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SAVE THE DATE: ISOLA DUBAI DESIGN WEEK 4—9 NOV 2025
Isola Design Group debuts Isola Space at The Lana Promenade during Dubai Design Week 2025 — a new creative landmark for global design.
On the occasion of Dubai Design Week 2025 (4—9 November 2025), Isola Design Group unveils Isola Space, its first physical venue and a new landmark for the international design community. Isola Space is located at The Lana Promenade, Dorchester Collection, Marasi Bay. It is just minutes from the Dubai Design District. Isola Space functions as an exhibition gallery, design store, café, workspace area, and an event venue.
The opening of Isola Space is scheduled for Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. There will be aperitivo bites and signature mixology by The Art of Hosting. Untitled 1C will feature a live performance (at 6 pm / 7 pm / 8 pm) by Tellurico Design Studio. They will carve raw wooden blocks to reveal the labour behind the making of a collectible design object. Additionally, there will be a contemporary dance performance by Wolke7-stageworks.
To inaugurate the space, Isola presents the group exhibition “Icons of Tomorrow”, alongside two additional shows in the Dubai Design District — “Heart, Head, Hand” at Double J Collective and “Living Forms” at Sevil Dolmacı Gallery.
ICONS OF TOMORROW
Isola Space, The Lana Promenade
November 4 — December 6, 2025; h 10 am – 8 pm
Isola Space hosts Icons of Tomorrow, a group exhibition featuring a curated selection of products, research, and experiments by designers who are shaping the future of contemporary design.
Epoche Studio creates a side table made from a fossil framed in cast aluminum. It merges an artifact once in motion with the stillness of cast metal. Jinil Park’s Drawing Series presents a chair, lamp, and side table that transform 2D sketches into real-world forms. Aina Kari + Giovanni Botticelli Studio celebrate Venetian tradition with eclectic handmade glass vases and candleholders. Studio Szkło plays with light and form in glasses. These glasses bend reality. Moreover featured in the outdoor area, a lounge installation with seats by Alkimista and cylindrical handmade planters by Pots and Pines.HEART, HEAD, HAND
Double J Collective, Building 7A at Dubai Design District
November 4 — 9, 2025; h 11 am – 8 pm
Curated together with Double J Collective, Heart, Head, Hand explores the emotional, intellectual, and tactile dimensions of the creative process. The exhibition celebrates the deep connection between people and the objects around them, showing how handmade design can bring meaning, evoke memories, and create personal connections.
From Studio Lilium’s table lamp incorporating cocoa particles as a sensory experiment, to emotional handmade vases inspired by volcanoes. Versatile boxes by Aleksandra Hyz are designed to hold anything and act as social catalysts for interaction. Each project explores new ways of connecting material, emotion, and meaning. Double J Collective is the first gallery in the UAE exclusively dedicated to contemporary craftsmanship.LIVING FORMS
Sevil Dolmacı, Building 11 at Dubai Design District
November 4 — 9, 2025; h 10 am – 7 pm
Isola collaborates with Sevil Dolmacı to present Living Forms that showcases furniture and design objects that transcend mere functionality, highlighting culture, craftsmanship, and personal expression.
Rory Noble-Turner’s sculptural piece evolves from a chess figure into pure decor. Behnaz Pourfarhadi’s chair is inspired by the Iranian Zurkhaneh. Cultural heritage shapes the very foundation of its design. Marquisate celebrates craftsmanship with egg-shaped glasses that recall fertility. This brings timeless artistry into the present. Hasik Design Studio’s table lamps embody a sense of permanence. They are objects meant to be passed down through generations.Isola Space opening:
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025 (The Lana Promenade)
— Press Preview from 5:30pm
— VIP opening from 6:30pmPlease RSVP: rsvp@mintlist.info
CREDITS & INFO
Where: Isola Space and Icons of Tomorrow (address: Unit L204, The Lana Promenade, Dorchester Collection, Marasi Bay, Business Bay)
Heart, Heat, Hand at Double J Collective, Building 7A (Dubai Design District)
Living Forms at Sevil Dolmacı, Building 11 (Dubai Design District)
Partners Isola Space:Acumen Light, Alkimista, ALPI, Armourcoat, Arper, B&T, Dubai Audio, Grob Design, Iconico, Montalbano, Obliq, Pots and Pines, Sandalyeci, Vescom
Supported by DesigntechMedia Partners: Abitare, Archiproducts, Collater.al, Dezeen, ICON, Living, Love That Design, The Sandy Times
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Heterotopia.exe – Group Exhibit at the Garten_Studios
Heterotopia.exe is an eclectic group exhibition on Michel Foucault’s theory of Heterotopic Spaces and “worlds within worlds”.
The third space exists as a site of possibility. It is a threshold where contradictions are not erased but embraced. These spaces, described by Michel Foucault as heterotopias, are worlds within worlds, alternate realities suspended in tension with the normative. They are other, real-yet-unreal, and following a specific set of rules, like bars, prisons, nightclubs, or this exhibition space right here.
Sarah Dubná, Sarah Fuchs, Bings, Mateusz Szymanowski, Wolfgang Guenther “worlds within worlds”
The need for third spaces arises from the failures of traditional structures to accommodate the complexity of human existence. Public spaces are shrinking under privatization. Digital platforms are increasingly mediating our interactions. The creation of new third spaces offers a counterpoint.
Heterotopia.exe unfolds as an activation and simulation of Foucault’s concept of “other spaces”, and opens it not as a static notion, but as an executable environment. In this exhibition, artworks are not only representations but portals, where reality is reprogrammed.
Linda Marwan, Andrea Mikyska, Jack Carden Here, you will discover installations with aesthetics drawn from video games. These include coded landscapes populated by 3D-printed hybrid creatures. They hover between biology and imagination. Visitors will also find uncanny beings made of glass and steel. They are half deep-sea, half interplanetary, suggesting lives evolving in environments we can barely imagine.
The exhibition is a walk through of fragments and reveries. Otherworldly landscapes draw colors and shapes obey unfamiliar laws, with distorted gardens and curated domestic interiors. Dreamscapes collide with visions of post-internet Hells. The viewer will encounter allegories for the infrastructures of control that we navigate daily and the invisible labor of care. Mirrors serve as paradoxical heterotopias, offering presence and absence at once.
Jo Jakob Hübner, Lena Becerra, Nogan Camille Chevreau, Azzah Salwaa The exhibition space is its own a world. It mirrors our contemporary art practices, questions and opens the space for dialogue, holds together universes that may otherwise seem incompatible. A space with its own temporality, suspending time for the short period the exhibition is on display and crystallizes in memories and through documentation.
Jonathan Esperester, Mariia Lutsak About the curator:
Louise des Places is a curator, arts journalist, and former studio manager and gallery director. Over the years she has worked in several art residencies, foundations, museums and galleries in France, Belgium, Germany and Sweden; wrote for numerous publications; and organized curated exhibitions all around Europe as an independent curator.
Roxy Ruby, Avantika Khanna Heterotopia.exe
Opening on Friday, November 28th, 6-10 pm.
Open on Saturday, 11am-6pm. Closing on Sunday, 11am-5pm.Performance on Sunday, November 30th, 3pm.
At Garten_StudiosMarienburgerstr. 19, 10405, Berlin
Presenting the works of:
Lena Becerra, Bings, Léa Bouton, Jack Carden, Nogan Camille Chevreau, Eszter Dobos, Sarah Dubná, Jonathan Esperester, Sarah Fuchs, Wolfgang Guenther, Jo Jakob Hübner, Avantika Khanna, Mariia Lutsak, Linda Marwan, Andrea Mikyska, Roxy Ruby, Azzah Salwaa, and Mateusz Szymanowski.
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Janine Bean Gallery: „Dreams of the Seen and Unseen“
„Dreams of the Seen and Unseen“: Zwei Künstler, zwei Welten – Marie Louise Elshout & James Johnston vereinen Traum, Mythos und Realität.
7. November 2025 – 3. Januar 2026
Vernissage: 7. November 2025, 18 – 21 Uhr janinebeangallery | Torstraße 154 | 10115 BerlinMit der Ausstellung „Dreams of the Seen and Unseen“ präsentiert die janinebeangallery ab dem 7. November 2025 eine Gegenüberstellung der künstlerischen Positionen von Marie Louise Elshout und James Johnston.
Marie Louise Elshout
Die niederländische Künstlerin Marie Louise Elshout (geb. 1967 in Delft, Niederlande) verbindet in ihrem Werk Zeichnung und Malerei auf einzigartige Weise. Ihre Arbeiten stammen ursprünglich aus der Druckgrafik. Sie entstehen aus hunderten fein gesetzten Bleistift- und Kohlestiftlinien. Diese Linien verdichten sich durch transparente Ölschichten zu farbigen Bildwelten.
Marie Louise Elshout Vanitas #4 (München Albino Alligator) 90×70 cm, Bleistift, Kohle und Öl auf Leinwand, 2024 „Auf den ersten Blick wirken sie wie Gemälde, doch eigentlich sind es gezeichnete Kompositionen“, beschreibt Elshout ihren Prozess. Inhaltlich bewegt sich ihr Werk im Spannungsfeld zwischen Mensch und Tier, Führenden und Folgenden, Maskerade und Verwandlung. Inspiriert von Daguerreotypien des 19. Jahrhunderts greift Elshout historische Bildräume auf, in denen industrielle Modernisierung und alte Mythen noch nebeneinander existierten.
Marie Louise Elshout Hybrid#14 (Jackalopes) 120×120 cm, Bleistift, Kohle und Öl auf Leinwand 2024 Ihre hybriden Gestalten reflektieren Folklore, Märchen sowie Rituale und damit zugleich die Ambivalenz menschlicher Gesellschaft. Die Landschaft fungiert dabei nicht als Hintergrund, sondern als handelnder Protagonist, der die fragile Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Natur hervorhebt. „Wir sind nur Sternenstaub, wie Joni sang“, sagt Elshout, „und doch verhalten wir uns, als stünden wir über allen anderen Lebewesen.“
James Johnston
Johnston (geb. 1966) ist einem internationalen Publikum vor allem als Musiker bekannt als Gründer und Sänger der Band Gallon Drunk. Sowie durch seine langjährige Zusammenarbeit mit Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds und PJ Harvey. Während einer Tour mit PJ Harvey begann er, täglich kleine Bilder in Hotelzimmern anzufertigen. Dies läutete den Beginn seiner zweiten künstlerischen Laufbahn ein.
James Johnston Drugs and Hairdressing 50 x 40 cm Acryl auf Leinwand und Buttoned Up 40 x 30 cm Acryl und Gold auf Leinwand 2025 „Unmittelbar wurde ich davon gänzlich in den Bann gezogen“, erinnert sich Johnston, „ich musste weitermachen und zurück in London brauchte ich sofort ein Atelier.“ Aus dieser anfänglich spontanen Praxis entwickelte sich eine Bildsprache. Diese Bildsprache zeichnet sich durch expressive Direktheit, kräftige Farben und figurative Intensität aus.
Johnstons Arbeiten entstehen oft aus dem Zufall heraus. Sie entwickeln sich zu Szenen mit solitären Figuren, Tieren und Naturdarstellungen. Diese Szenen widerspiegeln den menschlichen Zustand. Humor ist für ihn dabei ebenso ein Zugang wie die mythische Aufladung, die auch von außen erkannt werden kann.
Nick Cave beschrieb Johnstons Arbeiten als „paintings full of mythic power“. Damit betont er den archaischen und zugleich psychologisch dichten Charakter seiner Malerei. Der Künstler selbst sieht Malerei und Musik als Ausdruck derselben Energie. „Ich bin kein technischer Musiker. Es ging mir immer um Unmittelbarkeit und Herzblut. Das gilt für die Malerei genauso.“
Für die Ausstellung in Berlin kündigt Johnston „lose, farbenfrohe, figurative Gemälde“ an. Darunter sind auch kleinere Formate, die er besonders schätzt. „Sie sind sehr konzentriert und haben eine Kraft ganz für sich.“
Verborgenes, Traum und Realität, Geschichte und Gegenwart
Im Zusammenspiel mit den Werken von Marie Louise Elshout entsteht ein intensiver Dialog. Elshout reflektiert mit präziser Zeichnung, historischen Anspielungen und mythisch aufgeladenen Hybridwesen kollektive Rituale. Sie beleuchtet die fragile Beziehung zur Natur. Johnston verdichtet existentielle Stimmungen zu expressiven figurativen Szenen. In diesen Szenen trifft das Mythische auf die Gegenwart.
„Dreams of the Seen and Unseen“ zeigt zwei künstlerische Positionen. Diese verweben Sichtbares und Verborgenes, Traum und Realität sowie Geschichte und Gegenwart. Die Ausstellung lädt ein, in diese Zwischenwelten einzutreten.
Mehr Infos zu der Ausstellung findet ihr auf der Website der janinebeangallery.
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Aftersome LP by You Man feat. Marc Almond and Local Suicide
Aftersome by You Man captures the fleeting moments where chance meets destiny — a hypnotic journey through techno, house and post-wave sounds.
Aftersome refers to that suspended moment of wonder, when you realize you’ve been led here by a chain of unexpected events and small decisions — so improbable they almost feel preordained. Between chance and destiny, it is a fragile state where emotion and reflection intertwine.
This album by You Man (Tepat & Giac) embodies precisely that idea. Each track is a step along this path. It is a resonance born of accidents and coincidences. These elements ultimately shape a coherent trajectory despite its improbability.
blurring the line between reality and imagination
Musically, the work moves between techno, house and post-wave, infused with science-fiction and fantastical influences, constantly blurring the line between reality and imagination.
The experience is enriched by remarkable collaborations: Marc Almond (Soft Cell), Local Suicide, Jérôme Voisin, Anouk Amati (Myd), and Emmaï Dee (Bagarre), each bringing their own brilliance to this odyssey.
Ultimately, Aftersome is a hypnotic journey, a sonic mosaic reflecting the unpredictable beauty of the paths that emerge as we move forward.
Details:
About You Man
You Man is a French electronic duo. Tepat Huleux and Giac Di Falco form this group. They have been crafting hypnotic dance music since 2005. They met in Calais, France, bonding over their shared love for electronic music and frequenting legendary parties across the Belgian border.
Their debut EP, Restless, released in 2013, marked the beginning of their journey in the electronic music scene. The duo’s sound blends elements of techno, house, and post-wave, often infused with science-fiction and fantastical influences, creating a unique auditory experience.
You Man has released several acclaimed works over the years. This includes the Altered States EP in 2020. It drew inspiration from Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception. Their music is characterized by captivating synth loops, progressive rhythms, and a blend of light and dark elements. They have performed at notable festivals. These include We Love Green, Calvi On The Rocks, and Solidays.
In celebration of their decade-long journey, You Man revisited their debut EP in 2024. They collaborated with artists like Etienne de Crécy and Des Jonquilles. This reimagined version of Restless offers fresh interpretations of their classic tracks, blending their early sound with new influences.
For more information and to explore their music, visit their Bandcamp page or follow them on Instagram.
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Wiener Planquadrat & Chuck Winter – L’Amour Á Trois / Wurm
Wiener Planquadrat & Chuck Winter explore passion and chaos in their new Austropop single “L’Amour À Trois” — out Oct 24 via Iptamenos Discos.
Wiener Planquadrat team up with Chuck Winter to release their new Austropop hit “L’Amour Á Trois” on October 24th, 2025 via Iptamenos Discos.
Wiener Planquadrat is a Vienna-based duo consisting of Michael Weiler and Maximilian Atteneder. They made their mark in 2021 with “Stillstand.” This breakout debut climbed the dance charts in Austria and Germany. Their 2022 EP “Dschungel”, featuring remixes by T.Raumschmiere and Tech Support, blended analog grit with indie-rave melancholy, signaling their refusal to play by genre rules.
In recent years, they’ve performed live in Berlin, Paris, and Thessaloniki, collaborated with Local Suicide and released remixes for artists like Oberst & Buchner, Dina Summer, Kalipo, and more.
Munich-raised, Vienna-based Chuck Winter lost all his music in 2020 when his computer crashed, using the moment to start over. Formerly, he was an English-language indie artist. He reinvented himself as NNDW (Neue Neue Deutsche Welle). He began writing and singing in German for the first time. A new sound emerged from pandemic isolation. It led to his 2022 debut EP “Geist.” He toured across the German-speaking world with acts like Mola, Die Sauna, and Das Kitsch.
Their first collaborative single “L’Amour À Trois” dives deep into the pleasures and pains of a romantic ménage à trois. It explores masochistic self-destruction and tender ecstasy, alone or together.
The single will be released digitally and on a limited 7” vinyl, featuring the B-side “Wurm”, on November 14th, 2025 via Iptamenos Discos. The release will be celebrated with a release event at Import Export in Munich on November 15th, 2025.
Details
Release Date: October 24th, 2025
Austropop, Indie Pop, Neue Neue Deutsche Welle,
Catalog Number IDI026
About Iptamenos Discos
Founded in 2021 by the Berlin-based duo Local Suicide, Iptamenos Discos is an independent label at the crossroads of underground club culture and eclectic indie aesthetics. Known for its blend of dark disco, electroclash, and EBM, the label features synth-driven indie-dance. It champions both emerging and established artists through carefully curated releases. The label also offers limited-run vinyl and remix collaborations.
Iptamenos Discos goes beyond records to foster community through label nights, festival appearances, and direct-to-fan experiences. Each release is more than a product; it’s a shared moment in Europe’s left-field electronic scene.
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New Album by pdqb – 8 1/2 Bit Via Synaptic Cliffs
🎮 “I live in the arcades. Reality was never an option!” — 85-year-old video game queen & film composer pdqb returns with 8½ Bit, a love letter to retro joy.
“I live in the arcades. Reality was never an option!”
The 85-year-old video game queen and film composer pdqb (born on November 14, 1939) delivers a beautiful love letter to your boomer childhood, a wild ride through the golden age of video gaming. Hear how she dodges bullets, jumps over cosmic chasms, beats bosses, reaches bonus stages, uses cheat codes and even her last continue…just to stay in a world of pixels and vectors forever.
pdqb will bring you back all those fond memories of unburdened joy that you might have lost while growing up. She could be your savior. Synaptic Cliffs is filled with otherworldly pride to present these 14 timeless masterpieces to its beloved listeners.
Tracks:
A Side
- A1 Sixfold Radianz (3:45)
- A2 Boktay (2:10)
- A3 4d-TögTägTüu (1:23)
- A4 Exosphear (4:07)
- A5 Maurodius-Papeda (1:11)
- A6 Dondoli (the NPC) (3:20)
- A7 …LeftRightBA (0:56)
B Side
- B1 Lygöphobiä (1:49)
- B2 Flossbite (1:36)
- B3 Chipppps (3:32)
- B4 DodgedoG (2:33)
- B5 Bogeygirl (2:16)
- B6 Laserzimmer 1, Raum 3.16 (1:54)
- B7 Binäry Gatoraders On Acid (2:06)
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New EP: The MFA – The Difference it Makes Remixes
A timeless classic reborn — The Difference It Makes returns with remixes by Joe Goddard, Nathan Fake & The MFA, out Oct 28 on Deskbound Complex.
Original MFA Mix:
One of Pitchfork’s top 50 tracks of 2004, Resident Advisor described it at the time as, “Beautiful slices of dubby-tech house with compressed guitars and abstract sliced vocals. From start to finish, the track is minimal in nature. I like it, and I think you will too… The MFA has created something of a hidden gem.”
The record went on to receive support from Gerd Janson, Carl Cox, BLOND:ISH, Sven Väth, James Holden, Michael Mayer, Tim Sweeney, Dusky, Ata, Joseph Capriati, Robag Wruhme, Henry Saiz, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, Jody Wisternoff, James Grant, Joe Goddard, and more.
Joe Goddard Remix:
With plenty of plays from Grammy-nominated Joe Goddard of Hot Chip, it seemed only right to ask him to remix the track. The result is an electro-dance number with a big breakdown and main room appeal.
Nathan Fake Remix:
Originally released on James Holden’s Border Community, The MFA pay homage with a remix by former labelmate, Nathan Fake – who the duo first met on an internet chat room at the turn of the millennium.
The MFA’s #23 Remix:
Reimagined 23 years after it was first written (with a nod to The KLF), the remix pushes the track deeper onto the dancefloor, with a fresh take on the original.
About Deskbound Complex and The MFA:
Deskbound Complex was launched in 2025 by The MFA’s Alastair Douglas and Rhys Evans, with Euge Rasini joining as label manager, and Amilcar Torija as creative director.
The long-term vision is for Deskbound Complex to provide a platform for new and established artists to share, collaborate, and release records through.
Following their debut release on Border Community in 2004, The MFA went on to release tracks on Bpitch Control, Kompakt, Boxer, EQ, and Precinct records. After a break, the pair returned in 2021 with a release on Traum, and fresh material planned for release in 2026.
- Artist: The MFA
- Release: The Difference it Makes Remixes
- Label: Deskbound Complex
- Release Date: October 28, 2025
© FATdrop 2025
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CHRYSALIS. ARTISTS IN LABS @ The Art Laboratory Berlin
Join the Art Lab Berlin for the CHRYSALIS panel at Berlin Science Week — exploring art, AI, ecology & neuroscience with artists and scientists from Berlin!
Panel Discussion | With Helena Nikonole, Álvaro Rodríguez, Julius Holtz, Ludmila Litvin, Margherita Pevere, Germán Joosten, Regine Rapp, and Christian de Lutz
Berlin Science Week
Sat, 8 November 2024, 13:00 – 14:30
BSW / Säälchen, Holzmarkt 25, 10243 BerlinJoin the presentation of our current research project CHRYSALIS. ARTISTS IN LABS at the Berlin Science Week 2025 on 8 November 2025. We will give an insight into Berlin-based artists researching in Berlin science labs – with topics on neuroscience, artificial intelligence, biodiversity, and ecology!
During 2025 and 2026, Art Laboratory Berlin is unfolding the new innovative project CHRYSALIS. ARTISTS IN LABS with an interdisciplinary exchange between art and science in Berlin science laboratories. Building on Berlin’s unique status as a global centre for arts and sciences, we aim to create new synergies based on topics of current research.
Art Laboratory Berlin is working with a consortium of scientists from all three Berlin universities, the Charité, and the University of the Arts Berlin. They are initiating artist-in-lab residencies for four internationally recognized, Berlin-based artists: Helena Nikonole, Julius Holtz, Sybille Neumeyer, and Margherita Pevere.
We expect strong outcomes in transdisciplinary knowledge transfer, artistic research, art science communication, and some new artworks highlighting 21st-century innovations. In this year’s BSW panel discussion we present three artists of the project CHRYSALIS together with their scientific partners of the respective Berlin science laboratories.
A Conversation with
- Helena Nikonole, new media artist, independent curator, Berlin/ Istanbul
- Álvaro Rodríguez, biologist, Rillig Lab | Ecology of Plants, Institute of Biology, FU Berlin
- Julius Holtz, composer and sound researcher, Berlin
- Ludmila Litvin, Research Associate, Sleep Research & Clinical Chronobiology, Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Margherita Pevere, artist and researcher, Berlin
- Germán Joosten, Environmental researcher, Jeschke Lab | Ecological Novelty, Institute of Biology, FU Berlin
- Regine Rapp, art historian and curator, Art Laboratory Berlin
- Christian de Lutz, curator and researcher, Art Laboratory Berlin
Helena Nikonole
For the CHRYSALIS project, Helena Nikonole will continue her work at the intersection of machine learning and biosemiotics. During her residency at the Rillig Lab, Institute of Biology, FU Berlin, she will incorporate her machine-learning–related practice into metagenomic soil-ecology research. This will align with the lab’s ongoing Global Change project.
Álvaro Rodríguez
Post-doc researcher Álvaro Rodríguez from the Global Change research project at the Rillig Lab studies global change. His research focuses on understanding how microbial populations respond to many global change factors. These populations range from viruses to fungi. He will elaborate on his current research, especially the field of metagenomics.
At its starting point, Helena’s project poses a central research question: In what alternative forms might life emerge and develop under different conditions? The collaboration invites a dialogue where speculation meets observation. It approaches evolution not as a fixed trajectory but as a continuous unfolding. This unfolding is a field of potential transformations that may be real, imaginary, or both at once.
Julius Holtz
In context of the CHRYSALIS project, composer and sound researcher Julius Holtz is collaborating with scientists from the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, HU Berlin. He is also working with the Institute of Physiology about Sleep Research & Clinical Chronobiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. At the core of his investigations are the interactions between participants and sound environments. They include the formation of (self-)consciousness and the creation of spaces that invite active listening. Mindfulness and the practice of active listening are closely connected: What new perspectives emerge from the act of listening to oneself as well as listening to others?
How can new technologies be used sustainably in this context? What role does conscious and mindful action play for our society and environment? How can technological innovations contribute to fostering or transforming these qualities?
Ludmila Litvin
Ludmila Litvin is a research associate on Sleep Research & Clinical Chronobiology at the Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. In the panel discussion she will elaborate on her research field and come into dialogue with Julius’ artistic research.
Margherita Pevere
Artist and researcher Margherita Pevere’s project (untitled) in context of the CHRYSALIS project will look at death as an ecological driver in ponds of the Berlin urban area. Her artistic research is looking at what chemicals (nicotine, drugs, among others) enter ponds, and how they affect biotic activity.
Germán Joosten
Environmental researcher Germán Joosten from the Jeschke Group for Ecological Novelty, FU Berlin, will join the panel discussion. The event includes experts from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB). He will come into dialog with Margherita at this year’s BSW panel discussion. (untitled) belongs to Margherita’s current art series untaming death, which understands death as an ecological process rather than the end of life.
Previous projects in the series engaged with complex phenomena inside the human body. These included autoimmune conditions in Hlymia, 2024. They also engaged with damaged ecosystems like wildfires and soil in Lament, 2024. This project was awarded the COAL Transformative Territories Mention 2024.
The series reflect on death as a constitutive part of life processes, but frames in it a time of anthropogenic disruption of ecologies and species extinction. How to (not) come to terms with this?
About Art Laboratory Berlin
The Art Laboratory Berlin is a multiple award-winning art and research platform. It has over 15 years’ experience in art-science research. The platform is known for its curatorial expertise, mediating talents, and discursive portfolio. It benefits from longstanding collaborations with numerous Berlin university research institutes and a strong network in the “art-science” field.
In the CHRYSALIS project, the role of Regine Rapp and Christian de Lutz is to closely mentor, creatively mediate, and constantly foster the chrysalis – the transitional state – of these critical transdisciplinary research paths.
More information about the speakers & the research project CHRYSALIS:
https://berlinscienceweek.com/de/programme/chrysalis-artists-labs
https://artlaboratory-berlin.org/research/chrysalis-artists-in-labs/
Cooperation Partners:
- Sleep Research & Clinical Chronobiology, Institute of Physiology, Charité Berlin
- Rillig Lab | Ecology of Plants, Institute of Biology, FU Berlin
Jeschke Lab | Ecological Novelty, Institute of Biology, FU Berlin - The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
ARL – Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Hannover
other Chrysalis partners:
- Weizenbaum Institute, UdK Berlin
Einstein Center Digital Future, TU Berlin - Berlin Open Lab, TU Berlin, UdK Berlin
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, HU Berlin
CLOT Magazine London
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FRESH A.I.R. #10 – Abschlussausstellung & Open House
„I AM FLUX“ zeigt neue Werke internationaler Künstler:innen über Identität, Wandel & Technologie – vom 7.11.25 bis 29.3.26 im URBAN NATION Berlin.
Vernissage: Donnerstag, 6. November 2025, 19–22 Uhr
Ausstellungsdauer: 7. November 2025–29. März 2026
Öffnungszeiten: Dienstag/Mittwoch: 10–18 Uhr, Donnerstag bis Sonntag: 12–20 Uhr
Ort: Projektraum des URBAN NATION Museums, Bülowstraße 97, 10783 BerlinOpen House: Samstag, 8. November 2025, 14–20 Uhr, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 Berlin
„I AM FLUX: The Freedom of Being and the Possibilities of Becoming“
Im Rahmen der FRESH A.I.R. #10
Unter dem Titel „I AM FLUX: The Freedom of Being and the Possibilities of Becoming“ zeigt das Artist-in-Residence-Programm Fresh A.I.R. und das Martha Cooper Scholarship der Stiftung Berliner Leben die Abschlussausstellung.
Seit Januar 2025 beschäftigen sich die teilnehmenden Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten des zehnten Fresh A.I.R.-Jahrgangs mit der transformativen Natur von Identität und Existenz im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kunst und Technologie. Mit ihren Werken hinterfragen sie, was es bedeutet, in einer Welt des ständigen Wandels zu leben, sich selbst zu verändern und weiterzuentwickeln.
Im Rahmen des elfmonatigen Stipendiums entstanden neue Werke von zwölf internationalen Künstlerinnen und Künstlern:
Lena Becerra (ITA/ARG), Lena Biresch (DEU), Mariana Carranza (URY/DEU), Jivan van der Ende (NLD), Julla Kroner (DEU), Linda Marwan (DEU), Agata Mendziuk (POL), Dylan Mitro (CAN), Hugo Pétigny (FRA), Monika Popiel & Paweł Świerczek (POL) sowie Mátyás Tóth (HUN).
Die Arbeiten gruppieren sich um drei thematische Felder:
HORIZONS OF BEING
Identität als dynamischer, fluider Prozess. Die künstlerischen Beiträge hinterfragen normative Geschlechterrollen und untersuchen Verkörperung sowie performative Selbstentwürfe jenseits festgelegter Zuschreibungen.
WHISPERS OF EXISTENCE
Die metaphysische Dimension des Seins: Fragen nach Sichtbarkeit und Unsichtbarkeit, Präsenz und Abwesenheit, poetisch und transzendierend wurden bearbeitet.
BEYOND LIMITS
Überschreitungen klassischer Grenzziehungen: Mensch-Technologie-Interfaces, Erweiterungen des Körpers, Dialoge zwischen Natur und Maschine sowie historische Rekonfigurationen wurden künstlerisch erforscht.
Die Ausstellung spiegelt die große Bandbreite zeitgenössischer Ausdrucksformen wider: Installationen, Skulpturen, Videoarbeiten, Fotografie sowie digitale Medien, XR-Technologien und immersive Formate. Ergänzt werden diese durch Malerei, hybride Medien, Performance, Sound Art und interaktive Raumkonzepte.
Die Ausstellung ist nur ein Teil des vielfältigen Kosmos unserer Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten. Eine besondere Gelegenheit mehr über die künstlerischen Ansätze zu erfahren, bietet sich beim Open House am 8. November 2025. Hier erhalten Besucherinnen und Besucher exklusive Einblicke in die Projekte und Arbeitsweisen.
Weitere Informationen zu Fresh A.I.R.:
Taged as/in; Agata Mendziuk (POL), Artists In Residence, Berlin Art Scene, berlin events, contemporary art, Dylan Mitro (CAN), exhibition, Fresh AIR 10, Hugo Pétigny (FRA), I AM FLUX, Identity, Installation, Jivan van der Ende (NLD), Julla Kroner (DEU), Lena Becerra (ITA/ARG), Lena Biresch (DEU), Linda Marwan (DEU), Mariana Carranza (URY/DEU), Martha Cooper Scholarship, Mátyás Tóth (HUN), Monika Popiel & Paweł Świerczek (POL), New Media, performance, Photography, sculpture, Sound Art, technology, transformation, Urban Nation Berlin, XR#writtenby
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