UNBLOCK fair artfair. BERLIN sepember 2021

I'm really looking forward to and proud to be part of, the UNBLOCK fair artfair, in Berlin.

It spans the next two weekends in September, and runs parallel with Berlin Art Week.

A lot of people have put a lot of time and effort into the planning and organization and much credit should go to the curators, Denis Leo Hegic and Jan Gustav Fiedler for their enthusiasm and faith in the Studios ID collective.

I hope to see you there,...

ESPECIALLY, AS IT WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I DO BEFORE I LEAVE BERLIN.

UNBLOCK fairartfair presents the work of 100 artists from the Studios ID complex in Lichtenberg. Based at the former Operative Technical Sector of East-German State Security, the site consists of two connected block buildings spanning a total of 11 floors, as well as an art garden area, offering a unique art experience with plenty to discover. The fair is curated by Denis Leo Hegic and Jan Gustav Fiedler, with the aim of transforming the former place of restriction into one of free expression. During the opening of the fair on September 10th, UNBLOCK Art Awards and the Nerma Linsberger Art Award will also be presented to the winning artists. With its open studio setting, UNBLOCK facilitates direct exchange with artists at the point of creation, offering an art fair as a bridge between artists and art lovers, and direct access to Berlin’s creative scene.

September 10.  Official public opening 19:30 -

with performances and light projections.  

September 11-12 & 17-18-19, 2021. Hours 12:00 - 20:00.
Studios-ID, Genslerstraße 13-13A, 13055 Berlin.
Entry is free. 

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: CHRIS DENNIS,  ANNE WUNDRAK, FREDERIC WRITER, CHRISTIN WANKE, SASCHA WALMROTH, DANIELA VON WABERER, TIJANA TITIN, YUKEN TERUYA, ALEX TENNIGKEIT,YUKIHIRO TAGUCHI, BERTOLD STALLMACH, KAZUKI SHIBATA, JULIA SCHRAMM, GUNTER SCHÖNE, MICHI SCHNEIDER, TIM SCHEELE, SILVIA SARSANO, WALTER SANTONI, MATHIAS ROLOFF, ANNA RICHERT, DARJA PREUSS, LIBBY PAGE, JANKIMAN OMAR, MARIE-CHARLOTTE NOUZA, YOTARO NIWA, CELESTE NAJT, JUSTINAS MILIUS MILIAUSKAS, BEN MERGELSBERG, MIGUEL MARTÍNEZ, DORIS MARTEN, MARINA MARKOVIC, LARISA MAMONOVA, CHRISTINA MALLET, RONNY LICHTENBERG, MARCO BASTIAN LENGER, LEA & ADRIAN, CATI LAPORTE, VILLE KYLÄTASKU, KLAUDIA KRYNICKA, DAVID KODAK, SUSANNE KNAACK, ANN KIERNAN, CHRISTOPH KETEL, KAIN KARAWAHN, STEFANIE KABITZKE, JETOSHI, KARL HEINZ JERON, JOHANNES HUNTENBURG, PAUL HÜBNER, RAHEL HEGNAUER,

LINDA HAVENSTEIN, HH ZWANZIG, JESSICA GROSSMANN, PABLO GRISS, VICTOR GOUNEL,  ADAM GOLDSTEIN, DAGNA GMITROWICZ, FRANCESCO GIOACCHINI, GIDI GILAM, LUKAS GECEVIČIUS, CHRISTIAN FICHTL, SARA FERRER, DOGAN DOGAN, JOACHIM DETTE, SIMEON DECKER, ELENA COSTELIAN, JUHEON CHO, PHI CHACON, PASHA CAS, ARILD BROCK, JORGE BRISENO, FLORIAN BREETZKE, BETH BRAUN, IGOR BLEISCHWITZ, EMILY BLAND, RAFAEL BILIO, MAIA BEYROUTI, BERØ, FLORIN A.G.O. BEHRENDT, SOPHIE BANDELIN, MILANA ALARO, ERIK ANDERSEN, MICHAEL ADAM.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE EVENT AND ARTISTS HERE- 

UNBLOCK BERLIN

Studios ID Collective

Lange Nacht der Bilder 2021

 I have never visited an animal shelter, but I imagine it's a little bit like visiting an open studio: a vague sense of  desperation, surrounded by the smell of shit.

In spite of, or because of that feeling,  I'll be in mine all night (maybe), on September 3rd, as part of the newly formed Studios ID Collective , for this years' Lange Nacht der Bilder , 

3.9.201

18.00h - 24.00h

Haus Y, Studio 621 | Genslerstraße 13 A
13055 Berlin 

https://www.langenachtderbilder.de/

Ortstermin 21 - Kunstfestival.

Has it been that long?

Anyway, this weekend (27-29.08.21) I had some work in a group show as part of the ortstermin kunstfestival. 

It featured the work of: 

Kira Aguilar, Stefan Boness, Florian Conrads, Chris Dennis, Patrycja Frey,

Annegret Haße, Zdenek Konvalina,

Sven Roger Langer, Hannah Perla Niedermann, Francesca Pegorer,

Karin Shikata, Joram Schön,

Rahel Schöppenthau.

Rostocker Strasse 35, Berlin (no. 41 on the map).

ortstermin 21

GOOD, I'm Still Here!

After visiting a particularly underwhelming Olafur Eliasson show at Tate Modern last year, I started questioning the point of these posts. Who were they for? Why was I bothering? Was I getting anything out of it? I didn't have any answers, 

- so I stopped.

One thing I do want to tell you about (if anyone is out there), is this (see below). Because it's a GOOD show, at a GOOD place, for a GOOD cause.

ART AUCTION IN SUPPORT OF DAS GIFT, DAS GIFTRAUM + FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE (fridaysforfuture.org)

VIEW ARTWORKS HERE

(from site):

The auction ends on Saturday 12th December at 20h CET (8pm Berlin time). Please note that this is a slow auction, meaning that bids should be placed early. More info on our BID HERE page. The exhibition space will be open for viewing works on Wednesdays between 15h - 20h.

We had planned this auction for April 2020 to raise money for Fridays for Future. Sadly we had to cancel that auction due to the Coronavirus lockdown. Under the current circumstances we find ourselves also in need of support, so we have decided to proceed with the auction, now forwarding 25% of proceeds to Fridays for Future immediately on receipt of money. The rest will be kept in a fund to support Das Gift and Das Giftraum through Coronavirus. This will help us to continue providing local artists with Das Giftraum as a free space to use, and to support local musicians and all of our lovely regulars with Das Gift. When we feel that we are safely through, all unused funds will be donated to FfF. Greta Thunberg is an amazing person. We’ve known about the climate emergency for decades and yet have done very little about it. Moving to a sustainable, green and fair society is really essential so let’s support the kids who are taking on that battle with intelligence and bravery.

We would like to extend a special thanks to all of the artists involved for donating their artwork. Thanks also to photographer Leonard Drorian for documenting the works.

https://dasgiftraumde.cargo.site/

Entwurzelt / Uprooted. Green Hill Gallery. Berlin.

 Vernissage September 7, 2019.

Entwurzelt / Uprooted: Kunst zwischen Migration, Heimat und Natur.
Green Hill Gallery
Gruppen Ausstellung. 07.09. - 15.11.2019

(from the press release).
(en) Kulturschöpfer presents 17 international artists who have dealt with the themes of migration, homeland and nature:  

The issue of migration is omnipresent today. Thus the question of home or the concept of home is not far away. Many people have to find a new home, be it for humanitarian, economic or climatic reasons. But even people who are not directly affected by migration feel increasingly uprooted, especially in the cities. What is home like? And what role does nature play in this?

(de) Kulturschöpfer präsentiert 17 internationale Künstler, die sich mit den Themen Migration, Heimat und Natur auseinandergesetzt haben: 

Das Thema Migration ist heute omnipräsent. Dadurch ist die Frage nach Heimat oder dem Begriff Heimat auch nicht fern. Viele Menschen müssen eine neue Heimat finden, sei es aus humanitären, wirtschaftlichen oder klimatischen Gründen. Aber auch Menschen, die nicht direkt von Migration betroffen sind, fühlen sich, besonders in den Städten, zunehmend entwurzelt. Was macht Heimat aus? Und welche Rolle spielt die Natur dabei? 

Frank Hemjeoltmanns (Deutschland)

Michael Gatzke - detail (Deutschland)

Frankie Gao (China)

Zoran Georgiev (Bulgarien)

Zoran Georgiev (Bulgarien)

Nadia Petrovic - detail (Kanada)

Curator, Therese Berg (centre).

Curator, Therese Berg (right).

Rubab Paracha (Pakistan)

Rubab Paracha (Pakistan)

Participating Artists:
Eduard Bischoff (Deutschland), Chris Dennis (UK), Frankie Gao (China), Michael Gatzke (Deutschland) Zoran Georgiev (Bulgarien), Frank Hemjeoltmanns (Deutschland), Ahmad Karno (Syrien), Veronika Kranzpiller (Deutschland), Ala Leresteux (Litauen), Chris Palm (USA), Rubab Paracha (Pakistan), Selin Le Bagousse (Türkei), Nadia Petrovic (Kanada), Trygve Skogrand (Norwegen), Karinka Szabo-Detchart (Frankreich), Sophia Weisstub (Israel), Mansoureh Yekta (Iran).

EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL NOVEMEBR 11TH, 2019. 

green hill gallery

Lange Nacht der "Studios-ID"

Studios ID played a central role in this year's Lange Nacht der Bilder.

Over 60 artists opened their studios to the public and a group exhibition: FREIHEIT_ID! hung around the formally inaccessable 'Copper room',  was transformed into an artist's lounge and officially opened by the Mayor of Lichtenberg.
Bus tours, guided tours, artist talks, music, drinks, BBQ, Chilean food by La Picá de Deli Mel all made for an eventful evening.

Official website: https://www.langenachtderbilder.de/

 

Participating artists included:
Michael Adam
Juana Anzellini
Paul Beanti
Mariona Berenguer
Emily Bland
Maxim Brandt
Arild Brock
California Design Keramik
Teresa Casanueva
Zabo Chabiland
Wu Chi-Tsung
Luca Cuozzo
Simeon Decker
Chris Dennis
Dogan Dogan
Monika Duhme
Ute Essig
Minna Etein
Sara Ferrer
Elke Henrika Fischer
Michael Gerth
Gidi Gilam
Dagna Gmitrowicz
Adam Goldstein
Pablo Griss
Jessica Grossmann
Caroline Gutlé
Dirk-Martin Heinzelmann
Jens Heller
Stefanie Kabitzke
Ann Kiernan
Christoph Ketel
Susanne Knaack
Lea & Adrian
Miriam Lenk
Ronny Lichtenberg
Sandrine Mahéo
Doris Marten
Miguel Martínez
Alexander Minor
Lars Möller
Jason Morrow
Henrik U. Müller
Ryo Nakamura
Marie-Charlotte Nouza
Libby Page
Alice Rajasombat
Mathias Roloff
Noah Ryu
Walter Santoni
Gunter Schöne
Julia Schramm
Michi Schneider
Licho Schwartz
Thilo Staudt
Tijana Titin
Daniela von Waberer
Alexander Wagner
Aidan Wallace
Sascha Walmroth
Anne Wundrak
H. H. Zwanzig

Pablo Griss

Wu Chi-Tsung

Wu Chi-Tsung

Wu Chi-Tsung

Florian Breetzke

Florian Breetzke

Marie-Charlotte Nouza

Chris Dennis

Chris Dennis

Preparing For Darkness. Vol 3. Berlin, April 2019.

Preparing For Darkness, Vol. 3: I’m Not There.

Curated by Uwe Goldenstein | Galerie Selected Artists, Berlin.  

Kühlhaus Berlin, Luckenwalder Strasse 3, 10963 Berlin.

Douglas Henderson

Simone Haack

Simone Haack

Inna Artemova

Press release:  I ’ M N O T T H E R E by Uwe Goldenstein
This exhibit is colored by motivic fractures and melancholic introspection. A postromantic utopia that unites inner and outer realities expresses itself in palpable tension and a revelry of presence and absence. Just as an artist retreats into her studio for safety, these subjects long to withdraw from their environment. They are reluctant and often alone; mysterious and seeking. They seem fragile and avoidant, but at the same time completely confident in their own intuition. Subjects are veiled, abstracted, or merged into blurred surfaces, narrating a subtly perceptible severance from a seemingly obvious reality. The union between inner and outer worlds emerges on purely pictorial and conceptual levels, and remains a driving force that is consistently transferred into the unconscious. Retreat allows for the embodiment of a multilayered “I” precisely because of the existence of an outer world that insists on containing these intentions. So, who’s there? I’m not.

Daniel Behrendt

Wendelin Wohlgemuth

Wendelin Wohlgemuth

Radu Belcin

Radu Belcin

Radu Belcin

Maurizio LAltrella

Douglas Henderson

Radu Belcin.  Teodora Axente.

Teodora Axente

Wainer Vaccari

Daniel Behrendt

With the artists of Galerie Selected Artists & the invited Galleries:
Galerie Römerapotheke, Zürich* | Galleria Mazzoli, Modena/Berlin**

Artists: Inna Artemova, Teodora Axente, Adam Bota, Alin Bozbiciu, Daniel Behrendt, Radu Belcin, Alessandro Giannì**, Simone Haack, David Hare*, Douglas Henderson**, Maurizio L’Altrella, Pe Lang**, Hugo Lopez-Ayuso**, Andreas Lutz**, Adam Magyar, Patrick Lo Giudice*, Nicola Samorì, Attila Szücs, Sergiu Toma, Wainer Vaccari**, Richard Wathen, Wendelin Wohlgemuth, Alexander Zakharov, Josef Zlamal

more information:
http://selected-artists.com/news/preparing-for-darkness-volume-3