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May 9, 2013

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Luisa Hänsel

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Spotlight on Oliver Parzer

Sourrounded by Nothing but Our Own Imagination, Photo: Oliver Parzer

We are very happy to have ikonoTV among our beloved mediapartners and are excited about showcasing of two of our platform members in a Video Spotlight!

The winners of the Open Call for photographers we announced yesterday. You could get an insight into Emiliano Fernández photographic work. He is one of the lucky winners of the Video Spotlight featured by ikonoTV and Artconnect Berlin.

Today we will let you know more about the Berlin born and based photographer Oliver Parzer . He studied photography in Melbourne and uses mainly black and white photography to shoot transient moments of architecture, nature or different places in the city. Artconnect Berlin loves his silent photo series “Surrounded by nothing but our own imagination”. But read more about his amazing work in one of our Spotlight Interview!

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May 9, 2013

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Luisa Hänsel

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Spotlight on Emiliano Fernández

Retratos de Familia, Photo: Emiliano Fernández

In January 2013 Artconnect Berlin and ikonoTV published their first open call for photographers to send in their artworks. The winners got the possibility to showcase their work in a unique film produced by ikonoTV and broadcasted in 27 countries as well as on the web.

Congratulations to Oliver Parzer and Emiliano Fernández for being the lucky winners! Artconnect Berlin is featuring the winners in two Spotlight interviews on the Artconnect blog. The first of these interviews presents the young Argentinian photographer Emiliano Fernández.

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April 24, 2013

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Julia Mari Bernaus

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Protected: Spotlight on United Visual Artists (UVA)

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March 27, 2013

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Amanda Gray

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SPOTLIGHT on Nadja Sayej

Nadja Sayej

These days, you meet a lot of artists and journalists who are based in Berlin. Some are just starting off, others are succeeding, and a lot feel like they are ready to give up.

It is important to be able to turn to those who were once in the same boat, and who have ultimately come out on top, in the surprisingly difficult process of establishing yourself in the wildly popular German capital.

Nadja Sayej is a journalist, gonzo reporter and business woman. She has contributed to publications like VICE and the New York Times. On top of that, she also runs her own blog: ArtStars*. She is a creative professional who gets down to business and goes balls to the wall crashing parties and exchanging words with some of the most important figures in the art world, including Yoko Ono, John Waters and Marina Abramovic.

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March 20, 2013

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JuliaHartmann

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Spotlight on Fabian Schröder

Fabian Schröder, “De Banjaard #1″, 2012, 59,4 x 24 cm
Inkjet Print on Fine Art Paper

“Silence”, “plasticity” and “Hubba Bubba” are the three words Fabian Schröder would use to describe his photographs to a blind person. These associations might seem a bit odd at first, but close your eyes, listen to the silence, feel the plastic in your hands and recall the superficial taste of that pink chewing gum and you will understand the atmosphere Fabian wants to create in us…

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March 13, 2013

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Justine Dorion

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Spotlight on Lars Bjerre

Lars Bjerre – The Fulfillment of its Implicit Promise (2012) Oil and rabbit skin glue on canvas, Diptych each panel 220 x 160 cm

In general, people, and creatives in particular, tend to be classified in two main categories: the ones with innate talent, somewhat of a gift and the others who gain their flair by working hard, through intense practice. Visiting Lars Bjerre’s studio, however, blurs the line between any sort of categorization.

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March 1, 2013

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Heather Schmaedeke

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Jen Blom: Triskele Literary Services

Reading Rocks Poster

Author Jennifer Blom is the founder of Triskele Literary Services, which is a Berlin-based literary company offering author visits, creative and writing workshops and school book fairs for children in Germany. Jennifer is a long-time resident of Germany, in addition to being an award-winning children’s author and the mother of a bilingual child. With a constant supply of fresh book titles, comprehensive arrangements with book publishers and a warm, creative atmosphere for student development, Triskele aims to assist students and teachers with quality English books and experiences to make their foray into the world of words FUN.

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February 26, 2013

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Heather Schmaedeke

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Spotlight on Buzz Club 84

Chris Glen. Photograph: Heather Schmaedeke

Looking for a way to unwind after a long week and even longer weekend? Look no further than Buzz Club, tucked away in Kreuz-Kölln at Lagari. Each week’s ever changing line-up promises something new and fresh. Chris Glen and Tim Whelan host an entertaining evening of music, comedy and performance.

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February 18, 2013

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Ed McAliece

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Spotlight on Steffen Kasperavicius

Steffen Kasperavicius at his studio. Photo: Ned Mc Aliece

Steffen Kasperavicius at his studio. Photo: Ed Mc Aliece

Selected by Ikono as part of their spotlight series, the artist Steffen Kasperavicius is hard to pin down to a distinct style. Working with sculpture, installation, sound, video and found objects, Kasperavicius moves fluidly between mediums, creating alter-egos and entering creative partnerships as outlets for his prolific practice. Highly conceptually driven, pieces by Steffen can either be the result of laborious planning and high technical demands, or simple contextual gestures, completed in minutes. In this way, Steffen is able to underscore the tension arising between a successful, completed work and a “failed” piece; his work questions the necessity of the realised object, the expectations of the viewer, and the perspectives offered by art historical timelines. I caught up with Steffen in his studio…

ikono & Artconnect Berlin Video Spotlight Series 2013 from ikono tv on Vimeo.

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February 12, 2013

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Heather Schmaedeke

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Spotlight on VAGE

FUC Bar Window Front. Photograph: Heather Schmaedeke

It all began nearly a year ago as Messy Mondays, when George Ironside was invited to take over F.U.C. Bar on Monday nights. On a night when the bar was normally closed, she was given complete creative freedom to create something new. Ambitiously, she decided to showcase a new artist and DJ every week. Messy Mondays were a weekly staple for 12 weeks, before morphing into Turbo Tuesdays – giving everyone a day off to rest up after the weekend.