What happened in the last 12 months, where have we been and where are we headed? Inane as it is, the need to look back and evaluate every year around this time, is stronger than that sweet –sour smell of Glühwein...

Your responses, scold and enthusiasm have been a constant companion in Bigs, helping us retrace our steps, or just move on. As promised and threatened here is the annual recap. 

 “I want to do something Big.“ I nurse a mild contempt for press releases, people who write them and people who read them. I think press releases are to artists what a recipe is to a good cook...

If collecting is a virus- I think I got it: Acquire unique objects that will guide, inspire, comfort and maybe even bore and enrage you throughout your life. Objects you and you alone possess (and are possessed by). I get it. To enrich my imaginary collection started at Art Cologne this year I browsed abc yesterday. These are the works I would not want to leave/live without. Total value of my imaginary second step into collecting: 124.000euro 1. David Adamo @Ibid Projects

Berlin is apparently a teenager of 772 years old. I am not quite sure how old the art scene in Berlin is, but all everybody seems to be asking (themselves) in the last year is- Is it EVER going to grow up? 

Back in February, when I had gotten all intern crazy and spent a week actually joking about building the "pigs" army...

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