Falkenrot Prize 2018
The Falkenrot Prize was initiated in 2005 and is being presented for the twelfth time this year. The prize winner in 2018 is artist JANA GUNSTHEIMER (*1974), who lives in Jena. Jana Gunstheimer’s artistic practice exploits our world as an endless reservoir of undiscovered possibilities, tracking down its hidden and mysterious aspects. In her works […]
Ahmed Ghoneimy
The work of filmmaker Ahmed Ghoneimy engages with the multifarious forms of human interaction and the resultant dependencies and tension and is set against the backdrop of Egypt’s firmly established, traditional patriarchy. Ghoneimy’s presentation at Künstlerhaus Bethanien includes video loops, each projected on a screen. In quiet, haunting images, the films investigate rituals and behaviours. […]
Min Kyung Kam
Min Kyung Kam attempts with her works to evaluate her own role as a subject in the context of society and time. Basing her artistic process on hand-written letters, old books or photos of unknown individuals, she poses the question of human existence and the omnipresent aspect of time. The exhibition title a memory without […]
Tomoko Kawai
Tomoko Kawai’s exhibition On the Origin of Springs is a thoroughly elaborated concept, that invites the visitor to trace perception strings, follow thoughts and discover connecting axes of rhythm and forms of life through photography, film and installation, always including movement and the body itself as a tool of under- standing. Kawai’s multi-layered approach displays connecting […]
Ryu Biho
In his filmic works Ryu Biho explores human emotions such as mourning, suffering, despair and empathy, evolving from personal and political conflicts or ideological confrontations. For Ryu, the starting point for Letter from the Netherworld – the title refers to the ancient myth of Orpheus’ ultimately tragic journey into the netherworld – was the image […]
Tracey Snelling
Tracey Snelling’s artistic practice is based on a profound interest in sociological, psychological and geographical occurrences. For her show – the title is a reference to the song by Leonard Cohen – various forms of her signature small-scaled room and house sculptures will be displayed, while presenting two life-sized spatial installations at the exhibition’s centre. […]
Window Display
Persian Pickles USA 2012 2:50 min Persian Pickles is a stroboscopic study of paisley patterns. This abstract, teardrop-shaped ornament originated from Persian weavings and became popular in the West, with appearances in Irish quilting in the 18th century and later as a symbol of American as well as British Counterculture. Jodie Mack’s anti-animation captured on […]
Window Display
The Shape of Indoor Space USA 2017 Video loop The video loop by Peter Burr shows a labyrinth of high-contrast patterns of an urban indoor space, which could easily be extended over the edges of the screen into a complete cityscape. In its constant shifting of architectural entities and human cadence the work looks like […]
Wu Chi-Tsung
In his early works Wu Chi-Tsung utilized media art to discuss the fundamentals of the creation of images and seeing. More recently, he expanded his research, traversing through the domains of culture and art from East to West and integrating traditional aesthetics and contemporary artistic concepts. Far from East starts out from the work Crystal […]
New Black Romanticism
Greta Alfaro / Alexandra Baumgartner / Berthold Bock / Roland Boden / Sven Drühl / Martin Eder / Axel Geis / Anders Grønlien / Bertram Hasenauer / Susann Maria Hempel / Gregor Hildebrandt / Tommy Høvik / Lisa Junghanß / Krištof Kintera / Andrey Klassen / Michael Kunze / William Lamson / Bill Morrison / […]