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On the evening of August 28th and August 29th, 2009, Ralph Ammer and five computers will be collaborating in drawing thousands of stick figures onto the walls of Zionskirche in Berlin. What sort of pictures will emerge when a huge crowd of individuals plays by simple social rules? In these digital cave paintings mass phenomena dominate singular protagonists and form moving social images.ss
This year Venice is hosting the 53rd Biennale, which includes an international art exhibition, an architecture exhibition and festivals of contemporary music, dance, and theater – as well as the Venice Film Festival. Official site.
Mr. Superblast and Jay One: “The end of the world is coming February 12th”. This Thursday at the LODOWN Gallery ‘West Berlin’, 7pm.
Casting a Shadow – Alfred Hitchcock and his work.
From January 29 to May 10 at the Filmmuseum Berlin.
Maripolarma is a polaroid excursion of the 80s in New York. Vernissage at Sevenstar Gallery Berlin, Friday, 30th Jan. at 9 pm.
Photography by Olivier Fermariello and Sandro Di Camillo at Gallery Neox. Vernissage Jan 18th, Berlin, Bergmannstraße 59. Via
Coarse Toys hit Berlin with their new designs. 4010 Gallery, tomorrow December 10th, 8pm.
Photographs by Andreas Gehrke, Majo Ertel and David J. Hotz. Kunsthalle m3, Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, November 8 to 22.
For more than 50 years Richard Avedon was one of the biggest names in the fashion industry being the first to break down the barrier between so-called serious and non-serious photography. He was employed by Harpers Bazaar, later by Vogue, then in 1992 ended up as the weekly New Yorker’s first regular staff photographer.
Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, 19 October 2008 to 19 January 2009
An exhibition showing the fantastic work of British graphic designer Alan Aldridge is currently running at the Design Museum in London. Via
Arthur Szyk is considered one of the 20th century’s most important political caricaturists and illustrators. He confronted the threat of National Socialism in his sketches and drawings years before the beginning of the Second World War. The exhibition presents Arthur Szyk’s oeuvre in the form of a representative cross-section which focuses particularly on the artist’s inventive, detailed political caricatures.
29 August 2008 to 4 January 2009, German Historical Museum Berlin
The Tropics – Views from the Middle of the Globe is an exhibition of the Goethe-Institut and the Ethnological Museum – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
12 September 2008 to 5 January 2009, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin
The definitive city guide for the mobile generation: Berlin, Vienna, Barcelona, Copenhagen. Additional cities to come are London, New York, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
London architect Zaha Hadid designed the Chanel Mobile Art pavilion, which has already made a stop in Tokyo. The structure is made of lightweight panels that are packed in 51 shippable containers. Each participating artist was asked to create a work that was at least in part inspired by Chanel’s classic 2.55 quilted-style chain handbag.
The pavilion will occupy the Rumsey Playfield, midpark at 70th Street NYC, from Oct 20 to Nov 9 2008.
The Man Ray: Unconcerned But Not Indifferent exhibition comprises drawings, photos, paintings and sculptures from the Man Ray Trust collection in Long Island, New York. The Man Ray Trust collection has never gone on show before. 13 June to 18 August 2008, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin.
