Berlin Artists
Karl
Heinz Jeron
Buffy
Klama
Karsten Krause
Ilona Ottenbreit
Mirko Tzotschew
Karl Heinz Jeron
9-5 is about the representation of the immaterial labour at an office.
It consists of an autonomous robot vehicle, a multilayered, in different
colours painted board and a network analyzer. The vehicle and the network
analyzer are equipped with a wireless device. The network analyzer collects
data from the local network and sends it to the vehicle. The transmitted
information is used for the choreography for the vehicle. While the vehicle
is moving it is scratching the surface with a spiky metal pin. Through
continuous scratching, a coloured drawing emerges as a mirror of the data
traffic in the local network. For this exhibition the data is collected
form the network at Jeron's studio in Berlin. You can rent the robot to
get a reperesentation of an 8 hour working day at your office. The robot
will work for the minimum wage in your area.
buffy klama (yk)
störfall / disruption , 2007/2008 series of photos taken in three sessions
at three different places in or near berlin
serie 1: teufelsberg / german for "devil´s mountain", berlin highest rubble mound (about 115 m) in the north of berlin´s grunewald forest
serie 2: liepnitzsee natural lake about 25 km to the northeast of berlin
serie 3: home -with wig / with wig (red edition) / without wig yk´s appartment, berlin - prenzlauer berg, district in east berlin
in these series yk takes pictures of herself holding the digital camera in her hand, moving it while at the same time she is performing. some of the photos also show a male person. in most of the pictures she is actress and director of photography at the same time. the way of acting, directing and producing is rather improvising than planning; loss of control and coincidence influence the pictures to reveal a bare image. most of the photos yk has taken without seeing the motive; the colours of the inkjetprints on photopaper (printed with an about 8 year old inkjetprinter) vary depending on the inklevel and therefore each edition is unique. a selection of about 50 inkjetprints on photopaper as well as 5 inkjetprints on canvas will be shown at the three planned group shows with hub international. yk rejects to give an exact plan how to arrange her works at the three different exhibitions. she will leave it to a particular person on the spot.
Karsten Krause
SEGMENTS - Karsten Krause creates complex little stories with wax crayons,
coloured pencils, oil paint and watercolour. In the foreground, stencil-like
objects contrast with negative shapes. The figures, cut from the surface,
have a three-dimensional perspective, i.e. a bright red reflective figure,
apparently falling through the picture, is not in free fall but held
in interaction with the surface of the image.
The essence of Karsten's pictures is the subversive element and shadowy figures, which demonstrate, by the alienated way in which they are presented, the potential for everyone's personal imagination.
Karsten Krause (*1968 in Berlin) studied art under Volker Stelzman at the UdK (Universität der Künste) . Since 1999 his pictures have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions as well as in public collections. In 2003 he founded "Schaltkreis Berlin", a group of artists which in June 2008 gave their name to a gallery in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Ilona Ottenbreit
For the painter and sculptress the innermost self of a person is shown
above all by the posture and positioning of a person within the wider
space. Inspired by the stage - particularly by dance and theatre - Ilona
Ottenbreit has been dealing with the concept of human space and the
way it is seen for many years. The artist depicts a virtual, three-dimensional
space, which is very often interlocking and reflecting, and her figures
- reduced in an abstract way to a minimum of lines and kept in a light-dark
contrast - are positioned right into it. It comes across as if the figures
sketched by her, were looking for some orientation and in doing so,
they seem to come to an interacting and independent existence. Whether
the outlines of these figures press sharply against the geometrical
shapes or if they find a soft way into the architectural lines - it
seems up to the figure itself to fight against the surrounding space
or to get in harmony with it. Ottenbreit gives to these figures, which
appear both characterless and graceful, an incredible appeal through
minimalistic presentation.
Ilona Ottenbreit (* 1972 Erbach/Odenwald) studied art and sculpture
at the UdK Berlin under Harro Jacob. Scholarships had taken her to Italy
and France. Since 2001 her work has been shown in numerous solo and
group exhibitions as well as in public collections.In 2006 she joined
a group of artists called "Schaltkreis Berlin", which in June 2008 gave
their name to gallery in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Mirko Tzotschew
t-Scape - This Project builds upon the previous project CityFragment
(see catalogue). About 600 pictures are taken from one and the same
scenery over the duration of 1-6h. The pictures are than cut into thin
slices and put together again, resulting in one picture that includes
all pictures taken. The immoveable objects appear as they appear in
every single picture. But with the movement that has taken place, it
is different. It appears as thin vertical line in the picture - constituting
some kind of barcode. This barcode of time, as I would call it, can
be seen as contemporary visualization of movement. It shows process,
rather than moment. Background: CityFragment dealt with the concept
of perception. The idea was, that since a glimpse takes about 1/250
second, a moment (in perceptual terms) would consist of several glimpses.
So, during a moment: things happen, change. There are also things not
interesting enough for the eye. Those things are simply cut out, or
not perceived by the eye/brain. CityFragment was the attempt to put
this into pictures. So, t-Scape can be seen as going yet a little bit
further, trying to put a process into a picture. But not in the manner
of a longtime exposure, where the process is invisible, but through
giving the process little cut outs in time and putting them together
again, having it appear as a barcode and as some kind of sulptural object
with a very abstract form. Thinking the whole project even a little
bit further, one can arrive at a very interesting conclusion:
t-Scape gives time a shape!