Meanwhile: 2020 – The world closed all real paths of connection. What we live on and what we see as our core task is impossible due to COVID-19. As for so many artists, venues, and […]

Meanwhile: 2020 – The world closed all real paths of connection. What we live on and what we see as our core task is impossible due to COVID-19. As for so many artists, venues, and […]
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – INDIA-WEEK 2019
PRÄSENTATION AM 01. NOVEMBER 2019, 19.00 UHR
Zusammen mit Schüler*innen der Schule auf der Veddel und mit interessierten Nachbarn thematisiert Amitabh Kumar “Kulturelle-Identität” als eine Spielart von sprachlichen Übersetzungen
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Hierzu bringt er das Gedicht “Sheeshon Ka Maseeha / The Messiah of Glass” des indischen Dichters Faiz Ahmed Faiz ins Gespräch und als als Grundlage seiner Auseinandersetzung mit dem Ort und den Menschen der Elbinsel Veddel.
ALTONALE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2018 / NANTES
For the third time Frise-Künstlerhaus Hamburg is hosting the official Altonale artist-in-residence 2018. After Groningen in 2017 and Istanbul in 2016, we cooperate with the cultural center Lieu Unique from Nantes and welcoming French artist Franck Gérard in Hamburg-Altona. An other PORTJourney Network Exchange.
Artist in Residence – A Port Journey Exchange with FORUM BOX Helsinki and FRISE Hamburg. November/December 2017
“My current paintings take us into the midst of the plastic soup that we swim in. The sky is still blue, but we are choking in the useless material boiling away in our seas and on our shores. We let it go down the drain. (…)”