Berghain
Exhibition
2011.2012
Exhibition
2011.2012
Commissioned by Commonplace Projects
Curated by Sally Timmons
Curated by Sally Timmons
Darkroom, strobe light, techno track, Text etched onto mirror 7 panels 10" x 8", 9 framed silver gelatin prints 420mm x 310mm, 1 framed inkjet print 390mm x 290mm
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D21 Kunstraum Leipzig 2017
Curated by Katharina Zimmerhackl & Lena Bruggenheim
Photo - Paula Gehrmann
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St Andrews Community Centre / Common Ground / Studio 468 Dublin 2015Curated by RGKSKSRG Rachael Gilbourne & Kate Strain
Berghain
Berghain was made in response to time spent living in Berlin. The work hinges on modern mythologies surrounding club culture and begins with the obsessive nature of online forums and the desire for an experience that facilitates complete abandon. Moving between fact and fiction the imagination is held somewhere in-between.Berghain is an infamous superclub in Berlin that feeds the craving for excess that is prevalent in the cultural make up of big cities.
Inside, Berghain is designed to facilitate a specific kind of spatial relationship through the use of lighting, hidden corners, darkrooms, techno music, an omission of any kind of reflective surface and a strict no camera policy. The architecture of the club is gendered, it comprises a gay male aesthetic that is particular to Berlin. The exhibition, like the club, promises a fabricated experience that confounds expectations.
Exhibited; Commonplace Projects, Dublin 2011, AKA Gallery, Berlin 2012, The Black Mariah, Cork, 2012
Preface (p. 3)
The Earth; The Starting Point