Posts Tagged ‘installation’

Esther Perbandt

Berlin Art Link Studio Visit with Esther Perbandt
by Cate Smierciak // Dec. 12, 2011
When visiting Esther Perbandt in her studio, one is ushered through many levels of public and private spaces. A crisp, simply designed sign with her name…[read on]

Rachel de Joode

Berlin Art Link Studio Visit with Rachel de Joode
by Jessyca Hutchens // Aug. 16, 2011
Rachel de Joode’s studio, a large room in an old Berlin apartment, is filled with a universe of things. An ordered universe of things. On shelves lined in…[read on]

OWEN MUNDY: A Single Composite

Blog entry by Clare Ros – in Berlin; Monday, June 20, 2011.

A Single Composite is a kinetic installation and multi-projection / viewing apparatus consisting of one 100 cm wide film strip stretched, twisted, and looped through multiple spaces by reconstituted digital printer chassis. This cinematic enterprise, a sprawling film through which declassified and other found reconnaissance footage is projected on walls, ceilings, and floors, forms a series of individual moments of surveillance and implied violence.
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ROCKS AND TREES – Ai Weiwei at Neugerriemschneider

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Blog entry and photos by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 17, 2011.

It is now 40 days since Weiwei was arrested, and his show at the gallery neugerriemschneider serves as a reminder that the culture wars are not over, they have merely relocated. Weiwei’s installation of reassembled trees (Tree, 2011) and white porcelain rocks (Rock, 2011) is intended to invoke associations with traditional Chinese gardens, sites of contemplation and reflection.
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BUY, TWEET, OR BURN: The Best and Worst of the Berlin Art Scene

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Blog Entry by Corinna Kirsch– in Berlin; Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

Kraus takes banal and inanimate objects, then recombines and alters them in a way to imbue them with emotion and a resemblance to living things. For her “ice lamp,” she sealed a light bulb with silicone and then stuck it inside a cube of icy water and ink, causing the lamp to slowly wither and melt away. Regarding this work, Kraus has said: “When you see the lamp, there is something extremely sad about it.”

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MICA MOCA: Grand Opening

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Blog Entry by SP Williams – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 9, 2011.

This huge space, self-dubbed ‘the experimental culture generator’, holds much potential for future creative collaborators right in the heart of Wedding. Creatives of all kinds are encouraged to contact Mica Moca with ideas for future events.

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DIN BLINDE PASSAGER: Your Blind Passenger

Blog Entry by Clare Ros – in Copenhagen; Friday, April 15, 2011.

Last week I visited the Arken Museum outside of Copenhagen, Denmark to experience one of the latest works by Berlin-based Olafur Eliasson, “Din blinde passager (your blind passenger)“. Moving through the lengthy hall was a captivating experience as myself and other participants wandered into a fog…

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Ultra Violet

Berlin Art Link Studio Visit with Ultra Violet
by Monica Salazar, Ester Ippolito // Feb. 22, 2011
No stranger to the limelight, Ultra Violet (born Isabelle Collin Dufresne) has been an active part of the New York art scene since her days as the pupil turned muse…[read on]

Why James Franco is a Feminist

by Elizabeth Feder // Feb. 18, 2011
Taking in the entirety of James Franco’s Berlin exhibition of The Dangerous Book Four Boys at Peres Projects is a challenge, but there is a haptic, material quality to the show that acts as…[read on]

Donna Huanca

Berlin Art Link Studio Visit with Donna Huanca
by Ester Ippolito, Anna Russ // Feb. 07, 2011
Donna Huanca is a multi-disciplinary American artist who works nomadically, and has chosen Berlin as her base. Creating artwork with media including…[read on]

Jose Lerma

Berlin Art Link Studio Visit with Jose Lerma
by Ester Ippolito, Monica Salazar // Jan. 18, 2011
Jose Lerma’s work relies on a compendium of mediums, references, and elements that combine his personal history and his extensive academic accolades…[read on]