29-30.03.2024
Petrichor
Works by
Valentin Hesch & Oscar Kargruber
Readings by
Bryony Dawson & Pauline Kargruber
Fugitives from Culture
March 15-26
Exhibition about Polish unofficial art of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the launch of our accompanying publication organised by Penka Rare Books.
“Fugitives from Culture” is a comprehensive documentation of unofficial art in Poland in the 1970s and 1980s, based on difficult-to-access, mostly handmade artists‘ books, magazines, multiples, posters and other ephemera, as well as photographs, drawings, and autographs. Art-historical interest in the still largely unexplored underground art behind the Iron Curtain is growing. These groups saw themselves less as „avant-gardes“ and more as „fugitives from culture“ who worked outside the established cultural institutions in East and West. Various groups developed new practices for producing, showing, critiquing, and archiving art.
Friday, March 15
19:00
Artist Zofia Łuczko, a member and unofficial archivist of the Łódź Kaliska group, gave a talk about the independent arts scene in Łódź, including the so-called “Pitch-In Culture” of the mid-1980s.
Saturday, March 23
19:00
Ewa Partum as a Cultural Producer: Galeria Adres (1972-1977)
A pop-up exhibition of Ewa Partum’s Adres Gallery,
presented by Berenika Partum
The conceptual artist Ewa Partum, who has lived in Germany since 1982, ran the Adres Gallery in Łódź, Poland, between 1972 and 1977. It was one of the most important unofficial art institutions in the country and the only one whose program was headed by a woman. In its time Galeria Adres fostered international artistic exchange and promoted conceptual art and mail art. As its director, Ewa Partum helped establish an international network of artists from neighboring countries, including Jochen Gerz, Wolf Vostell, Dieter Roth, Stano Filko, Jiří Valoch and other conceptual and fluxus artists. Works from the gallery’s archive have been included in many exhibitions, both in connection with Ewa Partum’s retrospectives as well as individually as a place of autonomous artistic activity in the 1970s in Poland.
18.02.2024
Celebrating 90th birthday of Audre Lorde
7 PM
Screening of the film Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992
Q and A with Dagmar Schultz the director of the film.
Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 explores a little-known chapter of the writer’s prolific life, a period in which she helped ignite the Afro-German Movement and made lasting contributions to the German political and cultural scene before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
17.02.2024
Patrycja Rozwora
365 Days
2-9 PM
6 PM Patrycja and Sophia (from Halfsister) spoke to each other about the experience of drawing everyday for the entire year.
Patrycja is an artist, writer, and podcaster born in Warsaw, currently living and working in Berlin. Patrycja has dedicated herself to make one drawing every day in the year 2023 and exhibited all the 365 drawings at Halfsister.
Patrycja’s drawings can be seen here:
www.instagram.com/patiisdrawing
Can You hold the thread for me?: In Search For Remedies and Solace 27.01.2024
Vorspiel 2024
A citywide program by spaces and initiatives around
Transmediale and CTM festivals.
By Petja Ivanova and Tamara Margvelashvili
6PM Talk between Petja Ivanova, Tamara Margvelashvili and Sophia Tabatadze (from Halfsister)
Grafting the wound becomes an intimate acknowledgment of the ache we often shy away from. The shown video work, installation and sculptures embody a fragile reciprocity between healing and hurting, with sensations akin to a pinch of salt—both stinging and curative. It invites us to break our emotional armor, embracing connections and understanding our hidden vulnerabilities. In this transformative journey, shields emerge from threads, weaving narratives that, rather than merely restoring, serve as a resilient and enduring act of self-discovery.
Petja Ivanova creates wearable sculptures working with the metaphor of the wound; the wound that has the stigma of opening and spoiling the body, the wound where we meet our vulnerability either compassionately or where we part from ourselves.
Tamara Margvelashvili explores the narratives and memories as remedies for mending the wounds. Interlacing songs, trauma, and ancestral wisdom, she creates multimedia installations to offer a space for healing and transformation.
Tamara Margvelashvili and Petja Ivanova
Weather Forecast 20.01.2024
Vorspiel 2024
A citywide program by spaces and initiatives around
Transmediale and CTM festivals.
20.01.2023 at 5PM
By Levan Amashukeli in collaboration with culinary chef Dimitri (Ditrikha) Sharashidze.
Levan Amashukeli’s Weather Forecast is an exploration of personal transition against the backdrop of his move with his family from Tbilisi to Berlin. This exhibition captures the essence of his emotional journey through a series of expressive artworks and will be accompanied with the food especially crafted by acclaimed chef Ditrikha for this installation. Ditrikha will create a visual and sensual food reflecting the message of the Weather Forecast.
In Weather Forecast, Levan invites viewers into a world where emotional barriers and the great potential of new beginnings coexist. The exhibition not only reflects his journey, but is also a powerful narrative of change and adaptation seen through the lens of an artist forging a new path in a foreign land.
At the center of the exhibition is a video installation. Complementing the video, hand-painted ceramic tiles continue the theme of contrasts and adaptation.These vividly illustrated tiles depict the struggle of being emotionally trapped and physically unbound at the same time.
The work shows the duality of freedom and restriction and reflects the complexity of his mental landscape amidst the bustling energy of Berlin.
Levan Amashukeli
Halfsister Displays 13.01.2024
Chess
With the works by Ana Tabatadze, Sophia Tabatadze,
Nanna van Heest, Tatia Skhirtladze, Patrycja Rozwora, Nini Palavandishvili
18:00 film screenning
Glory to the Queen
by Tatia Skhirtladze
Against the backdrop of Cold War, Glory to the Queen reveals
stories of four legendary female chess players from Georgia
Chessboards will be available, so join us and play.
Textile works by Nanna van Heest
Textile works are part of a continuous research on colour, Nanna playfully uses colour as a building block to explore the interaction of colour and colour quantity.
Glory to the Queen, by Tatia Skhirtladze
Leading us to Tbilisi, Georgia, Glory to the Queen reveals the interwoven biographies of the world chess heroes Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Ioseliani. It offers rare insight into their present lives while at the same time exploring their lasting legacy. Today they are aging women, ordinary and extreme, pedantic and free. The city, indeed the whole country, are still marked by them – even if these marks are slowly fading.
Grandmother Film Festival 15-17.12.2023
Grandmother Film Festival celebrates grandmothers by screening personal films and animations about them. In some films, the grandmother has already passed away but is present through her objects and the memories of the grandchild. Vulnerability and death are also present.
In films about grandmothers, we can often observe the diverse realities of old people in different countries. We encounter the daily routines of grandmothers and get the feeling of traveling to different countries, but not as tourists. Instead, we get permission to enter a very intimate situation from one family member, often the grandchild who takes us in a story that has begun a long time ago and does not end with this film either.
This festival takes place in the framework of CrossKultur
Songs for the Wounds 7-9.12.2023
by Tamara Margvelashvili
Songs of the Wounds“ explores the pathways of healing. In between memories woven through songs, trauma and ancestral wisdom, Tamar holds on to the narratives as remedies. Through a special collaboration with the women’s ensemble Ialoni and stories from faraway mountains of Georgia, she offers a space for healing and transformation.
This project results from Tamar’s journey at the Raumstrategien program at Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin.
Halfsister Displays 11.11.2023
With: Ana Tabatadze, Sophia Tabatadze, Tamar Tskitishvili,
Anna Klump and Sophie Schön-Berianidze, Tina Siradze,
Atsuko, Saya, Francois Desormeau and Elene Duduchava
With food, drinks and boardgames
On Display
Tamar Tskitishvili – Dreamers Jewellery
Sophie Schön-Berianidze and Anna Klump – Verdable 03
Tina Siradze – Sunflower seed tasting and outfits
Ana Tabatadze – Drawings and tattoos
Francois Desormeau – I Ching reading
Elene Duduchava – Tarot reading
Saya – Cocktails
Atsuko “Torii Tea” – Japanese tea ceremony
At 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30, 19:30 and 20:30
Sophia Tabatadze – Installation and screening of the film Pirimze
At 18:00 (documentary 40 minutes)
Dreamers Jewellery started with a wish from Tamar Tskitishvili to make special jewellery for her friends as one-of-a-kind gifts; an idea that later turned into a startup. Tamar, who lives in Tbilisi, will present her new bracelets, pendants and rings at Halfsister displays; Besides the new pieces, Dreamers will have a video launch of the Spring-Summer 2024 campaign.
Verdable 03 is a mini “grow” table by berianastudio (Sophie Schön-Berianidze and Anna Klump) it has an open cylindrical monopole base specifically designed for plants and comes in three different sizes and colors. A colored steel base contrasts beautifully with the mirror or colored glass surface of the table presenting the plant or flowers as though they are floating.
Sunflower seeds are eaten a lot in Georgia. Tina Siradze will offer the seeds as they are sold in Georgia, in old newspaper cones. She will also bring the selection of her outfits to display and sell during the event.
After having a long break, Ana Tabatadze started making tattoos again and she will offer a limited number of tattoo flashes for this day. She will also display some of her wearable drawings.
I Ching, also called Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese oracle book that answers questions referring to the text accompanying one of 64 hexagrams. There are several ways to read hexagrams and Francois Desormeau mastered the way to read the excerpt the way oracle means to you.
Elene Duduchava is Berlin based visual storyteller from Georgia and has long been interested in modern witchcraft and tarot reading. She will be a mediator between you and the tarot symbols.
Saya is a professional bartender from Tokyo that lives in Berlin. She creates cocktails with amazing names and tastes in order to bring new Tokyo vibes to Berlin.
Pirimze is a 40 minute documentary film by Sophia Tabatadze.
It researches social and visual changes affecting a six-floor edifice from the Soviet era, built especially to house repair and maintenance services. The theme unfolds a broader picture and shows what has been happening in Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
During the Matcha green tea ceremony with Atsuko you can see how the perfect bowl of matcha green tea is prepared in an artistic way and drink it directly. The groups of 5 people can enjoy the ceremony together at At 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30, 19:30 and 20:30 please write Atsuko directly to make an appointment at: service@torii-tea.de
Schöneberger Art 4-5.11.2023
With the works of Ana and Sophia Tabatadze
Halfsister is part of the gallery tour and open studios
Halfsister Displays 23.09.2023
With:
Sophia Tabatadze, Ana Tabatadze, Irakli Kiziria,
Rienke Enghardt, Janka Tara Balkhausen,
Clea Carow, Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze
With food, drinks and boardgames.
Mechanical Moon
On Display
Messy Kitchen and other paper works by Sophia Tabatadze
Poster with a messy kitchen as well other drawings,
postcards and coloring pages.
Necklaces and tattoos by Ana Tabatadze
Necklaces are new obsession of Ana, and you will be able to
see them in real for the first time.
There will be also limited number of tattoo flashes
you can chose from and get a tattoo.
For less brave ones there will be temporary
tattoos done in collaboration with Irakli Kiziria.
Mechanical Moon, record by Irakli Kiziria
Mechanical Moon, written & Produced by Irakli Kiziria,
is a retrofuturistic adventure of beautiful compositions
and pulsating rhythms which are weaved together over
the span of eight tracks.
Weather Report by Rienke Enghardt
Rienke Enghardt sends a quarter of her traveldrawing
to four artists from different countries. They connect a
new work outside the boundaries of her drawing.
The outcome is an unpredictable artwork: Weather Report.
Human Design by Janka Tara Balkhausen
You can get mini readings in Human Design in order to
understand your energetic fingerprint. Make sure you
know the day, time and place of birth of yourself or the
others you would like to get a chart.
Clothing and shoes by Clea Carow
Clea, who has been working with us since the very beginning
display her chosen pieces.
7 PM
The Invisible Hand of my Father by Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze
Video 24 min. 2018, with English subtitles.
The source of this film is personal life of Gago’s father, Nugzari,
and traces a physical and a symbolic transition of Nugzaris right hand.
Halfsister Displays 8.07.2023
With:
Ana Tabatadze, Sophia Tabatadze, Kata Kovács, Tom O’Doherty
Yamil Rodriguez, Patrycja Rozwora, Anna Krenz and Mareike Wenzel
The theme for this Halfsister Displays was Collections. We displayed collection sets by us and others. We also had some food, drinks, back-gammon, clothing and fortunetelling in the form of coffee reading/ tasseography.
On display:
Collections of Ana and Sophia Tabatadze
Kata Kovács and Tom O’Doherty – ‘Minute/Year: Seven Years’
Yamil Rodriguez – glass slides for Laterna Magica
5 PM – Patrycja Rozwora – book presentation ‘Kitchen Conversations Cookbook: Homey Recipes from Artists’.
6 PM – Kata Kovács and Tom O’Doherty reading from the book ‘Minute/Year: Seven Years’7 PM – Anna Krenz and Mareike Wenzel – lecture performance ‘Sisters in Arms’, about the political and literary friendship between the writers Bettina von Arnim from Berlin and Julia Woykowska from Poznan
Lecture performance is sponsored by Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg: dezentrale-kulturarbeit.de/
Minute/Year: Seven Years
Opening: June 16 at 7pm
June 17-21 from 12-8pm
Kata Kovács and Tom O’Doherty
A presentation of an archive
Over the seven years from 2016 to 2022, Minute/Year has generated over 2500 one minute recordings – one for every day. This layered archive is a durational process, and and index which develops, mutates, and degrades over time.
For more info visit: https://www.minuteyear.com/
Halfsister Displays 10.06.2023
With:
Ana Tabatadze, Sophia Tabatadze, Nona Otarashvili-Becher,
Clea Carow, cvntmom, Sonya Schönberger and Ana Tcheishvili
Ana Tabatadze is showing objects with her photos and drawings
Sophia Tabatadze is showing ceramics done with Nona Otarashvili-Becher
Clea Carow – outfits
cvntmom tarot – tarot reading
Sonya Schönberger is reading from her new book STURM OF LOVE Brüche in German
Ana Tcheishvili is reading poems in Georgian, English and German
On this day u can see different art objects done by Ana and Sophia, listen to different authors, find some new outfits and get Tarot reading. Of course, you will also get some nice food and drinks!
On Display
Ana Tabatadze is showing objects with her photos and drawings
Sophia Tabatadze is showing ceramics done with Nona Otarashvili-Becher
Clea Carow – outfits
cvntmom tarot – tarot reading
Sonya Schönberger is reading from her new book STURM OF LOVE Brüche in German
Ana Tcheishvili is reading poems in Georgian, English and German
Our Data Bodies 27-29.01.2023
With:
Luise Dieckmann, Daeun Joo, Marlon Nicolaisen, Juyeong Park, Rebekka Jamila aka Rakita, Lisa Rein, Yujin Song, Kuba Stepien, Mahsa Zarififar, Marina Zauzolkova
A show & program put together by Annika Haas and Petja Ivanova
Part of Transmediale Vorspiel 2022
and contributions by
Sarah Ciston, Lukas Graf, Kristof Trakal
and the collectively created
ASTRAL GLITCH KIN ALTAR
Neighbours 21-22.01.2023
With:
Lilli Kuschel
Part of Transmediale Vorspiel 2023
NEIGHBORS / non-human city life is a video installation by Lilli Kuschel about the life of crows in Berlin. This video installation follows crows in Berlin and explors a city in transformation. Rapid urbanisation is one of the most prevalent drivers for the loss of biodiversity, but crows are experts in adapting to city life. Intimate observations of key moments in the life of these highly intelligent birds and a visual research on how the animals rededicate Berlin’s changing cityscape and architecture open up new perspectives on a more-than-human-world.
Lilli Kuschel is an artist, filmmaker and camerawoman. She researches on urban ecologies, the „More-than-human“ and cohabitation at the University of Arts Berlin, where she teaches experimental film and media art.
Pop-Up Market 16-17.12.2022
Vintage clothing by Clea Carow
Hair styling by Violet
Book Presentation 28.11.2022
Book presentation of Tbilisi Architecture Biennial
Opening show, 05-06.11.2022
In the framework of Schöneberger Art we opened our doors for the first time to public.
