Sylvie Earle, explorer and oceanographer, says Earth is a misnomer and the planet should be called the Ocean. Oceans are the life support system of the planet as well as its salty wombs. The ancient ocean, the primordial soup, gave birth to the very first organic molecules and was brimming with prehistoric living organisms. That was four billion years ago. Today the composition of oceans is undergoing a dramatic change where synthetic molecules are taking over.
Taiwan can be viewed as a microcosm of a world history that has led to today’s globalized reality. Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 focuses on the digital revolution in the work of young Taiwanese new media artists, born between the eras of color TV and smart phones in a country that manufactures 80% of the world’s electronic goods. They are fully aware of the risks and the potential of globalization and cybernetics, and their artworks embody in depth research on the relationships between humans and machines. www.schizotaiwan.net
Did the future look better in the past? Today, has the future already turned into the past? Or is it perhaps that nowadays the past seems almost blissful compared to the present in which we actually live? What concepts of the future exist in times of social, economic and political crisis, in times of spreading poverty, corruption and mistrust towards democratic processes? Do visions of a better future exist at all? Or have we already caught up with our blooming future visions and dumped them in the dustbin of history?
Das Vorspiel der transmediale 2012 und CTM.12 ist ein Veranstaltungsprogramm im Vorfeld der transmediale 2012, bei dem über 20 Partner an verschiedenen Orten Berlins zu einer Reihe von Ausstellungseröffnungen, Performances, Künstlergesprächen und Sonderveranstaltungen einladen. Das Vorspiel findet am Wochenende vor den beiden Festivals – von Donnerstag, den 26., bis Sonntag, den 29. Januar 2012 – in verschiedenen freien Einrichtungen, Galerien, Projekträumen und an anderen Veranstaltungsorten in Berlin statt.
Im Projektraum des Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien zeigt das CTM.12-Festival mehrere Installationen, die Aspekte des Festivalthemas SPECTRAL ansprechen. |
Vernissage/Opening time & date: 27. Januar 2012, 19:00, Exhibition dates: 28. Januar bis 5 Februar 2012, Address: Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
Parallel zur Ausstellung Hand Held Lava in der Schering Stiftung zeigt das Berliner Medizinhistorische Museum der Charité die von der Schering Stiftung geförderte Ausstellung Ilana Halperin. Steine. Die Künstlerin setzt in diesem Projekt ihren Fokus auf die Geologie von Mensch und Tier: die vom Körper selbst produzierten Steine (Gallen-, Blasen-, Nierensteine). | Opening: January 26, 2012, 19:00 – 21:00, Exhibition Duration: 27.01. – 15.07.2012, Address: Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, Charitéplatz 1 | 10117 Berlin