A sound filled evening with good times, performances by three Finnish groups Timate ynts, Blowjob and uRge as well as a sound sculpture by Araiké Da Silva that can be activated during the event.
Timate ynts is an improvised experimental group whose music is mostly based around synths, detuned guitars, field recordings and vocals. https://timateynts.bandcamp.com/
Blowjob is an experimental woodwind trio that plays minimalistic self-written and improvised music/sound-based pieces. Their style flirts with pop, renaissance and contemporary classical music, tied together with soft ambient drone aesthetic. The ensemble consists of a clarinet, a bass recorder and a bassoon.
uRge is a duo that explores the interfaces between performance and concert through playful and feminist lens by making visible hidden performative practices of music. They actively seek to dismantle masculine and essentializing notions of “pure music” associated with classical music as well as experimental electronic music. In practice, they work with techniques such as analogue sound synthesis, digital sound processing, experimental microphone techniques, acoustic instruments and text.
Doors 17.30
Further schedule to be announced
@Galerie Toolbox
Koloniestraße 120, Berlin Wedding
Free admission (pay what you can); the donations will go fully towards Gaza Champions. Facebook: https://www.championgaza.xyz/
Alexei Gordin – Anna Emilia Järvingn – Jussi Kekkonen – Jussi Pyky
Opening: Fri, 25.04.2025, 7 pm Open on Kolononie Wedding weekend: Sun.: 27.04.2025 from 2–6 pm 25.4.-24.5.2025 opening hours: Wed-Sat 3-7 pm
Drawings and paintings From Europe’s outskirts, From the fringes of culture, And from the edges of the mind. The exhibiting artists are Alexei Gordin (EST), Anna Emilia Järvinen (FI), Jussi Kekkonen (FI) and Jussi Pyky (FI). The exhibition has been supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
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Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX Koloniestraße 120 13359 Berlin-Wedding U-Bahn Osloer Straße
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
Warm invitation to the opening of strangers with works by PETRA KARADIMAS + KAISU KOIVISTO
on Friday, February 28, 19:00 – 22:00 at Toolbox Finnish-German Art Space Berlin.
In their photographic works, Petra Karadimas and Kaisu Koivisto both observe a nature more out of sync than picturesque.
Karadimas focuses on nature in an urban setting, photographing buildings, anonymous structures and vegetation thriving side by side. Together, they form a web of visual and cultural references where nature often inhabits the spaces in between or inadvertently outgrows the spaces it has been allotted.
Koivisto, on the other hand, travels to the far north and its uninhabited landscapes, investigating processes of change. She captures landscapes that are no longer serene and untouched, yet remain unnervingly beautiful even in the face of looming ecological emergencies.
PETRA KARADIMAS (b. 1967, based in Berlin, Germany) photographs her everyday urban environment. Proceeding from details in her surroundings, she questions a perception based on seemingly incidental urban scenarios and examines fragments of nature and landscape in the spaces in-between the city. Building sites, wasteland and transitory spaces form a starting point for an investigation of urban codes and structures that meet and interact in an urban setting. www.karadimas.de
KAISU KOIVISTO (b.1962, based in Helsinki, Finland) works across photography, sculpture and installation. Her interests are deeply rooted in the North: its landscapes, political dimensions and the changes happening in them. In her ongoing photographic projects Conversations With Ice and Soft Ice Koivisto explores Arctic landscapes dominated by ice, sea and rocks. The presence and consequences of human activity is visible as an estranged landscape and mindscape. http://kaisukoivisto.com/
Exhibition March 1 – 22, 2025 Gallery hours Wed – Sat 15:00 – 19:00 Kolonie Weekend Sunday, March 1, 14:00 – 18:00
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In ihren fotografischen Arbeiten beobachten Petra Karadimas und Kaisu Koivisto eine Natur, die weniger pittoresk als aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten zu sein scheint.
Karadimas beschäftigt sich mit Natur in einem städtischen Umfeld – fotografiert Gebäude, anonyme Strukturen und die Vegetation, die daneben gedeiht. Gemeinsam bilden sie ein Netz visueller und kultureller Bezüge, in dem die Natur oft die Zwischenräume der Stadt einnimmt oder unversehens über die ihr zugewiesenen Räume hinauswächst.
Koivisto hingegen reist in den hohen Norden und seine unbewohnten Landschaften, um Veränderungsprozesse zu untersuchen. Sie fängt Landschaften ein, die nicht mehr still und unberührt sind, aber selbst angesichts der sich abzeichnenden ökologischen Notlagen beunruhigend schön bleiben.
PETRA KARADIMAS (geb. 1967, lebt in Berlin, Deutschland) fotografiert ihr alltägliches urbanes Umfeld. Ausgehend von Details in ihrer Umgebung hinterfragt sie eine auf scheinbar beiläufigen urbanen Szenarien basierende Wahrnehmung und untersucht Fragmente von Natur und Landschaft in den Zwischenräumen der Stadt. Baustellen, Brachflächen und transitorische Räume bilden den Ausgangspunkt für eine Untersuchung urbaner Codes und Strukturen, die in einem städtischen Umfeld aufeinandertreffen und interagieren. www.karadimas.de
KAISU KOIVISTO (geb. 1962, lebt in Helsinki, Finnland) arbeitet in den Medien Fotografie, Skulptur und Installation. Ihre Interessen sind tief im Norden verwurzelt: seine Landschaften, seine politischen Dimensionen und die dort stattfindenden Veränderungen. In ihren laufenden Fotoprojekten Conversations With Ice und Soft Ice erkundet Koivisto arktische Landschaften, die von Eis, Meer und Felsen geprägt sind. Die Präsenz und die Folgen menschlicher Aktivitäten werden als eine entfremdete Landschaft und Gedankenwelt sichtbar. http://kaisukoivisto.com/
Warm invitation to the opening of DEATH by Richard Najorka on Friday, January 24th 2025, 18:00–21:00
In DEATH, objects related to death, mourning, and remembering are being called into question regarding their materiality as well as their spatial and social contexts. DEATH is Richard Najorka’s first solo show. He studied at Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and lives in Berlin.
Open on Kolonie Wedding weekend: Friday, January 31: 19:00–21:00 Sunday, February 02: 14:00–17:00
German
Herzliche Einladung zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung DEATH von Richard Najorka am Freitag, 24 Januar 2025, 18:00–21:00
In DEATH werden Objekte, die im Zusammenhang mit Tod, Trauer und Erinnerung stehen, in ihrer Materialität sowie in ihrer räumlichen und sozialen Einordnung hinterfragt. DEATH ist Richard Najorkas erste Einzelausstellung. Er hat an der Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main studiert und lebt in Berlin.
Performance by Guda Koster & Frans van Tartwijk 15:30
Since 2015, Guda Koster and Frans van Tartwijk have been creating performances with sculptural figures, which are mostly made from various sorts of textiles. The sculptures incorporate influences from abstract art, avant-garde fashion and traditional ritualistic figures.
The performances are done in public space. The puzzled passers-by may wonder what the true nature of these surreal apparitions is. Are they machines or performers? Are they male or female? This ambiguity raises questions about identity, existence, and the boundaries between art and reality.
Seit 2015 machen Guda Koster und Frans van Tartwijk Performances mit skulpturalen Figuren, die meist aus verschiedenen Arten von Textilien gefertigt sind. In die Skulpturen kommen Einflüsse aus abstrakten Kunst, Avantgarde-Mode und traditionellen rituellen Figuren zusammen.
Die Performances finden meist im öffentlichen Raum statt. Die Passanten fragen sich vielleicht, was die wahre Natur dieser surrealen Erscheinungen ist. Sind sie Maschinen oder Performer? Sind sie männlich oder weiblich? Diese Mehrdeutigkeit wirft Fragen über Identität, Existenz und die Grenzen zwischen Kunst und Realität auf.
Welcome to the opening of the on Fri 29 November 2024 at 19:00–22:00
Opening hours on Kolonie Wedding weekend: Sat: 30.11.2024: 15:00–18:00 Sun 01.12.2024: 14:00–18:00
Exhibition running until 4 January 2025 Opening hours from 2.–14.12.2024 by arrangement e-mail: mail@galerietoolbox.com
Finissage: 4 January 2025 (13:00–18:00) At at 15:30 there will be a performance by Frans von Tartwijk with Guda Koster
Galerie Toolbox presents ‘Motifs récurrents’, a groupshow with works by Amsterdam-based artists Frans van Tartwijk (NL), Jean-Philippe Paumier (Fr) and Jean-Philippe Rousset (Fr). The show will run from friday november 29th until saturday january 4th. The opening will take place on november 29th.
The exhibition consists of a three-way conversation between drawings, paintings and installations. Displayed in the gallery space, they reveal mutual influences, references and correspondances between the artworks. Each in their own way the artists explore differents aspects of reality and incorporate these into their works.
‘Motifs récurrents’ does not intend to draw any conclusion, but offers a common ground for formal shared interests on which each artist develops his own visual grammar and aesthetic statement.
Jean-Philippe Paumier, ‘Solde de tout compte’ (2024), Spraypaint on cardboard boxesFrans von Tartwijk: Everyone, Everything, Always, Everywhere #40 (2024)Jean-Philippe Rousset : ‘A stone I found’ (2023), acrylic paint on canvas
Frans van Tartwijk (NL, 1963) is a dutch painter and performance artist. His work has been exhibited in many galleries and art spaces in the Netherlands and abroad. He recently took part in a residency in Chengdu (China), together with Guda Koster.
Jean-Philippe Rousset (Fr, 1973) graduated at the Art Academy of Clermont-Ferrand. His lives and works in Amsterdam. Since 2018 he forms an artistduo with Jean-Philippe Paumier (JP&JP) and exhibits regularly in and around Amsterdam.
Jean-Philippe Paumier (Fr, 1980) mostly creates sculptures and installations based on the principles of ‘ready-made’ and ‘objet trouvé’. His work has been showed in several artspaces, art fairs and galleries in the Netherlands and abroad.
Cordial invitation to the guest exhibition with Dutch artists at InteriorDAsein and Toolbox. As part of the project space association Kolonie Wedding. In collaboration with Kunstruimte 411, Haarlem, Netherlands. Curated by Hans Kuiper and Archi Galentz.
With works by Marius van Zandwijk (painting), Aquil Copier (painting), Piet Zwaanswijk (collage/print), Jessica Assmann-Zwaanswijk (painting), Sina Khani (painting), Ilja Warmerdam (painting), MC de Waal (photography), Antonio Rego (digital drawing prints), Gerard Veldman (painting), Daan van Houten (drawing/woodcut), Rene Bosch (photography/painting), Tarik Sadouma (AI print) and Hans Kuiper (drawing/painting).
In dialog with Berlin artists: Gisa Hausmann, Jelisaweta Klutschewskaja, Edwin Dickman, Klaus Jürgeit, Jovan Balov, Thomas J.Richter, Cristina Artola, Svenja Schüffler, Markus Schaller, Gagik Kurginian, Julia Katan, Patrick Huber, Julia Kissina and others.
Opening on Friday, October 25 from 7 pm in InteriorDAsein, hosted by Archi Galentz and simultaneously in ToolBox, hosted by Hans Kuiper.
Opening hours on Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27 from 4 to 7 pm. After the colony weekend by appointment.
Finissage on November 24 from 4 to 7 pm in ToolBox and from 7 to 10 pm in InteriorDAsein.
Addresses: InteriorDAsein, Steegerstraße 2, 13359 Berlin ToolBox, Koloniestraße 120, 13359 Berlin Transportation from InteriorDAsein to Toolbox: 3 stops by bus 255 or 18 minutes on foot.
Storage plan of Kolonie Wedding and list of further exhibitions of the project space association: https://koloniewedding.de/
Toolbox is open on the Kolonie Wedding weekend only on Sunday, 29.9.2024 from 2–6pm
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Jussi Pyky
It gave him fire. He cooked the meat and ate. He heated the ore to separate the iron. He forged a sword, an axe, a plow and a scythe. He built a shelter for the cattle and harnessed his horse to pull the plow. He took over the land, cleared the forests, sowed the field and reaped the harvest. It gave him simple machines. He dug his way into the ground. He built great machines that spewed the contents of the earth into the sky. It gave him electricity. He built engines and robots to do jobs that humans would have needed. It gave him radio waves. He developed the radio and used it to spread his propaganda. It gave him artificial intelligence. He amassed vast material to control, rule and maximize his profits. It gave him power. He had blind faith in his vision and infallibility. He considered all the misery and suffering he caused to be necessary. That’s the price of progress.
Jussi Pyky (born in Tyrnävä, Finland 1985 ) lives and works in Helsinki. He graduated from the Lahti Institute of Fine Arts in 2009 and from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. Pyky has presented his works in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad. His work is found in Seppo Fränti Collection in Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and private collections. Download CV Jussi Pyky (PDF)
The exhibition has been supported by the Alfred Kordelin Foundation and the Finnish Art Promotion Center.
Artwork: Jussi Pyky Worldview, 2024, charcoal and ink on paper, 195 x 150 cm
Carola Ernst – Wirkung [Effect]
Solar, 2021 indian ink, watercolor – wax pastell, oil pastel chalk, acrylic, graphite on canvas 136 x 121 cm (artist framed)
Conundrum images, tilt figures, hidden object images, forms of multi-stable perception, and multi-perspective are well-known forms of expression in art. I am engaged in the exploration of new perceptual strategies in painting and drawing. On a scientific level, my work is influenced by the theories of advanced psychophysics and the findings of neuroscience on processes of perception and consciousness. The limits of perception with the question of reality, fantasy, and imagination are essential components. The experience of different levels of reality in the visual arts, as they can be experienced, for example, in shifts of consciousness in dreams or intoxication, as well as the intensification of impressions through provoked emotions or intrusive memories, are here the core of my artistic work.
Herzliche Einladung zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung am Freitag, 27.9.2024, ab 19 Uhr
Am Koloniewochenende ist die Toolbox nur am Sonntag, 29.9.2024 von 14–18 Uhr geöffnet.
Victory over Nature and Man [Sieg über Natur und Mensch]
Es gab ihm Feuer. Er kochte das Fleisch und aß. Er erhitzte das Erz, um das Eisen zu trennen. Er schmiedete ein Schwert, eine Axt, einen Pflug und eine Sense. Er baute einen Unterstand für das Vieh und schirrte sein Pferd an, um den Pflug zu ziehen. Er eroberte das Land, rodete die Wälder, säte den Acker und erntete die Früchte. Es gab ihm einfache Maschinen. Er grub sich in den Boden. Er baute große Maschinen, die den Inhalt der Erde in den Himmel schleuderten. Sie schenkte ihm Elektrizität. Er baute Motoren und Roboter, um Arbeiten zu erledigen, die Menschen gebraucht hätten. Er schenkte ihm Radiowellen. Er entwickelte das Radio und nutzte es, um seine Propaganda zu verbreiten. Sie schenkte ihm künstliche Intelligenz. Er häufte riesige Mengen an Material an, um zu kontrollieren, zu herrschen und seine Gewinne zu maximieren. Das gab ihm Macht. Er hatte blindes Vertrauen in seine Vision und Unfehlbarkeit. Er hielt all das Elend und Leid, das er verursachte, für notwendig. Das ist der Preis des Fortschritts.
Jussi Pyky (geboren 1985 in Tyrnävä, Finnland) lebt und arbeitet in Helsinki. Er schloss sein Studium am Lahti Institute of Fine Arts im Jahr 2009 und an der Finnischen Akademie der Schönen Künste im Jahr 2016 ab. Pyky hat seine Werke in zahlreichen Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen in Finnland und im Ausland präsentiert. Seine Arbeiten befinden sich in der Sammlung Seppo Fränti im Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst Kiasma und in privaten Sammlungen.
Vexierbilder, Kippfiguren, Wimmelbilder, Formen der multistabilen Wahrnehmung und Multiperspektive sind in der Kunst bekannte Ausdrucksformen.
Ich beschaftige mich mit der Erforschung neuer Wahrnehmungsstrategien in der Malerei und Zeichnung. Auf wissenschaftlicher Ebene wird meine Arbeit von Theorien der weiterfuhrenden Psychophysik und Erkenntnissen der Neurowissenschaften uber Wahrnehmungs- und Bewusstseinsprozesse beeinflusst. Die Grenzen der Wahrnehmung mit der Frage von Wirklichkeit, Fantasie und Imagination sind wesentliche Bestandteile. Das Erleben verschiedener Realitatsebenen in der Bildenden Kunst, wie sie z. B. auch bei Bewusstseinsverschiebungen im Traum oder Rauschzustand erfahren werden konnen, sowie die Intensivierung von Eindrucken durch provozierte Emotionen oder intrusive Erinnerungen bilden den Kern meiner kunstlerischen Arbeit.
