23+ PROJECT SPACES AND GALLERIES
In Mitte, Kreuzberg & Neukölln
Central Station:
PLATOON KUNSTHALLE Berlin
April 10-14, 12:00 - 20:00
Admission: FREE
The Festival’s CHARACTER WALK, an exhibition tour through 23+ project spaces, galleries and art venues throughout the city, presents character driven exhibitions by many of the participating conference speakers and international artists, featuring originals, installations, sculptures and limited editions. As a premiere the tour is no longer limited to the Mitte district, but also ventures off into the creative scene of Kreuzberg and Neukölln.
Additionally, every evening until the early morning, CHARACTER CLUB NIGHTS explore the performative powers of contemporary visuals and bring the international audience and general public to some of Berlin’s most exciting locations.
Printed maps will be supplied for problem free navigation at each participating gallery, and at the central Character Walk station:
PLATOON KUNSTHALLE Berlin
Schönhauser Allee 9
10119 Berlin
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#1a
PLATOON KUNSTHALLE BERLIN
Schönhauser Allee 9 - 10119
platoon.org
Jeff Soto and Maxx242 (US)
Battle
jeffsoto.com
Artists and long-term collaborators Jeff Soto and Maxx242 create a huge mural depicting their signature characters in an epic battle. Meeting as teenagers with shared interests in art and music, the duo formed a crew and started painting graffiti in 1991. They have since worked on countless projects together and currently share a studio in California.
#1b
PLATOON KUNSTHALLE BERLIN
Schönhauser Allee 9 - 10119
platoon.org
Ori Toor (IL)
Lava Loops
oritoor.com
Tel Aviv based artist, animator and fanatical doodler, Ori Toor likes to work with coloured pencils, pens, and broken lava lamps. The video installation Lava Loops presents a selection of his psychedelic animations and improvised frame-by-frame loops, which he which has woven together into living, amorphic creations.
#1c
PLATOON KUNSTHALLE BERLIN
Schönhauser Allee 9 - 10119
platoon.org
Yeka Haski (RU)
Endless Joy (or Endless Kiss)
yekahaski.com
A young artist from St. Petersburg, Yeka Haski quit her media design studies to concentrate fully on developing her own style – in real life. Her playful, easygoing attitude shines through in this installation of soft objects, where two bits of chewing gum are locked in a kiss. Be sure to also check out her window installation at location #16.
#2
General Public
Schönhauser Allee 167c - 10435
generalpublic.de
Francisco Miranda – TOOCO (AR)
From a Near Future
tooco.com.ar
This year’s Pictoplasma artist-in-residence creates multi-layered wall objects and spatial installations from elaborately cut wooden forms. Reflecting on the architecture of his native Buenos Aires, Francisco Miranda looks at how the old has evolved into the new. His work combines elements of art nouveau and art deco to create an intricately ornamental species of caryatids to shape a futuristic Argentinean metropolis.
#3
FIT freie internationale tankstelle
Schwedter Str. 262 -10119
f-i-t.org
KLUB7 Artcollective (DE)
It’s Like That
klub7.de
The six-person Berlin based art collective KLUB7 has discovered chalk as their medium of choice. In collaborative jam sessions they invite children and adults to join forces in making graffiti an accepted form of public art. Building on their intricate pavement installations, this time they will be transforming a former petrol station.
#4
Stue
Torstr. 70 - 10119
stueberlin.de
Rilla Alexander (AU)
One Sun
byrilla.com
Australian designer and illustrator Rilla Alexander is exhibiting her One Sun collection at the Danish furniture store, Stue. Across a series of plates and trays, Rilla retells the Chinese legend of how the rooster came to wear a red crown and why only one sun rises in our sky each day. Also on display will be a small selection of plates by Bjørn Wiinblad (1918-2006). The Danish designer, renowned for his work with Rosenthal, was a great inspiration in the design of this series.
#5
In:Surgo!
Torstr. 110 - 10119
resurgo-berlin.com
Charles Burns (US) & Will Sweeney (UK)
resurgo-berlin.com
The screen print atelier of Hellsgård and Gfeller offers a fine selection of prints by two indisputable masters of the graphic arts. Charles Burns, legendary contributor to early issues of RAW and famed for his graphic novels ‘Black Hole’ and ‘X’ed out’ will show alongside Will Sweeney, author of the ‘Tales From Greenfuzz’, who also sells his vinyl toys and t-shirt designs through the self-run Alakazam label.
#6
Mercado San Cosme
Torstr. 116 - 10119
mercadosancosme.com
El Grand Chamaco (MX)
Mucho Macho
grandchamaco.com
Illustrator El Grand Chamaco was one of the world’s best kept secrets – until very recently, when the internet finally reached his small town and he was able to share his talent with the world. His 3D rendered illustrations combine Mexican iconography with digital culture. Hypnotic skulls, pirate cockerels and mysterious serpents await you!
#7
small space
Brunnenstr. 178/179 - 10119
smallspacegallery.com
Anna Hrachovec (US)
The Wooly Woods
annahrachovec.com
Fibre artist Anna Hrachovec breathes life into a candy-coloured forest teeming with curious fauna. Continuing her study of the imaginary Mochimochi land, Anna combines found bits of wood with brightly-hued yarn to create miniature landscapes where snails, butterflies, and birds interact with a burgeoning population of native wood-dwelling mammals, the Twiggins.
#8
Dudes Factory Berlin
Torstr. 138 - 10119
dudes-factory.com
Jeremyville (AU)
Community Service Announcements
jeremyville.com
Jeremyville’s Community Service Announcements explore the many complexities we face in daily life. The simple and witty illustrations express the artist’s reflections on how to live positively.
#9
Torstrasse 161
Torstr. 161 – 10115
torstrasse161.de
Partizan
Xanadu
partizan.com
Partizan’s ‘Xanadu’ is a curated exhibition featuring original and commissioned work from the company’s roster of illustrators and directors. Themed around the idea of ‘a better world’, the exhibition is a series of vignettes, ideas, and commentaries on how we might go about improving things. The selected artists come from a wide range of backgrounds – music videos, advertising, graphic design, etc. – but are united in their passion for creating intriguing and memorable characters.
#10a
Sur la Montagne
Torstr. 170 - 10115
surlamontagne.de
Andrea Wan (CA)
Fakelore
andreawan.com
Canadian artist Andrea Wan leads us deeper into her world of oneiric creatures. In a new series of ink paintings an adventure story unfolds straight out of her subconscious. Characters with no clear mission come up against surreal obstacle courses as they move through dreamscape after dreamscape.
#10b
Sur la Montagne
Torstr. 170 - 10115
surlamontagne.de
Felt Mistress (UK)
Gotta Get Up to Get Down
FeltMistress.com
Feeling down? Low self-esteem? Feeling up? Too full of yourself? Helping the downtrodden to pick themselves up and bringing the over inflated down to earth, a gaggle of egregious gurus will descend on Berlin, led by the ‘serene blue dude’ G’goob. Brand new one-of-a-kind puppets by Felt Mistress rub shoulders with a supporting cast, plus two-dimensional extras.
#11a
neurotitan Galerie
Rosenthaler Str. 39, 2nd backyard, 1st floor - 10178
neurotitan.de / haus-schwarzenberg.org
AARGH and MONKEY (DE)
AARGH vs MONKEY
printshopunion.com
Berlin artists AARGH and MONKEY, one stemming from music videos, the other from street art, teamed up in 2011 to found PRINTSHOP UNION, a laboratory for their collaborative paintings, videos, fluorescent lettering, sculptures and slot machines. For this exhibition they have set up a silkscreen print workshop that embraces pop culture to the full.
#11b
neurotitan Galerie
Rosenthaler Str. 39, 2nd backyard, 1st floor - 10178
neurotitan.de / haus-schwarzenberg.org
Cherry (FI)
We Are Live
studiokillers.co.uk
‘We Are Live’ – the acclaimed band Studio Killers is ready to take over the world. Singer Cherry is the show here and she will ‘realize’ herself before your very eyes. Watch her prepare for the audience, manifesting herself in the world’s consciousness through portraits that draw on her love of fashion and general lip-gloss drippin’ mayhem.
#12
Instituto Cervantes
Rosenstr. 18/19 - 10178
cervantes.de
BAKEA (ES)
BAKELANASLAND
behance.net/bakea
BAKELANASLAND is a place where memories from journeys untaken by the artist collide with the universe he carries inside him – in a flash of luminous colour. You will encounter weird and wonderful multi-eyed creatures brought back from fantastical realms and stuffed animals from the natural history museum of a parallel universe.
#13
HUBstore Berlin
Rochstr. 4 - 10178
facebook.com/HUBstore.Berlin
Billy (UK)
Gossip Calypso
billyandalex.com
Gossip Calypso is about the real and imaginary world of the Berlin Boogie. Expect a happy high brought on by trippy colours, sushi ghosts and feel-good forms when English street painter and artist Billy takes over the space. Distinctive shapes and symbols are embroiled in a calypso whirl, inspired by Billy’s favourite paint colour and the famous song of the same name.
#14
THE EARLY BIRD HYPE
Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 15 - 10178
theearlybirdhype.net
Ted Parker (NL)
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
ted-parker.com
With their signature dot-dot eyes and painted-on smiles Ted Parker’s men, women and animals find themselves in twisted situations and warped euphoric states. Their exaggerated facial expressions disassociate imagery and content to create a deeply uncomfortable tension in charmingly disturbingly up-beat images. You can’t help but feel a sense of dread at the prospect of what he means by ‘je ne sais quoi’.
#15
Platform for abstract photography
Maybachufer 16 - 12047
Olimpia Zagnoli (IT)
The Wonderful World of OZ
olimpiazagnoli.com
Meet the wonderful wizard of OZ! Olimpia Zagnoli, an illustrator renowned for her bold, stripped down magazine illustrations that reference graphic styles of the 1950s and ‘60s, invites you to meet lovely ladies, intellectual boyfriends, snakes, kisses, and planets.
#16
cube 54
Hobrechstr. 54 - 12047
cube54.de
Yeka Haski (RU)
Mouth
yekahaski.com
Don’t miss this small window installation – a place marshmallows should probably avoid – by Russian artist Yeka Haski, who is also exhibiting at location #1.
#17
FUNCK[ ]RAUM
Pflügerstr. 70/71, ground floor, D - 12047
claudiavonfuncke.de
Osian Efnisien (UK)
tinyism
motatomi.com
Osian Efnisien is an advocate of ‘tinyism’. He believes in approaching his work in the ‘tiny mind’ of nature’s primordial past, uncomprehending of itself but brilliantly alive. To get into this mental state he has returned to the tools of his childhood, large rolls of paper, pages ripped out of children’s sketch pads, and felt tip pens from the supermarket. Little dots become eyes and accidental brush-strokes grow and transform into strange double-faced characters scattered across the page. Think Darwin with crayons.
#18
Pflüger68
Pflügerstr. 68 - 12047
pflueger68.de
Jon Burgerman (UK)
Slices of Heaven
jonburgerman.com
Jon Burgerman serves up a tasty meal of hot, fresh characters, drawings and paintings inspired by the fast, cheap (dining) action he experiences in New York. Sold at similarly competitive prices, everything must go. Somewhere.
#19
Retramp Gallery
Reuterstr. 62 - 12047
retramp.com
Ian Kirkpatrick (CA)
Totems
iankirkpatrick.wordpress.com
Designer Ian Kirkpatrick’s work in academic visualization for archaeological digs has obviously had a huge creative impact on him. His cardboard sculptures merge ancient idols with modern packaging. Vibrantly decorated with contemporary hieroglyphics, Ian’s flat-packing artworks turn simple boxes into mythical monuments of today.
#20
FEED Soundspace
Hobrechtstr. 65, backyard, 4th floor - 12047
6554.de
Sue Doeksen (NL)
assisted by Eelke Feenstra and Meike Sier
Great Escape
suedoeksen.nl
Sue Doeksen presents a visual guide on ‘How to Conduct a (Temporary) Disappearance Act’. The desire to escape or ‘get outta here’ is a universal and recurrent feeling. This show is all about realising when it is time to go and inspiring people to take the leap. Drawings and moving objects lay out the steps towards escape. The rest of the space is filled with sueper things best sueted for the colourfully curious!
#21
Letters Are My Friends - concept store for typography and new technology
Boppstr. 7 - 10967
lettersaremyfriends.com
Low Bros (DE)
Menace Beach
lowbros.de
Menace Beach is the Low Bros’ tribute to the birth of skateboarding. Instead of rehashing the past,
they have tried to recapture the attitude of the early innovators from the 1970s and ‘80s. The entire gallery space is taken over by their contemporary Menace Beach adaptation, including a fully functional mini-skate-ramp and self-designed decks.
#22
Archive Kabinett
Dieffenbachstr. 31 - 10967
archivekabinett.org
Nina Braun & Moki (DE)
Wanderlust
mioke.de | ninabraun.net
Moki and Nina Braun team up to show their latest creations. Moki will be presenting her new graphic novel ‘Wandering Ghost’, accompanied by a brand new ‘Wimmelbild’, an elaborate story jam-packed into one teeming picture. Nina Braun displays three-dimensional sewn objects produced for ‘Einer und die Anderen’, a coming-of-age book she is currently working on with author Judith Holofernes.
