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June 18, 2013

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Solveig Maria Ebbinghaus

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WALK WITH THE ARTIST Launch Party

WALK WITH THE ARTIST is a program of author itineraries that combines the idea of tour, walk, open air workshop, interview to the artist and urban intervention. Artists have been asked to present a free proposal of walk in Berlin in order to walk the partecipants into the discovery and experience of the urban space.

Berlin, liquid city in continuous transformation, can be described from an esthetic-geographic point of view and from an esthetic-experimental prospective. Starting form this consideration Art & Tours have asked to 9 artists to define 5 itineraries based on their personal city experiences: Rebecca Agnes, Paolo Barlascini, Silke Bauer, Irma Markulin, Maria Mitsopoulou, Irina Novarese, Viola Thiele and Chryssa Tsampazi.

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June 18, 2013

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Stars of the future set to shine in Spain: Open Call for Performers from the Institute of Arts Barcelona in Berlin next week.

Institut de les Arts Barcelona © Javier Tles

Aspiring young performers will have the opportunity to launch their studies in Spain thanks to innovative courses being introduced by Barcelona’s Institute of the Arts this September. Don’t miss the auditions for the diploma course next Monday 24th of June from 14h to 17h at the Center of Dance in Berlin.

Inspired and supported by Sir Paul McCartney’s LIPA, The Institute of the Arts – Barcelona was founded by Giles Auckland-Lewis and Mark Lethem in February 2013. The Institute’s new Foundation Diploma will allow aspiring actors, dancers and musical theatre performers to develop their practical skills while learning about essential business aspects of a career in creative arts.

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June 13, 2013

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Felipe Tofani

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ACB Events for the Weekend featuring: Fotomarathon Berlin, An Epic Street Art Battle, Farbscharmützel, Lomography Gallery, Queer Women, Scope Session with Rainer Kohlberger, Sébastien Bourdeauducq and Jon-Carlos Evans

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I like my photography with weird colors and filled with analog effects that reminds me of simpler times. So, you know i am a big fan of Lomography. And, if you like that aesthetic, you might want to go to the Lomography Gallery Store Berlin today for the Unveiling of a Brand New Analogue Construction.

Put on a hard hat because construction begins at 19:00 and, if you are dressed up in your most creative construction costume and you might just be lucky enough to take home our brand new “construction” as your prize. Cool, right?

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June 13, 2013

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Solveig Maria Ebbinghaus

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Spotlight on Ralf Obergfell

John and Ryan, Beautiful Freaks, by Ralf Obergfell

During this year’s 48 Stunden Neukölln Festival Artconnect Berlin will show the exhibition “Reality Swap – the alternative Status Quo“. We will present six artistic positions regarding the topic of the Festival: “A Change of Perspective”. Before the show commences, we’ve been putting some questions to the participants; this time we were talking to the photographer Ralf Obergfell!

When did you start producing art and what is your main focus?

I started in 2003. My main focus is documentary photography & curation of alternative club night ‘gutterslut’. My photography focuses on gender, sexuality, male youth, fantasy, humor, friendship, sub-culture, ‘taboos’.

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June 13, 2013

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Solveig Maria Ebbinghaus

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Spotlight on Erica Smith

During this year’s 48 Stunden Neukölln Festival Artconnect Berlin will show the exhibition “Reality Swap – the alternative Status Quo“. We will present six artistic positions regarding the topic of the Festival: “A Change of Perspective”. Before the show commences, we’ve put some questions to the participants, this time we were talking to Erica Smith!

When did you start producing art and what is your main focus?
Ever since a child I have been creative. I always opted for drawing as my playtime. Thus, I seriously started producing art back in 2010. I was formerly a graphic designer and for many years I worked in the visual communication field; until I finally decided to pursue a more artistic path. Photography and painting are my main focus. I´ve been evolving in my photography for the past fourteen years. I truly love shooting life. Ever since I can remember I have been mentored in painting but only until recently I have been producing my own style. Now, I´m currently studying and finding new ways to fuse these two together! Quite a challenging experiment if I might add!

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June 13, 2013

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Solveig Maria Ebbinghaus

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Spotlight on Laura Gianetti & Daniele Jost

Are you ready for 48 Stunden Neukölln and our exhibition “Reality Swap – The Alternative Status Quo”? You don’t have to wait much longer, because it will start tomorrow!!! Two of our participating artists are Laura Gianetti and Daniele Jost. Read more about their artwork in our spotlight interview.

When did you start producing art and what is your main focus?

Laura: I have always been interested in man-nature relation. After my Natural Science studies, I became closer to the visual arts moving to Fine Arts Academy. My first work (2004) was a painting series representing Ingmar Bergman’s movie “Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället). During the following years I have been focusing on animal ethology as an interpretation of human social behaviour.
Daniele: I started working in 2001 with an art project through a photographic installation called “Schnee”, focusing on preserving/decadence relation.

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June 13, 2013

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Luisa Hänsel

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Spotlight on Sadie Weis

it’s a nice day for a….white wedding.
Sugar Crystals grown on neon tubing, 2011

Are you ready for 48 Stunden Neukölln and our exhibition “Reality Swap – The Alternative Status Quo”? You don’t have to wait much longer, because it will start tomorrow!!! One of the participating artists is Sadie Weis. She does pretty cool art stuff: sculptures that look like melting wax or rocks, which are decorated with all sorts of shiny material, such as plastic figures, feathers, neon-lights and colorful crystals. But so you don’t have to keep waiting, you can see some examples of her work in our Spotlight interview and read about Sadie’s interest in different materials and her ideas for 48 Stunden Neukölln.

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June 12, 2013

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Solveig Maria Ebbinghaus

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Next Networking Brunch on the 19th of JUNE with EYEEM and ARTFRIDGE!

Reserve your spot here: http://creative.artconnectberlin.com/networking-brunch/

Thanks to Felipe Tofani for the beautiful flyer! <3

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June 12, 2013

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Luisa Hänsel

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Spotlight on Sonja Trabandt

Photo from the series “Sweet Rebellion”, London 2012

During this year’s 48 Stunden Neukölln Festival Artconnect Berlin will show the exhibition “Reality Swap – the alternative Status Quo“. We will present six artistic positions regarding the topic of the Festival: “A Change of Perspective”. Before the show commences, we’ve put some questions to the participants, who are Dariuz Fronczak, Erica Smith, Laura Gianetti & Daniele Jost, Ralf Obergfell, Sadie Weis and Sonja Trabandt.

We talked to artist Sonja Trabandt, who was born in Germany, grew up in Kaduna, Nigeria and later graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California, USA and the Schule Schule Salem, Germany. She gained her Masters degree in Photography at the University of the Arts in London in 2012. The young photographer has published her works in Berlin, Potsdam, Cape Town, New York and London, and currently lives and works in Berlin.

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June 12, 2013

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Solveig Maria Ebbinghaus

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Spotlight on Dariuz Voltra

Dariuz Voltra is one of the artists taking part in our exhibition for 48 Stunden Berlin. He is showing a movie that tells the story of a man who moves to a big city to gain greater perspective on his life, but realizes that this change only makes him think about his past. We had a few questions for the artist which you can read the answers to in our short spotlight!