Elizabeth Delfs: interdisciplinary

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

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

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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.

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.