Carlos Pesudo - It Doesn't Belong to Us
Carlos Pesudo - It Doesn't Belong to Us
Carlos Pesudo - Studio Visit
The (im)possibility of commemorating Fukushima.
Open Call: AMBACTIA MEMORIA
Carlos Herraiz SomoS Artist Interview
Jiyeon Kim - On the Art of Portrait Painting in the Digital Era
The Feeling underneath the Surface - Emi Brener Artist Interview
Working primarily in mixed media works that poetically merge the mediums of oil painting and embroidery, visual artist Emi Brener aims to convey moments of human intimacy and vulnerability.
Under the banner "Under the Skin," SomoS premieres Brener’s latest work, conceived and made in early 2020 during Emi’s Berlin artist residency, along with an interview that offers deeper insight into the unique creative world of this engaging young Uruguayan artist.
Conducted at SomoS, March 2020
Interview: Paulus Fugers
Editing: Carlos Vivero
Music: Ricardo Ferreira: “Boys & Girls”
View the online presentation of Emi's work: https://somos.media/kt
MANAMI UETAKE – IMAGINING SOMETHING UNKNOWN (Excerpt)
MANAMI UETAKE – IMAGINING SOMETHING UNKNOWN (Excerpt)
3-Channel Mixed-Media Video Installation, Berlin 2020
In her mixed-media video installation Manami Uetake - Imagining Something Unknown, Japanese artist Manami Uetake ponders the (im)possibility of remembering and recounting the Fukushima disaster.
Uetake’s work deals with individual and collective trauma, and how its memory can be meaningfully processed, both privately and publicly, officially and unofficially, a challenge to commemoration culture at large, and a subject topical in Germany as well.
As Manami Uetake states,
"Imagining Something Unknown is a collaborative work aiming to imagine another person's personal narrative.
One day, I met a man who lost his house after the Tsunami attack happened in 2011 Japan. After the Tsunami, great seawalls which are about 400km long in total were built alongside the coast, including his hometown. He told me that he lost not only his house, but also the landscape with a view of the sea. This phrase which never seen in the news articles or other public resources remained in my mind.
Since then, I often remember his story and have tried to imagine the lost landscape. I started wondering to what extent I could share his experience by listening to him.
Creating the work, I asked a non-Japanese speaker to read Japanese text written in the English alphabets about his experience and try to interpret it based on the sound of the text. I also asked him to imagine the landscape with a view of the sea mentioned in the sufferer's monologue and draw it on a piece of paper.
Through this process, I tried to see how possible or impossible it is to imagine and reach the unknown person's narrative.”
Presented at SomoS, Kottbusser Damm 95, 10967 Berlin,
February 26th-29th, 2020, 2-7pm, and by appointment
Opening Reception: February 25th, 2020, 6-9pm
More information:
https://somos.media/km
http://manamiuetake.moo.jp/imagining.html
SomoS Arts Interview with Irish Artist Alannah Louët
Interview with Multi-Disciplinary Irish artist Alannah Louët discussing her inspiration and works from her February 2020 solo exhibition @Alannah Louët - Emanations presented by SomoS Art House in Berlin.
With "Emanations," Louët initiates a multilayered discourse involving feminism, occultism and history, bridging the past and the present. Using topics such as Home Economics classes and Victorian Spiritualism as a starting point for creative reflections on gender roles, domesticity, female agency, physicality and its taboos, Louët invites the audience to follow her inventive narratives. These themes are presented through the media of performative videos, installations, and expanded photography.
For more information on the exhibition, visit https://somos.media/kg
For more information on the artist, visit https://somos.media/h3
'Expensive'
'Expensive' a video work made by previous Korean Artist-In-Residence Berry Kim. Kim critiques the South Korean luxury lifestyle by mirroring the fetishized consumer culture. Through colorful mixed-media drawings, illustrations, paintings, sculptures, and wearable art, Kim celebrates individuality and expression of character in her hypothetical “Berryland.” Her work explores the lived experience of a hyper image/status-focused society, such as that of her home country.
Futureless Queer/Feminist Group Exhibition Open Call
The Open Call deadline for the "Futureless" q***r/feminist group exhibition is coming up on Sunday January 26!
For more information and to submit your work:
https://somos.media/k0
Black Jaguar - Ghost Dance (in Berlin)
Have you read our recent interview with South Korean Artist-in-Residence and feminist activist Black Jaguar?
"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙜𝙮𝙣𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩."
- 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘚 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘑𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳, 2019
Take a read and don't miss out on Black Jaguar (KR) - Spiegel/반사! Solo Exhibition, opening December 12!
Black Jaguar Interview:
https://somos.media/ju
Ghost Dance (in Berlin)
We are looking forward to Black Jaguar (KR) - Spiegel/반사! Solo Exhibition, opening Dec. 12, 6-9pm! Black Jaguar's "Ghost Dance" performance (pictured) takes place halfway the show, Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 7pm at SomoS. Entry free. Info: https://somos.media/i1
With the registration deadline for Iria Do Castelo's Fantastic Beings: Body Sculpting & Assemblage Workshop coming up on December 1, let's take a look at this video documentation of her interactive sculpture "Olympia and Vivian Heimlich". The work draws on Freudian psychoanalytical notions and consists of an automotive that responds as if it were breathing to the proximity of the viewer.
In the Fantastic Beings Workshop, do Castelo will teach participants to create human-like sculptures that take imaginative forms, as is the case with her "Olympia and Vivian Heimlich".
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
Pei-Chi Wu has been adding daily to her live painting performance "It's a Long Story" for the Un_Real Desires – Group Exhibition. Day by day, the piece is growing, revealing new meaning on the truth/untruth of personal narratives.
Make sure you pass by SomoS this weekend to see her work develop. She will be painting daily at 7pm.
The Un_Real Desires group exhibition is now into it's final weekend. It will be open Saturday and Sunday, October 26-27, 2-8pm.
Pei-Chi Wu – It’s a Long Story, live painting and performance at Un_Real Desires – Group Exhibition at SomoS. Pei's performance takes place 7pm daily.
Pei-Chi Wu – It’s a Long Story, live painting and performance
7pm, daily, except Thursday at 6:30pm
at the Un_Real Desires – Group Exhibition at SomoS.
Unreal Desires 2019: Vaginal Arts Ensemble
The Vaginal Arts Ensemble will present "Sexual Saint" through performance and video installation during our upcoming show Un_Real Desires – Group Exhibition.
Follow the Ensemble here: Vͣͤæ̨͙̤̮͕̘ͮ̏ͭ
ALCHEMY
A glimpse of the artist at work: Mikhail Haramati working towards her upcoming solo exhibition at SomoS #Berlin. Opening Tuesday, September 24th, 6-9pm, the Mikhail Haramati: Alchemy, Solo Exhibition visualizes the alchemy of water recycling.
Mikhail Haramati Solo Show: Alchemy
Opening: September 24, 6 pm
Exhibition: September 25-28, 2-7 pm
entry free
Streaming Data
So excited for Corinna Berndt's solo exhibition Corinna Berndt: Streaming Data, Solo Exhibition! Opening on Tuesday, 6 - 9 pm at SomoS.
Teiko Ang Zheng: 25 - Solo Photography Exhibition
SomoS is pleased to present Teiko Ang Zheng: 25 - Solo Photography Exhibition, opening on Tuesday, August 20, 6-9 pm.
For his upcoming show, Zheng has focused on visual and written storytelling, depicting q***r migrations to Berlin, specifically by members of his own generation: 25 years olds.
More info:
Opening: Tuesday, August 20, 6-9pm
Duration – August 21-24, 2-7pm
"25" event page - https://somos.media/fz
Teiko Ang Zheng Artist page - https://somos.media/ft
Cobble Paintings, a Solo Exhibition by Jameson Grant
Cobble Paintings, a Solo Exhibition by Jameson Grant opens on Tuesday, August 13, 6-9 pm at SomoS! Grant took Berlin cobblestones as a starting point for his new series of gorgeous abstract paintings, made during his Berlin artist residency at SomoS.
More info:
Opening: Tuesday, August 13, 6-9pm
Duration – August 14-17, 2-7pm
Exhibition info - https://somos.media/g4
FB event page - https://somos.media/g2
Jameson Grant artist page - https://somos.media/ev
Animated by Cheryl Chan
Sophie Morrow - Touch Me Tenderly
See you on the evening of Tuesday, July 23rd for the opening reception of Touch Me Tenderly - Sophie Morrow at SomoS!
Until July 27th, the exhibition will showcase Morrow's mixed media installation 'An Intimate Drama' and include the performance "Americum" by guest Ainsley Tharp and Nathaniel Moore during the opening.
Opening Reception: Tuesday July 23, 6-9pm
Duration: July 24-27, 2-7pm
Entry free
Video by Cheryl Chan
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
Marcia Vaitsman - Spielraum
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
Today is the opening of the Orphaned Memories - 48h NK Festival group exhibition for 48 Stunden Neukölln.
Here is a little glimpse of the artpieces produced by SomoS' Artists-in-Residence Ivetta Sun Young Kang*, Dongyan Chen and Elena Amabili (Slavaroid).
If you can make it for tonight opening, you will have until June 22 to come and see by your own eyes this fascinating show.
Better not miss it!
To find out further information about the 'Orphaned Memories' exhibition, go there: https://somos.media/ef
To get a better overview of the artists' works, check their pages here:
Elena Amabili: https://somos.media/dy
Ivetta Sunyoung Kang: https://somos.media/dx
Dongyan Chen: https://somos.media/c7
*Ivetta Sunyoung Kang’s participation was kindly supported by the Arts Council Korea - ARKO, 한국문화예술위원회
In less than a week, SomoS' current Artist-in-Residence, Ivetta Sun Young Kang, will give you a short introduction on how to document your artwork through video.
During her Video Documentation Workshop for Artists on Saturday, June 22 (1pm - 5pm), you will get insights on how to use shooting, editing and processing techniques from an expert in those areas.
If you are interested in participating in this workshop, don't forget to register by email at [email protected]
Remember, spots are limited, don't miss your chance to be a part of this exceptional workshop!
To get further information about the event, see there:
https://somos.media/eb
Interested in Ivetta Sunyoung Kang's work ? Check her artist page here: https://somos.media/dx
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Level: For beginners
Cost: 85€
Ivetta Sunyoung Kang’s participation was kindly supported by the Arts Council Korea - ARKO, 한국문화예술위원회
