KW Institute for Contemporary Art — Attraction in Berlin

I checked out KW the other day. Do you know that old margarine factory in Mitte? It has been on my list forever. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it completely blew me away. The space is amazing, with all these industrial vibes, and the art they've got in there is incredible.

I'm no art expert, but I could tell that the pieces were pushing boundaries. There were crazy installations, thought-provoking videos, and sculptures that made you think. It wasn't just pretty pictures on the walls, you know? It felt like the artists were genuinely trying to convey something important.

One thing I loved was the diversity in the artwork. You had well-known artists displayed alongside those I had never heard of, which kept things interesting. I even overheard some people arguing about one piece, which I guess is the point, right? It gets you thinking.

Anyway, if you're in Berlin and even a little curious about art, you have to go. It's worth an afternoon. Just don't expect to understand everything—sometimes it's just about the experience. And be sure to grab a coffee in their café afterwards; it's a great...

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That the situation can be different is something that Clémentine Deliss explores and focuses on in transdisciplinary and transcultural exchanges in her current publication. She offers an intriguing mix of autobiographically -informed novel and conceptual thesis on contemporary art and anthropology. Reflections on her own work while she was Director of Frankfurt’s Weltkulturen Museum (Museum of World Cultures) are interwoven with the explorations of influential filmmakers, artists and writers. She introduces her book, 'The the Metabolic Museum' as an interventionist laboratory for remediating ethnographic collections for future...

The bianelle is poorly curated, a portion of the art pieces isn’t in a good shape, - broken and glued, or the paper is wavy, or hanged with plastic tape, the way the curators installed the art pieces is disrespectful for the artists, some things don’t work (headphones, video works) and in general - they could’ve painted the walls anew but even that was lacking. I don’t recommend the biannelle from that perspective as well as from the other perspective of content. I barely saw local art, sometimes feels like an educational zoo; almost everything has an educational purpose, informative, very brain and knowledge focused. More like showcasing high school projects than art. Art doesn’t need to be explained SO much, it should be experienced, and the way it was curated and installed and written takes so much from the experiential perspective and pushes too much in the informative one. Maybe because the quality of a big part of the art pieces chosen - isn’t that great, so they need to...