This autumn, KW Institute for Contemporary Art is showing the exhibition BPA// Exhibition 2024 – Half-Light on the first and first floors of the main building in cooperation with BPA//Berlin program for artists. The independent mentoring programme promotes intergenerational exchange between emerging and established Berlin artists. Admission to the exhibition is free of charge.
Image above: Arash Nassiri, Untitled, 2024. mixed media, LCD; screens, video loops, aluminium; structure. Photo: Arash Nassiri.
KW and BPA// Berlin program for artists present Half-Light, featuring works by BPA// participants created over the course of their two-year participation in the programme. The exhibition will take place on the first and second floors of KW’s main building. The exhibition will be accompanied by a varied programme of guided tours and performances, offering deeper insights into the artists’ practice.
Curator: Linda Franken
Assistant curator: Sophia Yvette Scherer
Curator of the accompanying programme: Anna-Lisa Scherfose
Participating artists
Jan Berger, Göksu Kunak, Hamlet Lavastida, Arash Nassiri, Natis & Hasso Weiß Ehrenwerth, Adriana Ramić, Josefine Reisch, Xavier Robles de Medina, Simon Speiser, Zhiyuan Yang.
About BPA//
BPA// is an artist-led organization, founded in 2016 by Angela Bulloch, Simon Denny and Willem de Rooij. It is an independent mentoring program that facilitates exchange between emerging and established Berlin-based artists. The program is centered around mutual studio visits between participants and mentors. It is punctuated with a range of public events, organized together with both artist-run spaces and renowned institutions. Participation in BPA// lasts two years. It is free of charge and participants receive support to produce new work. The partnership between KW Institute for Contemporary Art and BPA// began in 2020.
Public Program
Performance:
Natis & Hasso Weiß Ehrenwerth
Untitled
15. November, 7.30 pm
Show & Tell with BPA// artists #1
Hamlet Lavastida, Adriana Ramić, Xavier Robles de Medina, Simon Speiser
21. November, 7 pm
Lecture performance, let’s play & book launch:
Jan Berger
AOC:playbook.
29. November, 8 pm
Performance:
Göksu Kunak
tangerine
Performers: Bilgesu Akyürek, Leo Luchini, Felix Beer
7. December, 5 pm
Show & Tell with BPA// artists #2
Jan Berger, Arash Nassiri, Josefine Reisch
12. December, 7 pm
Singing play:
Nora Hansen, Josefine Reisch and guests
PS: I Love U. A musical reading
14. December, 7 pm
Show & Tell with BPA// artists #3
Göksu Kunak, Natis, Zhiyuan Yang
4. January, 3 pm
WHEN?
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 16. November 2024 – Sunday, 05. January 2025.
Opening: Friday, 15. November 2024, 7 pm.
WHERE?
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststraße 69
10117 Berlin
COST?
Admission: free
