Journal 2023

The thematic exhibition ›Image Ecology‹ presents twelve new artistic approaches that go beyond pictorial representations of the climate crisis while critically reflecting on their own conditions of production.

Our writer Sophie Jung looks at four of the twelve special projects presented as part of the new ›Featured‹ section within the 12th edition of Berlin Art Week. An exploration of disparate venues, each with a unique perspective on contemporary art

Sounds, notes, and music sit at the heart of Annika Kahrs’s practice. A new work by the artist will be on view at Schering Stiftung to coincide with Berlin Art Week.

Sound art as practice of collective listening plays an expanding role in contemporary art. This is also evident at this year’s Berlin Art Week. Sound artist Jessica Ekomane on aspects of intimacy, the incomplete historiography of sound and noise, and the beauty of multiplicity in listening.

The art world, too, is grappling with advancements in Artificial Intelligence, as evidenced by the numerous events during Berlin Art Week dedicated to the topic. Our writer, Anika Meier, takes a moment to look back at the history of technological innovations in the art world, which has consistently been marked by one prevailing reaction above all: rejection.

A talk with artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed on her text-based work, the importance of meaningful relationships, Gertrude Stein and cultures of play and leisure

A stroll at Schlachtensee with Lisa Marei Schmidt (Brücke-Museum), Anna Gritz (Haus am Waldsee), and Kathleen Reinhardt (Georg Kolbe Museum)—exploring contemporary perspectives on a difficult legacy, the potential in the histories of their institutions, and the garden as a place where everyone gets together