ASLI SUNGU
AT MASA BERLIN #7 HOSTED BY
WEST GERMANY
SKALITZER STRASSE 133 • 10999 BERLIN
U1 Kottbusser Tor
OPENING • SATURDAY • 3 DECEMBER • 7 pm
EXHIBITION • SUNDAY • 4 DECEMBER 2011 • 3-7 pm
MASA BERLIN is initiated and organized by Isabel Schmiga and Sandra Teitge.
For MASA BERLIN #7, the Berlin-based artist Asli Sungu (*1975) presents her video installation
UNVERMEIDBAR [INEVITABLE]. The films show four daily domestic situations, in which the
artist loses control; the viewer is tempted to prevent these mishaps by wanting to physically
intervene. The surface of a mirror captures the reflections of the little accidents and
simultaneously represents the boundaries of intervention. The theme of UNVERMEIDBAR is
helplessness, a feeling that we try to manage and control by intervening in situations in order
to withstand the uncontrollable emotional experience. The intentional actions and the attempt
to intervene metaphorically reveal futility and loss in the form of familiar activities.
YUKI JUNGESBLUT
AT MASA BERLIN #6 HOSTED BY
tamtamART
WEICHSELSTR. 8 • 10247 BERLIN
U5 Frankfurter Allee
OPENING • SATURDAY • 19 NOVEMBER • 8 pm
EXHIBITION • SUNDAY • 20 NOVEMBER 2011 • 3-7 pm
MASA BERLIN is initiated and organized by Isabel Schmiga and Sandra Teitge.
For MASA BERLIN Berlin-based artist Yuki Jungesblut (*1974) explores the metaphoric power
of the concepts virus and superstar in our everyday life. Originated in the sciences in the last
century, the term virus has since entered other fields (»computer virus« p.e.). The superstar is
also a creation of the 20th century and closely linked to mass media. In a growing mental map
of associations, the artist invites the audience at MASA BERLIN to either draw, write down, or
verbally communicate ideas concerning notions of VIRUS/SUPERSTAR. Jungesblut will
subsequently structure and model the collected remarks in the further development of the
project. More info you can find here: yukijungesblut.net and www.tamtamart.de.
GRIMMUSEUM
FICHTESTR. 2 • 10967 BERLIN
OPENING • SATURDAY • 1 OCTOBER 2011 • 7 pm
EXHIBITION • SUNDAY • 2 OCTOBER 2011 • 2-7 pm
MASA BERLIN is initiated and organized by Isabel Schmiga and Sandra Teitge.
For MASA BERLIN US-American artist Wiley Hoard (*1984) relates the dimensions of the MASA (Turkish for „table“) to his own working table. Adapted to the size of the MASA, Hoard‘s work 110x150+140cm shows the humble abstract beauty of the traces and remnants of artistic work and recognizes the unforeseen possibilities of a banal object. In line with his other works, Hoard investigates, challenges, and elaborates on existing systems. Installed in the office of the Grimmuseum, a non-profit artist-run exhibition space, MASA BERLIN #5 is a grateful guest of the simultaneously occurring exhibition, Never Odd or Even‘ curated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen.
