Archive for 2010
“And this was supposed to be a post about a pottery market”

In the past few months I have felt disconnected and somewhat isolated. Now, it’s hard not to fall into the usual “solitary-artist” stereotype who works in darkness and isolation, to then deliver a new masterpiece to a world of stunned…

Urban agriculture – taking back abandoned public spaces in Berlin

Cities have plenty of abandoned public spaces and when they manage to remain in public hands, which is not always the case unfortunately, often something very special can happen. An example is this great project: Prinzessinnengärten… (Princess gardens), launched by

More from the Naples exhibition – video, etc.

While the exhibition is Naples… carries on, I am working for the next one, which will be held in Geneva from the 12th to the 19th of June. In the meantime, however, other videos of the vernissage are surfacing and,

The ceiling – photos from Naples

The exhibition, as you know, is currently in Naples… and the great thing about this is the way in which the space has been organized. “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” is a special exhibition in that it is a traveling one

“Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” in Naples – some feedback

It’s been a long and full week here in Italy. I am currently writing from a beautiful library downtown Turin to give you some updates on the exhibition that is to see in Naples until the 31st in the bookstore…

Public spaces in Berlin: truly public decisions?

Due to something I have been working on, I have been out observing and photographing the city a lot. Berlin is not a city that has gone undocumented. Quite to the contrary, there are many exhibitions and art works dedicated…

“Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” soon in Naples

It’s time for me to announce the next leg of the tour! Structurally recyclable, basically disposable… is moving to Naples from the 10th to the 31st of May 2010 and it is with great pleasure that I am announcing this

Where to go for an analog C-Print in Berlin: my love for lists

I seem to have a thing for making lists, fabric shops lists, darkrooms… lists, and now this.
I have been doing my own C-Prints for a couple of months now and I am glad that I do because it is

Hamburg’s leg of “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable”: photos!

Last Friday, as you know, was the day of the opening of the exhibition in Hamburg. Thanks to CampusGrün…, who invited me to show my work at the university and to their members who helped out a lot

Work in progress

First and foremost, this Friday is the opening in Hamburg of the exhibition “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable”….
Besides the exhibition, I am trying to channel my energy a bit (in a non-new-age sense). I have had many new ideas

And it’s spring again

So apparently it’s spring and Berlin is slowly (slowly) coming to life. Soon you will have the usual newspaper articles about people massively going to the parks, the bike business reaching its seasonal peaks, and some brave people attempting the…

On limited printing – the wonders of the dark room

As you can probably see by the side bar on the home page, I have updated my Etsy shop…. I have added some color prints today, literally fresh out of the dark room and I am very proud of

Sharing darkroom know-hows: Darkrooms in Berlin

I have heard it enough times to make me worry: “dark room work will eventually die out or remain a very restricted niche field”. Is it true?
Be as it may, there is a certain tendency to dismiss analog photography…

Exhibition announcement: Structurally recyclable, basically disposable in Hamburg

As anticipated, the exhibition for “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” is moving to Hamburg!
The Campusgrün group… has kindly invited me to exhibit the work at the University of Hamburg, Foyer des Unigebäudes VMP8, Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft Von-Melle-Park 8.

freedomallowed is now open – You can now buy my prints on Etsy!

In between exhibitions (you’ll know more about the next exhibition very soon!), I am very glad to announce that I have just opened freedomallowed…, my own shop on Etsy, where you can go and buy my prints.
As you

Finally: some photos of the Vernissage “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” in Berlin

As promised, here are a few photos of the preparation and the vernissage that took place on the 5th of March in the ACUD Galerie in Berlin.
The exhibition… is composed of two parts, the installation (downstairs) and the full

“Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” today in the Neues Deutschland

The Neues Deutschland has published a review about the exhibition! You will find it in the Berlin-Kultur section of the newspaper at page 12 and also here… (in German).
The exhibition in Berlin runs until the 26th at the

The December 12 “candle” demonstration in Berlin for the Copenhagen summit

On the 12th of December I went to a demonstration, a candle light demonstration in a cold pre-Christmas Berlin, held in front of the Brandenburg Gate and organised by the group TCKTCK….
The aim was, of course, to tell

No abstraction

Someone told me that I should be writing about the exhibition, as it’s something rather important and it’s happening right now….
Whereas it is indeed something that literally shapes my days and consumes a lot of my energy,

Structurally recyclable, basically disposable: getting ready for the vernissage

I have been trying to fill in this space for the last ten minutes but really, the only thing I can come up with right now is that I am literally exhausted and in serious need of sleep.
Setting up…

An off-topic Geneva series

It’s been a crazy week. Preparing for an exhibition is never easy and preparing for it and at the same time managing its “marketing” aspects (flyers, posters and what not) is incredibly stressful. I am saying nothing new here I…

“Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” en route and exhibition soon in Berlin

This poor blog has been neglected in the last couple of weeks… months not because I went on a long holiday and finally figured out all I want is to live on a deserted island and sell cocktails. Quite to