Noy & Tamir
The stark contrast between living in Israel’s violent, war-torn environment and Kreuzberg’s peaceful daily life inspired Noy and Tamir’s exhibition “Gebr. Israel,” created during their first month of residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien (KB). The exhibition is a homage to the “Lichtfabrik,” a former Jewish-owned lamp factory that now houses KB. Founded by brothers Leo and […]
Yang Jie
Sound, space, movement and time – Singaporean sculptor Yang Jie takes us back to the elemental aspects of awareness, and in doing so encourages us to reflect on the seemingly mundane world of everyday objects. Coming from a background in mechanical engineering, Yang Jie uses his technical skills to investigate and emphasize the ways in […]
Sounds of Bethany
In 2024, Künstlerhaus Bethanien is celebrating its 50-year anniversary. It has always been a place of experimentation and innovation, and artists who work with sound have been among its guests from the very beginning. Its program has always been shaped by public exhibitions, concerts, performances, and discussion-based events. Guests working in the studios as part […]
Ulu Braun
For years, Ulu Braun has been developing contemporary landscape imagery in the form of exuberant video collages, which the artist himself refers to as ‘video paintings’. Paintings from different eras, 2D and 3D animations, videos, GIF loops and clip art come together. As diverse as the original contexts are, the perspectives and boundaries of the […]
From the Archive
Künstlerhaus Bethanien has a large archive of various time-based media such as video, film, sound recordings, as well as television and radio programmes. In the programme ‘Aus dem Archiv / From the Archive’ on the occasion of the 50th anniversary, parts of it will be made accessible to the public for the first time. This […]
Nejat A.
Remnants are treasure coves. Bits of the past that might suggest how our future could unfold, influencing the importance we place on them. In painting remainders of coffee cups, Nejat A. highlights how his practice of telling fortune means both luck and wealth. Unlike other popular forms of forecasting that require an ornate deck of […]
Del LaGrace Volcano
Since the invention of the medium in 1839, photography has not only depicted people; it has also significantly influenced their position in society and politics due to the way that photography visually categorizes people based on their physical characteristics, behavior, and clothing. By marking constructed gender roles, it also became a medium of stigmatization and […]
Alfa Birute & Bunny Vellocet
Horror movies have always been a sanctuary for the deviants. The monsters that would scare the normative bourgeois society away and force the spectators to flinch, squeak and avert their gaze, were a source of inspiration for the outcasts. The extreme body transformations, the dark humour and the overexaggerated surreal and often very violent situations, […]
Cem A.
Cem A. is an artist with a background in anthropology. He is known for running the art meme page @freeze_magazine and for his site-specific installations. His work explores topics such as survival and alienation in the art world, often through a hyper-reflexive lens and collaborative projects. Cem A.’s selected solo exhibitions and installations include Louisiana […]
Ingo Gerken
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Ingo Gerken draws a personal essence from the shelves of the library housed here and combines a selection of publications that have become historical with objects currently found on site. The free forces on the scale of reference and value start to shift through […]