“To me, family means two things: the biological family and the family you choose, my family in France, and my family in Berlin. The two are fundamentally different, the Berlin family is queer and kinky, it's the family you can fuck with. Then there is the family that witnessed your birth, the family you grew up with, where you came from. Both are inescapably intertwined and for a brief moment, a minute or a month, I would like to put these two opposing ideas of what constitutes a family into one single space.”

Emerging from his background as a mechanical engineer, the artistic work by Jonathan Apelbaum aims for creation through collaboration. Those bearing witness to his large-scale oil portraiture in framework of the exhibition „Family“ are invited to engage with a synergy of diverse elements embedded within their production.

Alongside a team of engineers, the French-Algerian artist has developed Al sensory hardware that, when paired with the paintings, change their composition in response to certain external stimuli, such as motion or the pulse of a nearby body. With nearly 2000 LED lights behind each cognitive painting, stories unfold that are constantly evolving, influencing and being influenced by their peripheral environments. As meditations on gender, intimacy, family, religion and technology, they are in constant conversation with themselves and their audiences.

25 _ woman 25 _ men 25 _ lesbian 25 _ divers

 
 

18.11–10.12.2022

Opening hours, Wed-Sat, 12pm - 7pm

Each weekend, throughout the course of this show, the artist will invite a member of his chosen family to collaborate and unite their art with his paintings. The ambition is to show their very own version of what family means. While Klara Ravat will create a unique scent composition designed for each show, the programming will include performances and music by various artists:

 

OPENING

18.11.2022, 6pm

Sound installation by Marco Colocci

Entrance free

—> After Party at AEDEN


19.11.2022, 6pm

HEJFAR

performance by Matilde Flor Usinger & Nana Finding Koppel

Sound by Maria Leth

Entrance fee: 5 €


26.11.2022, 6pm

CROWDPLEASER

performance by Skjold Rambow  and Rasmus Balling

Sound design by Thomas Pozar

Umbrella by Helene Due

Entrance fee: 5€


3.12.2022, 6pm

RUNAWAY HYPOTHESIS

Performance from Tanja Bombach

Concept, Direction and costume design by Tanja Bombach

Choreography in collaboration with the dancers Lena Kilchitskaya and June

Sound Design by Simone Antonioni

Entrance fee: 8€


10.12.2022, 6pm

HER VOICE

performance by Vivian Assal Koohnavard

Text: Vivian Assal Koohnavard and Venessa Sahar Koohnavard

Entrance: free with a donation for a Women’s fund in Iran.