Fabian Bechtle
Bik van der Pol
Leon Kahane
Deborah Ligorio
Stefanos Tsivopoulos
Luca Vitone
Giulia Di Lenarda
Giuseppe Ielasi
Armin Linke
Amedeo Martegani
Renato Rinaldi
Giovanna Silva
Elina Axioti
Giulia Bruno
Daniele Ansidei
Aristide Antonas
Antonia Dika
Laura Fiorio
Stefano Graziani
Franck Leibovici
Donato Ricci
25/10/2012
Desertmed
NGBK, Berlin
A project about 40 deserted islands of the Mediterranean in search of clues, impartially cataloguing information that can be interpreted in multiple ways. Works by Armin Linke, Renato Rinaldi, Giovanna Silva...
Desertmed is an interdisciplinary research project. The “blind spots” on the European map serve as its subject matter: approximately 300 uninhabited islands in the Mediterranean Sea.
A group of artists, architects, writers and theoreticians travelled to about 40 of the —often difficult to access— islands in search of clues, impartially cataloguing information that can be interpreted in multiple ways. The result is a pool of photographs, audio and video recordings, presented along with further artistic contributions. They examine the myriad ways in which the individual islands are used and - accordingly - their significant political, economic, and historical interrelationships.
Artists: Fabian Bechtle, Bik van der Pol, Leon Kahane, Deborah Ligorio, Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Luca Vitone and the Desertmed Collective: Giulia Di Lenarda, Giuseppe Ielasi, Armin Linke, Amedeo Martegani, Renato Rinaldi, Giovanna Silva with contributions by: Elina Axioti, Giulia Bruno, Daniele Ansidei, Aristide Antonas, Antonia Dika, Laura Fiorio, Stefano Graziani, Franck Leibovici, Donato Ricci
Project Group: Fabian Bechtle, Wilfried Kuehn, Armin Linke, Marina Sorbello, Antje Weitzel
Opening: 26 October, 19h
NGBK
Oranienstrasse 25, Berlin
Hours: Daily 12 - 19h
Thur- Sa 12 - 20 h
Free Admission