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2018 Review
2018 Review & 2019 Preview
Radio Neverno, a project initiated by Hans Kuiper and Moritz Ebinger, obtained a press accreditation for the Berlin Biennale 2018. We visited previews as artists and art radio initiators and reported via the art podcast station Radio Neverno. The podcasts of the visit are listenable via the blog. Hans wrote a piece on the Biennale for Vernissage magazine, that is published in The Netherlands and Belgium.
In 2018, we also conducted interviews with exhibiting artists. In 2019 we plan to rocket into the future with an intensified program focused on sound art, noise and alternative forms of radio journalism. Keep yourself informed!
For more information on Radio Neverno please explore the several posts.
Radio Neverno is a art podcast station, that means you can listen whenever suits you. We add new reportages, interviews, sound works on a regular basis. On the right side of this blog you can find contributors and program overviews. By clicking on the specific program or contributor name you are transferred to the specific entry with the sound file.
For any feedback, questions or program proposals please write to radioneverno@gmail.com .
Photo: Opening show of Radio Neverno in Amsterdam, June 2015, Art club Arti et Amicitiae.
dinsdag 24 juli 2018
Berlin Biennale (2) Christopher Cozier - lecture
Christopher Cozier lectured at the Berlin Biennale during the opening week. Cozier is an artist currently working in Trinidad (he runs an art space there) and lecturing world wide.
In this specific lecture Cozier gives an overview of his projects, the context of having grown up and working in Trinidad, his access into the art domain during and after his attendance of art school in the USA and his vision on the dominant perspectives in the contemporary art domain and the challenges this offers to artists of a different cultural background.
The second speaker is Gaby Ngcobo, curator of the Berlin Biennale 2018.
We advice you to put up the volume, the recording level unfortunately has been rather low.
In this specific lecture Cozier gives an overview of his projects, the context of having grown up and working in Trinidad, his access into the art domain during and after his attendance of art school in the USA and his vision on the dominant perspectives in the contemporary art domain and the challenges this offers to artists of a different cultural background.
The second speaker is Gaby Ngcobo, curator of the Berlin Biennale 2018.
We advice you to put up the volume, the recording level unfortunately has been rather low.
donderdag 7 juni 2018
Berlin Biennale 2018
By Hans Kuiper
Installed in the atelier of artist Bernd Trasberger in Berlin, where I can stay a couple of days, today it's the day of the Berlin Biennale opening. For June, it's quite warm, around 30 degrees Celsius, but I am lucky to be able to take the bike to visit all the Biennale venues.
Installation in the KW Sousterrain
First, the official preview for the press and other invited guests of this event that will last for 3 months. After a word of welcome by the organisation the curatorial staff explains the approach of this years show with the theme 'We don't need another hero', a title taken by the Tina Turner song of the 80's. Main curator is Gabi Ngcobo, a South African curator, her cv you can find here.
She formed a curatorial team existing of Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, Seruberi Moses, Thiago de Paula Souza and Yvette Mutumba.
Curatorial Statement
'We don't need another hero' has been chosen as a title for what the curators consider a strategy to deal with the 'actually spread condition of a collective psychosis', referring to probably international racial and immigrational fixations in current politics and media (this is not so clearly mentioned in the curatorial statement). "The participants face the current ongoing fears and worries in our time - fears that are multiplied by the neglect of complicated subjectivities". To deal with inner conflicts and accepting them as enduring entities is one of the themes of the Biennale of 2018. The "School of Anxiety" is one of the curatorial projects by Serubiri Moses, next to 'Strange Attractors' by Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, an "exercise in uncertainty". How to deal with these fears and anxieties? The longing to solve it by clinging to an international heroic figure is rejected, instead of that wish, the curators state 'the political potential of strategies of self preservation'. "Strict knowledge systems and standardised historical narratives" though are rejected not to be the solution also. "Alternative configurations of knowledge and power, that accept contradictions and complications" are preferred.
Installation of Sinethemba Twalo and Jabu Arnell in the KW top floor
I know more or less what is meant and there will be a whole body of thought and theory behind it (unfortunately I didn't see a literature overview), maybe rooted in experience that will be practically unknown to me, as a 'white' European male, university schooled, with a degree from a prestiguous art academy in Europe, who was able to travel and develop a vision on contemporary art and democratic politics, from a Western perspective, and always having lived in a reasonable affluent society, with many opportunities to be grabbed for a middle class kid at 18.
But why do I get a feeling at the presentation that the curatorial narrative of the current Biennale is rather aggressively blaming the exclusive mindsets of a Western professional artistic class that I do understand but of which, even as an artist, am not really a part of? Ngcobo is even using the phrase "We are in war", seemingly meaning a war of narratives battling for dominance in the professional, institutional art context and thereout, a battle between a postcolonial, African or Euro-post-African (art) elite, trying to conquer the art discours and fighting a class of Western curators that might have had a one eyed view on art slightly too long, being embedded too much in the dominant worldview on accumulation and exploitation on a world scale (as in a famous book of sociologist Samir Amin) and its concomitant symbolic systems, in jargon: 'narratives'?
The claim seems to be stretched to the whole Western , colonial, civilisation, in its past Eurocentric narratives (that need to be reappropriated) and the current post colonial "West", though. Or course I know, in economy and politics, there are still multinational companies, backed by their governments, intervening on a permanent big scale to grab natural resources and waging war when necessary and using cultural dominant narratives that deny the articulation of oppressed groups. Attacking these classes and mind sets would be a bit more specific of the curators although those narratives may be omnipresent in media, educational institutes and even contemporrary art. Now, even a struggling artist or curator who happens to be born in Europe or the Usa, might be part of 'that' mind set, so the not outspoken assertion suggests, as if no resurrections and oppositional movements ever took place in 'The West' and 'revolutionary' views and approaches in the artistic realms never were there. Or is the statement of curator Ngcobo in particular directed against neo colonial mind sets? I guess so, but how do I find out? Not in the curatorial statement which uses terms that are not specified too much.
Video installation in ZK/U
Luckily, when you roam through the exhibition spaces, the artists themselves seem to have focused on their work, not seeming too busy with the discours or narrative battle of Ngcobo's fight going on over their backs. Of course 'we', and I mean we, the artists, whether we are European or African rooted, or both, we, in the end have to make the works that fit our minds and, in the end, are more or less influenced by this 'war'... I think the curator's statement at the press and invited's preview was more of a provocative media statement and I am eager to find out more on the intellectual background of it.
ZK/U is a relatively recently subsidized art space in a former industrial area in the Moabit neighbourhood.
THe Berlin Biennale opens Friday June 8th in the night and runs till September 6th 2018. More information via the Berlin Biennale website.
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Installed in the atelier of artist Bernd Trasberger in Berlin, where I can stay a couple of days, today it's the day of the Berlin Biennale opening. For June, it's quite warm, around 30 degrees Celsius, but I am lucky to be able to take the bike to visit all the Biennale venues.
First, the official preview for the press and other invited guests of this event that will last for 3 months. After a word of welcome by the organisation the curatorial staff explains the approach of this years show with the theme 'We don't need another hero', a title taken by the Tina Turner song of the 80's. Main curator is Gabi Ngcobo, a South African curator, her cv you can find here.
She formed a curatorial team existing of Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, Seruberi Moses, Thiago de Paula Souza and Yvette Mutumba.
'We don't need another hero' has been chosen as a title for what the curators consider a strategy to deal with the 'actually spread condition of a collective psychosis', referring to probably international racial and immigrational fixations in current politics and media (this is not so clearly mentioned in the curatorial statement). "The participants face the current ongoing fears and worries in our time - fears that are multiplied by the neglect of complicated subjectivities". To deal with inner conflicts and accepting them as enduring entities is one of the themes of the Biennale of 2018. The "School of Anxiety" is one of the curatorial projects by Serubiri Moses, next to 'Strange Attractors' by Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, an "exercise in uncertainty". How to deal with these fears and anxieties? The longing to solve it by clinging to an international heroic figure is rejected, instead of that wish, the curators state 'the political potential of strategies of self preservation'. "Strict knowledge systems and standardised historical narratives" though are rejected not to be the solution also. "Alternative configurations of knowledge and power, that accept contradictions and complications" are preferred.
I know more or less what is meant and there will be a whole body of thought and theory behind it (unfortunately I didn't see a literature overview), maybe rooted in experience that will be practically unknown to me, as a 'white' European male, university schooled, with a degree from a prestiguous art academy in Europe, who was able to travel and develop a vision on contemporary art and democratic politics, from a Western perspective, and always having lived in a reasonable affluent society, with many opportunities to be grabbed for a middle class kid at 18.
But why do I get a feeling at the presentation that the curatorial narrative of the current Biennale is rather aggressively blaming the exclusive mindsets of a Western professional artistic class that I do understand but of which, even as an artist, am not really a part of? Ngcobo is even using the phrase "We are in war", seemingly meaning a war of narratives battling for dominance in the professional, institutional art context and thereout, a battle between a postcolonial, African or Euro-post-African (art) elite, trying to conquer the art discours and fighting a class of Western curators that might have had a one eyed view on art slightly too long, being embedded too much in the dominant worldview on accumulation and exploitation on a world scale (as in a famous book of sociologist Samir Amin) and its concomitant symbolic systems, in jargon: 'narratives'?
The claim seems to be stretched to the whole Western , colonial, civilisation, in its past Eurocentric narratives (that need to be reappropriated) and the current post colonial "West", though. Or course I know, in economy and politics, there are still multinational companies, backed by their governments, intervening on a permanent big scale to grab natural resources and waging war when necessary and using cultural dominant narratives that deny the articulation of oppressed groups. Attacking these classes and mind sets would be a bit more specific of the curators although those narratives may be omnipresent in media, educational institutes and even contemporrary art. Now, even a struggling artist or curator who happens to be born in Europe or the Usa, might be part of 'that' mind set, so the not outspoken assertion suggests, as if no resurrections and oppositional movements ever took place in 'The West' and 'revolutionary' views and approaches in the artistic realms never were there. Or is the statement of curator Ngcobo in particular directed against neo colonial mind sets? I guess so, but how do I find out? Not in the curatorial statement which uses terms that are not specified too much.
Luckily, when you roam through the exhibition spaces, the artists themselves seem to have focused on their work, not seeming too busy with the discours or narrative battle of Ngcobo's fight going on over their backs. Of course 'we', and I mean we, the artists, whether we are European or African rooted, or both, we, in the end have to make the works that fit our minds and, in the end, are more or less influenced by this 'war'... I think the curator's statement at the press and invited's preview was more of a provocative media statement and I am eager to find out more on the intellectual background of it.
ZK/U is a relatively recently subsidized art space in a former industrial area in the Moabit neighbourhood.
THe Berlin Biennale opens Friday June 8th in the night and runs till September 6th 2018. More information via the Berlin Biennale website.
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maandag 4 juni 2018
For our lovers of radio suspense
Coming wednesday, June 6th we move to Berlin for the Berlin Biennale. For our lovers of art podcast radio suspense we uploaded a Berlin Biennale song which is listenable at the website.
The coming weeks we will upload interviews, impressions, lots of photos of the preview of the Biennale, which will be a complete surprise, even to us...we don't know what to explect this year from the Biennale, what art we will encounter and artists we will be able to meet...but doesn't make that the trip much more exciting again? We might accomplish the ideal state of the artist and radio initiator...openness for new works, people, vibes and secrets!
BUT! Most important we will upload and stream sound works, soundscapes, soundsound and soundnosound.
BUT! Most important we will upload and stream sound works, soundscapes, soundsound and soundnosound.
Let's not give in to these horror scenarios, radio is a fluidum, a fluid medium, whether it be podcasted or broadcasted...Radio Neverno will always look the danger, right into the eye!
Keep an eye on this site because, you never know, there might really be something NEVERNOS happening....
dinsdag 15 mei 2018
Radio Neverno @Berlin Biennale (7/6-9/6)
By Hans Kuiper
Radio Neverno has obtained a press accreditation for the Berlin Biennale that opens for the public on June 9th 2018. We will visit the preview for art journalists and other invited art professionals.
We will keep our visitors and listeners, contributors and, of course, artists, informed on this thrilling event.
Photo: Opening show of Radio Neverno in Amsterdam, June 2015.
Below the message we received from the Berlin Biennale (sorry, it is in ...German!):
Lieber Herr Kuiper, Radio Neverno, hiermit bestätigen wir Ihre Akkreditierung für die Pressevorbesichtigung der 10. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst. Bitte drucken Sie diese E-Mail aus oder halten Sie sie auf einem mobilen Gerät zum Scannen bereit. Mit dem QR-Code erhalten Sie Zutritt zu der Pressevorbesichtigung an allen Ausstellungsorten der 10. Berlin Biennale. Diese Presseakkreditierung ist personalisiert und nur gültig in Verbindung mit einem Personalausweis, damit Sie sich als rechtmäßige*r Träger*in dieser Akkreditierung identifizieren können. Die Akkreditierung berechtigt Sie zu: – dem Besuch der Ausstellung an allen Orten vom 7. bis 9. Juni 2018: Donnerstag, 7.6.2018: 10–18 Uhr (HAU2 14–18 Uhr): Pressevorbesichtigung 11 Uhr: Pressekonferenz (Akademie der Künste, Studio) Freitag, 8.6.2018: 10–18 Uhr (HAU2 14–19 Uhr): Pressevorbesichtigung und Professional Preview 19–22 Uhr: Offizielle Eröffnung an allen Orten (öffentlich) Samstag, 9.6.2018: 11–19 Uhr: Erster Publikumstag der 10. Berlin Biennale – dem Erwerb der Publikation während der Vorbesichtigungstage (7.–8.6.2018) zum vergünstigten Pressepreis von 20 statt 25 Euro in der Akademie der Künste am Hanseatenweg und in den KW Institute for Contemporary Art.
AUSSTELLUNGSORTE DER 10. BERLIN BIENNALE
Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg 10 10557 Berlin S-Bahn S3/S5/S7/S9: Bellevue; U-Bahn U9: Hansaplatz; Bus 106: U Hansaplatz HAU Hebbel am Ufer – (HAU2) Hallesches Ufer 32 10963 Berlin S-Bahn S1/S2: Anhalter Bahnhof; U-Bahn U1/U3/U6: Hallesches Tor; U–Bahn U1/U3/U7: Möckernbrücke; Bus M41: Willy-Brandt-Haus KW Institute for Contemporary Art Auguststraße 69 10117 Berlin S-Bahn S1/S2/S25/S26, Tram M1/M5: Oranienburger Straße; U-Bahn U6: Oranienburger Tor; U-Bahn U8: Weinmeisterstraße Volksbühne Pavillon Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin S-Bahn S3/S5/S7/S9: Alexanderplatz; U-Bahn U2, Tram M8, Bus 142: Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik Siemensstraße 27 10551 Berlin S-Bahn S41/S42, Bus 106/123/TXL: Beusselstraße; S-Bahn S41/S42: Westhafen; U-Bahn U9: Birkenstraße E-SCOOTER- UND FAHRRADSHARING Mit COUP, dem eScooter-Sharing-Service, zur 10. Berlin Biennale: Neukund*innen erhalten mit dem Code „BIENNALE“ drei Freifahrten à 30 Minuten. App downloaden und kostenfrei anmelden. Aktion gültig bis zum 15. September 2018. Mit Deezer nextbike zu allen Ausstellungsorten.
Pressekontakt für alle weiteren Anfragen: Laura Helena Wurth T +49 (0)30 24 34 59 38 press@berlinbiennale.de Vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse an der 10. Berlin Biennale. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch!
Radio Neverno has obtained a press accreditation for the Berlin Biennale that opens for the public on June 9th 2018. We will visit the preview for art journalists and other invited art professionals.
We will keep our visitors and listeners, contributors and, of course, artists, informed on this thrilling event.
Photo: Opening show of Radio Neverno in Amsterdam, June 2015.
Below the message we received from the Berlin Biennale (sorry, it is in ...German!):
AKKREDITIERUNG ZUR 10. BERLIN BIENNALE FÜR ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNST |
Lieber Herr Kuiper, Radio Neverno, hiermit bestätigen wir Ihre Akkreditierung für die Pressevorbesichtigung der 10. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst. Bitte drucken Sie diese E-Mail aus oder halten Sie sie auf einem mobilen Gerät zum Scannen bereit. Mit dem QR-Code erhalten Sie Zutritt zu der Pressevorbesichtigung an allen Ausstellungsorten der 10. Berlin Biennale. Diese Presseakkreditierung ist personalisiert und nur gültig in Verbindung mit einem Personalausweis, damit Sie sich als rechtmäßige*r Träger*in dieser Akkreditierung identifizieren können. Die Akkreditierung berechtigt Sie zu: – dem Besuch der Ausstellung an allen Orten vom 7. bis 9. Juni 2018: Donnerstag, 7.6.2018: 10–18 Uhr (HAU2 14–18 Uhr): Pressevorbesichtigung 11 Uhr: Pressekonferenz (Akademie der Künste, Studio) Freitag, 8.6.2018: 10–18 Uhr (HAU2 14–19 Uhr): Pressevorbesichtigung und Professional Preview 19–22 Uhr: Offizielle Eröffnung an allen Orten (öffentlich) Samstag, 9.6.2018: 11–19 Uhr: Erster Publikumstag der 10. Berlin Biennale – dem Erwerb der Publikation während der Vorbesichtigungstage (7.–8.6.2018) zum vergünstigten Pressepreis von 20 statt 25 Euro in der Akademie der Künste am Hanseatenweg und in den KW Institute for Contemporary Art.
AUSSTELLUNGSORTE DER 10. BERLIN BIENNALE
Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg 10 10557 Berlin S-Bahn S3/S5/S7/S9: Bellevue; U-Bahn U9: Hansaplatz; Bus 106: U Hansaplatz HAU Hebbel am Ufer – (HAU2) Hallesches Ufer 32 10963 Berlin S-Bahn S1/S2: Anhalter Bahnhof; U-Bahn U1/U3/U6: Hallesches Tor; U–Bahn U1/U3/U7: Möckernbrücke; Bus M41: Willy-Brandt-Haus KW Institute for Contemporary Art Auguststraße 69 10117 Berlin S-Bahn S1/S2/S25/S26, Tram M1/M5: Oranienburger Straße; U-Bahn U6: Oranienburger Tor; U-Bahn U8: Weinmeisterstraße Volksbühne Pavillon Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin S-Bahn S3/S5/S7/S9: Alexanderplatz; U-Bahn U2, Tram M8, Bus 142: Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik Siemensstraße 27 10551 Berlin S-Bahn S41/S42, Bus 106/123/TXL: Beusselstraße; S-Bahn S41/S42: Westhafen; U-Bahn U9: Birkenstraße E-SCOOTER- UND FAHRRADSHARING Mit COUP, dem eScooter-Sharing-Service, zur 10. Berlin Biennale: Neukund*innen erhalten mit dem Code „BIENNALE“ drei Freifahrten à 30 Minuten. App downloaden und kostenfrei anmelden. Aktion gültig bis zum 15. September 2018. Mit Deezer nextbike zu allen Ausstellungsorten.
Pressekontakt für alle weiteren Anfragen: Laura Helena Wurth T +49 (0)30 24 34 59 38 press@berlinbiennale.de Vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse an der 10. Berlin Biennale. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch!
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