Nik Nowak
dal 9/4/2014 al 29/6/2014
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9/4/2014
Nik Nowak
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
The winning artist of GASAG Art Prize 2014 features the sound installation 'Echo', which he has developed for the Berlinische Galerie, actively involves visitors to the museum. It explores shifts in the meaning of private and public in an age when digital networking is all around us.
Nik Nowak (*1981 Mainz) has been awarded the GASAG Art Prize 2014.
The sound installation “Echo”, which he has developed for the Berlinische
Galerie, actively involves visitors to the museum. It explores shifts in the
meaning of private and public in an age when digital networking is all
around us. An artistic deployment of autonomous robot drones raises
questions about the implications of new technologies and the cross-overs
between day-to-day and military applications.
We are pleased to invite you to the press conference at April 9th 2014,
11 am at the Berlinische Galerie.
Speakers: Dr. Thomas Köhler, Director Berlinische Galerie, Birgit Jammes,
GASAG Corporate Communication, Guido Fassbender, Curator of the
exhibition. The artist Nik Nowak will be present.
Nik Nowak's projects investigate strategies for filling space acoustically.
At Berlinische Galerie he has continued his work with sound objects and
experimental compositions. The exhibition “Echo” shows drones, sound
systems, and a space in which there is simply no longer any echo. The
concept reflects his enduring interest in technology, but also in
performance, music, and the subversive connotations of sounds.
Autonomous mobile sound objects – so-called “Echo-Drones” — interact
with the exhibition visitors, recording their speech and playing it back in
different ways.
Nik Nowak studied at Berlin University of the Arts from 2002 to 2007,
taking part in Lothar Baumgarten’s master class. He curated the exhibition
„BOOSTER. Kunst, Sound und Maschine“ at Museum Marta Herford.
The GASAG Art Prize is being awarded in cooperation with Berlinische
Galerie for the third time. Every two years, the partners use this prize to
honour an artistic position at the interface between art, science and
technology. Previous winners were: Susanne Kriemann (2010) and Tue
Greenfort (2012).
Members of the jury GASAG Art Prize 2014: Dr. Elena Agudio, Association
of Neuroaesthetics, Dr. Eugen Blume, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für
Gegenwart, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Dr. Thomas Köhler, Berlinische
Galerie, Henrik Schrat, Künstler, Berlin, Dr. Heinz Stahlhut, Kunstmuseum
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10178 Berlin
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Birgit Jammes
GASAG Corporate
Communication
Fon +49 (0)30-7872-3042
Fax +49 (0)30-7872-3044
bjammes@gasag.de
Image: Nik Nowak, Panzer, 2011 © Foto: Nik Nowak
Susanne Kumar-Sinner
Head of Marketing and
Communications
Berlinische Galerie
Fon +49 (0)30-78902-829
Fax +49 (0)30-78902-730
kumar-sinner@berlinischegalerie.de
Opening: 10.04.2014, 7pm
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