Conversations within Transitions
2022-24
Conversations within Transitions is a drawing series created during various public interventions with the KIEZ:MOBIL –a project intending to create temporary urban public spaces in Weißensee, Berlin. This work has bee first presented to the public as part of the solo exhibition Conversations within Transitions and Secret Gardens (from December 8 2023 to February 11 2024) at C*SPACE and with the collaboration of interdisciplinary artist Yun Liang.
Most of the drawings were made at Caligariplatz, one of the most emblematic squares in Weißensee. This transitional space owes its name to the classic horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. It was shot in the same district known for its film industry during the 1920s. Other drawings were made during Rundang (Open Days) at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin.
Through public interventions of this kind, I try to cultivate the practice of drawing not only as a means of observation and documentation but also as a social bond between a neighborhood, its communities and its visitors. Drawing is a method that allows me to re-imagine and co-create social spaces in the city.
Most of the drawings were made at Caligariplatz, one of the most emblematic squares in Weißensee. This transitional space owes its name to the classic horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. It was shot in the same district known for its film industry during the 1920s. Other drawings were made during Rundang (Open Days) at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin.
Through public interventions of this kind, I try to cultivate the practice of drawing not only as a means of observation and documentation but also as a social bond between a neighborhood, its communities and its visitors. Drawing is a method that allows me to re-imagine and co-create social spaces in the city.
© Photos by Lorena Florio (C*SPACE, 2024)