Calendar

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Tour – Open house 2024

On 20 and 21 July, the weißensee academy of art berlin will open its studios, workshops and laboratories for the ‘Rundgang - Tage der offenen Tür’ and provide insights into the work and research processes of young artists and designers on around 2,000 square metres of exhibition space.
Students of Sculpture, Stage and Costume Design, Painting, Fashion Design, Product Design, Textile and Surface Design, Visual Communication and Artistic Design Fundamentals as well as the Master's degree programmes in Spatial Strategies and Art Therapy will present their work from the 2023/2024 academic year at the ‘Rundgang’. At the same time, more than 40 graduates of Sculpture and Painting will exhibit their final projects in the Adlerhalle in the Dragonerareal in Kreuzberg.

Tour
Central exhibition of all disciplines
weißensee academy of art berlin
Bühringstraße 20, 13086 Berlin
Sat-Sun, 20-21 July 2023, 12pm-8pm

Central graduation exhibition of sculpture and painting
‘Nothing is impossible’
Adlerhalle in the Dragonerareal
Mehringdamm 20
10961 Berlin
18.07 - 21.07.2024
Vernissage: 18.07.2024 from 18-22 o'clock
Opening hours: 19.07 - 21.07 from 12-20h

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Open Q&A session for prospective students on Tour/ Open House

Susan Lipp (student advisor at the university) invites all prospective students to an open Q&A session as part of the tour on 20 and 21 July at 2 pm. You are cordially invited to ask any questions you may have about the application process and the degree programme. You will also get a wonderful overview of the application process at the weißensee kunsthochschule.

Meeting point: Sat + Sun 2 pm in the campus garden, at the student counselling stand.

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'Heute Nacht gehen wir nicht schlafen.'- We're not going to sleep tonight.

An artistic transformation by students of the weißensee
academy of art berlin, presented by Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt-Haus e.V.

Exhibition: 19 July - 8 September 2024
Exhibition opening: 18 July 2024 | 7 pm
WILLY-BRANDT-HOUSE
Stresemannstr. 28

Participants: Cora Jarchow, Friederike Toeppe, Stella Severson, Anna Eigener, Sophia Henry Brown, Daria Pashchenko, Louie Blaser
Project management: Prof. Nader Ahriman und Nora Kapfer

The exhibition ‘Heute Nacht gehen wir nicht schlafen.’ is part of
a seminar at the weißensee kunsthochschule berlin and was developed together with Nader Ahriman's class. The exhibition by the six artists reflects on the manufacturing and transformation process of materials and products. The students imitated this process for their project by running their own artworks through a assembly line and subjecting the images to several transformations: they created a large collage, processed it manually, photographed it, digitally expanded it and printed it on large areas of fabric. From here, the final print could be curated again and further processed with analogue forms. The result can be seen at the Willy-Brandt-House from 19 July.

Web: Weitere Informationen www.fkwbh.de

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Nichts ist unmöglich – Degree show painting and sculpture

Nichts ist unmöglich – Degree show painting and sculpture
Final works in sculpture and painting
hosted by StadtWERKSTATT Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

StadtWERKSTATT Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg at the Dragonerareal/Rathausblock, Obentrautstraße 19-21, 10963 Berlin, behind the tax office Kreuzberg am Mehringdamm

Opening: Thu, 18. July 2024, 6–10 pm
Opening hours: Fri–Su, 19.–21. July 2024,12–8 pm

"Nichts ist unmöglich" (Nothing is impossible) - the fading inscription on the central wall of the Adlerhalle refers to its former use as a motor workshop. Today, it is also home to the first graduate exhibition of the weissensee kunsthochschule berlin as part of the StadtWERKSTATT programme. Originally a military barracks in the 19th century, the Dragonerareal is an exemplary illustration of the capital's history: Military industry, forced labour, controversial real estate deals, but also neighbourly commitment to public space and housing are all part of the site's eventful history.

This unwaveringly optimistic advertising slogan could easily come across as cynical to the 39 masters and diploma students in painting and sculpture, who are at the start of their artistic careers in no less turbulent times. However, there is a spark of truth and hope in the optimism adopted by a Japanese car manufacturer: the graduates are united by their decision to pursue art studies in the face of an uncertain future, across different forms of expression, themes and media. In painting, drawing, photography, video, sculpture, textiles and installations, they express their view of our present. And if a barracks can become an art gallery, then perhaps anything is truly possible.

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Booklaunch: Intertwining Practices: Lehren / Lernen / Forschen

Am Mittwoch, den 17. Juli von 17–20 Uhr feiert das +dimensions-Team und das XR-Tech-Lab den Booklaunch zur Publikation „Intertwining Practices: Lehren / Lernen / Forschen. Einblicke in das künstlerisch-gestalterische Projekt +dimensions“ im Garten der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin.

Insgesamt kommen 10 HerausgeberInnen und über 100 GastautorInnen und/oder Beitragende aus allen Statusgruppen der Hochschule im Sammelband zusammen.

Alle sind herzlich eingeladen, die zweite +dimensions-Publikation zu feiern.

MITWIRKENDE
Juana Awad, Volo Bevza, Elaine Bonavia, Paulina Grebenstein, Madeleine Madej, Julian Netzer, Stefanie Rau, Robin Rutenberg­, Henrike Uthe und Thomas Ness (Herausgeber*innen)

Web: https://plusdimensions.kh-berlin.de/veranstaltungen/intertwining-practices

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FRICTION

FRICTION
2.07.2024, 18 - 23 Uhr

1-tägige Ausstellung mit Aktivierung von installativen Arbeiten durch interaktive und ephemere Performances im Rahmen des Seminars (PARA)SITES von Prof. Pauline Doutreluingne, SoSe 2024
MA Raumstrategien
Teil des LEARNSCAPES PROGRAM 2024 der Floating University

An der Floating University
Lilienthalstraße 32,
10965 Berlin

mit folgenden Teilnehmer*innen: Alexey Kokhanov, Amanda Bobadilla, Asuman Kırlangıç, Bianca Lee, Carlos Ricoy, Emma Lang, Farokh Falsafi, Jeremy Knowles, Kathleen Bomani, Laura Bleck, Maria Fallada, Mariana García Mejía, Merel Maan Galama, Nathalia Favaro, Nina Cavalcanti, Nischal Khadka, Philipp Khan, Ramos Yupanqui, Sepehr Talebi, Xiao Zhang, xindi

Wie können wir von anderen Formen der Existenz und des Zusammenlebens lernen und parasitäre Formen der Schöpfung erforschen? Normalerweise verstehen wir parasitäre Beziehungen als eine binäre Unterscheidung zwischen zwei getrennten Entitäten: Wirt und Parasit. Wie können wir unsere Vorstellungen erweitern und Kunstwerke schaffen, die von breiteren, nicht binären, ökologischen und kommunalen Kontexten inspiriert sind, in denen Wirt-Parasit-Beziehungen überleben und gedeihen?
Unser Interesse an Parasiten gilt der Art und Weise, wie sie ihre Umgebung verhandeln und wie ihre Anwesenheit Reaktionen hervorruft - wie bestimmte verwickelte Basen produktiv für Veränderungen werden können; wie bestimmte Infiltrationen durch diejenigen, die routinemäßig ausgeschlossen werden, den Status quo stören können. Parasitismus ermöglicht es uns auch, über Aufnahme und Gastfreundschaft, über Symbiose und Gegenseitigkeit, über queere Verstrickungen und Anpassungsfähigkeit, über kollektive Perspektiven und die Betrachtung räumlicher Strategien aus der Sicht der anderen zu sprechen.
Die Studierenden haben das Konzept des Parasitismus und der Gastfreundschaft durch verschiedene Lerneinheiten und die Schaffung räumlicher und ephemerer künstlerischer Interventionen auf dem Gelände der Floating University während des Sommersemesters 2024 erforscht, wobei sie ortsspezifisch und im Dialog mit dem bestehenden Programm gearbeitet haben.

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Mind or Mend the Gap

group exhibition and program of performances and live interventions
with: Amanda Bobadilla, Bianca Lee, Emma Lang, Nischal Khadka, Xiao Zhang, xindi

23 – 26 June 2024, Sumac Space, Berlin
Opening: 23 June at 12 pm
Opening times: 11 am – 9 pm

A cooperation between M.A. Raumstrategien Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee, Sumac Space and Vereinigung für genreverbindende Kunstprojekte, Berlin.
Coordinated by Dr. Marianna Liosi.

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Mart Stam Prize 2023 - Even then

With works by:
Sara Hassoune, Birgit Kunz. Jung A Lee, Marie Lempelius, Nicolas Papayannis, Belen Resnikowski
Johannes Schmidtner

Opening - Thursday, 20 June 2024 / 7 pm
Welcome: Annette Tietz, Director of the Pankow Gallery
Greetings: Dr Cordelia Koch, District Mayor
Dr Angelika Richter, Rector of the weißensee academy of art berlin
Prof Stefan Koppelkamm, Chairman of the Board of the Mart Stam Society

Artist Talk - Thursday, 27 June 2024 / 7 pm
The award winners in conversation

Opening hours:
Tue-Fri: 12pm-8pm and Sat + Sun: 2 - 8pm
Wed 6 pm: public guided tours
Thu + Fri 10 am - 1 pm: art education for schoolchildren

Gallery Pankow
Breite Straße 8, 13187 Berlin
Tel.: 030/47 53 79 25, Fax: 030/48 62 17 09

In 2023, seven graduates of the weißensee academy of art berlin were honoured with the Mart Stam Prize. Under the title ‘Selbst dann’, the prizewinners are presenting their work at Galerie Pankow. The exhibition provides an insight into current artistic forms of expression and also shows innovative solutions in the field of visual communication and product design.
Every year since 1997, the Mart Stam Gesellschaft has honoured the best graduation projects from the weißensee kunsthochschule berlin. Students from all disciplines can apply for the Mart Stam Prize, which is decided by a jury made up of external experts and members of the Mart Stam Gesellschaft. The prize consists of a joint exhibition and the publication of a bilingual catalogue.

Web: www.berlin.de/galerie-pankow

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UNGESCHMINKT

A cooperation between the Braunschweig University of Art, class Nasan Tur and the master's programme in spatial strategies at the weißensee academy of art berlin

Participants HBK Braunschweig: Joris Baumann, Anita Marijana Bajic Lina Bramkamp, Malena Busch, Moriz Hertel, Maxim Himmelspach, Yoongyung Kang, Anastasia Khoroshylova, Hye-Hyun Kim, Lucian Löbner, Daphne Schüttkemper, Silvio Speranza, Julika Teubert, Lalita Yershova Mitschel

Opening of the exhibition:
Fri, 14 June 2024, at 6 pm
6:30 pm Performance by Motus Kollektiv
7:30 pm Performance by lil cheap
8:30 pm Party with DJ

Opening hours:
Fri, 14 June: 6 - 10 pm
Sat, 15 June & Sun, 16 June: 2 - 7 pm


Places and period Collaboration:
June 2024 - Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin (Weißensee Kunsthochschule)
January 2025 - HBK - Class Nasan Tur - ZONE-space for contemporary art and discourse

Supervising teachers:
Prof. Pauline Doutreluingne and Lerato Shadi / Weißensee Kunsthochschule
Prof. Nasan Tur / Braunschweig University of Art

Between 12 and 16 June, students from Nasan Tur's class will meet with students from the Spatial Strategies course for an exhibition project in Berlin. Artistic works, performances, workshops and lectures will take place at the Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz. This intensive exchange will continue in Braunschweig next semester. Nasan Tur's class will welcome and supervise students from the Weißensee Kunsthochschule under the direction of professors Pauline Doutreluingne and Lerato Shadi in Braunschweig. There will also be an exhibition open to the university, workshops and performances.

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FOOL’S PARADISE

FOOL'S PARADISE
Opening: 13 June 2024, 7 - 10 pm
Duration: 14 June - 30 June 2024
Finissage: 30 June 2024, 4 - 7 pm
Opening hours: Thursday and Friday, 4 - 8 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 3 - 7 pm
Location: KUNSTPUNKT BERLIN - RAUM FÜR AKTUELLE KUNST, Schlegelstraße 6, 10115 Berlin


In Christian iconography, paradise is usually depicted as a sheltered and flourishing garden in which man and nature are harmoniously united. Today, this archetypal idea seems more distant than ever, as our modern way of life is causing irreparable changes to the climate and nature.

The exhibition ‘FOOL'S PARADISE’ addresses our own forlornness faced with this situation and the human longing for a utopia and alternative reality. The young artists locate themselves ‘between doubt, ballast and utopia’ and use painting, drawing and installation to describe paradise as a place where anything seems possible: ‘It overwhelms us, makes us foolish, pushes us to our personal limits’. KUNSTPUNKT BERLIN - RAUM FÜR AKTUELLE KUNST and weißensee kunsthochschule berlin cordially invite you to rediscover paradise through the perspectives of young artists.

Participating artists:
Imad Alfil, Laura Mercedes Arndt, Leonie Behrens, Hannes Berwing, Noé Borst,
Elisa Bosse, Seonah Chae, Alanna Dongowski, Elena Mir Fakhraei, Maria Felsmann,
Nele Fiedler, Elisabeth Fraenkel, Christopher von Gruben, Marieke Herbst,
Nazlı Karaturna, Luka Keresman, Lana Kosovel, Felix Mehlig,
Tara Mianji, Jakob Mirasol, Daria Pashchenko, Sebastian Pöge, Katharina Reinsbach,
Léa Sarasola, Stella Severson, Janosch Sinn, Fanni Sléder, Antonia Stoyke, Yuuki Tang,
Emma de Warren, Sheila Zimmermann, Obaida Zorik
Project management: Prof Pia Linz, Petra Trenkel

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Pferdekuss

Exhibition by students of painting
Project space at Kunstquartier Bethanien,
Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin

07.06 - 17.06.2024, daily 1 - 6 pm
Opening on 07.06.2024, 6 pm

Horses are a popular and frequently depicted motif in art.
In recent years, teachers have noticed a conspicuous accumulation of horse paintings in the corridors and studios of the painting building. New depictions of these versatile animals have appeared almost weekly. Many of these works are so well done that the question of why doesn't even arise. The pictures speak for themselves.

The painting teachers have taken this as an opportunity to present the horse paintings created in Weißensee in all their different facets in an appropriate public setting.

The material is already available - so the exhibition does not require long preparation.
The whole thing is curated by a team of four students, supported by lecturers Friederike Feldmann and Alexander Wagner.

The works correspond with each other, similarities and contrasts are highlighted, references are made clear, comparisons between the different working methods and thematic focuses become visible. The spectrum of works ranges from miniatures to wall-filling formats - tongue-in-cheek, humorous, surprising, as homage or unbroken declaration of love.

[College Events]

see up Workspaces / Atelierplätze zu vergeben

Bewerbungsfrist: 20.06.2024
Atelierplätze zu günstigen Bedingungen für Absolvent_innen der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin
Bewerbungsformular & detaillierte Informationen unter:

Alle Infos unter:

Web: https://kh-berlin.de/hochschule/see-up-absolvent-innen-netzwerk/raeume-und-stipendien

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Exhibition: here, there

24 - 31 May /// KUNSTRAUM Potsdamer Straße
A collective exhibition of 10 students of painting and sculpture on the subject of autobiography.

‘here, there’ gives space to personal stories told in videos, installations, paintings and other media and interweaves these narratives from different perspectives. Despite the different biographies and transnationality of the individual artists, the exhibition unites the individual positions into a collective experience of interconnected human experiences.’
Participating artists:
Neda Aydin, Elena Mir Fakhraei, Anne Bolena, Anna Eigner, Tara Mianji, Mathilda Augart, Tibor Köhne, Phina Hansen, Soorena Petgar, Raras Umaratih

KUNSTRAUM Potsdamer Straße
Potsdamer Str. 65 - 67, multi-storey car park in the courtyard
10785 Berlin

Opening: 24.05.2024 at 6 pm

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‘IM FOKUS’ lecture series

The Department of Stage and Costume Design is continuing the ‘IM FOKUS’ lecture series from last semester and is once again inviting outstanding stage and costume designers from the fields of film and theatre to present their work and working methods and to talk about them with students and interested participants.
On 16 May at 17:30, Christian Schmidt will be a guest in lecture theatre C1.05 at the weißensee kunsthochschule berlin. The award-winning stage and costume designer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Erich Wonder. He regularly collaborates with the directors Amélie Niermeyer, Claus Guth, Yona Kim, Christof Loy and Christian Spuck. His focus is on musical theatre.

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Public lecture series „see – ander(e)s sehen“

Professors present themselves and their research topics
each at 5.00 pm in the auditorium of the weißensee academy of art berlin

‘Intuitive Material and Social Textile Studies’ with Nadine Göpfert
Wednesday, 15.05.24 at 5 pm

How are innovative, sustainable and forward-looking designs, concepts and perspectives on textile materials created? As part of the lecture series, Nadine Göpfert will give an insight into her practice as a textile designer and her teaching concept in the field of experimental design in the Department of Textile and Material Design.


Nadine Göpfert is a multidisciplinary designer. Her work includes creative direction, design and consultancy in the field of textile and material design for interior, product, art and fashion.

Her mostly reduced designs question the conventional materiality, form and nature of existing objects, their functions and common use through minimal, yet radical interventions.

Within her collections and installations, she examines the function and conventional use of materials in order to develop new design perspectives. Her internationally exhibited research projects question the relationship between clothing, the individual and society in order to uncover unconscious patterns of behaviour in the everyday use of textiles.

Nadine Göpfert has taught at the Bauhaus University Weimar (DE), the Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam (NL) and the École d'architecture de la ville & des territoires Paris-Est (FR), among others, in recent years before her appointment at the weissensee school of art and design berlin in 2023. Past exhibitions include Fetishism in Fashion (curated by Li Edelkoort), Trapholt Design Museum (DK), Future Fashions, Dutch Design Week (NL) and Utopian Bodies, Liljevalchs Museum Stockholm (SE).

Further dates:
05.06. Prof. Jakob Timpe (Product Design)
19.06. Prof. Dr Uwe Herrmann (Art Therapy)