WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE 16.9.–15.11.15 Group

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
16.9.–15.11.15
Group exhibition
Curated by Ellen Blumenstein
With the curatorial contribution of Filipa Ramos
Venue: KW Basis
Opening: Tuesday, 15.9.15, 18–22h
Film screening MING OF HARLEM: TWENTY ONE STOREYS IN THE AIR (2014) by
Phillip Warnell and artist talk: Wednesday, 30.9.15, 18 h, admission free
Film program LES BÊTES SAUVAGES: Mittwoch, 28.10.15, 18h, admission free, with
films by Cécile Fontaine (SAFARI LAND, 1996), Éléonore Saintagnan und Grégoire
Motte (LES BETES SAUVAGES, 2015), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (VAMPIRE, 2008),
Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke (LESSER APES, 2011).
The Berlin-based and international artists participating in WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
create spatial fictions that address our idea of the “good” life. The works originate
from the phantasm of the jungle, which we set against our standardized way of life as
a place of pristine rampancy. From various perspectives, the participating artists relate
themselves to the human wishful fantasies and fears linked to concrete or imaginary
spaces – and find images and forms of their own for the gaping chasms and the
productivity they find there.
The works make use of the motif of the jungle as a spatial utopia that does not
require a concrete place – such as the tropics – but can be established anywhere in
the world; whether in global capitals, the desert, the German provinces – or indeed
fictionally. So, through visions of the “other,” the works shed light ex negativo on our
ideas and self-perception.
Curator and writer Filipa Ramos enters into conversation with the exhibition with two
film events accompanying it: The screening of Phillip Warnell’s MING OF HARLEM:
TWENTY ONE STOREYS IN THE AIR (2014) on September 30, 2015, will be followed by
an artist talk; for October 28, 2015, Ramos has compiled a film program that focuses
on utopias and dystopias.
With works by Ute Adamczewski, Ulf Aminde, Awst & Walther, Nina Beier, Julius von
Bismarck, Ulu Braun, Libia Castro & Blafur Blafsson, Danica Dakić, Loretta Fahrenholz,
Heike Gallmeier, Sven Johne, Tobias Madison, Peter Piller, Jon Rafman, Ariel Reichman,
Stephen G. Rhodes, Roman Schramm, Sophie-Therese Trenka-Dalton, Marianne
Vlaschits, Klaus Weber, Camilla Wills
Contributed by Filipa Ramos: Melanie Bonajo, Olaf Breuning, Basim Magdy, John
Smith
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE is KW’s contribution to STADT/BILD (IMAGE OF A CITY), a
collaboration between Berlinische Galerie, Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, KW Institute for
Contemporary Art, and Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The project is
initiated and funded by the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Senate Chancellery – Cultural
affairs, and opens within the Berlin Art Week.
The cultural programs of KW Institute for Contemporary Art are made possible with
the support of the Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs.
Brandlhuber+, Hertweck, Mayfried
The Dialogic City : Berlin wird Berlin
Curated by Dr. Thomas Köhler
16.09.2015 - 21.03.2016
Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur
Alte Jakobstraße 124-128
10969 Berlin
Xenopolis
Laurence Bonvin, Loris Cecchini, Theo Eshetu, Mwangi Hutter, Anri Sala, Jan-Peter E. R.
Sonntag
Curated by Simon Njami
16.09. - 08.11.2015
Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle
Unter den Linden 13/15
10117 Berlin
Welcome to the Jungle
group exhibition
16.09. - 15.11.2015
Curated by Ellen Blumenstein
With the curatorial contribution of Filipa Ramos
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststraße 69
10117 Berlin
Fluids: A Happening by Allan Kaprow, 1967/2015
During Berlin Art Week at various locations throughout Berlin
Versions by Olivier Guesselé-Garai, Assaf Gruber, Antje Majewski, Agnieszka Polska
und Juliane Solmsdorf; Ahmet Sğüt; Alexandra Pirici; Stadt im Regal
Curated by Udo Kittelmann und Lisa Marei Schmidt
Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
www.kaprowinberlin.smb.museum
STADT/BILD
Image of a City
September 16 – November 08, 2015
Opening: September 15, 2015, from 6 – 10 pm
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WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE:
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