Preview Berlin
dal 28/10/2008 al 1/11/2008
Segnalato da
28/10/2008
Preview Berlin
Berlin Tempelhof Airport, Berlin
The emerging art fair was launched in 2005 based on an initiative from three Berlin gallery owners. Admission is through a committee which draws on recommendations from a broad network of gallery owners, curators and art specialists. For this edition, 57 selected up-and-coming galleries from 13 countries will present international and emerging newcomers. Preview Berlin wants to draw attention to new developments in Berlin's art scene and other hotbeds of artistic production in Europe and the rest of the world by offering various formats: a curated Video Art Program, The Blue Room Series, The Performance Art Day.
The Emerging Art Fair was launched in 2005 based on an initiative from three Berlin gallery owners: Kristian Jarmuschek (Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner), Tobias Kuttner (KUTTNER SIEBERT), Rüdiger Lange (loop – raum für aktuelle kunst) and the artist Ralf Schmitt (MyVisit formerly Förderkoje®). The aim of the organisers is to present ambitious, young art, still in its early stage, on the international art scene. In 2007, 12,000 enthusiastic visitors came to Preview Berlin. This year, the fair will, for the second time, take place in a former hangar at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport where a total area of more than 4,200 m² will be the impressive stage for an exciting exhibition of art. Preview Berlin will run concurrently with Art Forum Berlin.
Preview Berlin – The Emerging Art Fair is the Berlin-based platform for a young generation of national and international galleries and project spaces. Admission is through a committee which draws on recommendations from a broad network of gallery owners, curators and art specialists. The primary focus of the fair is on emerging artists.
Preview Berlin wants to draw attention to new developments in Berlin’s art scene and other hotbeds of artistic production in Europe and the rest of the world by offering various formats:
The curated Video Art Program, a successful format of Preview Berlin for showing young time-based art works, will be presented in a newly designed Video Box.
The Blue Room Series will annually invite young, Berlin-based curators and artists to create an installation for a blue-painted room at the gallery of Hangar2.
The Performance Art Day, as a platform for young performance artists based in Berlin, invites selected performance artists to conceive, exclusively for Preview Berlin, site-specific performances.
The Emerging Art Fair presents a new side programme:
The Blue Room Series invites young Berlin-based curators to
develop, together with an up-and-coming artist, a room
installation especially for Preview Berlin. This year, curator Lotte
Møller has chosen the Danish artist Søren Lose (1972). The
conception of Loses sculpture relates to his ongoing research on
historic symbols in urban spaces, and addresses the change of
meaning of the representational functions of Tempelhof Airport.
The installation of the Blue Room Series has been made possible by the generous support of
Taekker Immobilienverwaltung GmbH and Künstlerhaus Bethanien. The lighting concept has been
made by Erco Leuchten GmbH.
On October 30, the Performance Art Day will feature object
presentations, durational performances, video performances and
story-telling by international Berlin-based artists. Florian Feigl, a
Berlin performance artist, curator and member of Berlin’s
"Performer Stammtisch", will Performance Art Day. Performance
Art Day will end with an open panel discussion on October 30 at
6 pm in the Preview Berlin Lounge.
The Preview Berlin – Video Art Programme will present the
latest international video art. As first programme a selection of
video works made up of contributions from the galleries
participating in Preview Berlin will be shown. As second part,
the Video Art Programme will feature works by Berlin artists.
Curator Sabine Schütze is responsible for both programmes.
Preview Berlin – The Emerging Art Fair focuses on fashion. In collaboration with
WOUND, the emerging magazine for fashion, art, music and architecture from
London, the French shooting star, Romain Kremer, has designed a T-Shirt
exclusively for Preview Berlin staff. The T-shirt will be produced in a limited edition
and sold exclusively at Preview Berlin until November 2. On Thursday, October 30
the official Preview Berlin and WOUND “Talent Scout” party will take place at
11pm in the “Roter Salon” at Volksbühne, featuring Feral (Caron Geary), Angie
Reed and Cobra Killer.
The Preview Berlin Team will be outfitted by the Danish label Mads Nørgaard.
With the generous support of Toyota Deutschland GmbH there
will be a free Toyota Prius Hybrid Shuttle between Preview
Berlin and Art Forum at 15-minute intervals as well as daily
public guided tours at 3 and 5pm. On Sunday, November 2, 2
- 5pm, Preview Berlin will offer a special art programme for
children aged between 6 and 13 years.
Preview Berlin – The Emerging Art Fair was launched in 2005 based on an
initiative by Berlin gallery owners: Kristian Jarmuschek (Galerie Jarmuschek und
Partner), Tobias Kuttner (KUTTNER SIEBERT), Rüdiger Lange (loop – raum für
aktuelle kunst) and the artist Ralf Schmitt (MyVisit formerly Förderkoje®). The
organisers objective is to present ambitious, young art, still in its early stage, to the
international art scene.
Special Events:
Press Preview, Wednesday, October 29, 1pm
Professional Preview, Wednesday, October 29, 2-6pm (by invitation only)
Opening reception, Wednesday October 29, 6-10pm (free entrance)
Performance Art Day, Thursday, October 30, round table with the “Performer
Stammtisch” at 6pm (open to public)
Preview Berlin Young Collector´s Dinner Reception hosted by bulthaup, Saturday,
November 1, 8pm (by invitation only)
Berlin Tempelhof Airport
Columbiadamm 10 - Hangar2 - Berlin
Opening hours: daily, 1-8pm; Video Art Box and Blue Room are open daily 1-8pm; Guided tours by art:berlin, daily 3 and 5 pm.
Tickets: Day Pass 10 euro, Students and Kids 6 euro; Catalogue: 10 euro