contemporary art and media
News, notes, screenings and ramblings from Directors Lounge, the mothership of media art.
Meet us at the Contemporary Art Ruhr at Zeche Zollverein, 5 – 7 Nov., 2021. Directors Lounge, founded and based in Berlin, presents selected positions and genre-straddling slices of cinematic art and cuts of media experimentation at the c.a.r. video lounge. Dedicated presentations include cinematic tidbits from 16 years of Directors Lounge. The program will …
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Out of the Black and into the Blue.
We will participate in this year’s edition of the Berlin Art Week, 15. – 19. September 2021. Expect a bouquet of fine films, live acts and DJs in a glorious party at the Schokoladen, one of the last strongholds of the independent Berlin scene, alongside an exhibition at the Tor218 Artlab gallery that explores the cinematic moment in contemporary art. … read more
With “the cinematic moment” Directors Lounge brings together a selection of artists challenging the separation of film and art. Spanning a breadth of backgrounds and artistic styles, the art works are blurring the lines between cinema and visual while sharing the titular „cinematic moment“. … read more
I cannot remember when I put this rat mask on for the first time. Maybe I was born with it. I am not sure what is underneath. I never take it off: I sleep with it, bathe with it. I have heard people call me a rat and others a human with a mask. I …
PLEASE HELP FUND KERRY’S CANCER TREATMENT If you can, please support our longtime fellow and contributor Kerry Baldry. Kerry is a visual artist fighting cancer, here you can fund for the medical treatment she desperately needs to prolong her life. Sharing this campaign also helps. Thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/funding-kerrys-cancer-treatment KERRY’S STORY Kerry was first diagnosed …
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Meet us at the C.A.R. Photo/Media art fair at Zeche Zollverein!
30. Oktober – 1. November. … read more
Birol Ünel (18/08/1961 – 03/09/2020) at [DL9], Berlin, 2013. Greatly talented, sadly missed. Foto: Kenton Turk/DL
part of Infected Reality at Walden Art Exhibitions.
“Underneath it all” and “Memorabilia” by Mélissa Faivre
Mélissa Faivre’s work is immersive, hallucinatory or even vertigo-inducing, depending on your reception, or possibly your viewing experience. They are rich in color, movement and associations. … read more
A three-part cooperation with Walden Art Exhibitions.
Finally, we are sneaking back into the real world with some special presentations during Infected Reality, conceived by WK+, the Walden Kunstaustellungen gallery.
Infected Reality shows 7 projects with media art from Berlin, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kiel and Vienna at weekly intervals. … read more
Nina Hartmann, an upcoming media artist from Kiel, created the video installation “Starfish” especially for Infected Realities. The premiere on July 30th, 7pm, takes place in attendance of Nina Hartmann. … read more