KOW Podcast

Barbara Hammer

Santiago Sierra and KOW's Alexander Koch talk about one of Sierra's iconic and controversial works. 

Chromogenic print b/w

A conversation between Collier Schorr and Michael Clegg (of Clegg & Guttmann) about Schorr's exhibition Day for Night (1992/2021) and their past collaboration. 

The show is presented by Modern Art London and is part of the Joint Ventures program at KOW.

More information on Collier Schorr's exhibition at KOW:

https://kow-berlin.com/exhibitions/joint-ventures-collier-schorr 

Michael Clegg: 

https://kow-berlin.com/artists/clegg-guttmann 

Modern Art London:

https://www.modernart.net/ 

KOW Podcast 5 - Artist Talk - Chto Delat about the work "One Night In A Social Network. An Opera Farce"

A conversation with Dmitry Vilensky of Chto Delat an KOW's Alexander Koch on the latest video work "One Night in A Social Network. An Opera Farce" that is currently available as an online exhibition on the KOW website: www.kow-berlin.com

More information on Chto Delat and their other projects: https://kow-berlin.com/artists/chto-delat

Anna Ehrenstein and Heiko-Thandeka Ncube speak about the racial politics of the Berlin and wider German art scene on the occasion of the rise of neofascism and anti racist protest in Germany. (recorded in August 2020)

Anna Ehrenstein's & Heiko-Thandeka Ncube's article about racism in the German art scene (only in German):

https://www.gallerytalk.net/kunstgriff-ins-klo-rassismus-im-deutschen-kunstbetrieb/

Anna Ehrenstein:

https://kow-berlin.com/artists/anna-ehrenstein

Heiko Thandeka-Ncube:

http://heikothandekancube.com

Henrike Naumann in conversation with Sohrab Mohebbi (Curator, SculptureCenter, NYC) - as part of Art Basel OVR 2020.

More info on Henrike Naumann's work including images of the discussed works:

https://kow-berlin.com/artists/henrike-naumann

About Sohrab Mohebbi:

Sohrab Mohebbi is responsible for organizing exhibitions, educational and public programs, publications, and for coordinating all aspects of program presentation. Before joining SculptureCenter in 2018, Mohebbi was the associate curator at REDCAT where he organized solo exhibitions with Dave Hullfish Bailey, Tamara Henderson, John Knight, and Falke Pisano among others. His group exhibitions include: It is obvious from the map (co-curated with Thomas Keenan), which examined the role of maps and map-making in the movements of large numbers of people from the conflict zones of the Middle East and Africa toward Europe, and Hotel Theory (curated in collaboration with Ruth Estevez). Hotel Theory focused on the performance of theory in contemporary art and considered theory as an art form and received The Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award in 2013. Mohebbi was a Curatorial Fellow at Queens Museum where he organized Hassan Khans Hidden Location, the artists first museum exhibition in the United States. He is the recipient of 2012 Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Program for the blog presencedocuments. His writings have been published in Bidoun magazine, where he is a contributing editor, as well as other periodicals and publications. He is an advisor at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam and has organized exhibitions and programs for organizations including the Walker Art Center, High Desert Test Sites, SALT Istanbul and Center for Historical Reenactments. He received an M.A. from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and a B.F.A in Photography from Tehran Art University.

(from: https://www.sculpture-center.org/about/6870/board-staff)

KOW Podcast 2 - Artist Talk - Mario Pfeifer in conversation with Gaëtane Verna (Director, The Power Plant Toronto)

On the occassion of Art Basel's 2020 Online Viewing Room Gaëtane Verna spoke to Mario Pfeifer about his recent works - especially "Again" and "Blacktivist" - that were both exhibited at Pfeifer's solo show at the Power Plant in 2019.

https://kow-berlin.com/artists/mario-pfeifer

http://www.thepowerplant.org/

KOW PODCAST 1

Calling Artists

Franz Erhard Walther in conversation with Alexander Koch about his work "Körperformen Weinrot" from 2013.