Posts Tagged ‘protest’
Rite of Refusal: transmediale 2021 at Kunstraum Kreuzberg
by Aoife Donnellan // Mar. 16, 2021
The theme of transmediale’s 2021 festival, “for refusal,” set out to examine the possibilities engendered by refusal, as deviation from the prescribed, and a proposal…[read on]
Nightmare at the Museum: An Interview with Coalition of Cultural Workers Against the Humboldt Forum
by Noëlle BuAbbud // Feb. 5, 2021
“Berlin’s newest landmark” is built on smoke and mirrors, a space of feigned criticality that purports to promote a narrative of cultural exchange and debate…[read on]
Exhibition // ‘Mess with Your Values’ at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Article by Jess Harrison in Berlin // Mar. 14, 2018
Taking its name from lyrics of the Joy Division song ‘Candidate’, the exhibition ‘Mess With Your Values’ at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein presents 11 international artists who provide insight into the diversity of Berlin’s…[read on]
1001 CHAIRS FOR AI WEIWEI
Blog Entry by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Tuesday, April 19, 2011.
A calm atmosphere reigned: people passed bags of sunflower seeds in homage to Weiweis current installation at the Tate Modern and waved posters. The protest was attended by leading figures of the Berlin arts scene including the curator of the Ethnological museum in Dahlem, and aroused a great deal of media attention.
TEA CIRCLE: For Ai Wei Wei
Blog Entry by Anastasia Loginova – in Berlin; Saturday, April 16, 2011.
The international art world’s responce to the recent imprisonment of Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei has been strong. New York City’s Guggenheim has urged local museums to create a public petition for his freedom . The glass roof top of London’s Tate Modern reads “RELEASE AI WEI WEI” clearly, even from across the river. In Berlin the artists took to the streets. On Saturday, 9th April, they gathered outside the Chinese Embassy to make tea, not war.