SomoS Academy

05/01/2020

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Thanks to artist Jan Verbruggen and everybody who came out in support of the opening of Jan Verbruggen - Thesauros, The Treasury (Solo Exhibition) at SomoS, especially Lotte Ysenbrandt, Deputy General Delegate to the Government of Flanders, who gave an inspired welcome speech.

The next two weeks, Tue-Sa. 2-7pm, the audience is invited to touch the art: you can browse Verbruggen's treasury of paintings and create your own show. Entry as always free.
The presentation is supported by the Flemish Government.

27/11/2019

The fantastic sculptures of Iria Do Castelo. The Spanish artist offers an affordable assemblage sculpture workshop at SomoS, Dec 7&8.

Introducing some more work from Spanish multidisciplinary artist Iria Do Castelo, who will be guiding the Fantastic Beings: Body Sculpting & Assemblage Workshop. This time we present her series "Creatures", which aims to distort the domestic environment.

In her workshop, body sculpting, assemblage and found objects may come together in curious ways, just like in her "Creatures" series.

The workshop is open to anyone, artist or not, from 18 years and above. Please register by sending an email to [email protected] by December 1.
60 euros for both days, December 7-8, including material (can bring additional objects to incorporate into sculpture).

More information on the Fantastic Beings Workshop:
https://somos.media/ht

09/11/2019

Figuring out who gets an artist residency at SomoS as part of the Baltic Young Painter Prize.

XI YPP Main Jury:
This year the YPP project jury included Vilius
Kavaliauskas, the founder and proprietor of the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation and the Lewben Art Foundation, and member of the Russia and Eastern Europe Acquisitions Committee (REEAC); Maarit Murka, one of the most prominent Estonian hyper-realist painters; Arūnas Gelūnas, director of the Lithuanian Art Museum, former Prorector of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, and former Culture Minister; Paulus Fugers, visual artist, curator, and the founder and director of the SomoS residency centre in Berlin; and Šelda Pukite, Latvian art critic and art curator.

XI YPP Special Mention Jury:
The winner of this prize has been selected by the interdisciplinary jury of Aušra Trakšelytė (art critic, curator, and organizer of cultural events), Darius Petrulaitis (photographer), Giedrė Šileikytė (founder and creative director of the Autoriai agency), Gilma Teodora Gylytė (founder and architect of the DO Architects studio), Ieva Rekštytė-Matuliauskė (Editor-in-
Chief of the Moteris magazine), and Viktor Bachmetiev (philosopher, translator, publisher).

23/10/2019

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Views of the Un_Real Desires – Group Exhibition during the opening, courtesy Kimiya Nik. SomoS would like to thank all the artists and supporters who made the exhibition such a success! We're open daily this week, including Sunday, from 2-8pm, with a special performance evening on Thursday, 7pm.

DURATIONAL PERFORMANCES:
Paul Piccione – Offload, daily durational installative performance
Pei-Chi Wu – It’s a Long Story, live painting and performance
7pm, daily, except Thursday at 6:30pm

PERFORMANCE EVENING:
Thursday October 24, doors 6pm
7pm: Vaginal Arts Ensemble – Sexual Saint, installative performance.
8pm: Anastasia Manole – Les Femmes Romantique Part II, multimedia online performance

Photos courtesy Kimiya Nik Photography
http://kimiyanik.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kimianik/

19/09/2019

SomoS

This year again, SomoS shall present another edition of the annual group exhibition about sexuality in a technologically mediated society.

If you would like to apply to this year's edition, the Un_Real Desires Exhibition at SomoS - Call for Art, remember that you have until September 22nd at 18:00 to send your applications!

Here are some photos from some previous editions.

More information at: https://somos.media/gm

06/09/2019

PAS - Performance Art Studies

🔵 "Como Somos?” is a title of Hannah Santana's final work presented as a result of PAS # 65 in Berlin.

➖ Simplicity ➖ can be a key in the performance art process. Through research and precise observation of space, form, material, etc. we can create a strong visual appearance which gives a lot of space for the actual content of the work. Also, we can combine different styles of performance in order to form a holistic work. This has happened during PAS #65 in Berlin with the performance of Hannah Santana.

Full of inspiration, we are preparing for the next program in Spain, where you can still catch 1️⃣ more spot that is available. If you are interested in any future programs, leave us a message or send an email ([email protected]).

photos by: Monika Deimling, 2019
performance: Hannah Santana at SomoS

31/08/2019

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To further explore the thoughts behind Corinna Berndt's exhibition at SomoS "Streaming Data Is The Ultimate Trust Exercise with The Moon," we asked the Australian multimedia artist to answer a few questions about her experimental work. The result is this brilliant interview about her vision on contemporary digital life.

➡️https://www.somos-arts.org/corinna-berndt-interview/

18/08/2019

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The countdown has begun for Teiko Ang Zheng: 25 - Solo Photography Exhibition, opening Tuesday, August 20th, 6pm!

Pictured is the Artist-in-Residence at work at SomoS. Teiko focuses on visual and written storytelling, depicting queer migration to Berlin, specifically by members of his own generation: 25 years olds.

More info:
Exhibition - https://somos.media/fz
Teiko Ang Zheng - https://somos.media/ft

Images courtesy of Cheryl Chan

11/08/2019

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Save the date: Cobble Paintings, a Solo Exhibition by Jameson Grant opens Tuesday, August 13th 2019, 6-9 pm at SomoS. We are looking forward to view the new gorgeous painting series Grant developed in Berlin!
Duration: August 14-17, 2-7 pm, Entry free

07/08/2019

blu

A nice article on queer Berlin migration by Michael Rädel​ for blu mag.

Geflüchtete, Expats, Zugezogene, Einwanderer – kaum eine Stadt Deutschlands wird so sehr durch sie geprägt, wie Berlin. Die Ausstellung Teiko Ang Zheng: 25 - Solo Photography Exhibition zeigt das ... Auch und besonders die queere Klubszene ist durch „Neuberliner" geprägt – ein sehr alter Neuling kündigt übrigens überraschend seine Rückkehr für 2020 an: der „Tuntenball“ im #Metropol!

06/08/2019

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The countdown has begun for NYC-based American artist Jameson Grant's solo-exhibition Cobble Paintings - Jameson Grant at SomoS.

Pictured is the Artist-in-Residence at his studio, working on his new series of paintings that take Berlin's cobblestone structures as starting point for an impressive painterly journey.

Here is a little preview of what to expect for next week's exhibition 👀

More info about Cobble Paintings - Jameson Grant
Exhibition page - https://somos.media/g4
Jameson Grant Artist page - https://somos.media/ev

The countdown has begun for NYC-based American artist Jameson Grant's solo-exhibition Cobble Paintings, a Solo Exhibition by Jameson Grant at SomoS.

Pictured is the Artist-in-Residence at his studio, working on his new series of paintings that take Berlin's cobblestone structures as starting point for an impressive painterly journey.

Here is a little preview of what to expect for next week's exhibition 👀

More info about Cobble Paintings - Jameson Grant
Exhibition page - https://somos.media/g4
Jameson Grant Artist page - https://somos.media/ev

Images courtesy of Cheryl Chan

27/07/2019

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SomoS

Creative friends, this is for you!

Here is a fresh selection of artist opportunities: competitions, prizes, exhibitions, awards, proposals, and grants for artists, writers and curators, selected by ArtRabbit ⤵️

26/07/2019

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📆 SAVE THE DATE 📆

Between August 13-17, SomoS Artist-in-Residence Jameson Grant will present the outcome of his 3 month residency in his solo exhibition "Cobble Paintings."

Jameson Grant is a painter based in New York whose work represents a casualist, personal reinterpretation of classic painting tropes.

Details of his solo exhibition:
Opening: August 13, 6-9 PM
Exhibition: August 14-17, 2-7 PM

Want more info about Jameson's work? Please take a 👀 at his artist page ⤵️

https://somos.media/ev

24/07/2019

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What a nice opening reception last night at Touch Me Tenderly - Sophie Morrow!

Many thanks to the many visitors, Sophie Morrow and to Ainsley Tharp and Nathaniel Moore for their provocative performance Americum. If you didn't get the chance to check out the solo exhibition of SomoS Artist-In-Residence Sophie Morrow yet, make sure you pass by the gallery by Saturday.

Images courtesy of Cheryl Chan

18/07/2019

Corinna Berndt - SomoS

Corinna Berndt - SomoS

A SomoS Artist-in-Residence Summer 2019, Corinna Berndt (AU), is a Melbourne-based multi media artist working with sculpture, collage and video.

15/07/2019

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OPEN CALL: OPEN CALL: PAS #65 Your Perception May Not Be My Reality
Application deadline: July 15, 23:59

Performance art learning program at SomoS with PAS - Performance Art Studies and BBB Johannes Deimling.

PAS #65 offers the opportunity for collaboration with like-minded people as well as contacts with artists, curators and art institutions and a final public presentation at SomoS. All through the pedagogical, artistic and technical guidance of artist and educator BBB Johannes Deimling.

Interested? Visit pas.bbbjohannesdeimling.de for more info.

Application deadline: July 15, 23:59
Duration: August 4-11

Photos: Monika Deimling for PAS Performance Art Studies

14/07/2019

OPEN CALL: PAS #65 Your Perception May Not Be My Reality

OPEN CALL: PAS #65 Your Perception May Not Be My Reality
A performance art learning program at SomoS with PAS - Performance Art Studies and BBB Johannes Deimling.
Closing date for applications 15. July 2019, 23:59
Photo: Monika Deimling for PAS.
https://somos.media/ep
#performance #workshop #Berlin

12/07/2019

SomoS

OPEN CALL: PAS #65 Your Perception May Not Be My Reality

Performance art learning program at SomoS with PAS - Performance Art Studies and BBB Johannes Deimling, questioning the dynamics of the body through the lens of perception. We can't wait!
Closing date for applications 15. July 2019, 23:59

Photos: Monika Deimling for PAS Performance Art Studies

02/07/2019

SomoS

Announcing... OPEN CALL: PAS #65 Your Perception May Not Be My Reality

Are you a performing artist or simply curious about exploring performance art?

This August, SomoS is proud to host PAS #65: Your Perception May Not Be My Reality. As an intensive performance art program conducted by PAS - Performance Art Studies, this event will be focusing on the concept of perception as a prompt for better understanding the body, space, time, material, and action as active tools of performance art.

When: August 4 - August 11, 2019
Closing date for application: 15 July 2019

For more information on fees and how to apply
email: [email protected]

Announcing... OPEN CALL: PAS #65 Your Perception May Not Be My Reality

Are you a performing artist or simply curious about exploring performance art?

This August, SomoS is proud to host PAS #65: Your Perception May Not Be My Reality. As an intensive performance art program conducted by PAS - Performance Art Studies, this event will be focusing on the concept of perception as a prompt for better understanding the body, space, time, material, and action as active tools of performance art.

When: August 4 - August 11, 2019
Closing date for application: 15 July 2019

For more information on fees and how to apply
email: [email protected]

21/06/2019

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Marcia Vaitsman, PhD, is a multi-disciplinary artist born in Brazil and currently based in New Jersey, USA. Her work focuses on the practice of games as perceived experiences and how games relate to art.

During her show Marcia Vaitsman - Spielraum​, taking place from June 26 until June 29 at SomoS, the artist will present five sets of art-games playable by the audience within the exhibition space.

Here is a video introducing her work. Though the process of participating in the game, we discover the purpose of the game is not winning, but to cooperate and enjoy the game. What we can learn is not only to imitate others like a mirror, but also the ethics, ideology and behaviour of other human beings.

To get further information about the exhibition, see here:
➡️ https://somos.media/ei

To discover Marcia Vaitsman's work, go there:
➡️ https://somos.media/d6

16/06/2019

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Thanks to artists Ivetta Sun Young Kang*, Dongyan Chen and Elena Amabili /Slavaroid and the visitors of the Orphaned Memories - 48h NK Festival at SomoS for making it such an inspiring and well visited exhibition! The poetic and multilayered installations are still on view until June 22, Tue-Sat from 2-7pm, entry is free. Enjoy the show! Photos courtesy Cheryl ChanCheuk Nam.

*Ivetta Sunyoung Kang’s participation was kindly supported by the Arts Council Korea - ARKO, 한국문화예술위원회

13/06/2019

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Elena Amabili is a Berlin-based Italian photographer who explores Socialist architecture, Béton brut, political geography and urban psycho-geography through her photography documentaries.

Here are some colored Polaroids from her photographic essay 'Slavaroid – Instant East' (2017-present). This project consists of a growing instant photography catalog, documenting lost, forgotten and disused spaces in the countries of the former Socialist Eastern Bloc.

Elena Amabili/Elenaccia Odiabili takes part in the Orphaned Memories - 48h NK Festival group exhibition at SomoS, opening Friday, June 14th, 6-9pm, on view until June 22th. (entry free) Don't miss the opportunity to discover with your own eyes hundreds of colored Polaroids from her collection!

To find out further information about the 'Orphaned Memories' exhibition, go there: https://somos.media/ef

To get a better overview of Amabili's work, check her artist page here:
Elena Amabili: https://somos.media/dy

10/06/2019

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The group exhibition Orphaned Memories - 48h NK Festival featuring Dongyan Chen, Ivetta Sunyoung Kang* and Elena Amabili is coming up at SomoS!
Presented as part of the official program of the 48 Stunden Neukölln Festival, it opens Friday, June 14th 2019, 6-9pm. Duration: 15 – 22 June 2019, 2-7pm
Info: https://somos.media/ef

* Ivetta Sunyoung Kang’s participation was kindly supported by the Arts Council Korea - ARKO, 한국문화예술위원회

08/06/2019

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Don't miss SomoS hosts Nothing Special - Walk & Talk with Frank J. Stockton tomorrow!

Sunday, June 9, 3pm til 4:30pm, the curator of the B-LA Connect - SomoS hosts Nothing Special exhibition and knowledgeable expert on the LA art scene, Frank J. Stockton, will take you for a tour of the LA art exhibited this week at SomoS as part of the B-LA Connect Festival.

The show is on view Saturday and Sunday 2-7pm, so come and see the B-LA Connect - SomoS hosts Nothing Special exhibition before it's too late.

To get further information about Stockton's Walk & Talk, click here:
➡️ SomoS hosts Nothing Special - Walk & Talk with Frank J. Stockton
To get further information about the 'Nothing Special' exhibition, go there:
➡️ B-LA Connect - SomoS hosts Nothing Special

06/06/2019

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If you didn't have the chance to come to SomoS and see the current exhibition of Los Angeles artists B-LA Connect - SomoS hosts Nothing Special, why not come by this Sunday for a walk-through and discussion of the exhibition?

As part of the B-LA Connect Festival, the curator of the show, Franck J. Stockton, will do a Walk & Talk at SomoS, this Sunday, June 9th from 3pm until 4:30pm. Don't miss this occasion to witness this eloquent and knowledgeable expert on the LA art scene. (entry free)

To get further information, don't forget to check ➡️ SomoS hosts Nothing Special - Walk & Talk with Frank J. Stockton

Pictured is part of Stockton's "Seated Figure."

#artkreuzberg #losangeles #somosberlin #berlin #berlinart #artneukölln #blaconnect #berlincontemporaryart #artistberlin

01/06/2019

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SomoS

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT

Join us Saturday evening when the curtain lifts for B-LA Connect - SomoS hosts Nothing Special and see how curator Frank J. Stockton managed to transport an entire exhibition from Los Angeles in a single, checked bag of airline luggage.

Don't miss out on this vibrant show, featuring the work of Los Angeles-based artists, William E. Jones, Jeff St. Andrews, Mark Flores, Willa Wasserman, Julienne Fusello, Anthony Miserendino and Frank. J. Stockton.

Opening reception: Saturday, June 1, 6-9pm SomoS, Kottbusser Damm 95, 10967 Berlin. More information: https://somos.media/ea

31/05/2019

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Los Angeles art selected by Frank J. Stockton! See you at the opening reception of B-LA Connect - SomoS hosts Nothing Special Saturday, June 1, 6-9pm.

Featuring: William E. Jones, Mark Flores, Willa Wasserman, Jeff Saint Andrews, Anthony Miserendino, Julienne Fusello, Frank J. Stockton

Opening Saturday, June 1, 6-9pm
Open June 4 - 9, 2019, Tue-Sun, 2-7pm, and by appointment
-Artist Talk with Frank J. Stockton: Sunday, June 9, 3pm

SomoS Art House
Kottbusser Damm 95, 10967 Berlin

18/05/2019

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Current Artist in Residence, Marcia Vaitsman (PhD) has been busy developing her upcoming project here at SomoS, focusing on games of collaboration that address ideas of rules, chance, repetition, beauty and trust.

Watching her progress makes us even more thrilled for our next P2P Feedback Session - Hosted by Marcia Vaitsman on Tuesday, 21 May 2019 from 19:00-21:00. In these sessions, artists and curators are able to share their work-in-progress and challenges in a casual but focused atmosphere that allows creators to receive and give valuable feedback.

Capacity is limited to 8-10 people per session so registration in advance is required.

Pictured below is part of Vaitman's Brasinha #3, an artistic micro space designed in the city of São Paulo.