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¬ UNDABDIEPOST2002 - Fünftes Festival der neuen Kunst UNDABDIEPOST2002 - Fifth Festival of Contemporary Art ¬ insideout 15.09.09.15. - - 20.10.2002 10.20.2002 BunkerBunker an in der the Reinhardtstraße Reinhardtstraße Berlin-MitteBerlin-Mitte The Bunker Reinhardtstraße, corner of Albrechtstraße built 1942 Contents Press Announcement List of Artists and Curators Location Organiser Partners Artists Curators Imprint Press Announcement Art and locality - symbiosis or confrontation? The festival confronts dynamism and stability at a historic location, the above- ground bunker in the Reinhardtstraße, Berlin-Mitte. Originally constructed as a reaction to military helplessness, the bunker today signifies for us nothing beyond its own dominant presence, the hulking, weighty nature of the building challenging the artists to invest its innards with a softening vitality. INSIDEOUT is conceived with the intention of bringing Berlin art face to face with artistic positions of other cities; the festival draws exemplary impulses from the important centres Prague, Berlin and New York. INSIDEOUT is the first step towards transformation of the bunker into an exhibition space for new art in an international context. Our goal is to recuperate these unusual rooms for a continual programme of activities. Owners of the building Nippon Development Corporation will after closure of the exhibition begin a complete restoration and conversion of the building. More detailed information can be found appended to this press release. INSIDEOUT Opening 09.14.2002 Duration 09.15.2002 – 10.20.2002 Opening Times Sunday - Thursday, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm Friday - Saturday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Admission 4, - EUR, on mondays 2, - EUR Location The bunker in the Reinhardtstraße, Berlin-Mitte Curators Johann Nowak (Berlin), Simona Mehnert (Prague), Eva Scharrer (New York) Organiser aktions galerie e. V., Auguststraße 21, 10117 Berlin Honorary Chairman Dr. Boris Lazar, Ambassador of the Czech Republic Joachim Zeller, Mayor of the District of Berlin-Mitte Thomas Roth, chairman of the "ARD-Hauptstadtstudio" Press Agent Sylke Bluhm Tel. +49-30-24 08 47 88 Mobile +49-179-3 87 40 44 Fax +49-30-24 08 47 89 [email protected] In co-operation with the Embassy of the United States of America and the Embassy of the Czech Republik. Artists and Curators Berlin John, Franz ( Germany ) video installation Orimoto,Tatsumi ( Japan) photography Schieferstein, Iris ( Germany ) flesh sculptures Shahroudi, Farkhondeh ( Iran ) installation Shibata, Jun ( Japan ) installation Vassileva, Mariana ( Bulgaria ) outdoor installation NewYork Anastas, Ayreen ( Palestine ) video installation Fast, Omer ( Israel ) video installation Gabri, Rene ( Iran ) interactive sound installation Menick, John ( USA ) video installation Rakowitz, Michael ( USA ) interactive installation Robinson, Nadine ( UK ) paintings, sound Prague Bornová, Erika ( Czech Republic ) styrofoam sculptures Bromová,Veronika ( Czech Republic ) video installation Kintera, Krištof ( Czech Republic ) photography Preslová, Míla ( Czech Republic ) photography Silver ( Czech Republic ) video installation Šimlová, Štepánka ( Czech Republic ) photography Curators Mehnert, Simona ( Prague ) Nowak, Johann ( Berlin ) Scharrer, Eva ( NewYork) The Location INSIDEOUT opens up a bunker The building which will host the festival, the above-ground bunker as a centre for contemporary art. in the Reinhardtstraße, has survived to the present day wholly intact. Constructed as part of the "Führer's special programme" under the direction of Albert Speer at the beginning of the 1940's, the structure served during the Second World War as protection against air raids. The legendary Berlin techno club "Bunker" occupied the building between 1990 and 1995. Closed by the authorities in December 1995, it will now once again be open to the public as an exhibtion space for contemporary art. The current owner Nippon Development Corporation is determined in the longer term to convert the bunker into a venue for culture. The Organiser The aktions galerie as a The aktions galerie was founded in 1994 to initiate and support forum for new art. artistic and cultural work. Since then the gallery has been holding exhibitions at monthly intervals; it has also presented a great many performances, music, dance and film events. In 1999 the amount of available exhibition space was increased through the addition of two additional galleries focussing on Asian and eastern European art. The aktions galerie has from its inception provided a forum for young artists. In the context of its many co-operative ventures with other organisations, international projects have been a particular area of emphasis. Since June of 2001 the organisation has been headquartered at 20/21 Auguststraße where it runs the Galerie DNA. As a follow-up to a 1996 invitation of the Goethe Institute in Luxemburg, the aktions galerie organised Berlin's first two-week UNDABDIEPOST festival in February of 1997.This initial show was able to attract more than 15,000 guests in 10 days. Subsequent festivals reached international dimensions with a steady rise to a level of more than 30,000 visitors. In November of 2000, the aktions galerie showed UNDABDIEPOST upon invitation of the Goethe Institute at Hong Kong's Festival of Visions. Partners and Patrons Partners of the aktions galerie for the INSIDEOUT festival are the Embassy of the United States of America in Germany, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Germany, the Kulturamt Mitte in Berlin and the Förderband e.V.. INSIDEOUT benefits from the assistance of the Amerikahaus in Berlin, the Tschechische Zentrum in Berlin and the Förderband e.V.. Franz John video installation Franz John was born in 1960 in Marktleugast, which is near Bayreuth. He has been resident in Berlin since 1980. From 1978 until 1980 he studied visual communication in Würzburg. Since 1981 he has been working in camera-less photography, and "new" and old media, at the interface between human and mechanical perception. He considers machines and their sensors to be part of an evolutionary process that is extending perception, but which at the same time is subject to quite human mistakes and failings. Solo Exhibitions (selection) 2001 Art Studio, Kunstmuseum Skopje Vous sortez du Secteur, Kunstverein Köln RE Grenzpassagen, Kunstverein Frankfurt/O. 2000 Schüppenhauer, Cologne interzone, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin 1998Military Eyes , Goethe Institut,Warsaw Transmediale,Podewil, Berlin Military Eyes, GalerieWolf, Berlin Group Exhibitions (selection) 2001 Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus/Ohio European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück Art Santa Fe, Galerie Schüppenhauer, USA Galeria Nova, Bucharest 2000Die Erde ist eine Scheibe , Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne Art Frankfurt, Galerie Schüppenhauer 1999 Artline Borken,Europe Insight , internet project with six European cities (concept) Paintings Now, Galerie Schüppenhauer He considers machines and their sensors to be part of an evolutionary process that is extending perception, but which at the same time is subject to quite human mistakes and failings. Tatsumi Orimoto photography The artistTatsumi Orimoto presents us with unrestricted candour the point of view of a man who is at once a son and an artist. Tatsumi Orimoto was born in Kawasaki City, 1946. He lives and works in his hometown. 1969 Study at the Institute of Art, California 1971 Move to Soho/ NewYork 1972 Assistant of Nam Jun Paik, in connection with the Fluxus movement 1977 Return to Japan Solo Exhibitions (selection) 2001 DNA Galerie, Berlin 2000 Hara Museum,Tokyo FotogalerieVienna Kunstihoone Gallerii,Tallinn Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig 1999 aktions galerie, Berlin Art Space Niji, Kyoto Group Exhibitions (selection) 2002 Biennale, Sao Paulo 2001 Triennale,Yokohama Biennale,Venice 1994 Performance Festival, S.F.Georghe 1992 Museum CityTenjin,Fukuoka 1991 Biennale, Sao Paulo 1989 P.S.I. Museum, NewYork 1988 Biennale, Sydney Iris Schieferstein flesh sculptures Iris Schieferstein was born in 1966 in Lich. She studied sculpture at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. Exhibitions (selection) 2002life can be so nice , DNA Galerie, Berlin 2000Davon geht die Welt nicht unter, Kunstfestival ...UNDABDIEPOST!, Berlin 1999Der Schwund, Galerie M.A.M.Ü., Budapest 1997ModernerWolpertinger, Galerie Sinomat, Berlin 1996 Galerie Atelier 27, Vienna 1995 aktions galerie, Berlin BerlinerVerlag Since the beginning of the 1990’s, Iris Schieferstein has been constructing organic sculptures from the bodies of dead animals, sewing them into new shapes which are then suspended in formaldehyde. The work elicits a charged reflection upon the nature of the relationship between Man and Animal. Farkhondeh Shahroudi installation Farkhondeh Shahroudi was born in 1962 in Teheran. From 1985 until 1990 she studied painting at the University of the Arts in Teheran. Following immigration to Germany in 1990 she studied at the Dortmund Schule für Kunst und Design in 1993. Solo Exhibitions (selection) 1999 Atelier Rolf Glasmeier, Gelsenkirchen 1998 Museum am Ostwall, Studio, Dortmund Galerie TZR, Bochum Group Exhibitions (selection) 2001 Große Kunstausstellung, Düsseldorf 2000Continental shift, Stadts Galerie Heerlen, Niederlande Große Kunstausstellung, Düsseldorf 1999 Große Kunstausstellung, Düsseldorf Jun Shibata installation Jun Shibata was born in Japan in 1973. He completed his studies at the Nihon Uni College of Art in 1997 and the Hochschule der Künste (Berlin) in 2002. He has been