Aram Bartholl – Blog

Although this is not a typical virtual-real translation it has a lot to it. It is more likely an underground-mainstream translation made up by some REAL SMART marketing people. I don’t want to know how much more it costs to produce a fake beer crate counter instead of just stacking beer crates. But I like these kind of fakes in everyday life.

Watch out for the hidden trojan Coke attack!
Uuaahhh!!!
;-)

On my way to the DIY store I stumbled upon Dieter Lutsch’s foam pieces at VLASAK a small nice new gallery in Berlin Wedding.
Nnice! Hmm… how about a foam piece in much bigger scale? … ah there are some proposals in his portfolio.

Booster
2008

Wasser, Spülmittelkonzentrat, Teichbelüfter, Plastikflaschen,
Plastikrohr, Glasplatte, PVC-Schlauch
70 cm x 230 cm

(Borsigstr. Berlin)

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin also known as Stabi is a very popular library in Berlin where students and PhD candidates like to work in.
I am not sure what Hans Scharoun would think of this virus which took over Stabi. Temporary tubes and ventilation shafts are climbing the facade and penetrating the surface in almost Centre Pompidou style.

Nice piece!

The Landreform carousel yesterday was great fun. In the beginning the fire was really big and we thought for a moment the event might end up in SUPERFLEX style. ;-)
Best piece I’ve seen so far at BB5.

Some more pics on trendbeheer.com through comments by kolonel. Thx!

LANDREFORM Carousel
by Matthias Einhoff, Philip Horst, Markus Lohmann, Harry Sachs, Daniel Seiple

www.skulpturenpark.org/
www.berlinbienniale.de

Landreform from Aram Bartholl on Vimeo.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

I just finished the documentation for my latest project “Friends” which has been premiered at Futuresonic 2008 a month ago. It was a lot of fun and it came out really well. Friends will be shown again during Futuresonic-Leeds and Futuresonic-London sometime 2008/2009. Don’t miss to become part of the Friends network. ;-)

link – Friends project page.

Credits:
– Thanks to Veronika Becker and Holger Lindmüller for advice, design and production assistance during preparation phase in Berlin.
– Thanks to Kit Turner (Futuresonic art production assistance) and Ben Harding (Futuresonic tech. and exhibition architecture) for the production in Manchester.
– Thanks to my exellent Friends workshop assistance Charlotte Barnes and to the volunteers: Josephine, Dan, Sofia, Maya … among others.
– Thanks to the whole Futuresonic 2008 team for support!

Another car piece by the artist group SUPERFLEX.
I like their works a lot. The Burning Car is quite symbolic for rising the oil price and the hungry 3rd world. And it fits very well to Berlin. Since some years a group of left radical burn cars in the street regularly.

hehe, looking forward to take a ride in this carousel tomorrow …

LANDREFORM Carousel
Matthias Einhoff, Philip Horst, Markus Lohmann, Harry Sachs, Daniel Seiple

June 10, 2008 at 8 PM as part of 5th berlin biennial

In 1918, Irving Berlin penned the patriotic, “God Bless America”. Twenty two years later and considering Berlin’s lyrics unrealistic and complacent, Woody Guthrie wrote his own American anthem, “This Land Is Your Land”. The song celebrated the country’s land while protesting its class inequality. Now, 68 years later, we would like to bring this song in a roundabout route to this Berlin.

Eight BMWs, the sponsor of the bb05, drive in a slow perfect circle on one of the lots of Skulpturenpark. “This Land Is Your Land” plays on their radios. From outside, the song is heard as a melodic and muffled chorus. The circling cars create an image recalling a shiny auto display, a western wagon train, or an amusement carousel. Every few rounds the cars stop to pick-up and drop-off anyone who wants to go on its circular ride.

In Landreform, the banality of economic determinism drives in a circle around itself upon a ground which will soon be developed with luxury condos and office buildings. People are asked to join the ride. As sung by Guthrie, the land of Skulpturenpark is made for you and me.

www.skulpturenpark.org/
www.berlinbienniale.de

3Minutes from Steffen Kasperavicius on Vimeo.

Steffen Kasperavicius counts three times 60 seconds layered in one movie. Nice vid!
Thanks for the invitation to Halle Burg Giebichenstein / Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Steffen!