ART CITIES:Berlin-The Double Room
In each of its four consecutive editions, “Dooble Room” combines two artistic positions and brings the series’ collaborative process to the fore. The forms of collaboration vary from juxtaposing existing artworks to new joint productions, the space of 3 ½ m² provides the physical framework.
By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: KW Institute for Contemporary Art
The connections between the artworks, which comprise of objects, material assemblages, sound or video installations, arise from the dialogical structure and are further enhanced by the spatial tightness of the Double Room. The space may therefore be perceived as an exhibition room at one moment or as a large scale installation at the next. In “Double Room #1” (16/9-5/10/15) George Rippon and Anina Troesch developed a new site-specific work in dialog with each other. They intervened directly in the space. Both artists continuously questioned the function of the room through an analysis of the space’s preexisting architectural elements and materials. Rosa Aiello and Cooper Jacoby engaged with the dialectical relationship between individuals and the objects they used in Double Room #2 (10/10-2/11/15), simultaneously subservient and authoritative, this infrastructure of the ordinary eases and conditions our desires as well as our actions. Although this infrastructure often remains invisible and sometimes proves to be a deceptive farce, it still misleads us into believing that we are the beneficiaries. In Double Room #3, (FYR) Filippa Pettersson & Rasmus Søndergaard Johannsen play in FYR with its transformative forces. Preceding the artworks is a performative act that inscribes itself in the work’s auditive and sculptural translations. FYR expands the double room into the stairwell, transforming the staircase into the exhibition’s entrance. Double Room #4 (So They Rattle), will take place from 6/12/15 to 4/1/16, Carola Keitel and Hannes Seidl will define means to draw boundaries between strange and familiar, important and worthless. The artists will make everyday control and exclusion mechanisms visually, physically, and acoustically perceptible. The artists developed their works in dialogue, employing different strategies of alienation and isolation.
Info: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststraße 69, Berlin, Days & Hours: Wed & Fri-Mon 12:00-19:00, Thu 12:00-21:00, www.kw-berlin.de
