[read on]


Rethinking Advertisements Through Public Action

Berlin Art Link interview with Jordan Seiler

Article by Monica Salazar // May 28, 2018
In his artistic practice, Jordan Seiler explores the influence and monopolization of advertising media on our public spaces. In the early 2000s, the Brooklyn-based artist began his ‘PublicAdCampaign’ project,[read on]


Ayesha Tan Jones Finds Hope Within Dystopia

Berlin Art Link interview with Ayesha Tan Jones

Article by Romily Alice Walden // May 22, 2018
Artist Ayesha Tan Jones is an artist whose practice flows between object, community, spirituality and performance. Their work with Shadow Sistxrs Fight Club allows communities to practice[read on]


Emmanuel Van Der Auwera and the Spectacle of Horror

Article by Samuel Staples // May 16, 2018
In his multidisciplinary practice, Brussels-based artist Emmanuel Van Der Auwera explores topics of reality vs. simulation and the trivialization and desensitization to violence, communication and the framing of[read on]


Christian Falsnaes Considers the Self

Article by Samuel Staples // May 11, 2018
Expression, communication and the body are themes that have come to define the practice of Danish-born multidisciplinary artist Christian Falsnaes. In his new exhibition ‘Self’, presented as[read on]