8th September. ‘Local Encounters #3: Uqbar’ at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.

The name “uqbar” was taken from a novel by the writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). In Borges’ novel the word “uqbar” is an entry in a fictitious encyclopaedia. The word is a construct, a letter combination without meaning, used by the author in order to show how knowledge and meaning are constructed. The problem of the constitution of meaning, signification and interpretation is central to the discussion around the term of the representation. Representation in the broadest sense means a switching procedure, which functions through references and replacement, and is an integral component of each art form. The association aims at promoting contemporary art and culture, above all implementing, supporting and hosting projects, which dedicate themselves to the research and promotion of experimental, interdisciplinary artistic and cultural practices in the international context.

http://projectspace.uqbar-ev.de

‘Local Encounters’ at Bethanien Künstlerhaus.

This program aims at introducing to you a series of local projects, with a recognized trajectory and fully engaged in the local scene. The agents invited to present their projects are key practitioners to enter in contact with the diversity of the art spheres in Berlin. The objective of these encounters is twofolded: On the one hand, they will facilitate a deeper knowledge of the cultural infrastructure of the city; on the other hand, they will provide the chance of a series of meetings in an informal atmosphere that might facilitate long time contacts.

  17th August. ‘The Domestic as a Model for Institutions’ talk at Nottingham Contemporary

6.30-8.30pm

Free. The Project Space
Nottingham Contemporary

Artist and curator Lorenzo Sandoval explores possibilities of spatial arrangement in art institutions, focusing on the potential of domestic spaces as sites for formal and informal encounters.

Lorenzo Sandoval works in the crossing points of artistic practice, curatorial processes and spatial design. He holds a B.F.A and a Masters in Photography, Art and Technology from the UPV, (Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia). Sandoval has attended international residencies in Berlin, (GlogauAIR), Portugal (Vila Nova) and in Nairobi, (Kuona Trust Studio). He was production manager of the EACC, (Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló) and is one of the founding members of the independent space. His ongoing project ´Mutant Matters´, produced together with the architect collective S.T.I.F.F., was commissioned by Savvy Contemporary (Berlin) and also presented at Ar / Ge Kunst (Bolzano). Sandoval publishes with Broken Dimanche Press. More: http://www.lorenzosandoval.net/

  April 26th. ‘Local Encounters #2: Horse & Pony Fine Arts’ at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.

Founded by artists Carrick Bell and Michael Rocco Ruglio-Misurell in 2013, HORSEANDPONY Fine Arts is an artist-run space with the aim of providing artists, curators, and other project spaces the opportunity to extend or act outside of their existing practices.

http://horseandponyfinearts.com

‘Local Encounters’ at Bethanien Künstlerhaus.

This program aims at introducing a series of local projects, with a recognized trajectory and fully engaged in the local scene. The agents invited to present their projects are key practitioners to enter in contact with the diversity of the art spheres in Berlin. The objective of these encounters is twofolded: On the one hand, they will facilitate a deeper knowledge of the cultural infrastructure of the city; on the other hand, they will provide the chance of a series of meetings in an informal atmosphere that might facilitate long time contacts.

  August 5th. Presenting TIER in ‘Encounters’, as part of Transart Triennale Berlin.

‘Encounters’ is an afternoon of conversations about how we live, work and think in the space between the no longer and the not yet.

9 guests
50 artists

15:00 – 16:30
Each guest will have 9 mins to talk about aspects of their practice in response to the Transart Triennale theme, “The Imperceptible Self”.

16:30 – 17:00
Break & Sign up

17:00- 18:45
Artists sign up to have 9 min long conversations with a guest of their choice.
Artists can sign up for conversations with two different guests.
Each guest meets with 9 artists.

Guests:
Julieta Aranda
Sonia Barrett
Lou Cantor
Jean-Ulrick Desert
Elise Lammer
Nora Mayr
Morgan O’Hara
Ece Pazarbasi
Lorenzo Sandoval

TRANSART TRIENNALE BERLIN

AUGUST 5-7, 2016

UFERSTUDIOS, BADSTRASSE 41A (GATE 1) BERLIN