“Bosquejo de una Memoria” by Elías and Florencia Lizama

 

Chilean artists, father and daughter, Elías Lizama and Florencia Lizama, and Karnekunst present “Bosquejo de una Memoria” (Trace from a memory), which consists of deconstruction exercises, based mainly on analog photographs made in Chile, during the years 1975-1995 by Elias Lizama.

These photographs are rescued by Florencia, who plays to decipher the memory of her father and her own, through new creations that are directly or indirectly related to the main image. In addition to inviting to remember, “Trace of a memory” invites us to decipher the meaning and importance of family memory in our lives. From a political and emotional perspective, the work is created with the intention of finding new meanings in past events, in order to understand the present.

While the artistic work of Elías is developed in the field of analog photography in 35mm. format. Then Florencia writes poetry (or also called “anti-poetry”) and through collage and the intervention of photographs of unknown authors and years.

The event´s vernissage will be at Gat Point Charlie in Berlin on 24 February 2018 at 18:30. The exhibition will be open until 22 March 2018.

Join the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2007438009472800/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 Architectural Gems In Berlin You May Not Have Heard Of

Photo: https://www.bauhaus100.de/en/bauhaus100/contributors/members/Bauhaus_Archiv_Berlin.html

 

For a long time, Berlin has been known as one of the world’s leading hubs for culture, fashion, technology and architecture. Thanks to several world-renowned architectural schools, including the Bauhaus, the city itself has become an architectural laboratory and a magnet that attracts lovers of contemporary urban architecture from all over the world. Today, the eclectic cityscape reflects the creative experimentation that is part of Berlin’s history and new generations of artists from diverse fields are still constantly reinventing it.

To get a better understanding of this unique cultural, artistic and social phenomenon, check out these 5 architectural sites in Berlin that have inspired the work of artists for decades.

 

Bauhaus-Archiv

Architect Walter Gropius was the founder of the Bauhaus School of Design, which became the most renowned college of design, architecture and art in the 20th century, and also designed this building which was inaugurated in 1979. Today, the Bauhaus Archive is a world-famous institution dedicated to celebrating the history and influence of the original architectural school and researching and collecting materials related to it. The archive here is the most varied in the world, and includes a unique collection of furniture, ceramics, architecture, metal, photographs and theatre sets, in addition to works by illustrious teachers at the school such as Johannes Itten, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe or Walter Gropius himself.

+ info: https://www.bauhaus.de/en/

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Jüdisches Museum

The architectural shapes and styles of the Jewish Museum buildings are the reflection of complex numbers, codes and philosophical concepts taken from Judaism. The main building, which was designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind, has a zigzag shape that some say brings to mind a broken Star of David, while others say it is more like a bolt of lightning. Inside, visitors can access the oppressive Holocaust Tower through an underground tunnel, while outside is the Garden of Exile, which represents the isolation and disorientation felt by those forced to flee the country. The Museum’s permanent exhibition recounts the history of Jewish life in Germany both before and after the Holocaust.

+ info: https://www.museumsportal-berlin.de/en/

Photo: @kennedy__page2

 

Kino International

No self-respecting visitor should take a tour around Berlin’s architectural sights without visiting Kino International. Designed by Josef Kaiser and Heinz Aust, this beautiful three-storey film theatre that stands out thanks to its Soviet-era lines was inaugurated in 1963. It quickly became an iconic part of the city’s cultural landscape. In its heyday, Kino International represented the vanguard in cinemas, with sloping ceilings and seats and walls covered with acoustic panels. Today, it is used to show select productions from all over the world and host renowned cultural events such as the Berlinale Film Festival. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995.

+ info: http://www.kino-international.com/

Photo: @vermilt

 
 

Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Did you know that it was here at the House of the Cultures of the World that John F. Kennedy delivered the speech that included his historic faux pas “Ich bin ein Berliner”? Also known as the Pregnant Oyster for its round, gently curving roof, it is Germany’s national centre for the presentation, diffusion and discussion of contemporary art, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies. Located in the Tiergarten park, it was opened in 1957 and has since become an international platform for theatre, dance, cinema and literature, as well as a popular venue for congresses and exhibitions.

+ info: https://www.hkw.de/en/

Photo: @saraescuderogar


 
 

Corbusierhaus

The Corbusierhaus is not just any old apartment block. Designed for the International Building Exhibition in 1957 by Swiss architect Le Corbusier, the building follows the Unité d’Habitation principle of the housing blocks he built in France in the early 1950s. The complex houses 530 apartments, which are still in use today. Since 2004, Förderverein Corbusierhaus Berlin e. V. (the Corbusierhaus Residents’ Association) is responsible for the upkeep of the communal areas and organises cultural and scientific events in the building.

+ info: http://www.corbusierhaus-berlin.de/

Photo: @daanvandenbroeck


 
 
 

“Allure” by Sylvia Rybak

Sylvia Rybak is a Berlin-based photographer from Warsaw, Poland and is currently studying at the University of Applied Sciences Europe.

Her interest in the creative arts spawned from her fascination with the unreal and surreal. As Sylvia’s ideas developed, she realized that the simultaneously realistic and manipulative art of photography was her most preferred means of communication. Her images are created with the focus of both providing the viewer with an aesthetic experience and giving an insight into the absurdity of the unconscious and dreams. Sylvia’s images are a visual manifesto of what she finds beautiful: strong colors, flora, interesting textures – all combined into conceptual photographs.

The Berlin-based photographer Sylvia Rybak presented on December 7th 2017 her “Allure” exhibition at Gat Point Charlie.

More about Sylvia: http://www.artconnect.com/profile/sylvia-rybak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Ver el mundo con ojos de extraño” by Sara Valcárcel

Sara Valcárcel was born in 1994 in Galicia, where she studied Audiovisual Communication. She had the opportunity to “emigrate” for a year to Buenos Aires, following the path of her parent´s family. She fell in love with the people, the landscapes, their conception of the world and their lifestyle. She bought a backpack to take all the paths she encountered, fascinated with eyes wide open, trying to learn everything about this new world that was opening in front of her. Now, she is based in Berlin and she is presenting her first exhibition “Ver el mundo con ojos de extraño” in the Gat Point Charlie Hotel.

 

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“The synthesis/La síntesis” by Daniel Bayardi

Daniel Bayardi´s artwork represents synthesis. It focuses on the simple and elementary – the soul of all that exists. It is about reducing everything to its essential  and  human  elements. It is about the equilibrium and harmony between light and shadow. The noise of civilization is quieted allowing us to experience the purity of  form. We can rediscover ourselves in the most pure ideas and which leads us to discover pure ideas and emotions.

Daniel will be exhibiting at Hotel Gat Point Charlie from the 20th of September until the 8th of November 2016.

www.danielbayardi.com

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“Radiografia” by Sonia Camacho

Sonia Camacho is a Berlin-based illustrator and artist born Seville, Spain (1980), who currently is developing illustration and design projects in Europe.
Experimenting with illustration techniques based on the execution of simple yet powerful portraits, the effects are based in the dexterity of the drawing, the capture of the psychological moment, and the originality of her compositions.
RADIOGRAFIA, an exhibition of the illustrated songs, at the Gat Point Charlie from September the 16th to November the 6th.

www.soniacamacho.com

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