Description
The exhibition invites 210 Berlin-based artists to come into an empty gallery space and their presence becomes part of the work. It aims to go beyond the usual bound that separates the artist and the performer from the public, and invite the public to participate in the artist’s experience and to the artist’s point of view.
As a response to Institut für Alles Mögliche, Take Place I fills the 20 square meter gallery space with artists. Presented through the window wall towards the street, the work consists of live encounters between people, while the material is the artists or the artists’ presence. During the opening hours, street passengers and visitors are welcome to come into the gallery. Once they enter the gallery, the audiences become parts of the work. With artists standing, sitting and chatting in the space, the work erases the difference between the artists and visitors, and questions the general expectations towards an exhibition. It exists as a performance, an interaction, and an immaterial experience.
In Take Place II, a group of artists sit on three rows of stadium seats inside the gallery facing the window, and stare at the street through the entire opening hours. Rather than being observed, the work is observing whatever is happening outside the gallery and creating an unfamiliar situation for both the artists and the viewers. And the work itself is held in the moments of these encounters. Through these encounters, the work challenges the viewers’ as well as the artists’ roles and participations in a work and in an exhibition, blurring the lines between the making, presenting, and experiencing of an art piece.
Opening, 11 December 2019 19:00-21:00 Thursday, 12 December 2019 12:00-18:00 – Take Place I Friday, 13 December 2019 12:00-18:00 – Take Place I Saturday, 14 December 2019 12:00-18:00 – Take Place II Sunday, 15 December 2019 12:00-18:00 – Take Place II
Project Director: Ming Lu Graphic Design: Olya Bychkova
Participating artists
Abdulsalam Ajaj Adrian Mcintosh Alexander Kokx Alina Kharchik All Black Series Alungoo Nyamsuren Amanda Cavalcanti Lima Amelia Emma Forrest Amuleto Manuela Anastasiia Belousova Andreea Cioran Andreea Hriscu Andy Berry Angela Arsinkey Anitra Bohman-Penttinen Anna Barth Anna Benner Anna Diricheva Anne Oster Anneliese Greve Anto Marinov Archan Nair Astra Pentaxia Aurora Del Rio Bel Resnik Boris Eldagsen Carmen Mach Caspar de Gelmini Catherine MaVa Cau Silva Célia Mh Celia Weng Ian Loi Christian David Aragon Christian Niccoli Christina Themeli Christopher Sage Ciara-Angela Engelhardt Cihangir Guemuestuerkmen Crisalide D'aria Crista Siglin Cristina Maria Daiane Domingues Daiane Rafaela Daniel Schaal Daniela Maria Geraci Danielle Benvenuto Daria Belous David Voigt Despoina Filippidou Dimitra Thomaidou DoroTa K. Samborski Dragos Hioara Ebele OKoye Elif Okay Elisa Jule Braun Elisa Duca Elisa Vidalis Elly Kahn Eric Alonzo Eva Maria Kaack Evgenia Chetvertkova Fabifa Faranak Zaboli Felix Pensel Flavius Augustin Francesca Melotti Friederike Ruff Gabija Razanskaite Gabriela Matuszewska Gabriella Forzelius Gawie Joubert Gene Kittchen Genesis Victoria Giulia Valenti Giulia Bertoni Golden Diskó Ship Greg Kappes Hadas Amster Hans Zatocil Horia Savescu Hyejin Lee Iana Gorokhova Irma van Doornmalen Iro Karavela Ishay Yankovich Ivan Paniotov Ivana Jecmenica IZZY AMUW James Patock Jane Hwang Jannis Eggelsmann Jb.Lyonga Jenny Dam Jessica Roes Jie-Liang Lin Jimmie James Joanna Chwiłkowska Joanna Kawicka Julija Kaulinytė Kaistheguy Karin Knutsson Karmen Kraft Katarzyna Mazur Kate Leismer Kelsey Linder Kika Jonsson Kimberly Meenan Kinna Larsen La Le Laura Baader Laurence Alatrash Lei Tzeshi Lena Haberberger Leslie Atkins Liat Peled Linda Paganelli Linda Schäffler Lukas Hanus Lyndsey Walsh Machig de Valence Machito Timotheo José Sánchez Malavasi Samanta Manzur Kargar Marcel Schwittlick Marcus Ahlers Marina Aizome Maria Dava Maria Leibnitz Marianna Vesku Marina Belikova Markella Davu Markusen Mathias Roloff Melody Sky Ban Mia Stark Micaela Dans Min Kim Miriam Glinka Mirthe van Popering Mohamed Farahat Mojca Hadela Myao Natalia Irina Roman Natalya Gimson Nathalie Poets Neïtah Janzing Nicol Rivera Niklas Soestmeyer Niko Mitsuko Nora Novak Nose of Wax Nusha Shishi Olena Maximow Olya Bychkova Oumou Nasri Pamela Moraga Mellado Pavel Fernandez Pawel Jankiewicz Peppy Cheng Philipp Kay Pierluigi Muscolino Rebeca Domiciano Rhea Ramjohn Rocio Garrido Ronald Rose Sabrina Huth Sabrina Jeblaoui Sanja Star Sara Gambini Sara Valentino Sarah Duah Sarah Teichmann Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt Sebastian Kurth Seweryn Jański Shannon Sea Silvestre Natalia Silvia Camagni Silvia Trebbi Simone Brühl Sinéad Butler-Aldridge Siri Zetterman Sonia Noya Stella Tsompanopoulou Stephanie Mohun Svenja Schaefer Sylvia Rybak Teodora Vio Thomas Tirel Tomoya Kawamura Valeria Aleksic Vao Kumitz Veronica Parlagreco Veronika Ban Vicky Heinlein Vincenzo Suscetta Violetta De Saga Wanqian Lin Wolfgang Busch Xiaoer Liu Xiaofu Wang Yassin Siouda York Berlin Yun Ju Chen Yuval Galili Zahra Banzi ZAVOLOKA Zavoloka Kvitnu Zazaa Ganbold Zhenja Ba Zi Gattina