If your origins are related to both east and west, if you have experienced three coup-d’états, have experienced three coup-d’états, violence between left and right, gay and minority demonstrations, and secular and Islamic facets for almost 50 years, then inevitably your productivity will include strong political arguments.
…To distance oneself physically the spectator needs to leave the building, but from outside, again, one sees nothing but excerpt- now framed by the window…
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The Sony World Photography Awards are just about to ring in their fifth year this Thursday (April 26th), when guests and judges gather at the awards ceremony to pick out winning photographers from a myriad of categories. In a similar fashion to the National Geographic’s Photography Contest and heavier photojournalism of the World Press Photo Organisation, the SWPAs are a chance for both budding … more
Born in Serbia but often based in NYC, Boogie is a seasoned photograper with an acute eye. His work tends to focus on urban lifestyles and social tension with images of gang initiation, drug abuse, poverty and isolation are imbued with a gracefulness and humanity. Sharp details and blurred edges combine to create an almost-tangible atmosphere for the viewer. Equal … more
”I wanted to transform the subway from its dark, degrading, and impersonal reality into images that open up our experience again to the colour, sensuality, and vitality of the individual souls that ride it each day.” – Bruce Davidson, Subway. Bruce Davidson’s beautifully slick photograph collection, Subway, unveils the hedonism and chaos that ruled New York’s subway in the 1980s. … more
What happens when Lady Gaga gets the ultimate pared-down makeover, void of the regular onslaught of Gaga-priced aftereffects, haute-titillation, latex, and firecrackers? Vienna-based artist Lilli Thiessen transcribed the action of Lady Gaga’s ”Pokerface” and then feed it through Natural Reader, a program that describes scenes to the visually impaired. Thiessen aims to show the nonsense of todays’s visual culture and … more
Ever felt like spending a week attending an extra-dimensional art school? Or visiting a village where the currency is ideas and the people speak in paint? Well then, I like the way you think, but I’m afraid I can’t help you out right now. The closest you are going to come this side of Omicron Persei 8 is getting yourself … more
Merkezi is one of Berlin’s alluring and charming hidden delights which you may have heard mentioned and praised but the existence of which you still somewhat doubt. Somewhere concealed within Kotti’s bustling labyrinth of restaurants and bars, you’ll find this peaceful and welcoming locale. Founded in September last year by Hannes Budweg & Mark Pennock, Merkezi is a recent addition to Berlin’s … more
Trying to get out from a concrete cast… Only arms, that are used to crack the concrete, are free. A feat to escape from this situation unscathed… This is one scene from an astonishing performance by the artist Nezaket Ekici, influenced by a painting of Max Ernst, Saint Cecilia-The Invisible Piano. Seeing her body in this massive cast is, in … more
In James Krone’s “Waterhome”, on view at Kavi Gupta Gallery until April 14, oil paintings hang from a system of support structures that blur the distinctions between front and back, the exposed and the concealed. Flecked with incidental marks and shimmering color gradations that shift between emerald green, deep purple and inky blue, Krone’s paintings seem to register the residue … more
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Regarded as the first conceptual photographer of the late Soviet era, Boris Mikhailov’s work possesses a fresh, almost anarchistic quality that surely only comes of a need to rebel. A raw feeling of playful defiance radiates from the works on display at the Berlinische Galerie, Mikhailov’s first extensive exhibition in Germany with a total of 13 selected series on show.
The 26th Tape Modern took place on the 9th of March at the unfamiliar venue of Mollstraße 1, due to the closing of its usual host Tape Club. The exhibition, curated by Ana Finel Honigman and Amir Fattal, was the final of the Tape Modern Berlin exhibition series
Located a stone’s throw away from Charlottenburg Palace is Die Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik – a museum that houses an impressive collection of over 2000 casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures. From Caesar to Augustus and other important figures of antiquity, you can also expect to encounter more curious casts of horses heads, boxers and even a child attacking a … more
KW’s ‘You Killed Me First’ exhibition, which opened over a fortnight ago and runs until 9th April, was ushered in with a talk from Nick Zedd, filmmaker and founder of the Cinema of Transgression.