Falkenrot Prize 2020
Award Winners: Murshida Arzu Alpana / Dafni Barbageorgopoulou / Roland Boden / Angelika Boeck / Hubertus Giebe / Jens Hausmann / Kavata Mbiti / Tanja Ostojić / Heike Ruschmeyer / Manuela Sambo / Manuela Warstat What does the awarding of a prize signify? How is it possible to weigh up highly diverse artistic positions against […]
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Bystander Hong Kong 2019 8:09 min The work Bystander exists in two worlds – the one of film and the one of video games. Its fragmented story unfolds as a journey from a childhood trauma. The protagonist open-sources the healing process and finds a way to unravel her personal experiences and repressed memories by shifting […]
Emi Otaguro
Emi Otaguro sees similarities between the shape of a sleeping cat and the geographical outline of a mesa, a flat-top mountain, which is also the title of her exhibition. In her first solo show in Germany the artist is presenting drawings on paper napkins, relief-like paintings made out of chewing gum, and photographs of momentary […]
Hyelim Cha
In her paintings, videos and sculptures, Hyelim Cha shows non-linear and literary narratives consisting of several levels, which depict a wealth of information from contemporary media. The focus of her work is the individual as an independent being in the information society, as well as the relationship between community, society and the individual as conveyed […]
Talya Lubinsky
Talya Lubinsky’s work contemplates the material relationship between permanence and disintegration embodied in memorial sites and the landscapes of cemeteries. It is at these places where the ostensibly permanent comes into contact with the ephemerality of the disintegrating body. From this inherent tension the artist poses questions about loss and return, absence and presence. Research […]
Gülşin Ketenci
Starting from a decidedly feminist perspective, the Turkish photographer and video filmmaker Gülşin Ketenci develops her own special approaches to the subject matter in all stages of her production process. The main intention of her photographic narratives is to focus on the impact of women in all areas of society and to create public awareness […]
Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir
In her space-consuming installations and interventions, artist Anna Rún Tryggvadottir addresses the friction between the natural and the man-made. She questions the possibility of alternative narratives to the prevailing Western notion of human beings governing the natural world. Her works are haptic and textural, inspired by natural operative systems and our relationship with natural formations. […]
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Panspermia Germany/ The Netherlands 2019 2:57 min The experimental film conceived by the duo Pinar&Viola and realized by the artist Sofia Crespo uses the manifold possibilities to create new visual worlds by means of “machine learning”. The title refers to the scientific hypothesis that simple life forms travel on asteroids across the universe, for instance, […]
Che-Wei Chen
Che-Wei Chen’s recent practice has focused on the subjectivity of people with mental disorders and reflected upon the complexity of contemporary conditions. He explores the boundaries between reality and fiction through multiple perspectives within complex structures and narratives. His work not only reveals the repressed collective unconscious but also re-examines the power and political structures […]
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Serial Parallels Hong Kong & Germany 2019 9:00 min Serial Parallels is an experimental portrait of one of the most vertical cities in the world: Hong Kong. More than 9000 high-rise buildings divide up the valuable property of its densely populated coast today. In the 1950s it was necessary to accommodate refugees who fled communist […]