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Open studios / Rundgang at UDK 2014 

Thursday 17th July – From 7pm  

If you’re looking for a party then do not miss this year’s Rundgang at UDK! One of Berlin’s art summer highlights, this is when Germany’s largest university of the arts opens the doors to all of its workshops, studios and rehearsal rooms, allowing the public a glimpse into the life of the students at UDK. A great chance to meet upcoming artists and see some of the best emerging talent from each of the colleges (spanning fine art, architecture, media & design, music and performing arts) the event is always a fabulous party, and this year’s open air extravaganza promises to be no different. 

UDK // Hardenbergstraße 33, 10578 Berlin   

Vernissage / #REGENERATE14 

Thursday 17th July – 9pm until late  

This weekend The Lab Magazine and Mitte based hostel Generator come together to create an art, music and performance showcase. Based around the idea of sustainability, various Berlin artists have been invited to transform six floors of the building over four days, creating an all encompassing experience with art, interactive installations, soundscapes, live music performances, food, drink, rooftop terraces and more. Among the artists involved are Berlin based painter Winston Chmielinski, Berlin collective Klub7 and upcoming Berlin art-bike crawl project Art Spin Berlin (watch this space!). 

Generator Hostel // Oranienburger Straße 65, Berlin 

Vernissage / ‘How to Disappear’ Lynn Hershman Leeson

Friday 18th July – 7 until 9pm 

Pioneering US artist Lynn Hershman Leeson will unveil her first solo show in Berlin this Friday at Aanant & Zoo. A key figure in American feminism thanks to her scrutiny of the treatment of the female body, Hershman Leeson’s upcoming show will focus on the erasure of bodies and include both video pieces and photography. An artist talk featuring Hershman Lesson and Tom Marioni (another artist with an opening in the same building on the same evening) will also take place on Saturday 19th July at 4pm, entrance free. 

Aanant & Zoo // Bülowstr. 90, 10783 Berlin 

Sky Art Event / Otto Piene Sky Art Event at Neue Nationalgalerie

Saturday 19th July – 5pm 

To celebrate the launch of the large scale joint exhibition on Otto Piene between Neue Nationalgalerie and Deutsche Bank a very special event will take place this Saturday afternoon/evening at Neue Nationalgalerie. At 5pm three of the artist’s sculptures, 90 metres high, will be blown up on the roof of the venue until they float above the museum, ‘playing’ the Berlin night sky. Around 10pm when the event will be nearing its end witness Piene’s slide installation ’The Proliferation of the Sun’, which will be presented at the venue every evening from 10pm until 3am, shimmering shapes on over 1000 hand-painted glass slides creating a ‘poetic journey through space’. 

Neue Nationalgalerie // Kulturforum, Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin

Autor: Marie J. Burrows

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