Aram Bartholl – Blog

SOCIALLY ACTIVE
An exhibition of interactive artworks exploring contemporary sociality

24 April – 30 May 2009

Artists:
Aram Bartholl, Cao Fei, Rafael Lozano‐Hemmer, Paul Notzold, Thomson and Craighead

Curated by:
Rachael Baum, Vivian So Hyun Choi, Helena Copsey, Sue‐Na Gay, Grace Zihua Lu, Sara Taylor

UNIVERSITY GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX,
WIVENHOE PARK, COLCHESTER, CO4 3SQ

www.sociallyactive.org.uk
(seams not to be up yet)

There are just too many advertisement speech bubbles around …

The photographer Aleksander Prugar whom I met at inSPIRACJE last week has a very nice picture collection of the giant ad phenomenon. This is my favorite one. Good job Aleks!
Hey architects, there is no need for facade design anymore ….

Since @misspirata–Famo–Jerry released the “Kopyfamo” project I truely feel super VIP. Try it yourself, just upload your pictures, chose a watermark and you’ll feel super famous. It’s great!

‘Ahem , btw, my manager told me to stop interviews, blogging and twitter. He’s working with the PR guy on a relaunch of my image. I might not talk to you any more at the next opening, sorry! …. Ah, ok the limo is waiting, I have to go, will have a coffe with Brad, see you around ….’ [takes his prada jacket to answer the VERTU and walks away]
;-)

This is a new piece which has been sitting around in different versions for a while and which I am releasing here finally. More pictures and description on the projectpage http://www.datenform.de/oneng.html

On from Aram Bartholl on Vimeo.

Remeber this post? Check all my friends ;-) which came to the preview show at cafe MÖRDER.

inSPIRACJE festival in Szczecin, Poland (just 150 km from Berlin) was great fun. On its 5th edition the festival showed work of more than 65 artists in over 20 venues in the city. I am please to show the “Map” installation which marks out the center of the city at Pl. Żołnierza Polskiego. It’ll stay there for 3 months in public so the people of Szczecin will find their way ;-) . The piece came out very well and the team of inSPIRACJE did a great job on it.

Thx a lot to Joanna Trela, international coordination!
Thx a lot to Rafał Roguszka for production coordination!
Thx a lot to to Bartek Kalejta and the rest of the logistic team, which did a great job!
Thx a lot to the whole inSPIRACJE team to make this possible!!!
and thx for the great hospitality!

All pics on flickr.

[update! ups, sorry that show is at Gentili italy and not in the Berlin gallery, sorry!]

JODI has an upcoming solo show “G33 CON” at Project Gentili (great space in Charlottenburg) Berlin. See you at the opening!

I wish more every day life devices like this sewing machine had USB ports. I had a very good time at the fablab Amsterdam today. Thx Alex!

(Found in Szczecin, Pl)

(Facade collage by unknown shop owner. Althoug I am already again in Rotterdam there will be a couple more pics of Szczecin, Pl)