May
2
to May 5
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May
9
to May 12
LEBENSZEICHEN
The solo exhibition “Sign of Life (Lebenszeichen)“, by sculptor and performer Thomas Bratzke aka ZASD presents a selection of drawings and sculptures that primarily testify an examination of the constant of change.
May
18
5:00 PM17:00
Book launch for 'Midlands' by James Harris
In the early 2010s, waves of English-speaking comedians came to Berlin. What were they doing there? Now there’s a novel about them; about Anglophone comedians touring Germany, about expats and Germans, and about the weird excitement of the Germany of that time. ‘Midlands’ is a coming of age story about two interlinked lives, about love, loss and above all a love letter to the possibilities that Berlin allowed a generation of artists.
The evening will feature a curated discussion about the book with Berlin comedy legends Paul Salamone and Chris Davis, and the author will read extracts from the book.
Entrance is free and books €10. The books are provided with ten beautiful illustrations by London-based artist Ke Zuo.
James Harris is a writer and comedian from Nottingham, England. He has written for The Spectator, The New European, Conservative Home and writes regularly for The Critic. He writes the popular ‘Stiff Upper Quip’ Substack. ‘Midlands’ is his first novel; he lives in Brussels.
May
25
to May 26
fesKa vol. 2
fesKa vol.2
15h-Exhibition, tarot
18h- sake bar (s h i z u k u.)
19h- Performances
Exhibition
Ayane Kondo
yuki
Anastasios Savvopoulos
D!VE and Patrick
YonX
tarot (Kanne,Pug)
-25th Ayane Kondo/Teppei Higuchi/Phønix16
-26th Johannes von WrochemxAnastasios Savvopoulos/Jana Luksts/Vahram Zaryan
Jun
28
to Jun 30
BERLIN Stillgelegt/Kiezreport 6de.de
BERLIN Stillgelegt/Kiezreport 6de.de
BERLIN Stillgelegt
Fotografie von Kevin Schulzbus
Die Fotoausstellung von Kevin Schulzbus präsentiert analoge und digitale Fotografien, die über einige Jahre in Berlin entstanden sind. Der waschechte Berliner Fotograf und Videograf schreibt folgende Worte zu „BERLIN Stillgelegt“: „Freiraum. Was ist Raum. Raum in der Stadt.
Freier Raum. Der nicht genutzt wird. Stillgelegter, alter, ungenutzte Raum. Flächen, die brachliegen. Verwahrlost. Unnütz. Und doch so schön. Ich liebe diese Plätze, die immer weniger in Berlin werden. Auf meinen unzähligen Kilometern zu Fuß durch Berlin, habe ich über 25 Jahre eine große Sammlung dieser Un-Orte, Nicht-Plätze und Frei-Räume gesammelt. Stillgelegte, vergessene Ort, die auf ihre Weise so wunderbar eintönig und doch abwechslungsreich sind, dass man sie unbedingt nicht in Vergessenheit geraten lassen darf.“ Kevin Schulzbus und Kiezreport 6de.de
Foto-und Videoausstellung von Hannes Jahreis des Straßenkünstlers
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Seit 1995 fühlt sich der Berliner Straßenkünstler
"! @SeX#─────██████████════█ -_- .“
berufen, mit Pinsel und Farbe Zeichen im Berliner Stadtraum zu hinterlassen. Die bisher mehr temporäre Begebenheiten sollen zukünftig dauerhafter im Stadtbild erscheinen. Seine Zeichen bringt er meist an herumstehenden Müll, Sperrmüll, Baustellen oder auf Plakaten an und schafft in der Stille, was nur im Chaos funktioniert. Viele kennen vielleicht die gepinselte 6, eine 6estaltung, bestehend auch aus EINER Linie, welche auch zu seiner Computertechnik keySstroke passt.
Hierbei geht es um die technische Möglichkeit, mit EINER Aktion auf 2 benachbarten Tasten eine oder mehr Webseiten zu öffnen oder auch noch Texteingaben zu tätigen.
Die Ausstellung zeigt eine dokumentarische Serie seiner Arbeit, interpretiert von Hannes Jahreis durch Video und schwarz-weiß Fotografie und gibt uns einen kleinen Einblick in seine Streifzüge und sein Schaffen.
Kuratiert von Katia Hermann
Englisch
BERLIN Stillgelegt
Photography by Kevin Schulzbus
The photo exhibition by Kevin Schulzbus presents analog and digital photographs taken over several years in Berlin. The genuine Berlin photographer and videographer writes the following words about "BERLIN Stillgelegt": "Free space. What is space. Space in the city.
Free space. That is not used. Disused, old, unused space. Areas that lie fallow. Neglected. Useless. And yet so beautiful. I love these places, which are becoming fewer and fewer in Berlin. On my countless kilometers by foot through Berlin, I have collected a large collection of these un-places, non-places and open spaces over 25 years. Disused, forgotten places that are so wonderfully monotonous and yet varied in their own way that you absolutely must not let them fall into oblivion."
Kevin Schulzbus and Kiezreport 6de.de
Photo and video exhibition by Hannes Jahreis of the street artist "!
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Since 1995, the Berlin street artist !
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has felt called upon to leave his mark on Berlin's urban space with brush and paint. In the future, the previously more temporary events are to appear more permanently in the cityscape. He usually applies his signs to garbage, bulky waste, building sites or posters and creates in silence what only works in chaos. Many of you may be familiar with the painted 6, a 6-lettering consisting of ONE line, which also fits in with his keySstroke computer technology. This is about the technical possibility of opening one or more websites or entering text with ONE action on 2 adjacent keys. The exhibition shows a documentary series of his work, interpreted by Hannes Jahreis through video and black and white photography and gives us a small insight into his forays and his creations.
Curated by Katia Hermann
Über die Künstler
Kevin Schulzbus, 1984 in Berlin geboren, gehört zu den aktivsten, urbanen Fotografen der Hauptstadt. Mal mehr, mal weniger auf, über und unter den Straßen Berlins unterwegs, führen ihn seine Wege automatisch zu seinen Motiven. Durch das Freilegen der unterschiedlichen Schichten, die die Großstadt mit sich bringt, zeigt Kevin das wahre Gesicht von Berlin und seinen Charakteren. Künstler, Menschen auf und von der Straße, Freunde, oder zufällige Bekanntschaften posieren gekonnt, manche auch ungekonnt vor der Linse des Fotografen. Situationen, Zufälle und Begebenheiten, die nicht gerade alltäglich sind, formen die dokumentarischen Arbeiten und prägen die Stile, die sich Kevin über die Jahre angeeignet hat.
Hannes Jahreis ist gerne nachts in den Straßen von Berlin mit seiner Kamera unterwegs.
About the artists
Kevin Schulzbus, born in Berlin in 1984, is one of the capital's most active urban photographers. Sometimes more, sometimes less on, above and below the streets of Berlin, his paths automatically lead him to his motifs. By exposing the different layers that the big city brings with it, Kevin shows the true face of Berlin and its characters. Artists, people on and off the street, friends or chance acquaintances pose skillfully, some unskillfully, in front of the photographer's lens. Situations, coincidences and events that are not exactly everyday occurrences shape the documentary works and characterize the styles that Kevin has acquired over the years.
Hannes Jahreis likes to walk the streets of Berlin at night with his camera.
Fr., 28.06.2024 - Opening 19:00 - 22:00
Samstag, 29.06.2024 12-19h
Sonntag, 30.06.2024 12h -19h
Apr
21
to Apr 27
remnants and remedies - christa siglin
sunday (exhibition opening and performance) 7pm - 10:30pm
monday closed
tuesday 2pm - 6pm
wednesday & thursday 4pm - 8pm
friday 2pm - 6pm
saturday (finissage) 6pm - 10pmsculpture and works on paper by crista siglin
and a collaborative performance/installation with ANASTAVE
remnants and remedies:
is an exploration of the body and the mind’s relationship to environment, trauma, time, and phantasmagoria. this collection of work uses medium as both the means of the work, but also as metaphor; with each grain of charcoal or graphite functioning as a placeholder for an ambiguous moment in time
— now or then or hereafter.
the figures of the drawing and painting compositions are both here and not here, inside and outside simultaneously
— with a sense of conflict and confusion.
what are the figures engaged with each other about?
are they the same figure in transformation?
where are they?
what has happened?
often, this is the psychic space of trauma. the work concerns itself with this space.
moving inside, through, and outside variable mediums; this body of work also approaches installation, with the collaboration of Anastave. the piece, RESIDUAL MOVEMENT consists of film and a time-based generated sonic landscape via drawing. our bodies respond to one another, the space, and in doing so also create an environment of both visual and sonic residue. the residues remain in the space after the performance to comprise a site-specific installation for the duration of the show.
this work asks how interpersonal relationships in the present are indelibly affected by the sediment of the past.
return the earth and the earth / will return you / depth of vision of field of dream / shake in the wait of
what / putrid paradigm to crumble and / creak the weeds through that concrete / medicine for the /
consequences of / narratives my life’s prior lives told, told/ and told, all told, I too could wait forever /
if it meant forever would come
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BIOs:
Crista Siglin (she/they) moved to Berlin in 2017 after having grown up in the Midwestern United States.
She studied Painting and Creative Writing at the Kansas City Art Institute. Her work varies in medium — oscillating between multiple visual forms as well as poetry. Her variable works have been published in Likewise Magazine, Bridge, Domicilium, Kawsmouth, Bear Review, FU Review, PARATAXE, Poetry Foundation’s essay archive, and more. She has released two collections of poetry. She was poetry editor for SAND Journal Berlin from 2018 to 2023. Crista currently runs Poetry As__A Workshop, and is an organizer for the experimental event series AKIMBO.
ANASTAVE is a Berlin-based composer, singer, and producer who layers intimate vocals, textural soundscapes, and hypnotic rhythms to create lyrical electronic music, with shades of dark electronica and experimental pop.
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special thank yous to all those who donated time, money, and skill sets to make this show happen.
Mar
28
to Apr 2
Recovering Catholics
D!VE brings his street art practice and printmaking know-how to the gallery, unveiling intricate stencils of statues disassembled in zero gravity. Meanwhile, Patrick Ireland 3000 continues to push the boundaries of relief printing with his large-scale, hand-printed colour woodblock prints, exploring his relationship with Christian imagery.
Mar
15
to Mar 17
Let me sing a strange song - Chiku KOMIYA
KOMIYA creates works which reconsider norms in music using variety of methods, including musical notation, artificial voice, and media performance.
In his new work, titled "And then, O-ren Knew 'twas a Song", Komiya presents the piece in which artificial and human voices and words interfere mutually to create a new song. He also presents his previous work "VOX-AUTOPOIESIS," in which the score is automatically generated by voice.
Performances by Kanae MIZOBUCHI (soprano) and Fuka NAGATA(media artist) are also scheduled during the exhibition.
Mar
1
to Mar 3
lasciare - palermo fassadenfragmente
Ausstellung
lasciare - palermo fassadenfragmente
bilderserie über die poesie von patina von richard ollig/mocoro
Opening Fr 01/03 Open SA 02/03 SO 03/03
18-22 15-20 15-18
Die Ausstellungsbilder von lasciare – Palermo Fassadenfragmente basieren auf einer Foto- Serie, die Teil eines fotografischen Langzeitprojekts von Beobachtungen im urbanen Raum des centro storico, den historischen Stadtvierteln von Palermo/ Sizilien ist.
Die Bilder sind ein architektonisch-archäologischer Blick auf den patinösen Zustand der gesamten Altstadt Palermos. Sie dokumentieren die Überlagerung von vielfältigen Geschichtsspuren und den langsamen aber stetigen Prozess der Transformation in Palermos Zeitenwende der Nullerjahre.
In den Narben und Löchern der Fassaden fängt sich der starke Kontrast des Spiels von Lichteinfall und langen Schattenwürfen, das Fehlende wird durch den Schatten ersetzt und wieder lebendig gemacht. Bildprägendes Element sind filigrane metallene Balkongeländer.
Basis für die Werke bilden Diapositive als informative Bildträger - ein manueller Bearbeitungsprozess transferiert Digital-Ausdrucke dieser Bilder mittels einer Frescotechnik auf handgeschöpften Büttenkarton mit Putzbeschichtungen – die Weiterbearbeitung mit Mischtechniken erzeugt eine ganz eigene Poesie.
Die Palermo Fassadenfragmente sind Schichtdicke Fassadenstücke, sie erscheinen wie rausgegriffen aus dem Mauerwerk der Gebäude.
lasciare - palermo facade fragments
series of images about the poetry of patina by richard ollig/mocoro
The exhibition images of lasciare - Palermo Façade fragments are based on a photo series that is part of a long-term photographic project of observations in the urban space of the centro storico, the historic districts of Palermo, Sicily.
The pictures are an architectural-archaeological view of the patina-like state of the entire old town of Palermo. They document the superimposition of diverse traces of history and the slow but steady process of transformation in Palermo's turn of the noughties.
The scars and holes in the façades capture the stark contrast of the interplay between the incidence of light and the long shadows cast; what is missing is replaced by the shadow and brought back to life. Filigree metal balcony railings are a defining element of the picture.
The works are based on slides as informative image carriers - a manual editing process transfers digital prints of these images using a fresco technique onto handmade cardboard with plaster coatings - the further processing with mixed techniques creates a very unique poetry.
The Palermo façade fragments are layer-thick façade pieces, they appear to have been taken out of the masonry of the buildings.
Feb
22
to Feb 24
Splitter Icons by Felix Rodriguez
Felix Rodriguez
Swedish artist and musician in the band The Sounds.
With just a hammer, he creates portraits on broken glass.
For the first time, his exhibition Splitter Icons is coming to Berlin.
About
With over 25 years active in one of Sweden's biggest bands, The Sounds,
toured the world several times, Felix has always found new creative projects.
Art is something that was always present when he created music.
Recently, art has become more prominent, and the focus is on creating stories
through paintings, instead of music.
The years as a musician have made a clear impression on Felix's art, which you can now see
in his portrait in broken glass, created with a hammer.
The exhibition Splitter Icons portrays musical icons in a personal way,
where both vulnerability and shattered dreams take place.
Now his works are coming to Berlin for the first time.
- Artists often have something broken inside.
A searching soul that with the help of sound and words
creating magic for all of us to share in.
What I want to convey is a story with a focus on the people behind the music.
A tribute and a thank you to what they have achieved over the years / Felix Rodriguez
Feb
15
to Feb 17
"Transitions" - STATTLAB
"Transitions" 15th -17th Feb 2024
15th 17:00 - 20:00 Soft opening
16th 16:00 - 22:00 Main Opening
17th 12:00 - 20:00 Day opening and Closing
A group exhibition of various artists from Statt Lab, a 100 member art community and Verein.
Exploring the theme of "Transitions" as a topic amongst the artists at the Lab relates to dealing with the current real estate developments unfolding in Berlin.
After nearly 10 years in the same space, the Lab members will relocate for the second time, to a disused supermarket in Wedding, Berlin.
With a great opportunity to move to a more secure and contained location, Lab members have spent countless hours developing a vision for the new space, demonstrating the creative power of collaboration.
This exhibition is a showcase of the artists who put their life energy into the Lab, giving a little insight into the variety and talent amongst this group.
Their work shown collectively is a celebration of transition, change and diversity. Statt Lab remains completely independent, continuing to expand and support artists and makers from all over the world.
If you would like to support the Lab or find out more about what happens there, please visit www.stattlab.net or write to info@stattlab.net
Jan
26
to Feb 4
MOTHERHOOD II/ Shifting Realities
Gruppenausstellung „MOTHERHOOD II/ Shifting Realities” 26.1.2024-4.2.2024
IntAkt - Internationale Aktionsgemeinschaft bildender Künstlerinnen
HilbertRaum und Retramp Gallery, Reuterstaße, Berlin Neukölln
kuratiert von: Hannah van Ginkel
gefördert vom österreichischen Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport
Motherhood Team: Stella Bach, Hannah van Ginkel, Barbara Philipp, Agnes Rossa, Verity Oberg, Dorothée Zombronner
Teilnehmende IntAkt Künstlerinnen: Stella Bach, Julia Bugram, Die 4 Grazien, Katya Dimova, Ines Doleschal, Sibylle Gieselmann, Rachel Kohn, Susanne Kompast, Claudia Kragulj, Sarah Iris Mang, Barbara Philipp, Anna Rafetseder, Katharina Reich, Agnes Rossa, Christine Spatt, Martina Tritthart, Linde Waber, Sula Zimmerberger, Dorothée Zombronner
Text: Agnes Rossa
Die Ausstellung „Motherhood II/ Shifting Realities“, stellt die zweite Ausstellung aus einer Ausstellungsreihe rund um das Thema Mutterschaft und Frau - Sein dar. Ziel der Ausstellung ist es, Mythen um männliche und weibliche Zuschreibungen zu hinterfragen und zu dekonstruieren.
Organisiert und kuratiert wird das Projekt von der IntAkt – Internationale Aktionsgemeinschaft bildender Künstlerinnen, Wien – in Zusammenarbeit mit dem HilbertRaum, sowie der Retramp Gallery, zwei Projekträumen für zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin Neukölln. Hannah van Ginkel kuratierte als Mitglied des HilbertRaum 2023 bereits „Motherhood I / Concepts of Motherhood“, die aktuelle Ausstellung stellt eine unerlässliche Erweiterung dar.
In „Motherhood II / Shifting Realities“ sind generationsübergreifende und historische Themen rund um Mutterschaft in den Fokus gerückt. Des Weiteren werden gesellschaftlich höchst relevante Perspektiven wie queer feministische und sozialpolitische Positionen gezeigt, um damit einen stärker intersektionalen Blick auf das Thema zu lenken. Die Ausstellung weist zusätzlich auf gesellschaftliche Strukturen hin, die es Künstler*innen – Müttern wie Nicht-Müttern – erschwert, sich am Kunstmarkt einen Namen zu machen.
Zur Vernissage am Freitag, den 26.01.2024 findet die Lesung „Mutter kocht Suppe“ von Lena Kothgasser-Haider um 19:00 Uhr in der Retramp Gallery statt. Eine Künstlerinnenführung gibt es am Samstag, 28.01.2024 von 15:00 – 17:00 Uhr Treffpunkt ist im Hilbertraum. Zur Finissage am Sonntag, den 04.02.2024 von 14:00 – 19:00 Uhr zeigt von Tanja Ritterbex um 17:00 Uhr im HilbertRaum die Performance „How I Apply My Products“.
Das Motherhood Team wird parallel zur Ausstellung in Kooperation mit „Procreate Project“(London) Arbeiten von internationalen
Künstlerinnen im öffentlichen Raum auf Plakatwänden zeigen. Diese werden in der vom HilbertRaum und der Retramp Gallery benachbarten Manitiusstraße und Fuldastraße in Berlin, Neukölln zu sehen sein (Manitiusstraße 13 und Fuldastraße 53, 12047 Neukölln, Berlin). Zu sehne vom 22.1.2024 - 4.2.2024. Procreate Project ist ein wachsendes Archiv internationaler Künstlerinnen, die Mütter/ Eltern sind. https://archive.procreateproject.com/archive/
Am Samstag, den 10.12.2024 um 12:00 Uhr findet eine internationale Online-Konferenz der IntAkt mit verschiedenen anderen Netzwerken zum Thema Mutterschaft statt. Teilnehmende sind unter anderem Dyana Gravina von „Procreate Project“ (London), Marcia Breuer Gründerin von „Mehr Mütter für die Kunst“ (Hamburg), Ruchika Wason Singh(Indien) von A.M.M.A.A. (the first platform to focus on mother artists in Asia) Len-Len und Illyang Montenegro von the O Home (Philippinen), Ines Doleschal und Rachel Kohn von „Fair Share“ (Berlin), sowie die internationale Performance Plattform S MOM. Ziel ist eine zukünftige Zusammenarbeit und die Sichtbarmachung von Künstlerinnen sowie und eine internationale Förderung des Informationsfluss zum Thema Mutterschaft in der zeitgenössischen Kunst.
Anmeldung für den Zoom link: motherhoodzwei@gmail.com
Grafik Mira Laaf
Group exhibition "MOTHERHOOD II / Shifting Realities" 26.1.2024-4.2.2024
IntAkt - International action group of female visual artists
HilbertRaum and Retramp Gallery, Reuterstaße, Berlin Neukölln
curated by: Hannah van Ginkel
funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
Motherhood Team: Stella Bach, Hannah van Ginkel, Barbara Philipp, Agnes Rossa, Verity Oberg, Dorothée Zombronner
Participating IntAkt artists: Stella Bach, Julia Bugram, Die 4 Grazien, Katya Dimova, Ines Doleschal, Sibylle Gieselmann, Rachel
Kohn, Susanne Kompast, Claudia Kragulj, Sarah Iris Mang, Barbara Philipp, Anna Rafetseder, Katharina Reich, Agnes Rossa,
Christine Spatt, Martina Tritthart, Linde Waber, Sula Zimmerberger, Dorothée Zombronner
Text: Agnes Rossa
The exhibition "Motherhood II / Shifting Realities" is the second in a series of exhibitions about motherhood and being a woman. The aim of the exhibition is to question and deconstruct myths surrounding male and female attributions. The project is organized and curated by IntAkt - Internationale Aktionsgemeinschaft bildender Künstlerinnen, Vienna - in collaboration with HilbertRaum and Retramp Gallery, two project spaces for contemporary art in Berlin Neukölln. As a member of HilbertRaum, Hannah van Ginkel already curated "Motherhood I / Concepts of Motherhood" in 2023 and the current exhibition is an essential extension.
In "Motherhood II / Shifting Realities", the focus is on intergenerational and historical themes relating to motherhood. Furthermore, socially highly relevant perspectives such as queer feminist and socio-political positions are shown to direct a more intersectional view of the topic. The exhibition also draws attention to social structures that make it difficult for artists - both mothers and non-mothers - to make a name for themselves on the art market.
The vernissage on Friday, 26.01.2024 will be accompanied by the reading "Mutter kocht Suppe" by Lena Kothgasser-Haider at 19:00 in the Retramp Gallery. There will be an artist tour on Saturday, 28.01.2024 from 15:00 - 17:00 Meeting point is in the Hilbertraum. For the finissage on Sunday, 04.02.2024 from 14:00 - 19:00, Tanja Ritterbex will show the performance "How I Apply My Products" at 17:00 in the HilbertRaum.
Parallel to the exhibition, the Motherhood Team will be showing works by international female artists in public spaces on billboards in cooperation with "Procreate Project". Procreate Project is a growing archive of international artists who are mothers/parents. The posters will be shown as a large poster twice in the city, the locations are Manitiusstraße and Fuldastraße (Manitiusstraße 13 and Fuldastraße 53, 12047 Neukölln.
https://archive.procreateproject.com/archive/
On Saturday, December 10, 2024, at 12:00 noon, an international online conference of IntAkt will take place with various other networks on the topic of motherhood. Participants include Dyana Gravina from "Procreate Project" (London), Marcia Breuer from "Mehr Mütter für die Kunst" (Hamburg), Ruchika Wason Singh (India A.M.M.A.A. is the first platform for mother artists in Asia), furthermore Len-Len and Illyang Montenegro from the O Home (Philippines), Ines Doleschal and Rachel Kohn from "Fair Share" (Berlin), as well as the international performance platform S MOM. The aim is future collaboration and the visualization and promotion of the flow of information on the topic of motherhood in contemporary art. Registration for the Zoom link: motherhoodzwei@gmail.com
Graphic: Mira Laaf
Jan
18
to Jan 21
Echos des Alltags
Die Welt ist ein Konzert von Echos, in dem jeder Ton eine Verbindung zu einem vergangenen, gegenwärtigen oder zukünftigen Ereignis darstellt.
Jan
12
to Jan 15
Othello - Typoésie / Yuma Suzu
Influenced by graffiti culture on one hand and graphic design on the other, the two artists create their works from a divergent approach.
The "Othello" exhibition thus unites two different styles: Suzu Yuma's organic lettering, born out of a process akin to ikebana, and the visual poetry by Typoésie, which takes a new visual approach when burned into thermal paper.
Dec
15
to Dec 17
Haze.Gallery - "BODY ALCHEMY"
Haze.Gallery Introducing collective POP UP exhibition "BODY ALCHEMY"
Dec
2
to Dec 3
Bound by Trust
A new exhibition from Berlin Kink Collective Time to Shine, exploring the boundaries of kink, bondage, fetish and trust in art.
Using photography, collage, screenprinting, animating and performance to show how kink and trust are interwoven.
Nov
10
to Nov 19
Simon Findlay - I Keep Thinking This Is Over, This Is Not Over
Opening:
Friday 10th November, 6-10pm
Performance 8pm
Exhibition:
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th, 12-7pm
Tuesday 14th to Sunday 19th, 3-7pm
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This recent body of work is the continuation of artistic practice along the themes of; colour, physicality and self.
Half the works are of semi-abstract flowers - as a counter to the usual pure abstraction.
The titles of many works have densely loaded emotional topics such as “17 Days Of Mania Followed By 4 Days Of Emptiness” and “Asking You To Tell Me That You Love Me First, So That I Know It’s Not A Reflex”. By keeping a diary, I was able to name the paintings based on what I had written for that day. Sometimes my thoughts appear as signs or poems, making it easy to find lines that resonate and reflect the works. Sometimes the words/title came first, sometimes the act of painting.
One research project “Drawing Flowers Every Day - April/May” was where I would find flowers outside to digitally draw. Some of these were then adapted to physical paintings. Originally I had intended to draw “bad” flowers, but I was enjoying this process too much, and instead started to draw without intention of “good” or “bad”.
Repetitive movements along with my personal relationship to colour can be seen in the Horizontal Lines series.
Small explorations into cloud-like abstraction can be seen in the Colourscapes series.
Finally, as a way to have less control, I would lie on my back on the ground and paint with a 2 meter stick on the wall.
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Oct
28
to Oct 29
Postcards I Forgot To Send - Mark Hunt
POSTCARDS I FORGOT TO SEND
2008 - 2023
An Exhibition by Mark Robert Hunt
POSTCARDS I FORGOT TO SEND marks a time for change and an end (for now) to life in Berlin.
But … before I leave this wonderful city and the beautiful people that have been part of my life for
the past 15 years I would like to part with a leaving gift that illustrates somewhat the vibrant,
exciting and often batshit crazy memories I have of being a photographer and filmmaker in this wild city!
For two nights I will adorn the walls of ReTramp gallery with these memories. In the form of postcards, images and film spanning the last 15 years of my life in Berlin, I would like to celebrate my graduation and dig into some of my favourite moments some of which, to this date, I have never shared.
The exhibition will cover imagery of squat culture, demonstrations, parties, collectives, fashion
and a few surprises along the way.
Exhibition Times
Saturday 28.11.23 12pm - 9pm
Sunday 29.11.23 4pm - 9pm
Bring your own drinks and things!
Music provided by DJ Einkaufswagen
Oct
12
to Oct 16
A Long Walk Home - Jorge Abella
A Long Walk Home.
It´s the long parth that these kids take to return home after the day grazing cattle, the main
and only sustenance of their families.
This involves another more important connotation: the way of nomadic or semi-nomadic
groups - such as the Maasai - where their life is a continuous journey, through different
territories, depending on the seasons, but without the existence of borders or political maps,
and where the only used to be is the geography (in the old times). To then always
return to the same place, the circle closes. And then it starts all over again.
This leads me to other reflections: the idea of freedom that many people long for in modern
societies, where in spite of all the technological advances, we often need that long journey,
moving to other places, other cities, other countries, other jobs, other friends. It often also
happens that in the end we find ourselves in the same places of origin. The circle closes.
And it starts all over again.
Sep
22
to Oct 1
Papery - Group Show
PAPERY
Gruppenausstellung mit Original-Papierarbeiten von 11 Künstler*innen, RETRAMP Gallery
Mit Sebastian B. Ash, Base23, Dafne Tree, GATE, Howtokillagraffiti, Kadir Amigo Memis Johannes Mundinger, Duncan Passmore, ROZER, Blazej Rusin und ZASD.
Kuriert von Katia Hermann.
Vernissage am Freitag, den 22.09.2023, von 18h bis 21h
Vom 22.09.2023 bis 1.10.2023
Öffnungszeiten: Freitags, Samstags, Sonntags von 15h bis 19h
Am Anfang war die Zeichnung
Die Zeichnung ist die direkteste Form, um Gedanken in eine Bildsprache auf Papier zu bannen. Vor siebzigtausend Jahren auf Höhlenstein in Südafrika die Erste. Die Letze in ferner KI Zeit (...).
Zeichnung vereint alle Menschen. Ist es das Kritzeln mit Buntstiften, wo wir uns als Kinder alle ausprobiert haben oder das Hinterlassen einer Spur im Sand. Es ist die erste Erfahrung, dass wir aus dem Nichts - wie auf einem weißen Blatt Papier - etwas Bleibendes schaffen können, das womöglich im Umfeld Resonanz findet. Und wir merken das Nichts ist nicht Nichts, sondern Wir. Unser Bewusstsein, unser Schaffen. Die Zeichnung auf Papier als Urmutter der Kunst. Sie ist noch frei, bevor die Erwartungen der Schule, der Gesellschaft allgemein uns diktieren will wie Kunst auszusehen hätte.
Die Zeichnung ist das Fundament jeder Kunstform. Zeichnung lügt nicht. Sie ist direkte Information über den Schaffenden. Der Bildhauer nutzt sie, um schnell Gedanken für Formen festzuhalten. Linien, die es vermögen Volumen darzustellen. Filmideen werden durch Storyboards festgehalten. Die Linie, die Bewegung sowie Narration wiedergibt. Und sie kann durch Schraffur und Kontur dem Maler Licht und Schatten direkt auf ein Stück Papier werfen. Unterwegs, in den Bergen, in der Kneipe. Unmittelbar. So kann die Zeichnung das Einfrieren einer künstlerischen Idee oder einer Empfindung sein, die die Künstler*innen später mit mehr Müßiggang und Aufwand, dem Vorbereiten des Materials, in ein anderes Medium überträgt und ihren eigentlichen Zweck findet. Sie kann aber auch das Hauptwerk sein, ein Original auf Papier.
Ob wirr, konstruiert, darstellend oder abstrakt, politisch oder erotisch, in ihrer Einfachheit eröffnet die Arbeit auf Papier ein Universum. Die Ausstellung PAPERY versucht ein Atömchen dessen abzubilden und Einblick in die unterschiedlichen Bildsprachen der 11 präsentierten Künstler*innen zu geben. Ihre Gemeinsamkeit liegt nicht nur in der Zeichnung auf Papier, sondern auch im Ursprung im Graffiti Writing, der Kalligraphie oder der Wandmalerei. Ob Post- oder Midgraffiti, womöglich Prä -, unterschiedlich kreuzte Graffiti ihre Biografien, prägte Stil und Leben. RETRAMP Gallery präsentiert in der Gruppenausstellung PAPERY Originale auf Papier, die mit verschiedenen Techniken und Materialien, wie Kohle, Bleistift, Tinte, Ölkreide, Fineliner, Aquarell oder Mischtechniken geschaffen wurden. Von der klassischen Skizze bis zu der Papierarbeit, die sich schon der Malerei nähert.
RETRAMP Gallery
Reuterstraße 62
12047 Berlin
www.retramp.com
PAPERY
Group show with unique paperworks by 11 artists at RETRAMP Gallery
With Sebastian B. Ash, Base23, Dafne Tree, GATE, Howtokillagraffiti, Kadir Amigo Memis, Johannes Mundinger, Duncan Passmore, ROZER, Blazej Rusin and ZASD.
Curated by Katia Hermann.
Opening fr, 22.09.2023, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
From 22.09.2023 until 1.10.2023
Open: Fri, Sat, Sun from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
In the beginning was the drawing
Drawing is the most direct form of capturing thoughts in a visual language on paper. The first one was made seventy thousand years ago in a cave in South Africa. The last in distant AI time (...).
Drawing unites all people. Whether it's doodling with crayons, which we all tried our hand at as children, or leaving a trace in the sand; it is the first experience that we can create something lasting out of nothing - like on a white sheet of paper - that possibly finds resonance in the environment. And we realise that nothing is not nothing, but is Us. Our consciousness, our creation. Drawing on paper is the mother of art. It is still free, before the expectations of school, of society in general, want to dictate what art should look like.
Drawing is the foundation of every art form. Drawing does not lie. It is direct information about the creator. The sculptor uses it to quickly capture thoughts for forms. Lines that are able to represent volume. Film ideas are captured through storyboards. The line that reproduces movement as well as narration. And it can cast light and shadow directly onto a piece of paper through tautness and contour to the painter. On the road, in the mountains, in the pub.
Immediately. In this way, drawing can be the freezing of an artistic idea or a sensation that the artist’s later transfer to another medium, with more idleness and effort, the preparation of the material, and finds its actual purpose. But it can also be the main work, an original on paper.
Whether chaotic, constructed, representational or abstract, political or erotic, the work on paper opens up a universe in its simplicity. The exhibition PAPERY attempts to depict an atom of this and to give an insight into the different visual languages of the 11 artists presented. Their common ground lies not only in drawing on paper, but also in their origins in graffiti writing, calligraphy or mural painting. Whether post- or mid-graffiti, possibly pre-, graffiti crossed their biographies in different ways and shaped their lives and style. In the group exhibition PAPERY, RETRAMP Gallery presents originals on paper created with various techniques and materials, such as charcoal, pencil, ink, oil pastels, fineliner, watercolour or mixed media. From the classic sketch to the paper work that already approaches painting.
RETRAMP Gallery
Reuterstraße 62
12047 Berlin
www.retramp.com
Sep
14
to Sep 17
Tunnelscapes and Kohle - John Klinkenberg
Tunnelscapes Animation created by the Stuttgart filmmaker Michi Meier and Art-drawings by John Klinkenberg.
Tunnelscapes film was shown in Haarlem and Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Theaterhaus Stuttgart “Anita Berber” - Lange Nacht der Musea Wagenhalle Stuttgart - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - Stadspark Stuttgart Festival - Teufelsberg Berlin - September 2023 Retramp Galerie: Tunnelscapes drawings and charcoals inspired by Ukraine.
Sep
8
to Sep 10
Estrangement - a vague sense of belonging by Very Kori
Estrangement - a vague sense of belonging
By Very Kori
Aug
31
to Sep 3
what the book - gorjeoux moon
'what the book ‽'
an exhibition by gorjeoux moon
is a set of six 105mm square book shaped poetry sculptures, 'what the book ‽' delves deep into the possibilities of what book can be, what being book can mean, and what can be said when freed from the binds of convention.
what is a book when its pages are unbound? what does that do to the stories within? what happens when words are no longer fixed, instead moving around and through pages? or when lines of letters phase in and out of eachother? or when a book unfolds in different directions, instructing the reader how to constantly reorient themselves to it and its content?
six books, six concept, six bindings containing dozens of novel technical and poetic techniques', 'what the book‽' is a library of conceptual concrete poetry 'books' which the reader must haptically engage with and perform themselves in order to experience what book, page, and poem can be outside of expectations of form.
'i remember this one time' is a collection of memories that are re ordered dependent on the context of their recollection
'dreamworld - a liberello' is a self aware labyrinth that explores the self that is aware, as well as family, transition, and language itself
'sometimes the best beginnings' cracks open wide the very concept of page itself, incepting a poetic form in which words dance across the page - appearing, disappearing, and morphing into new ones as they move through and within the paper they are printed upon
'i am from my self' continues in this form and becomes a collection of deeply personal experiential and relational poetry. poetry which discovers self, heals trauma, battles addiction, and overcomes abuse
'palimpsest' (wt) consolidates the playfulness of this new fangled form and imbues it further with hard won wisdom whilst tempering the abject beauty of being with the utter absurdity of consciousness
'imagine dancing' completes the set as the most 'conventional' book of them all. approximately 200 haiku printed and bound in chronological order, chaptered with the names and dates of the notebooks they were written in. taking the 5 7 5 form and pushing it frequently past it's breaking point, these poems are the doodles, meditations, bases of kinetic pieces, and crystallisations of thought and understanding that punctuated and accompanied my life between Dec 19 and Jan 23.
Aug
18
to Aug 20
Flourescent Nights - Elisa Spelgatti
Fluorescent Nights is an ongoing series that captures the essence of the bustling neighbourhood Chinatown in global metropolises, mainly New York and London.
Jul
28
to Aug 6
All You Need Is Love
" From 28 July to 6 August, the Retramp gallery is hosting the exhibition "All you need is love" by French artist photographer Romain Berger.
Opening night on Friday 28 July from 6pm in the presence of the artist.
The Retramp gallery will be the third date of this tour which will have been previously presented in France and in England.
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE is a message of tolerance and love in a society that is regressing day by day, putting the lives of queer people more and more at risk.
Come and celebrate with us the freedom to be who we want to be, without judgement and without debate.
ABOUT THE ARTIST :
ROMAIN BERGER is a photographer of the French scene, born at the end of the 80s in Normandy (Cherbourg).
With a background in film and theatre, he has long been fascinated by images, popular culture, stereotypes and gender issues.
He produces artistic works that are offbeat, cinematographic, colourful and gently provocative. He unabashedly claims to be a camp artist, a concept that designates, among other things, a form of self-mockery that allows gay men to laugh at the difficulties of their condition in a homophobic society, all with artifice and exaggeration.
This is why he voluntarily takes clichés from gay culture and twists them in order to highlight our world, both in its best and worst aspects (loneliness, superficiality, overconsumption, violence, addiction, sex, politics ...)
We all have hidden vices, and what interests him is not the public image, but our secrets and what goes on in private. A way of criticising the hypocrisy of the human race and the political correctness imposed by a patriarchal society. Life has no rules, we are the only masters of our game.
Influenced by photographer David Lachapelle's staging and director Gregg Araki's aestheticism for his colours, his work is an ode to life, love and freedom of expression.
A subculture artist, he is the photo equivalent of so-called independent cinema. He does not follow the current trends and mixes cinema and queer universe to the extreme, far from the photographic fashion of the moment, which seeks the maximum of naturalness. Little valued in his own country, he finds his recognition abroad where he is often celebrated, whether in magazines or exhibitions.
Thanks to this recognition abroad, the English publisher Men on paper art published in September 2022, LIFE'S A CABARET, a book on his work, gathering all his photographs since 2018. In this continuity, Germany has published SEX UTOPIA, a 400-page book, presenting 70 artists from all over the world, of which he is a part alongside the artists Pierre et Gilles.
Jul
20
to Jul 23
Queer London - Marc Vallée & Jack Scollard with historian Ben Miller
Join Marc Vallée for the Berlin launch of 90s Archive: Volume One at the Retramp Gallery on Thursday 20 July 2023. Marc will be in conversation with Bad Gays co-author Ben Miller. The talk will be in English and a book signing will take place after.
Register: Eventbrite.
"The pictures are autobiographical; a window into Vallée’s life in 90s London. However, they have a wider historical and political significance, capturing queer youth as the gay community slowly emerged from the horror of the 80s and early-90s global AIDS epidemic, Margaret Thatcher and Clause 28, which was in effect until 2003."
- British Journal of Photography, December, 2022.
“As a teenager of the 80s with Thatcher, AIDS and Clause 28 it’s not a surprise I ended up documenting my friends when I got to art school in the 90s...”
- DAZED Magazine, November, 2022.
Biographies
Marc Vallée is a London-based documentary photographer. His zines and photobooks are held in the collections of Tate Britain, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Museum of London, Martin Parr Foundation and Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris. Prints held in public and private collections including Museum of London.
Ben Miller is a writer and historian living in Berlin. With Huw Lemmey, he hosts Bad Gays, a podcast about evil and complicated queers in history, which has been downloaded nearly a million times; a book based on the show and passionately arguing for a more complex and political queer public history, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, was published by Verso in 2022.
Jul
10
to Jul 15
Up-Wonder POP-UP
What ? we create immersive artistic experiences to enjoy & up-cycle your clothes
Why? to reduce waste and fashion’s negative impact on our lives
How? creating a symbolic relationship with our clothes for a longer useful life
Jun
23
to Jun 25
Multiplayer - 48 Std NK
The opening hours will be Friday 19-21.00
on Saturday 14:00 - 20:00
on Sunday 14:00 - 19.00
multiplayer @retramp
groupshow for 48h Neukölln
Installations, media art, paintings, screenprints, and photography set the stage for our playful group show featuring everyone who came out to play; Adrian Williams, Akin Berlin, Christopher Krause, Giselle Rosenthal, Kasia Hope, Louis Link, Kosey, Niamh-Erin Cusack, and Patrick Ireland come together for the first time at Retramp Gallery to create a temporary playground with everything they have and everything they find.
This time we don't want to play alone, so we come out when our friends call, and we find new friends, new games according to our own rules. We create our own playground, and we are excited to see the result.
So come out and play with us!
Jun
16
to Jun 17
fesKa
16-17.06.2023 15h-(21h)
Retramp Gallery Reuterstraße 62,12047 Neukölln,Berlin
fesKa is a local art festival , taking place at Retramp Gallery in Neukölln. fesKa focuses on the connection between music, image and words that takes place during an unconscious (dreamlike) state, heavily influenced by the comings-and- goings of daily life, as experienced in human interactions, work, and dreams. This festival integrates the perspectives on art, music, and life , as depicted in the unconscious, alongside featured works by friends and colleagues.
Program
Art Exhibition 15h-21
Ayane Kondo, Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete, Kanae Mizobuchi, Tassos Savvopoulos
Tarot
16-18h
Kanae Mizobuchi, Chiku Komiya
Concert+Performance 16 June 19h
Chiku Komiya, jee chan ,Timo Kreuser+PHØNIX16
Concert+Performance 17 June 19h
Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete, Teppei Higuchi, Ayane Kondo
Drink 18h-21h
s h i z u k u.
Jun
9
to Jun 11
Come Closer
Utopia:
Utopia, an Italian artist living in Berlin, rooted in graffiti writing, has embarked on a journey of experimentation with abstract and surrealism. She merges graffiti lettering with abstract elements and figurative or representational depictions. Their artistic creations showcase a delicate balance between the letters and imaginative visuals, seamlessly integrating each other in compositions.
Utopia also focuses on representing women in a manner that breaks free from traditional expectations of the female body. In an attempt to confront objectification, Utopia paints women without heads, symbolising how society often reduces women to objects.
Amelie:
AMELIE DEGENDORFER (*30.03.1995) grew up in Bavaria’s countryside and now is living and working in Berlin. Impacted by childhood memories the artist is painting abstracted figures in an expressively colorful and naïve style - depicting a certain nostalgia for the careless times of being a kid. Mainly focusing on large scale canvas light installations, the artist is making use of contoured geometric shapes while working with mixed media, discussing social topics. The artist studies medicine with psychiatric focus, writing a doctors thesis in schizophrenia research. While working in hospitals the artist got to know many aspects of life, which included death, birthing and everything in between. It seems to create balance to swap reality into wonderland made of thick glossy layers.
Esra_woite:
ESRA WOITE (*27.07.1988), works as an illustrator and tattoo artist. The artist currently focuses on erotic illustrations and visualization of eccentric characters. Her floristic images are cosmopolitan, feminist and reflect themes of our progressive society.
Numb
Numb by the noise of the world outside
I want to free myself mentally,
not destruktive,
I create
my sheltered world.
This is were I’m naked and completely.
Completely free of judgement and worries.
It is simply a place
It is place that embraces me
with its reassuring beauty.
Whatever was lost on my way here
I recollect within my pictures.
Within them
Is where I find myself.
Not a self-portrait
only an order of my feelings (and experienced.)
it's a process
that leads me to the love
and acceptance of myself.
It is a process
that takes the numb feeling away from me.
it lets me guess who I could be
And for a moment I feel no numb
I just feel
I feel only myself
Sehven25:
Seven25 is a Scottish born artist currently residing in Berlin, whose artistic output primarily revolves around painting.
His work remains rooted in graffiti writing, however letters that once were have devolved into an exploration of abstract forms and shapes. Alongside the use of recurring elements representing people and past memories. This amalgamation of styles allows Seven to craft compositions that straddle the line between urban vibrancy and enigmatic abstraction.
Alleehoppsasa:
My stage name is Alleehoppsasa. I was born, raised and live in Berlin. I practice the art for many reasons. I use them to express myself, distract myself and above all... to have fun!
I try to fuse organic forms and liquid elements on canvases.
I am happy to inspire people with my art and to dream.
May
26
to May 28
SOFT SKILLZ - COCO BERGHOLM
In "SOFT SKILLZ" at RETRAMP Gallery in Berlin, Coco Bergholm shows works that deal with urban surfaces, camouflage and disappearance. On view are an installation, paintings, fabric objects and films. During the opening hours, quotes will be sewn or painted on pieces of clothing brought along or available at the request of the guests.
May
19
to May 21
something weird between cute and naughty
From 19 to 21 May 2023, 3 - 7 pm, the Retramp gallery is hosting the exhibition "something weird between cute and naughty" by Berlin - based cartoon artist Diana [deijaenaa]
Opening night is May 19 at 4 pm in the presence of the artist and guest artist Sinah with @blurr.magazine, surrounded by groovy sounds of Matt Mendo.
"something weird between cute and naughty" will take you on a journey through the mind of the artist. Head full of cute, naked and horny characters, most combined with satisfying octopus(sys) and slime.
This art is representing the combination of being a child and a grown ass at the same time – as well as the damaged girl perspective, damaged and annoyed from all this toxicity out there.
Everything produced in digital prints, with acrylic paint on canvas or other materials - colorful, trashy and provocative.
Find in this exhibition a lot of self-love, vulnerability, nakedness and weirdness and remember never to lose the joy and curiosity of childhood. Forget to be serious and make a lot of love – with others or just with yourself.
Stay horny - stay cute and let me confuse you - and give you the perfect "what the fuck" moment.
May
12
to May 14
Crush
Alexandra Aquilina and Nessa Finnegan come together for the first time to present a collaborative exhibition, “Crush” at Retramp, Berlin. Their work explores slices of the complexities found within the clash of femininity and culture. "Crush" embodies two distinct meanings; a noun, representing the frivolity and innocence of youth and a verb, reflecting the devastatingly taxing aspects of womanhood. Through their art, both artists explore these dichotomies and create a thought-provoking dialogue on the various layers of the female experience.
@studioaquilina @nessafinnegan
May
4
to May 7
Hydro, Fire, Wind & Cities - Salomon Wicki
"Erde" wird im Titel der Ausstellung durch "Städte" ersetzt. Der Lebensraum eines Grossteils der Menschen. Auf unserer Reise im Spannungsfeld zwischen Natur und Kultur zeigen sich Momente, Träume, Bilder.
Apr
21
to Apr 30
MOTHERHOOD I / Concepts of Motherhood
Stella Bach, Maria Bergstötter, Asta Cink, Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten, Die 4 Grazien, Dora Mai, Sarah Iris Mang, Karin Maria Pfeifer, Barbara Philipp, Ness Rubey, Johanna Tatzgern, Agnes Rossa, Dorothée Zombronner