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by Lisa Kosak, 30 Oct 2015This November-December issue B-SIDE, "Mountain Tour, 462463-2", is the work of Kim Asendorf ,an artist with a great passion for conceptual art, as he once said,using the internet as his playground. Asendorf currently lives in Berlin and his works have been shown in festivals like transmediale or fairs like... -
by Adela Lovric, 28 Oct 2015Attention, foodies! Miss Violet's Supperclub has arrived with a bang. After greatly successful editions in Munich and Hamburg, the writer and cook Violet Kiani launched her concept in Berlin. Every last Thursday of the month, Violet will throw a dinner party at the event room of Katz Orange, with the first three... -
by Lisa Kosak, 30 Sep 2015At a time when our lives are constantly subjected to acceleration and to a massive use of technologies the exhibition 100 Years of Now takes the time to put things into perspective and make a diagnosis of our society. We had the opportunity – and great pleasure – to meet Bernd Scherer and Reto Pulfer... -
by Adela Lovric, 15 Sep 2015While simultaneously participating at the Lyon Biennale and getting ready for the Berlin Art Week, Marinella Senatore reached back to us and shared some thoughts on her upcoming solo show “Scenografia” at Peres Projects, and the related installation at the abc art berlin contemporary art fair.... -
by Lisa Kosak, 2 Jul 2015Twice a year, Bpigs goes all-digital, and so do the B-Sides. We are happy to present you “Hypnosis”, Nicolas Pelzer's artistic contribution for our July / August online issue. The Berlin-based artist is mostly working with new media and digital technology transposed on material objects –... -
by Adela Lovric, 25 Jun 2015The young club & art space Konzulát – or the former Czechoslovakian Culture Center, as it is still often referred to – officially opened end of last year. As a much-needed meeting point where you can see an exhibition, a concert or a screening, have a drink and a dance, and simply hang out with... -
by Adela Lovric, 18 Jun 2015In the center of the recently renovated and reopened Berlinische Galerie is the exhibition “Radically Modern: Urban Planning And Architecture In 1960s Berlin”, which takes a comprehensive look at the architecture of East and West Berlin, and its development in the post-war years of division. One of... -
by Lisa Kosak, 13 Jun 2015After two years, four Cycles, eight presented artistic positions, and more than fifty hosted events, it is time for Rhea Dall and Kristine Siegel, the founding directors of PRAXES Center for Contemporary Art, to close their Berlin venue and take the experiment—of long-term focus on a few artistic practices via... -
by Adela Lovric, 11 Jun 2015In anticipation of the third edition of the Berlin Art Prize, an independent annual award honoring contemporary art from Berlin, we met up with the founders to hear all about this "meticulous cover version of a classical art prize", which became one of the key landmarks of the Berlin art scene. The prize... -
by Adela Lovric, 8 Jun 2015In the hills of Santa Monica lies Villa Aurora, a "true castle by the sea" in the words of Thomas Mann who was often a guest there. The former exile residence of Marta and Lion Feuchtwanger, which was in the 1940s a meeting point for European intellectuals, today still holds the reputation of an inspiring... -
by Adela Lovric, 5 May 2015Just as the renovations and preparations for the grand opening of König Galerie were approaching its end, we met up with Johann König to find out more about his new art space in the former community center and church St. Agnes. This monumental brutalist church was redesigned by Arno Brandlhuber to... -
by Adela Lovric, 24 Apr 2015Just before the opening of Josep Maynou's "Ninja From Marrakech" at GSL Projekt, the artist allowed us to sneak in behind the scenes, and showed his exhibition while still in the making. At the time we arrived, Suvi Lehtinen (gallery owner) and Arielle Bier (curator of the show) were figuring out... -
by Adela Lovric, 20 Mar 2015After a moderate pause, Manière Noire relaunched with new looks and ideas. Majla Zeneli's fresh new concept for the gallery had sparked our curiosity immediately, as it forms a unique spot in the Berlin art landscape. With the new series of exhibitions, the focus has shifted to the language - its presence,... -
by Adela Lovric, 27 Feb 2015We caught up with the young & talented Nik Nowak and his work-in-progress just before the opening of his exhibition „TORQUE: The Moment of Turning“ at Cruise & Callas. The awarded Szene-Liebling, renowned for his monumental sonic installations and sound objects, decided to make a slight turn... -
by Adela Lovric, 11 Feb 2015Collateral tinnitus aside, this year's edition of the CTM Festival was just about as good as it gets. Loud and fun, at times extraordinary. As promised in the foreword, it highlighed the adventurous side of music and engaged with its direct bodily effects. Lawrence English delivered this idea in the perfect form,... -
by Lisa Kosak, 24 Jan 2015We had a chance to catch-up with Eigen & Art Lab team before their pre-opening party on Friday evening. After almost three years spent in the Mädchenschule on Auguststrasse, they are moving location and team, with Anne Schwanz and Johanna Neuschäffer taking up the torch. First, let's have a... -
by Lisa Kosak, 12 Dec 2014Featuring more than 100 international publishing houses, bookstores, magazines and institutions as well as a series of public programs, the first edition of Friends with Books sounds more than promising. The Berlin art book fair will open for us the doors of Cafe Moskau on Saturday and Sunday, and we had the... -
by Lisa Kosak, 6 Dec 2014In this series, Bpigs highlights artists and their work just before their openings. An inside look into the studio practice and many other (ir)relevant thoughts that go through an artists mind before their proverbial 15 minutes of fame. We had the opportunity to meet with South-Africa born, Israel based artist Larry...