HOT PRESS / Media Coverage / Artichoke Magazine

Thanks Artichoke magazine for featuring some of my work in their current issue (number 40). Artichoke is an Australian publication featuring interiors, architecture, visual art and design - and they published a little write up for my recent Open Studio for the DMY Berlin International Design Festival. Check it out!

This is what the front cover looks like

This is what the article about me looks like

ART CONNECT BERLIN - 1st Year Anniversary Fundraising Auction and Exhibiton

I am pleased to be donating a work for auction in support of ART CONNECT BERLIN. Below is a photo and details of the work and then some info about all the events in relation to the auction that I copied and pasted from their website. I'd love to write my own content but I have a hot date to get ready for. THANKS!

Find details at the Faceook event and find out more details about ART CONNECT BERLIN here.

Matrix Series XV

30 x 50 x 30cms

Aluminium, spraypaint, spunbonded synthetic

WHAT? 
// ARTCONNECT BERLIN’s 1st Anniversary including Exhibition (users+video), Fundraising Auction, Concert & After Party

WHERE?
// ARTCONNECT BERLIN’s HQ // Loophole // Idrawalot // Kaleidoskop // SPAR*K // Frühperle

WHEN?
// 9th to 12th of August


ARTCONNECT BERLIN is a networking platform for creatives launched on the 1st of August 2011. In just under a year we’ve gone from a few hopeful volunteers and artists to a comprehensive and diverse network of over 2,300 users from vastly different backgrounds. This has all been possible because of our wonderful volunteers and the unparalleled willingness and eagerness of the creative community of Berlin.

Along with our networking platform, we have a widely read blog covering events and happenings in Berlin, as well as interviews with artists and musicians alike. Our extensive coverage of this distinct world and our specific user-base gives us a unique position within the city’s creative scene.

Our online presence continues to grow, as does our brick-and-mortar operation on Boddinstraße, which includes our own offices, co-working space, workshop space, and the many events and exhibitions we put on every month. Our popular Networking Breakfast, for example, brings together artists with curators and has played host to many important artists and organizations living and working in Berlin.

ARTCONNECT BERLIN was created by artists and people related to the art scene who needed a tool to stayed connected and to network with the many creative people the city of Berlin has to offer. There have been many success stories amongst our users in areas such as job searching, which our platform makes simple through our often frequented “Opportunities” section and weekly newsletter. We are also very active on all the popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, which we use to interact with and feature artists from our platform.

Now, after one year of rapid growth, we would like to celebrate with you in a long weekend full of art, music, and love!!!


***TIME SCHEDULE******************

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WEDNESDAY 8th of August
// Paint the street with ACB at 3pm, read more here:
http://
artconnectberlin.com/ARTCONNECTBERLIN/opportunities/2900

THURSDAY 9th of August
// Exhibitions of Sarah Clement and Lucía Walter a.k.a. “CHÍA” at Idrawalot, starting at 12pm
// Exhibition “Indexes and other figures” at Kaleidoskop
// Exhibition Opening at ARTCONNECT BERLIN’s HQ starting at 7pm
// Pixelhead Photoshoot with the artist, Martin Backes from 7pm- 10pm at ACB's HQ (http://goo.gl/MKaCC)

FRIDAY 10th of August
// Open Office Day and Exhibition at ARTCONNECT BERLIN’s HQ, starting with a Networking Brunch at 12pm (no reservation needed, just show up!)
// Exhibitions of Sarah Clement and Lucía Walter a.k.a. “CHÍA” at Idrawalot, starting at 12pm
// Exhibition “Indexes and other figures” at Kaleidoskop

Warm up party at Loophole at 9.00pm
//Mangrove Kipling & Cousin Jane (http://
artconnectberlin.com/TristenB)
//The Pink Pearl Dragon (http://
www.artconnectberlin.com/thepinkpearldragon)

Party at Loophole at 11.30pm
// Concert by Digits. Listen to their music here: http://goo.gl/nmNLh
// DJ set Oblast (https://www.facebook.com/
oblastmusic)
// DJ set by Oliver Gehrmann & Tim Vitá (Freude am Tanzen / Fabelwesen)

SATURDAY 11th of August
// Exhibition at ARTCONNECT BERLIN’s HQ
// Exhibitions of Sarah Clement and Lucía Walter a.k.a. “CHÍA” at Idrawalot, starting at 12pm
// Exhibition “Indexes and other figures” at Kaleidoskop
// Exhibition at SPAR*K with afterparty, starting at 6pm
// Pixelhead Photoshoot with the artist, Martin Backes from 5pm- 7:30pm at ACB's HQ (http://goo.gl/MKaCC)
// Fundraising Auction from 8pm-11pm at Frühperle

SUNDAY 12th of August
// Exhibitions of Sarah Clement and Lucía Walter a.k.a. “CHÍA” at Idrawalot, starting at 12pm
// Exhibition “Indexes and other figures” at Kaleidoskop
// Concert of Acoustic Aperitif at Kaleidoskop, starting at 5pm
// Finissage at ARTCONNECT BERLIN’s HQ, starting at 7pm with music from Herrgott Herrmann (https://www.facebook.com/
herrgott.herrmann)


FUNDRAISING AUCTION
In order to keep up with our growth as Berlin’s number one platform for creatives we will be holding a fundraiser auction at our 1 Year Anniversary Party. For this auction we are kindly asking artists from all different disciplines to consider donating a piece of work. It can be anything from an original to a print to a piece of found art. All proceeds from the auction will be used to help us expand and build our network and to bring more exposure to all the artists living and working in Berlin. By now we've got artworks from Egill Saebjörnsson, Reynold Reynolds, Jose Romussi and Klub7!

check the artworks here ---> https://www.facebook.com/
media/set/?set=a.401843569873580.91179.137017999689473&type=3

Berlin Art Junction / Group Exhibition at GIZ Haus, Berlin

Opening next week is a group show in which I am presenting two new works, curated by Berlin Art Junction. Check out the details on the below invite!

MEDIA RELEASE / For Immediate Release

Australian visual artist and designer Elizabeth Delfs will host an Open Studio event during the annual DMY Berlin International Design Festival as a part of the Satelite Program. The yearly DMY Festival exhibits the work of both renowned and young, experimental designers. The core exhibition is accompanied by a wide program of symposia, designer-talks and workshops, which reflect current topics of contemporary design and to reveal necessary future trends of design and its related disciplines. 

Delfs will open her Berlin studio to the public to view recent works of her interdisciplinary practice. Located in the nexus where fashion and architecture collide, Delfs uses light industrial and dress materials with textile processes to create objects which vacillate between habitations and figurative sculpture. The enigmatic combination of material and process evokes movement, changing mass, and shifting surface.

“My work displays a delicate sense of equipoise, creating an unfamiliar sensuality by erupting from surfaces, recalling corporeal and architectonic topographies. Luminous prismatic shapes tend to hover in space, on the floor or attached to walls. Non-orientable surfaces orchestrate interplay of reconfigurable forms which imply continuous expansion and protracted stillness”

Delfs will also participate in Die Lange Nacht der Designstudios – the Long Night of the Design Studios, produced in collaboration with designer network Create Berlin and the DMY Festival where Berlin designers, studios and galleries are invited to open their rooms that evening and to present their new work and projects.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Originally from Fremantle in Western Australia, Delfs completed her Bachelor of Arts in Fashion and Textile Design at Curtin University in 2006. Delfs has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout Australia, the United States, Germany and Asia, and in 2011 relocated to Berlin. Her practice was recently included in a survey exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei; Wonderland: New Contemporary Art from Australia (2012) curated by Antoanetta Ivanova. Public presentations include speaking as one of 40 key international creatives, identified as leading practionners in the field of design at the prestigious AGIdeas International Design Week, Melbourne (2011).

FESTIVAL DETAILS

DMY INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL BERLIN / 6 – 10 June


EVENT DETAILS
Open Studio Daily from 1pm to 7pm

Die Lange Nacht der Design Studios / 7 June, 7 to 11pm
Closing Finisage / 11 June, 6pm to 11pm

FACEBOOK EVENT


EVENT DETAILS AUF DEUTSCH


LOCATION DETAILS
Studio Elizabeth Delfs
Friedenstrasse 97
(Click here for map)
U5, U6, U8 to Platz Der Vereinten Nationen

MEDIA ENQUIRIES

Elizabeth Delfs / 0176 764 71510 / info@elizabethdelfs.com / www.elizabethdelfs.com 


PRESS COVERAGE
Habitus Living (read HERE)
Create Berlin (read HERE)

Installation Photos - Sur la Montagne Exhibition with BERLIN ART LINK

Saturday night opened my exhibition at project space Sur la Montagne on Torstrasse. The exhibition was a snapshot of new work that I made during my residency last year and the show was produced by BERLIN ART LINK. Check out some install photos below  as well as a few pics from the afterparty at KIM Bar, and read more about the project HERE! And check out some more photos on Artstars HERE!

Chloe, Monica and Anna from BERLIN ART LINK

All photos courtesy of BERLIN ART LINK

BERLIN ART LINK Day & Night Exhibition at Sur la Montagne, Berlin

On May 19, BERLIN ART LINK (BAL) launches the “Night & Day” Series, extending its international contemporary art platform into the Sur la Montagne project room on Torstrasse. The new series presents emerging artists from Berlin and abroad for a one-night opening and one-day exhibition, offers another dimension of engagement to the work of artists and curators that BAL has collaborated with or featured on its website. The inaugural show will present the work of Elizabeth Delfs.

Originally from Australia, Delfs will show a series of recent works, including a large-scale textile wall installation and hanging sculptures falling into the space of SlaM in a two-day exhibition. Her practice explores the nature of constructed space and how perceptions of the environment are built through utilizing architecture and garment construction to investigate their shared theoretical and production strategies.

BERLIN ART LINK’s “Night & Day” series will showcase cross-over artists that work within the fields of visual art, architecture, design and fashion.

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EXHIBITION INFO

Facebook Event Page

SUR LA MONTAGNE (SlaM)
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19; 7 – 11pm
Exhibition: Sunday May 20, 12 – 6pm
Torstrasse 170, Berlin 

BERLIN ART LINK is a Berlin-based online platform for contemporary art which highlights the best of the Berlin contemporary art scene with interviews, articles, documented studio visits, selected weekly event listings and blog. Updated daily by a distinguished international roster of photographers, artists, critics, curators, BERLIN ART LINK diligently extracts and presents the most exciting facets of the city’s dynamic art scene. With an expansive network throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East and extensive knowledge of these regional art markets, BERLIN ART LINK realizes art events, projects and media content through connecting individuals, corporations and non-profit organizations with a network of international art professionals and creative resources.

Sur la Montagne (SlaM) is a non-commercial exhibition and project space operating since 2009. Besides art exhibitions and their A.I.R. program, they host a variety of cultural events such as readings, debates and poetry slams. In addition, the space periodically transforms into other settings, such as a shop, a restaurant, a club, or even a hotel. SlaM’s internationally recognized hotel concept, Hotel Minimal by Herresthal und Kadel, a bed and breakfast in the SlaM storefront, a space that is both an installation and a living space, was a pre-stage and the origin of the upcoming A.I.R. program. 

Studio Photo Shoot! By Katherine York

I was lucky enough to have my wonderful friend Katherine York take a few shots of my studio recently for a few articles about the upcoming Open Studio event I am hosting during the DMY Berlin International Design Festival. She did such a gorgeous job! Check out more of her work on her website HERE. 

"I get the feeling, that you, are laughing at my face?"

Emerging Contemporaries / CRAFT ACT: Craft and Design Centre, Canberra, Australia

I am excited to present two new works at a group show entitled Emerging Contemporaries at CRAFT ACT which opened yesterday and runs until May 12. 

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION 

A Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre curated exhibition of award winning graduating students and selected national emerging craft practitioners and designer makers that demonstrate exceptional talent in their chosen field. These emerging artists are representative of the next wave of professional artists who are exploring conceptually dynamic and innovative craft and design practice.

Artists: Christine Atkins, Sarah Carlson, David Cummins, Elizabeth Delfs, Callum Matheson, Brendan Murphy, Sarah Murphy, Jenny Papalexandris, Tom Skeehan, Belinda Smith, Graham Stutz, Amy Taylor, James Watt.

I am pleased to be supported by The Janet Holmes à Court Artist Grant for this exhibition. The Janet Holmes à Court Artist Grant is a NAVA initiative, made possible through the generous sponsorship of Janet Holmes à Court and the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts.

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre is supported by the ACT Government; and by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its principal arts funding body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initatve of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.

Exhibition Dates: 6 April – 12 May, 2012. 

Above: One of the works exhibited photographed in the winter sun of my studio!

DEVILS NIGHT, THE MORNING AFTER by Katherine York / SAVE THE DATE

I have been working with photographer Katherine York to mount her first solo show in Berlin! A one night only event open to the public will be held at a pop-up gallery space in a private location in Prenzlauer Berg. Save the date for the opening!

DEVILS NIGHT, THE MORNING AFTER by Katherine York
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 22, 2012 from 7 – 10 pm 
Exhibition period: March 22 – 25, 2012, appt only 
WINS Gallery, Wins Strasse 62, Prenzl'berg 

KATHERINE YORK will present a photographic series of her hometown Detroit, Michigan in her first solo show - DEVIL’S NIGHT, THE MORNING AFTER. Devils Night is the informal title given to October 30th, the night before Halloween, now remembered by the vandalism and arson seen in Detroit from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Devils Night dates from as early as the 1940's, where youths would engage in a night of criminal behavior, usually of acts of almost exclusively petty vandalism. However, in the early 1970s, the vandalism escalated to arson as political turmoil, job losses, rioting and an increase in violence, causing a mass population exodus. In the past 50 years the population has halved. Property owners, unable to sell in the city's rapidly declining housing market would use Devils Night as an opportunity to burn down their homes, collect the insurance money, and claim that an arsonist was at fault. From the 70s until the mid 90s arson and vandalism became more prolific in Detroit's inner-city every year.

The destruction reached a peak in the mid 80s, with between 500 and 800 fires being lit in the three days before Halloween.

During the summer and winter of 2010/2011, York spent time photographing the burnt and abandoned houses in the disappearing suburbs of Detroit. The series documents a city in decay and the ruin of its human inhabitants with traces of the people who still live in the area.

KATHERINEYORK (b. 1976, Detroit) a self-taught photographer based in Berlin, York

was first introduced to the medium by her grandfather. Leaving Detroit at 19 to

California, York worked primarily in architecture and design. York’s childhood in Detroit, juxtaposed with her early passion for architecture, is evident through the sprawling desolate city, suburban and industrial landscapes of her photography. Fascinated by neglect, post industrial and post communist landscapes, York documents the transition of social spaces after the fall of a dictatorship, thriving industry or over developed past. In doing so, she questions: how these transitions have failed or succeeded, what blossoms in these exhausted landscapes and how the spaces become reconfigured or imagined. York’s images often leave the audience with a sensation of viewing a site where an event has occurred, but what remains is unsettling unknown.

WINS GALLERY

The exhibition will be a one night only event open to the public at a pop-up gallery space in Winsstrasse, Prenzlauer Berg, after which it will be open by appointment only until March 25.  

Recently Seen / Distinct Ambiguity - GRAFT Architects at Haus am Waldsee

Recently I saw an exhibition at an art space out of Berlin at Haus am Waldsee www.hausamwaldsee.de. The exhibition Distinct Ambiguity profiled a series of projects completed by GRAFT Architects www.graftlab.com. Based in Berlin, Los Angeles and Beijing, GRAFT “creates architectural hybrids which take up current cultures of taste and debates on method and reflect on political as well as aesthetic issues”. The exhibition consisted of a variety of components, from architectural models, plans, videos, installations, prints, objects etc demonstrating the creative processes involved from inception to outcome. There is an overwhelming amount of work is on display, however one project which stood out was PINK in collaboration with Brad Pitt (ofcourse!) in New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina. Check out this clip below about the PINK Project.

Though the series of projects are diverse in scale, outcome and clients, the thread of continuity is GRAFTs’ ability to elegantly combine innovative design with a social conscience and an environmentally sensitive approach of cross disciplinary excellence. I loved it.

The rear of the building which backs onto a lake.

And some cool apartment you can rent at the back of the gallery

Haus am Waldsee