Berlin
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Ruth Watson, Souvenir – Je reviens
21 October —
18 November 2023
11m2, Berlin, Germany
Project
On Civicness and participating in public life through art practice
Panel discussion in Berlin
On 2 October 2021, Contemporary HUM continues its series of panel discussions, this time focusing on Aotearoa’s large artist contingent in Berlin, and throughout Europe.
This conversation explored the idea of ‘civicness’ and how it is tied to social responsibility within a global community, taken from the perspective of three artists from Aotearoa who are actively taking part in public life through their practice. What does collective work or cooperation with others allow in contrast to an individual practice, and is authorship important in a collaborative project? What does a site-specific response look like when working in situ within vastly different contexts, from art institutions and public theatres to the NFT market? Is there a relation to be traced between civicness and social change and what tools can be used when attempting to rethink power relations?
Guest speakers include Glasgow-based Cat Auburn; Berlin-based Ruth Buchanan; and Warsaw-based Daniel Malone. HUM’s Editor Pauline Autet moderated the discussion.
Project
Kunst Kopfüber / Art Upside Down
Partnership
The Goethe-Institut New Zealand and Contemporary HUM present a series of portraits about New Zealand artists who have found a new physical - and artistic - home in Germany. Kunst Kopfüber / Art Upside Down invites six international writers and curators to look at the practice of six contemporary artists from Aotearoa working across a variety of mediums, from video art to painting; large-scale installation to poetry. The written portraits about contemporary painter Sam Rountree Williams and poet Hinemoana Baker kick off this collaborative series.
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Anh Trần, MCMLXXXIX
26 October —
25 November 2023
Société, Berlin, Germany
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Florian Habicht, James & Isey film screening
11 October —
22 October 2023
City Kino Wedding and ACUD Kino, Berlin, Germany
Writing
Dear Ella
By daniel ward
05.09.2023
In a letter to Aotearoa New Zealand artist Ella Sutherland, Berlin-based poet daniel ward reflects on the sensual role of printing technologies and the passage of queer narratives in Sutherland’s practice during her twelve-month residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
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Alexa Wilson, Love (in Chaos)
05 September 2023
Scope BLN, Berlin Germany
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Charles Olsen, Grey Silence at ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival
12 October —
15 October 2023
Haus für Poesie and Kino in der Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, Germany
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Judy Millar in 5th Kyiv Biennial: Against the Logic of War
17 October —
17 December 2023
Ukraine, Austria, Poland, Belgium and Germany
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Matthew Cowan, Punctum
01 September —
01 October 2023
Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany
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Ruth Buchanan, SKIN IN THE GAME
14 September 2023 —
07 January 2024
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
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Richard Frater, Image Ecology
16 September 2023 —
18 January 2024
C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Stephanie O'Connor, All stars stand close in summer air
09 August —
15 August 2023
SóLaura Studio, Berlin, Germany
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Ella Sutherland, Rhinestones
28 July —
30 July 2023
Glue, Berlin, Germany
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André Hemer, Birch Maple Oak Post Rococo
07 July —
15 August 2023
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
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Richard Frater, What remains of a naturalist
10 December 2023 —
27 April 2024
Klosterruine, Berlin, Germany
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Nikau Hindin and Rongomai Kapiri-Mārama Hoskins, O Quilombismo
01 June —
26 August 2023
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
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Jen Valender, Mixed Methodologies, Picture Berlin Artist Residency
16 September —
18 September 2022
WIRWIR Gallery Berlin-Neukölln, Germany
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Ella Sutherland, Berlin Visual Arts Residency and Argot exhibition
01 November 2022 —
15 October 2023
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Writing
The Mind’s Eye
By Susanne Prinz
11.05.2022
On the occasion of Gill Gatfield’s first solo exhibition in Berlin, Susanne Prinz, Director of Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxembourg-Platz in Berlin, Germany, reflects on the practice of the Aotearoa artist—from her use of ancient, salvaged materials to her work creating an audience-activated virtual reality experience, and the complex resonances of memory, reality and consciousness in her work.
Writing
On Civicness and Participating in Public Life through Art Practice - Panel discussion transcript
By Cat Auburn, Daniel Malone, Pauline Autet, Ruth Buchanan
14.12.2021
For Contemporary HUM’s third panel in October 2021, On Civicness, we sat down with Cat Auburn, Ruth Buchanan, and Daniel Malone in Berlin to talk about their practices, recent projects and what “civicness” means to them as Aotearoa artists working abroad—spanning Polish experimental theatre, the memory functions of NFTs and the power relations of collecting institutions. Read the full transcript of the panel discussion here!
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Gill Gatfield, Alter Ego
27 November 2021 —
31 March 2022
Foyer Gallery - Kunstverein am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, Germany
Writing
HUM travels to Berlin
By Contemporary HUM
05.10.2021
From 01 - 04 October 2021, the HUM team was in Berlin to host our third panel discussion On Civicness. While there, we took the opportunity to catch up with several New Zealand artists - Sam Rountree Williams, Joshua Rutter, Matthew Cowan, and Ben Cauchi - and learn about their current projects.
Writing
They Call Me The Believer
By Habib William Kherbek
21.09.2021
Michael Stevenson’s retrospective at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, traces a 35 year practice exploring the intricacies of storytelling and truth in popular culture, media and technology. In this piece, Habib William Kherbek explores how Stevenson’s practice calls into question the infrastructures of knowledge formation in a sprawling, fragmented exhibition from inside the belly of a whale.
Writing
“Nothing consoles you like despair”
By Boaz Levin
22.03.2019
The work of Berlin-based artist Richard Frater addresses the devastating impact of climate change on our environment, and the despair and human complicity felt in this global phenomenon. In this essay, artist, writer, and curator Boaz Levin unpacks Frater's recent exhibitions in Germany and New Zealand.
Writing
Learning from Athens (There and Elsewhere)
By Laura Preston, Wystan Curnow
18.12.2017
This is the second part of a correspondence between Laura Preston and Wystan Curnow, in which the two writers' share memories and snapshots of journeys through the art world from 1987 to 2007 and 2017.
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A Sister in Spirit: Two Films of Merata Mita
6.00PM — 12.00AM
03 April 2022
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
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Yuki Kihara, Selina Tusitala Marsh, and Angela Tiatia in Paul Gauguin - Why Are You Angry?
26 March —
10 July 2022
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Writing
On Civicness and Participating in Public Life Through Art Practice - Artist Statements
14.12.2021
For Contemporary HUM’s third panel in October 2021, On Civicness, we invited Cat Auburn, Ruth Buchanan, and Daniel Malone in Berlin to talk about their practices, recent projects and what “civicness” means to them as Aotearoa artists working abroad. In Part One, the artists introduce their recent practice and consider their relationship to civicness, community and the public sphere through a chosen project.
Project
HUM travels to Berlin
Studio visits
From 01 - 04 October 2021, the HUM team was in Berlin to host our third panel discussion, On Civicness and participating in public life through art practice. While there, we took the opportunity to catch up with several New Zealand artists and learn about their latest projects.