Prague, March 17 – May 22, 2017 (VII Day), February 10 – May 8, 2017 (307), http://www.dox.cz/en/ I stopped by in DOX more by coincidence than plan. The largest exhibition space was closed in preparation of the upcoming (and now already opened) Big Bang Data show. Nevertheless, there was still enough to see and enjoy.
Prague, March 10 – April 6, 2017, http://www.zatrojku.cz/atrium/vystavni-sin/ The atmosphere of the space was a bit weird. It was rather deserted, and there was an old lady sitting and selling “exhibition tickets” for CZK 30 (EUR 1.1). I am guessing that the number 31 on my ticket stub meant that I was the 31st visitor…
Vienna, March 15 – April 29, 2017, Kunsthalle Extergasse Link The exhibition was an iteration of an artwork selection that has been previously exhibited at the DDR-Radiozentrum in Berlin, a place with a specific architecture and history (East German Radio Studio). Now the artworks have been moved over and setup again in one large exhibition…
Vienna, 12:00-15:00, March 17, 2017, http://tracingspaces.net The Tracing Spaces project is investigating the urban fabric of an old freight train station (Nordwestbahnhof in Vienna) that is going to be closed down in the near future. The project falls into an area between site specific art, anthropology and urban architecture research. The initiators of the Tracing…
Vienna, November 25, 2016 – April 17, 2017 (Koller), March 17 – June 18, 2017 (Black), March 17 – October 22, 2017 (Knebl), http://www.mumok.at Attending the opening of the “Oh..” show was well worth it. It was astonishing to what lengths a museum can go in attempting to attract audiences, especially the younger generations. The…
Vienna, February 21–May 14, 2017, http://www.tba21.org Oceans as a metaphor for the immateriality and fluidity of labor in global capitalism – this could be the tagline of the exhibition. Allan Sekula was from the 1960’ generation, and kept his critical leftist position throughout his career as an artist employed in academia. His territory of choice…
Vienna, March 10 – May 14, 2017, http://www.akbild.ac.at Two shows opened simultaneously and appeared to be intertwined in some way. One declared to be about feminism and the body, the other about the post-human condition and the sea metaphor. Before writing on, please allow for a short critical interlude: Does it need any comment? Is…
Berlin, 8pm, February 4, 2017, http://spektrumberlin.de Spektrum is a space specializing in the intersection of art, science and community as its tagline says. At street level, one enters through a laid back and comfortably designed lounge area with sofas, chairs, a bar and dim lighting. At the back side is a medium-sized room with a…
Berlin, November 17, 2016 – February 26, 2017, http://www.discursus.info/ The two rooms of the gallery (front and back) were each given to one of the artists. It felt like a double solo show with two spatially separate gallery zones. Each of the works was quite different. Peter Vink’s large scale installation in the front room…
Berlin, January 20 – February 11, 2017, http://www.nonberlin.com The exhibition, curated by Ido Shin, contained 4 video-based artworks by 4 artists: Akim, Chan Sook Choi, Fabian Bechtle and Konrad Mühe. The title of the show remained a bit mysterious. I connected “dual use” in my mind with materials, appliances or infrastructure that serves more than…