A dream of singing birds, flying dogs and a lonely wolf | March 15-16, 2024

Theaterlab Presents:

A dream of singing birds, flying dogs and a lonely wolf

An exhibition by Roger Alsop, Mona Babl, Marion Ehrsam, Adrian Gutzelnig, and Sandy La S. Schwermer

Curated by Simona Doletzki

Theaterlab Presents A dream world with singing birds, flying dogs and a lonely wolf. The exhibition invites you to immerse yourself in an interplay of cross-disciplinary works. The exhibition sheds light on different animals in the city space and makes a statement that life is not possible without animals. Biodiversity and the preservation of animal habitats are also essential for human survival. The works presented come from the fields of sound and video art, drawing, photomontage and installations. In this way, a bridge is built between the art genres. The exhibition is intended to offer a break from the hectic pace of the city to a place of peace and inspiration – dreams can unfold and a connection to the realm of the imagination can emerge.

OPENING RECEPTION

March 15, 6pm

ON VIEW

March 15 – 16, 2024

11am – 6pm

THE ARTWORK

: Marion Ehrsam Der schwarze und der weisse Wolf (the black and the white wolf)

: Mona Babl from the series " the feeling of being in the wrong place at the wrong time"

: Roger Alsop My Garden of Delight

MEET THE ARTISTS

Simona Doletzki (Curator) has studied art history and archaeology at Humboldt University Berlin and Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy. She completed a master’s program in art history at Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen and University of Connecticut. She gained work experience in the arts and the cultural sector in Germany and abroad. Among other things, she worked at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, the Institute for Foreign Relations Berlin and the Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur in Berlin. Her main areas of work are contemporary art, history of photography, art and spatial strategies, theory of perception, art and politics.

Roger Alsop (My Garden of Delight, 2024) is a composer, musician and mixed-media artist, focusing on developing interactive and collaborative approaches that enhance and exemplify the hybrid, genre-breaking nature of modern creativity. He supervises research students and teaches Interactive Art, Research Skills, Electronic Music, and Mixed Media. His writing and artwork is presented internationally. Roger Alsop lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. www.rogeralsop.com

Mona Babl (Lost 3.0, 2024) studied architecture at the TFH Berlin and fine art at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee. In 2004 she was a master student of Karin Sander. She is a founding member of the artist group msk7, with whom she has been realizing temporary projects in public spaces and art in architecture competitions since 2004. Mona Babl has participated in exhibitions at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, the temporary Kunsthalle Berlin and the Shedhalle Tübingen, among others. She lives and works in Berlin. www.mona-babl.de

Marion Ehrsam (Der schwarze und der weisse Wolf [the black and the white wolf]) studied at the Art academy Basel, in Paris and Bologna. She worked in the fields of photography, interior, graphic and stage/costume design. She moved to Berlin in 2009 and focussed on painting and drawing with numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad (a.o. the Gu Yuan Museum of Art in Zhuhai/China). www.marionehrsam.de

Adrian Gutzelnig, (Hörwege [aural pathways], 2021) born 1989 in Austria, lives and works in Berlin and Bad Belzig. After training in product design and developing his own projects in audiovisual media, he began to study Visual Arts / Time Based Media at the Berlin University of the Arts, which he completed with the distinction of Meisterschüler in 2017. Taught in the classes of Hito Steyerl, Jimmy Roberts and Ming Wong, he focused on conceptual and installative approaches including media such as moving images, sculpture, photography and performance. Influenced by his guest studies with composer Kirsten Reese sound aspects are present in most of his projects. Adrian’s work has been shown at Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau Berlin and ZKM Karlsruhe (selection).

Sandy La S. Schwermer (Obviously Birds, 2024) based in Berlin, focuses on inanimate objects as a source of creation and involves them in performative processes that are physically, musically and visually stimulating the homo ludens (playful human being). Listening to the “voice” of things is a major dictum in her approach: Objects that evolve and integrate in poetic contexts that interfere with vocalisations, songs and symphonic works, choreographies, carrying the energy and information of an artistic process generated by the stimulus of the Homo Ludens, the playful human being. She started her career in Canada, Montreal workes in club culture, in circus, as singer and spoken words artist. As artistic director of Atelier GET INTO PLAY she constantly collaborates with artists of various disciplines and deepens with shamans her research on animism. www.getintoplay.com

COVID-19 policy: In guidance with the city and state COVID-19 policies, we will no longer be requiring masks, but strongly recommend them.