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WHITE FLAG SYMPOSIUM etc.

The exhibition was accompanied by a one-day symposium at the 13th of August 2023, where initiators and invited artists came together to exchange ideas, engage in discussions, and map out the connections between their works, creating a network of dialogue. This network will consist of artists who find inspiration in the broad and profound themes embodied by the White Flag.

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INANNAS ROOM. MOVIE

The longing for this room arose in confrontation with current reports of war and other catastrophes and the painful question that arises: can art helps, protects and nourishes us in the event of war or truly unbearable catastrophes? Based on this question, I would like to enable an experience in the room that can create an impulse for a new orientation.

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INANNAS ROOM

"INANNA, Queen of Heaven and Earth,

heard the call down into the depths..."

 

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WHITE FLAG Documentary

The WHITE FLAG Art Project is an international endeavor led by a group of artists with the goal of exploring the artistic possibilities and significance of the white flag, in response to the pressing global challenges we face today on levels of our lives.

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WHITE FLAG PROGRAMM

Wie gehen wir in der Kunst mit Zukunftsangst und Sinnverlust um? Das sind Fragen, mit denen sich das WHITE FLAG Art Project beschäftigt. WHITE FLAG ist ein internationales, von Künstler*innen geleitetes Projekt, das die „Weiße Flagge“ als künstlerisches Thema erforscht, um aktuelle globale Herausforderungen aufzugreifen und zu bearbeiten.

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WHITE FLAG KUNSTHAUS ESSEN

The artists* Karin van der Molen (NL), Katharina Lökenhoff (D), Pat van Boeckel (NL) and Karem Ibrahim (EG/GB) present the WHITE FLAG art project at Kunsthaus Essen. It aims to explore the artistic possibilities and meaning of the "White Flag" as a response to global challenges and crises. The "White Flag" stands for humanity, empathy, non-knowledge and non-nationalism.

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Interviews at Dak`Art : Brunhilda Project

New Interviews in Dakar

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Apokal22

Installation Mai 2022, Galerie#23

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Evas Weg

Informations regarding the exhibition "Evas Weg"

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Biennale Dakar

Informations regarding the Biennale Dakar

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ZU Evas Weg

Text zur Ausstellung

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Evas Weg

Ausstellung Galerie#23 1.5. - 3.7.22

Eröffnung: 1.5. 22, 12.00 - 17.00 h

Frohnstraße 3, 42555 Langenberg

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BRUNHILDA Project

BRUNHILDA Project. Alignment to Mother Earth

 

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Great Mother Research

Researching the archetype of the "Great Mother" is integrating sustainable qualities to heal a exploitative society.

 

 

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Starting my Brunhilda-Project

Starting this project means to start decolonizing my inner and outer patriachalic structure of seperation and competition. It means to strengthen my alignment to Mother Earth. MAPPING is my tool.

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OPEN STUDIO Scarlett Schauerte#Hinab ins Kaninchenloch 4

Einzelbilder dokumentiert unter "Paintings"
#hinab ins Kaninchenloch 4 
Fotos: Sabine Schaumann

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AMANFANGWARDASWORT

This video was made in context of the project "SATELLITES | LABORATORY FOR SOUND AND SOUL", which aims to question conventional expectations of language as a form of communication through art. Its a collaboration with Karem Ibrahim.

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SATELLITES | LABORATORY FOR SOUND AND SOUL!

SATELLITES | LABORATORY FOR SOUND AND SOUL! is an internationally oriented, artistic cooperation project, conceived and curated by Beate Gärtner, Julia Priss and Scarlett Schauerte, in which artists from 15 countries participate: - China, England, Egypt, France, India, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and Germany. 

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Body-and-Sound-Membranes

New research: Color and Language as phenomenons of the "In-Between".

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Bildern. Online Workshop

Begegnung mit den Bildern unseres Lebens als Zukunftsgestaltung

14. tägig, Beginn Sa 24.4., 17.00 - 18.30 h, Preis nach Absprache

 

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MAPPING step by step

it´s not an utopia - it´s not a distopia- it is a vision, a research - out of introspection - an opening for a new perception  
of the inner and outer world as one

 

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Documentary CROSSING Exhibition

The documentary of our exhibition CROSSING with photos by Karem Ibrahim is published in "Projects" and "Pictures".

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Weihnachtsgruß

Gedanken zu Weihnachten 2020

 

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CROSSING-Exhibition Ausstellungsbetrachtung

"CROSSING" Exhibition Ausstellungsbetrachtung

Text von Manuel Hase

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CROSSING-Exhibition Besichtigungstermine

"CROSSING" Exhibition Besichtigungstermine: 24.10.20, 12.00 - 15.00

Galerie Gublia, Kreuzeskirchstraße 3, 45127 Essen

 

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CROSSING-Exhibition Artist Talk

"CROSSING" Exhibition Artist Talk 23.8.2020

Katharina Lökenhoff und Karem Ibrahim in der Galerie Gublia, Kreuzeskirchstraße 3, 45127 Essen

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CROSSING-Exhibition

"CROSSING" Exhibition Opening 21. 8. 2020

Katharina Lökenhoff und Karem Ibrahim in der Galerie Gublia, Kreuzeskirchstraße 3, 45127 Essen

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CROSSING-Exhibition Opening

"CROSSING" Exhibition Opening 21. 8. 2020

Katharina Lökenhoff und Karem Ibrahim in der Galerie Gublia, Kreuzeskirchstraße 3, 45127 Essen

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CROSSING-Exhibition concept

Ausstellungskonzept 

Katharina Lökenhoff und Karem Ibrahim 

 

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CROSSING-catalog published!

The CROSSING catalog is finally finished and published by dahlemer verlagsanstalt,
ISBN: 3-928832-82-2

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CROSSING-Exhibition Essen

 

Exhibition Preparations with Karem Ibrahim 

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CROSSING-Frequencies

What is this time for?

 

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Text zum Karfreitag 2020

KREUZ-WORT-RÄTSEL

Gedanken zu der Frage: Was ist mir heute das Kreuz?

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Soulcuts

 

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When the world starts breathing again

Was können wir tun, damit die Erde wieder atmen kann?

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Crossing results

Results of my travel-research-project

 

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Crossing Präsentation

Präsentation meines Reise-Forschungsprojekts aus Island, Finnland, Ägypten, Libanon, Südafrika und Deutschland

 

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Crossing : Kulturaustausch als Grenzüberwindung

Der Text gibt einen Überblick über den bisherigen "CROSSING-PROZESS" von Island bis Südafrika.

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CROSSING "Membranes" - Farbhautarbeiten (outcuts)

Die Farbarbeiten entstanden auf meinen Reisen aus der Fragestellung: „Wie können wir wirklich lebendig sein?“ 

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CROSSING Interview mit Doro Seror, performance artist, München

“Künstler sind Propheten und die Leute die Kunst konsumieren sind Zeugen, die Zeugen einer Prophezeiung.“

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CROSSING Interview with Ziyanda ZeeMaster Majozi, painter/mosaik, South Africa

"I really truly believe that art can make a difference in the communities, ..I have seen the sparkle in their eyes..."

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CROSSING Interview mit Wonder, Cape Town

Me and art... I would say we somehow met each other 

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Häutungen. Arbeit an den "Membranen"

Die "Membranen" als Transformations-Instrumente

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CROSSING Interview mit Karl Neuffer

Ja, ich glaube die wirkliche, authentische Kunst, gewöhnt den Menschen die Gewaltsamkeit ab...

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an das Leben anschließen : CROSSING Interview mit Sebastian Schürger

Das ist realer als alles was ich sonst kenne...Aber dieses eigentlich Fundamentale scheint im normalen Leben nicht stattzufinden.

 

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Oder doch die Apokalypse: CROSSING Interview mit Volker Troche

Diese Entgrenzung des Kunstbegriffes mache ich sofort mit. Vielleicht ist es das einzig Sinnvolle im Leben, Kinder zu erziehen und vielleicht ist es das einzig Künstlerische.

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It is my way of saying “yes” to life : Deborah Felmeth, Damascus

Selten hat mich eine Frau so beeindruck wie sie. Schon als ich sie in der Hotelhalle zum ersten mal sah, erschien sie mir als ein Mensch, dem es gelungen ist, sich selbst zu verwirklichen.

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Art as a survival strategy : Interview with Maryse Andraos

Talking in the Interview with Maryse Andraos, a writer from Montreal, about  going to the unknown, was a gratifying experience in Iceland.

 

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“Shifting the fear level” Interview Jill Trappler

 

Meeting Jill Trappler in Cape Town reminds me on the power of color and opens a wonderful perspective to transform fear.Thank you!

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“To be in the unknown in order to know”: Interview Hadar Mitz

My first Crossing-Interview in Skagastönd/Iceland is transcribed.

I am very grateful to the wonderful artist Hadas Mitz from Israel.

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Gespräch mit Nazareth Panadero zu “Schwelle und Angst”

Aus meinen Fragen an die Tänzerin des "Tanztheaters Wuppertals Pina Bausch" nach ihren Erfahrungen mit dem Phänomen der Schwelle und der Angst entwickelte sich ein Gespräch, welches aus der Erinnerung niedergeschrieben wird.

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Gespräche mit Janusz Subicz zu "Schwelle und Angst”

Der Tänzer Janusz Subicz berichtet über seine Erfahrungen mit den Phänomenen der Schwelle und Angst. Seine Formulierungen habe ich aus der Erinnerung niedegeschrieben.

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CROSSING CAPE TOWN : Reisebericht

Die Ausstellung "CROSSING" in Cape Town gemeinsam mit Karem Ibrahim war der bisherige Höhepunkt des Projekts. Mein Aufenthalt vom 9. Januar - 28. Februar 2019 in Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, Südafrika, war eine herrliche Zeit voller vielfältiger Schwellenerfahrungen. 

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CROSSING BEIRUT : Reisebericht

Vom 26. -30. November 2018 war ich mit Karem Ibrahim in Beirut, um im Rahmen seines "FOOT for ALL" - Projekts CROSSING-Interviews zu führen.

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CROSSING Kairo : Reisebericht

Vom 25. Oktober - 8. November 2018 hat die  Off Biennale Cairo "Something Else" in  Ägypten stattgefunden. Der Bericht gibt Einblicke in eine wunderbare Zeit voller großartiger Begegnungen und Herausforderungen. 

 

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CROSSING FINNLAND: Reisebericht

In der Zeit vom 1. -30. September 2018 habe ich im Arteles Creative Center in Haukijärvi, Finnland, gearbeitet. Hier berichte ich von den eigenen CROSSING - Prozessen, die im Gegensatz zu den folgenden Interview-Auswertungen, eine eher persönliche Seite des Reiseprojekts widerspiegeln. 

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CROSSING ISLAND: Reisebericht

Bericht über die erste CROSSING Station im August 2018: Island

Die Reiseberichte spiegeln meinen eigenen CROSSING-Prozess und ergänzen die folgenden Interviewauswertungen und anderen Texte des Forschungsprojekts auf einer mehr persönlichen Ebene.

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Crossing : Kulturaustausch als Grenzüberwindung

 

Der Text gibt einen Überblick über den bisherigen "CROSSING-PROZESS" von Island bis Südafrika.

 

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Vokabular zum Umgang mit dem Phänomen der Angst

Ich erläutere einige Begriffe für die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Phänomen der Angst im Rahmen des CROSSING Projekts und als Grundlage für die Auswertung der Interviews. 

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The MEMBRANES. The power of Art II

Art is the only realm in which the human being is able to develop (not only express) humanity. But art is not (only) this phenomenon in the museum.

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"CROSSINGS"

In Cape Town: Next to "Threshold_01" (Collaboration with Karem Ibrahim) the abstract series "Crossings"

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Skins at eye level. The phenomenon of fear

The "Skins at eye level" are showing the diversity of faces in variety forms of portraying. Surrounded by this images we hear cutouts of the CROSSING interviews: artists are talking about their experience of the phenomenon of fear.

 

 

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The Threshold in Cape Town

The sculpture "Threshold_0I" (Karem Ibrahim) as an image of and a tool for the process of CROSSING.

Share your own experiences in the BLOG.

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Crossing Cape Town. III

New documentray pictures about "Crossing" Cape Town.

Pictures Karem Ibrahim

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Crossing Cape Town. II

New documentray pictures about "Crossing" Cape Town.

Pictures Karem Ibrahim

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Crossing Cape Town: Interviews

I am proud to have had the opportunity to hold this interesting interviews with this amazing artists.

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Crossing : Exhibition Cape Town with Karem Ibrahim

We love the idea of a borderless world. A sculptural installation invites to travers once own threshold, hearing words about other individual Crossing-processes. My skins are protecting this jorney. 

pictures: Karem Ibrahim / Wanda Jambi Lumani

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Crossing : Exhibition - Preperations

In the exhibition "Crossing" I showed new works, created in Cape Town as results of my research interviews and the impressions of the recent situation in South Africa. After the Biennale in Cairo I started an exchange  with the artist Karem Ibrahim about the issue of borders. The exhibition at Greatmore Studios is the beginning of our cooperation. 

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Crossing Cape Town. Impressions

Crossing Cape Town was an intense experience. I am extremely grateful for meeting so many wonderful people and for the fantastic, challenging adventures I managed in this beautiful, traumatized country.

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Crossing Cape Town

Crossing Cape Town takes place in different ways: With my wax-skins, my interviews and in collaboration with Karem Ibrahim in a special political and performative way.

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Cairo-Crossing-Interviews

  • In the context of the "Something Else - Off Biennale Cairo" I kept on doing my Crossing -Interviews

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Cairo-Impressions

I am fallen in love with this wonderful city...

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Something Else - Off Biennale Cairo

Showing four skins and a video installation at the "Something Else - Off Biennale Cairo" was a wonderful experience. I am especially grateful for the wonderful cooperation with the young artist Sophia Lökenhoff, my daughter.

 

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"Future enabling methods in times of Digital Reality" Conference Cologne

With the session "Future enabling methods in times of Digital Reality" I presented my artistic research-project CROSSING at The 8th International Conference on Sustainability & Responsibility, 16th of November 2018 in Cologne, Germany. Here is the resume.

 

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MY NEW SKINS

Preparing a new journey I mad new skins as transformation-instruments...here they are!

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LEARNING COMPASSION IN THE FOREST

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Installation Arteles, Haukijärvi/Finland

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Crossing: INTERVIEW with DANIEL PASTEINER

Painting, objects, London, UK  - Objects generally with paint on them.

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Crossing: INTERVIEW with ADAM PAQUETTE; Sydney/Berlin

I have appreciated the interview with this wonderful artist: Based in Berlin, investigating the social role of the artist through embedded drawing practice in public spaces. 

 

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Ceres, what´s nature?

"with Ceres..."

Looking back from home on a wonderful and important working period in Finland.

Installation Arteles, Haukijärvi

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meintheforest

 

Last days in Finland. Glad to found a new way of "Crossing the threshold" in working with the forest.

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Anath. warrier in the forest

I met her.

Installation Arteles, Finland

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Crossing: INTERVIEW with CATHERINE TAYLOR, writer/ New York

"I’ve also been thinking a lot about a line from Rousseau where he says that if you want to be useful, it is essential to be read in the provinces. I wonder what would happen to my work if I took this seriously." C. T. 

 

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Crossing: INTERVIEW STEFAN BLOM, psychologist, writer, illustrator/Cape Town, South Africa

"My intentions are to be as present and open as possible; and to absorb this experience with awareness and gratitude." S. B. 

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FORESTORGANS

How can we achieve a connection with the soul and spirit of the forest?

Just listen for the invitation to be.

Installation Arteles, Finland

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Crossing Finland : INTERVIEW WITH POMPI CAPUTO/ Buenos Aires

“She explore how to transmit in images the times of nature. Time of landscape, time of rock, time of dreams, our time. The time of life, life as a sum of existences that flows and materializes in different times.”  I am grateful for meeting this strong woman!

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MEDUSA IN THE FOREST

Installation Arteles, Finland. Sunday 16th September 

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Crossing Finland : INTERVIEW WITH BEN DAVIS

Thanks for an interesting exchange to Ben Davis, Photography, bookbinding, New York City

 

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Crossing Finland : New Interviews

Just started: New Crossing-interview-period in Arteles Creative Center Finland. Thanks to this extraordinary, wonderful artists!

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Crossing Finland : “Seven Bodies”

Intense working period in Finland: It is not about producing new art works… its is always about attitude….to avoid inner violence and struggling against yourself, to overcome ambition and competition, to open to trust and to the power of colour, form, material, yourself.

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"Crossing" 2. station: Arteles Creative Center Haukijärvi Finland

I am grateful for the possibility to stay in this amazing place. What a studio! what awonderful nature! Focussing on the Crossing-Interviews and my own artistic practice I will be without internet for a while. Results from Island and Finland will be prepared. 

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Installation: BRUNHILDA. The House of the Midwife

Dedicated to BRUNHILDA! 

I made this installation out of respect and in memory of a wise woman, who knows equally the brutality and beauty of life. Sunday 26.August 2018, 16.00 -18.00 h, NES Artist Residency Skagaströnd

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CROSSING: INTERVIEW WITH HADAR MITZ

Hadar Mitz / Tel Aviv, Israel /Photography, Video, Installation.

"TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLE" 

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"Crossing Exhibition" : The House of the Midwife

Dedicated to BRUNHILDA! 

I make this installation out of respect and in memory of a wise woman, who knows equally the brutality and beauty of life. Sunday 26.August 2018, 16.00 -18.00 h, NES Artist Residency Skagaströnd

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"Crossing" started!

Start in Iceland! What a wonderful arrival! I just invited 13 fantastic artists to join my project. 

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Crossing. Countdown

Starting my project with my flight to Island in 12 days I have some questions to you to meet your expectations.Please add your own ideas!
  

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Crossing. Arbeitsmethode

Die Zentrale Methode von “Crossing“ ist der Dialog und die unerwartete Begegnung.
Parallel dazu werde ich meine eigenen künstlerischen Arbeitsmethoden weiterentwickeln.

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Reiseroute

1.- 30. August 2018 : NES, Artist Residency Skagaströnd, Island,
I. - 30. September 2018: Arteles Creative Center Haukijärvi, Finnland
25. Oktober - 8. November 2018: Off Biennale Cairo: Something Else, Ägypten
1. Dezember 2018 - 28. Februar 2019: Greatmore Art Cape Town, Südafrika
2. - 26. April, 2019: ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentinien
13.-27. Mai 2019: Numerovernti Florenz, Italien
Juni/Juli 2019: Sam Rit Residency, Thailand

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Unterstützung

Die Durchführung des Projekts ist nur durch finanzielle Unterstützung realisierbar. Ich danke der Zukunftsstiftung Mensch und Gesellschaft für ihre großzügige Spende. Weitere Hilfe ist dringend notwendig! :

DE 10 3605 0105 0001 139948 Stichwort "Crossing" 

 

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