Friday, 7th December 2012, is the vernissage of “Prefix & Suffix”, an exhibition by Turkish artist Şakir Gökçebağ – looks really interesting, check out his work here: gallery website. I’ve never been to Tanas (www.tanasberlin.de), a non-commercial arts space which specialises in contemporary Turkish art. The vernissage starts at 6pm at Tanas, Heidestraße 50, 10557 Berlin.
And here is the globe-M article: 47 Paar Schuhe.
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A very interesting show of contemporary art from Azerbaidjan in the Galerie Berlin-Baku, Großgörschenstrasse, 10827 Berlin. Vernissage is tomorrow, 30th November, and the exhibition will run until 4th January 2013. And here is the globe-M article: Kultur-Botschaft.
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A few days ago I went to see the new temporary exhibition at the Museum für Kommunikation – “Glücksfälle – Störfälle. Facets of Intercultural Communication” – what a fabulous exposition. It is colourful, surprising and interactive with a very original exhibition architecture. Go and see it, it’s really worth it: exhibition website. And for those who read German: here is the globe-M article: Zwiebeln, Eisberge und ethnische Barbiepuppen.
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Next Friday and Saturday the Kühlhaus is showing the scent exhibition “Smells of the City” as part of the arts festival Chinesischer Herbst. Air designers Aoiro (http://aoiroair.com) will be recreating the characteristic smells of Beijing – I’m really looking foward to seeing how they’ll do it! I will also write my next Mintel retail trend article on the scent exhibition and the work of Aoiro. Check out their website, they do some really exciting stuff! EDIT: And here is the Mintel article on Aoiro’s scent exhibition: Aoiro brings the scents of Beijing to Berlin.
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Gestalten gallery (www.gestalten.com/space) in Berlin-Mitte is currently showing “Nostalgia”, a small exhibition of very early colour photographs by Russian photographer Michailowitch Prokudin-Gorski. In 1906 he travelled across Russia to systematically document the different regions, peoples and landscapes of Tsarist Russia; I love photography (especially early photography and travel photography) so I decided to make this my next globe-M article…..! Sophie-Gips-Höfe near Hacke’scher Markt. Free entry!
And here is the globe-M article about the exhibition: Farbenfrohes Zarenreich.
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Yet another exhibition that I’ll be reporting on: starts 5th October in Rotes Rathaus right here in Mitte (exhibition link). globe-M (i.e.: me) will be there to hear Gloria Minguez from the Spanish embassy open the exhibition – we are currently doing a Spain-Special on globe-M.
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Next week is going to be hectic! On 4th October the new photography exhibition at Berlinische Galerie museum opens: “Geschlossene Gesellschaft” – social and artsy photography in the German Democratic Republic 1949 to 1989. The exhibition features some 250 pictures by 34 photographers. I know next to nothing about GDR photography so this should be interesting. The exhibition starts at 7pm, free entry on the first night, check it out: Berlinische Galerie.
And here is the globe-M article: Geschlossene Gesellschaft.
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Friday 7th September: Vernissage of the new Akademie der Künste exhibition, “Der Alchimist. Heinz Hajek-Halke“: Check out my globe-M article here: Ein Meister der Alchemie.
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On Thursday 23rd August I attended “Japan Next. Künstler aus Japan – Im Fluss der zeitgenössischen Kunst”, a performance and discussion on contemporary Japanese art at Bethanien in Kreuzberg. Part of the “Echo” exhibition. And I was blown away by the performance of Japanese artist Takehito Koganezawa. Check him out!!! I hadn’t heard of him before (then again I don’t really know a great deal about contemporary performance/art) but apparently he is pretty famous. He lives in Berlin and has had some impressive exhibitions over here.
And he opened the talk/discussion at the Bethanien yesterday with an AMAZING performance; played on an Indian harmonium and combined this sound with colourful patterns generated by the electrical interference between two hand-held cameras that were thrown on the wall by a beamer. The patterns, not the cameras. At least that’s what happened, I think. I’m not too clear on the technology behind the artist’s performance but it was wonderful.
Check out my globe-M article here: Kunst im Zwischenraum.
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Highly recommended: “The Echo – Although I Am Still Alive”, an exhibition by 17 young Japanese artists currently on at Bethanien museum in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district. Part of the Echo project. An abolute must-see. More info on www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de or www.echo2012berlin.com
You can also check out my globe-M article on the exhibition (German only): Das silberne Pferd und der Riesenhamster.
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