NOWs: A / A – Golden Gates by Andreas Greiner & Armin Keplinger

29 January - 11 March 2017 / Nows

A / A – GOLDEN GATES
Andreas Greiner and Armin Keplinger

Opening: Saturday 28th January 2017, 7-10 pm

Andreas Greiner and Armin Keplinger present GOLDEN GATES – their first solo exhibition as the artists duo A/A at Gallery KWADRAT. For the exhibition they have focussed on progressive methods and technology, assembling them and thus instating them as gateways of the future. Nonetheless, the visual appearance eclipses its technical context and the beauty of the forward-looking science takes centre stage: floating water, fluid metal, a waterfall frozen into immobility and countless condensation trails visualise the aesthetics of progress. The works are seductive, but Greiner and Keplinger do not fail to uncover the ambivalence of technological innovation: Hiding behind the shiny facade of new materials and techniques, progress’ destructive power waits to be unleashed.

The path of progress is paved, the gateways to the future stand open, but what lies ahead cannot be known and is shrouded in darkness. Only nuances distinguish utopias from dystopias and surmise the question if all that glitters is really gold.

Curated by Lydia Korndörfer
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NOWs: SPACE A&T Workshop with Clara Jo

31 January 2017 / Nows ⟶

NOWs: (in)versions Generating Narratives Through Virtual Transcription A workshop with artist Clara Jo exploring the potential of user experience with objects transcribed into virtual reality at SPACE, London. This workshop invites participants to co-narrate new stories around objects – both as agents and surrogates – by translating them into imagined VR situations. The proposition here is that an understanding of how culture is spatialized, constructed, and mediated through human interaction might guide us to approach space as a narrative generating force. Conversely, fragmenting and disorienting audience perception with these tools could be harnessed to discover new ways of storytelling to sensorially engage with and re-imagine objects within the archive. The aim is to reveal latent narratives within object-based archives, and to further stretch the affective potentials of VR to purposefully re-inscribe these material and immaterial spaces. Participants will be invited to use recording equipment and VR headsets during the co-inquiry to explore new methods for developing immersive experiences in connection with linear, narrative filmmaking. Clara Jo’s recent film and sculptural installations work in conversation with sites implicated in revisionist histories. Her residency with SPACE takes place at The White Building, London’s centre for art, technology and sustainability. As an extension of her current practice, Jo is pursuing a new trajectory of research in interactive, virtual reality interfaces geared towards exhibition in public space. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and screenings at the Royal Academy of Arts (London), Akademie der Künste (Berlin), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, White Columns (New York), the Swiss Institute (New York), and the Alliance Ethio-Française d’Addis-Abeba With contributions by Harry Brenton, Director, BespokeVR and George Oates, Co-founder and CEO, Museum in a Box. Supported by The Goethe Institute London. Interview with Clara Jo. — NOWs: (in)versions Generating Narratives Through Virtual Transcription A workshop with artist Clara Jo exploring the potential of user experience with objects transcribed into virtual reality at SPACE, London. This workshop invites participants to co-narrate new stories around objects – both as agents and surrogates – by translating them into imagined VR situations. The proposition here is that an understanding of how culture is spatialized, constructed, and mediated through human interaction might guide us to approach space as a narrative generating force. Conversely, fragmenting and disorienting audience perception with these tools could be harnessed to discover new ways of storytelling to sensorially engage with and re-imagine objects within the archive. The aim is to reveal latent narratives within object-based archives, and to further stretch the affective potentials of VR to purposefully re-inscribe these material and immaterial spaces. Participants will be invited to use recording equipment and VR headsets during the co-inquiry to explore new methods for developing immersive experiences in connection with linear, narrative filmmaking. Clara Jo’s recent film and sculptural installations work in conversation with sites implicated in revisionist histories. Her residency with SPACE takes place at The White Building, London’s centre for art, technology and sustainability. As an extension of her current practice, Jo is pursuing a new trajectory of research in interactive, virtual reality interfaces geared towards exhibition in public space. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and screenings at the Royal Academy of Arts (London), Akademie der Künste (Berlin), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, White Columns (New York), the Swiss Institute (New York), and the Alliance Ethio-Française d’Addis-Abeba With contributions by Harry Brenton, Director, BespokeVR and George Oates, Co-founder and CEO, Museum in a Box. Supported by The Goethe Institute London. Interview with Clara Jo. —

NOWs: Jan St. Werner in Concert

29 January 2017 / Nows ⟶

Jan St. Werner, 2016, Foto: Jens Ziehe NOWs: Jan St. Werner Concert at n.b.k. Sunday, January 29, 2017, 8 pm Free entrance Jan St. Werner (b. 1969 in Nuremberg) is an artist and musician. He became internationally known in 1993 as the co-founder of the innovative and groundbreaking electro-duo Mouse on Mars, who until today have released more than a dozen albums and gave concerts worldwide. Additionally, in 1995, Werner joined Markus Popp for the project Microstoria and performed as a solo artist under his own name as well as under the pseudonyms of Lithops, Noisemashinetapes and Neuter River. Numerous other influential releases sprang from this. In the mid-2000s, Jan St. Werner was the artistic director of the Amsterdam Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM), which is dedicated to the research and development of new instruments for electronic music and digital art. Werner’s activities also extend into the visual arts, in that he creates installations and produces music for them, as well as for the works of other artists, such as Rosa Barba. In 2013, Jan St. Werner released Blaze Color Burn, which was the beginning of a series of experimental sound recordings entitled Fiepblatter Catalogue (released by Thrill Jockey Records, Chicago), followed by three further conceptual albums until 2016. At Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Jan St. Werner presents selected material from this series. Werner is currently a guest lecturer at the Department of Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and teaches a class in the new field of study “Experiments in the Future of Record Producing” for the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in Berlin. Rosa Barba’s installation The Color Out of Space with sound by Jan St. Werner is running from 7pm to 9pm in the gallery on the 1st floor. — Jan St. Werner, 2016, Foto: Jens Ziehe NOWs: Jan St. Werner Konzert in der n.b.k. Sonntag, 29. Januar 2017, 20 Uhr Eintritt frei Jan St. Werner (*1969 in Nürnberg) ist Künstler und Musiker. Er wurde 1993 als Mitbegründer des innovativen wie Maßstäbe setzenden Elektro-Duos Mouse on Mars international bekannt, das bis heute mehr als ein Dutzend Alben veröffentlichte und weltweit Konzerte gab. Daneben tat Werner sich 1995 mit Markus Popp für das Projekt Microstoria zusammen und trat unter seinem eigenen Namen sowie den Pseudonymen Lithops, Noisemashinetapes und Neuter River als Solokünstler auf; es entstanden zahlreiche weitere einflussreiche Veröffentlichungen. Mitte der 2000er Jahre war Jan St. Werner künstlerischer Leiter des Amsterdamer Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM), das sich der Erforschung und Entwicklung neuer Instrumente für elektronische Musik und digitale Kunst widmet. Werners Aktivitäten erstrecken sich auch insofern in die Bildende Kunst, als dass er Installationen schafft und Musik für diese, wie auch die Arbeiten von anderen KünstlerInnen produziert, etwa für Rosa Barba. 2013 brachte Jan St. Werner Blaze Colour Burn heraus, das den Auftakt einer Serie von experimentellen Sound-Aufnahmen mit dem Titel Fiepblatter Catalogue bildete (erschienen bei Thrill Jockey Records, Chicago), bis 2016 folgten drei weitere konzeptuelle Alben. Im Neuen Berliner Kunstverein präsentiert Jan St. Werner ausgewähltes Material aus dieser Werkreihe. Zur Zeit ist Werner Gastdozent am Department für Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) des Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) und leitet eine Klasse mit dem neuen Studienfeld „Experiments in the Future of Record Producing“ der New York University Tisch School of the Arts in Berlin. Rosa Barba’s Installation The Color Out of Space mit Sound von Jan St. Werner ist von 19 bis 21 Uhr in den Galerieräumen im 1. Stock zu sehen. —

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