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SomoS Arts is delighted to announce an evening of poetic exploration and stimulating discourse, featuring the distinguished talents of Kaycee Hill, Daisy Nikoloska, and Heyd Fontenot.
Scheduled for Saturday, January 13, 2024, at 7 pm, the event commences with a poetry reading by Kaycee Hill from her critically acclaimed debut collection Hot Sauce. This will be followed by a panel discussion, delving into themes of intimacy, vulnerability, and the pastoral, resonating with the undertones of both Hill’s poetry and Fontenot's art, set against the enriching backdrop of his solo exhibition When I Think about a Minotaur.
The evening spotlights Kaycee Hill, a Bristol-based poet renowned for her incisive observations of urban life. As a recipient of the James Berry Poetry Prize and a mentee of Malika Booker, Hill's work navigates the complexities of inner-city existence with astute lyrical prowess. Her distinct voice has earned accolades across prestigious platforms, including The Poetry Review and The Poetry Society, manifesting a profound understanding of contemporary societal dynamics.
Joining Hill in the panel discussion as moderator is Daisy Nikoloska, a writer, curator, and mixed-media artist straddling the realms of rural southwest England and the digital landscape. Known online as Hitachi Blonde, Nikoloska's work intriguingly juxtaposes the sensuous and the technological. Her academic background in Art History, Visual Culture, and English, combined with her ongoing pursuit of a Master's Degree in Anglophone Modernities, equips her with a unique perspective that enriches the evening's discourse.
The dialogue is further augmented by the insights of Heyd Fontenot, a multidisciplinary artist whose journey has traversed numerous artistic terrains. Fontenot's experience as an experimental filmmaker, designer, and curator, alongside his leadership roles at prestigious art residencies, imparts a holistic understanding of the art world's various facets. His empathetic and humorous portrayal of the human form in his artwork offers a critical lens through which to view and discuss the nude body within the realms of sexuality, contemporary art, and culture.
This event promises to be an enlightening fusion of literature and art, poetry and discourse, inviting audience engagement in a vibrant, intellectual exchange. Attendance is free, and we eagerly anticipate welcoming art enthusiasts and the curious alike to this unique evening at SomoS.
Art is boring, art is only for the elite, art is trapped into white walls.Not for Vulcano Corporation.Come celebrate the vernissage of the greatest emerging artists in Neukölln.Connect, discuss, be pissed off, dance, fly, cry.We know the world is ending but we have hope, we shape utopia, we are completely delusional.It's only delusional until it works.
Vulcano Corporation, specializes in multidisciplinary events and exhibitions in Berlin. Operating beyond traditional art galleries, we prioritize immersive experiences accessible to everyone. Our mission is to break down the idea that art is limited to a select few, bringing it closer to people for interactive and indulgent encounters.
ARTISTS:
Annalou Meyer, Dinara Zhumazhan, Sarah-Julia Sabukoschek, Made In Hate, Tainá Bemmerlein, Maksimyuk Nik, Katharina J. Ferner,
MUSIC:
Acado, Kitty & The Cat, Jimmie, Rafi Sin
Producer Jan Fritsche, Poster by @annaloumeyer
KORNFELD Galerie Berlin is pleased to present works by the artist Dieter Jung in the exhibition „The Light Behind". A rare opportunity to see a concentrated selection of his groundbreaking holographic art. The exhibition centres on the work "Pendulum und sein Schatten" and the holograms, accompanied by paintings, drawings and graphics from the last few decades.
The exhibition's standout feature is a vibrant holographic forest, a spectacle engaging in a continuous dialogue with the ever-shifting light conditions of both the gallery's interior and the external space adjacent to the garden-facing windows. This section of the exhibition transforms with each passing hour, making the holographic image a dynamic visual marvel that transcends individual perspectives. Functioning as translucent canvases, the holograms become artistic moments unfolding in the present, embodying the aesthetics of the moment in a direct sense—a form of kairos poetry.
The concept of the exhibition centers around the hologram, Dieter Jung’s passion and prowess which earned him his worldwide reputation. The hologram is fractually structured. Each individual segment of the image body contains its whole. Even when fragmented, we can see the entire composition. The same applies to the individual works in the exhibition. They have been carefully selected so that each individual exhibit contains the artist's huge oeuvre, which consists of more than 20,000 pieces.
Dieter Jung began exploring the particle-wave dualism of quantum physics in his paintings back in the 1970s in New York and Paris. His filigree coloured pencil drawings are meticulous studies of how lines and delicate nuances of colour can be brought into a harmonious relationship with one another. The large-format canvas paintings anticipate and reflect his light art in equal measure. The network in which Dieter Jung has developed and established himself artistically includes the ZERO artists Piene, Mack and Uecker as well as Gerhard Richter's colour and geometry games. The reference to Alexander Calder appears with a beautifully filigree mobile, the "Navigator" from 1996/97, which hovers in front of the painting "See Through Landscape" from 1982 and seems to form an indissoluble unity with it.
Furthermore you will be treated to a selection of Dieter Jung's lesser known works, which nevertheless epitomise his extremely hetero-geneous oeuvre. Jung's close collaboration with the great intellectuals of the twentieth century, which he cultivated throughout his life, is reflected in the text-experimental holograms on the Prague cultural philosopher Vilém Flusser. Peter Weibel, who dedicated the most extensive solo exhibition to Jung to date at the Centre for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe in 2019, also appears here.
Siegfried Zielinski
Christel Fetzer, Andreas Helfer, Christian Heilig, Esther Horn, Matthias Mayer, Ila Wingen
Opening: January 12 2024, 19:00
Opening hours: January 13 & 14, 14:00–17:00
Address: Straßburger Straße 53 10405 Berlin
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