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20/9/2010

Take Up Residence in Berlin

HomeBase-Project V, Berlin

The HomeBase Project, an artist run site-specific interdisciplinary public art project that explores the archetype of home marks its fifth consecutive year by going international.

HomeBase V Berlin will take up residence in an unoccupied building that once functioned as a youth hostel and a neighbouring vacant bus depot, located in the Pankow district, in what was once communist East Berlin. An international contingent of artists working in the visual and performing arts will transform the venue through site-specific art projects exploring the notion of “Home”. The site will open to the public from Sep 21st through Oct 12th free of charge with a full cultural program of events, lectures and performances that will be broadcasted on-line.

“In many ways,” says Anat Litwin, artistic director and founder of the HomeBase Project, Berlin today echoes the artistic and urban landscape of New York in the 1980s. Its unique transient urban tapestry - a combination of a vibrant contemporary cultural scene, a loaded history, and the traces of demarcation between east and west, make it an extremely stimulating staging ground for the artistic exploration of the meaning of Home.”

HomeBase’s objectives are to seek out areas of the urban environment undergoing transitional changes and integrate contemporary art into the everyday local experience, opening up the role of art as an educational tool for cross-cultural dialog, social integration, and community cultivation.

The HomeBase template consists of the following three phases: Residency – For three weeks, artists and HomeBase team members participate in an Artist-in-Residency program that includes group dinners and education workshops with invited guest lectures that are intended to stimulate the exploration of home in relation to the site, addressing issues related to the history of the neighbourhood, the architecture of the building, and cultural notions of home. During the residency, the artists are assigned their own room in which to create their individual work of art.

Public – At this time, doors will be open free to the public who will view numerous art rooms, as well as experience a full range of cultural program including lectures, workshops, performances, events, parties, and open mic sessions that will also be broadcasted via the HomeBase channel.

Documentation – The process of building HomeBase is documented from start to finish and includes collaborative efforts, logistics of the team, the group dynamics and the creative processes of the artists, urban exploration and group dynamics in interaction with the neighbours and public, using all available media created by participants, whether they are artists or members of the community.

As a result of an international open call, the HomeBase jury selected the following twelve artists to participate in this year’s project:

Christoph Balzar – German installation artist living in Berlin
Sami Ben Larbi – French/Tunisian sculptor and video artist living in Berlin
Asuka Goto - American/Japanese mixed media and site specific installation artist living in Brooklyn
Nayari Castillio – Venezuelan/American public art and site-specific installation artist living in London
Zachary Fabri – American performance, video and installation artist living in Brooklyn
Mahmoud Case – Israeli/Palestinian multi-disciplinary and installation artist living in Nahaf Village in Israel
Olga Koroleva – Russian video, sound, and theatre artist living in London
Ella Littwitz - Israeli photographer living in Berlin
Antonia Low – German / English installation artist, currently living in Berlin
Nati Shamia-Opher – Israeli multi-disciplinary artist and industrial designer, living in Kibbutz Gan Shlomo, Israel
Edouard Steinhauer – Haitian sculptor and installation artist living in Brooklyn
Philine Sollmann – German video and performing artist living in Berlin

ABOUT THE HOMEBASE PROJECT
Founded in 2006, the HomeBase Project is an international site-specific public art project whose mission is to stimulate a contextual and interdisciplinary exploration of the archetype of home. In pursuing this exploration annually, HomeBase seeks to integrate contemporary art into the everyday urban experience, and to challenge the role of art as an educational tool for cross-cultural dialogue, community cultivation, and social integration. For its first four years, HomeBase took place in different locations in New York City, and for its fifth year, the project will take on an international scope and reside in the Pankow district in Berlin with a small, satellite event space in New York. New York, however, will always be the home and the base for the project. HomeBase Project is a participant in the Fiscal Sponsorship Program of FJC, a registered 501(c)3 organization.

Press contact:
Kady Taylor +49 163 4372940 kady@homebaseberlin.com

HomeBase-Project V
Thulestraße 54 - 13189 Berlin

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