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Islands and Ghettos
On its way to globalisation, the world is now confronted with a new reality. The conventional, state-territorial boundaries are increasingly being replaced by new, private, economic and security-technical borders. The international project Islands &...
Irony in Media Art
Addressing topics with irony, satire and humour is an artistic strategy frequently applied in the media arts, the spectrum of which is practically as broad as that of the fine arts. Irony doesn’t only serve to provide tongue-in-cheek entertainment,...
The More I Draw
Despite new media-driven possibilities, an increasing number of contemporary artists are returning to the drawing as the primary form of artistic expression. The More I Draw provided an overview of the current practice of drawing and how it has...
Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde. Painter and Director
The documentary filmmaker Jürgen Böttcher, who, as a painter, is better known by the name Strawalde, is regarded as one of the most outstanding artists of the GDR. His debut as a filmmaker came in 1965 with the release of “Jahrgang 1945”, which was...
Kader Attia
For his first institutional solo exhibition in Germany, the French-Algerian artist Kader Attia has developed a locally-specific work for the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin which addresses the relationship between Western and non-Western...
Kafka’s Process 2014
When teaching literature, what role does the original play and how can its transformation into a different medium be used to benefit the process? These questions were the main focus of a dual exhibition based on “The Process”, a novel fragment which...
Karel Martens
The Kunstverein Munich has hosted the largest retrospective exhibition of works by the Dutch artist, graphic designer and professor Karl Martens. Martens made a name for himself as a pioneer of the overprinting technique and gained recognition for...
Kantor, Germany and Switzerland
The painter and theatre artist Tadeusz Kantor is one of the most important Polish artists of the 20th century. Kantor, who died 15 years ago, significantly shaped European avant-garde theatre and wrote history with his famous Theatre of Death. As a...
Images of the Mind
The study of the brain and the mind has been the subject of scientific, philosophical and artistic expression for centuries. Modern artists, in particular, have produced numerous works as metaphors of the human mind. Natural scientists have also...
Forster 1754 - 2015
The future scientist, writer and revolutionary Georg Forster was only 17 years old when he joined James Cook’s second circumnavigation as an illustrator. In the spirit of the burgeoning Enlightenment, it was his job to document the flora and fauna of...
