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Die Grosse Weltausstellung: ‘The World is Not Fair’

raumlaborberlin: “Die Grosse Weltausstellung: The World Is Not Fair”, pavilion in progress

Article by Alison Hugill, video production by Dan Dorocic and Alison Hugill in Berlin; Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Amid debates over future uses for the soon-defunct Tegel airport, and on the eve of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, architectural collective raumlaborberlin and three-theatre ensemble Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) have joined forces to critically reinterpret the meaning of the traditional World Fair…[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.

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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]

THE JO’BURG FRINGE VIDEO BERLIN: Agter die Berge, 7hours

Blog entry and photos by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Friday, June 10, 2011.

Agter die Berge (Behind the Mountains) is a group show showcasing contemporary South African video art. Hopping from quasi-documentary (Adrian Loveland and pascal schmitz, unhinged), to internecine violence (Kyle Southgate, Agter die Berge) to performance and mock political satire, the pieces touch upon themes relating to the aftermath of post- apartheid South Africa.

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