Posts Tagged ‘Haus der Kulturen de Welt’
Considering the Counter-Colonial Gaze: ‘Spectral White’ at HKW
Article by Martha Lochhead // Dec. 16, 2019
‘Spectral White’ at the HKW assesses how Europeans may have been depicted in the art of the colonized. The exhibition offers an incomplete reconstruction of ethnologist Julius Lips’…[read on]
Exhibition // Death is a Luxury: Russian Cosmism at HKW
Article by Kimberly Budd in Berlin // Oct. 01, 2017
Death is the mistake, according to Nikolai Fedorov. As if, were it not for death, humankind would find a harmonious, immortal utopia in the cosmos. Russian ‘Cosmism’ was the school of thought founded by Fedorov…[read on]
Exhibition // Harun Farocki Retrospective ‘Mit anderen Mitteln — By Other Means’ at n.b.k.
Article by Kimberly Budd in Berlin // Sep. 27, 2017
Harun Farocki was a prominent ethnographer who developed a marked style of film-essays that utilized text, image, film and found film footage to dissect his capitalist surroundings, forming discursive…[read on]
Upcoming // Berlin Art Week
Blog post by Jessyca Hutchens – in Berlin; Tuesday, Sep. 10, 2013.