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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)

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„Erbe sichern, um Zukunft zu gestalten“

Symposium der Arbeitsgruppe 89+ Fotoperspektive Ost

Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) und die weißensee kunsthochschule berlin (KHB) laden zum 2. Symposium der DGPh-Arbeitsgruppe ‘89+ Fotoperspektive Ost am 20. April 2024 ein.
Nachdem das erste Symposium im Dezember 2022 die Bedeutung der Fotografie in der DDR und im (Ost-)Deutschland der Nachwendezeit reflektiert und damit einige Bewegung in kunstwissenschaftliche Diskurse gebracht hat, beleuchtet das diesjährige Symposium einzelne Facetten der DDR-Fotogeschichte – zudem mit einem Blick ins benachbarte Ausland. Unter der Überschrift „Erbe sichern um Zukunft zu gestalten“ werden vier Themenkomplexe im Fokus stehen:
„Der Übergang. Die Wege der Bilder vom Osten in den Westen und umgekehrt“; „Die alternative Kunstszene. Gab es in der DDR eine künstlerische Subkultur?“; „Schätze aus dem Archiv „Dancing in Connewitz – Transformation und Transfer in der Lehre ostdeutscher Fotografie“. In einer Abschlussdiskussion wird die Machbarkeitsstudie „DGPh-Netzwerk DDR-Foto“ vorgestellt sowie ein Ausblick auf kommende Pläne, Themen und Projekte gegeben.
Die Veranstaltung beginnt am Vorabend, dem 19. April, 17 Uhr, mit der Eröffnung einer Ausstellung mit Arbeiten von Studierenden der HGB Leipzig (Prof. Tina Bara) und der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin in der KUNSTHALLE am Hamburger Platz.

Programm und Anmeldung:

Web: https://www.dgph.de/aktuelles/erbe-sichern-um-zukunft-zu-gestalten-2-symposium-der-dgph-arbeitsgruppe-89

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METABOLISM, Symposium of the greenlab

greenlab is an interdisciplinary research platform that supports and drives sustainable design strategies at the weissensee school of art and design berlin. On 18 April, greenlab is extending an open invitation to a symposium entitled METABOLISM, in which artists, designers, researchers, town planners, ecologists and activists are going to deal with the interplay between nature and culture: with urban green spaces and the networked resources in our cities and their hinterlands. At a time in which cities are confronted with unprecedented challenges in connection with climate change, the loss of bio-diversity and the management of resources, urban green spaces are becoming more and more important. They are not just aesthetically appealing additions to our cityscape; they are, above all, a significant constituent part of resilient, sustainable and liveable cities. In the course of this symposium, participants will be able to enter into interdisciplinary dialogue, to exchange innovative ideas and to develop new collaborations that aim to create a more sustainable and integrated future for the city and the countryside. Registration is required.

Registration and programme:

Web: https://greenlab.kh-berlin.de/archive/news/greendesign-13-0-symposium-metabolism-stoffwechsel

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"Signs of the time: fashion drawings from archive to design"

The exhibition shows the results of the project, “Fashion signs and drawings: The education and training for fashion designers at the weissensee school of art and design berlin and their influence on the style of the GDR Institute of Fashion of the late 1970s and the 1980s.” In the summer semester of 2023, students at the Department of Fashion Design explored fashion drawings which were created at the university in the 1980s and of which some have now been digitised and made accessible by the Stadtmuseum Berlin. These drawings then formed the starting point and inspiration for current designs, collages and new drawings as well as for theoretical reflections on the impact of analogue and digital archives on creativity in fashion. The exhibition shows both fashion drawings from the archive and the designs that have been created out of them.

The project was funded by digiS, the Berlin Centre for Research and Competence in Digitisation, and conducted in cooperation with the Stadtmuseum Berlin. The aim of the funding programme is to create lasting access to the digitised, cultural memory of Berlin, to make the digitised data available as far as possible and to ensure the long-term usability of the data and the digitised products.