Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Anonymous
Stefanos Tsivopoulos
Stefanos Tsivopoulos works primarily with film to articulate the role of collective memory and the subjective interpretation of history. His research into mass media, archival images, and found footage forms the basis for his works that often have poetic and allegoric undertones. Concurrent with the artist’s continued investigation into how collective memory is shaped by mediated reality, runs a fascination with the fine line between reality and its fictional reconstruction, as well as with the boundaries between the authentic and the scripted, the staged and the improvised.
Stefanos Tsivopoulos (born 1973, Prague) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam in 2002, and received his Masters from Sandberg Institute Amsterdam in 2004. He participated in artist residencies at the Rijksakademie van beeldenden kunst Amsterdam, Platform Garanti Istanbul, and IASPIS Stockholm. Recent solo shows include Amnesialand, Heidelberg Kunstverrein, Germany; The Real The Story The Storyteller Smart Project Space Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Lost Monument, Art Forum Berlin, Germany. Group shows include Manifesta 8 Murcia, Spain; Witte de With Rotterdam, the Netherlands; BFI Southbank London, UK; ACF New York, USA; Centre Pompidou Paris, France; Friedericianum Kunstverein Kassel, Germany; ev+a Biennial Limerick, Ireland; Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Serbia; 1st Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece; Centre Photographique d’Isle Paris, France; and Sammlung Essl Vienna, Austria.
Events & Exhibitions
Book launch: Stefanos Tsivopoulos – Archive Crisis, Shaking up the Shelves of History
April 12, 2016, 6:30-8pm
Artist Talk | Stefanos Tsivopoulos: Borrowed Knowledge
October 4, 2011
Artist Talk | Stefanos Tsivopoulos: Borrowed Knowledge
October 4, 2011
Stefanos Tsivopoulos: Borrowed Knowledge
September 14–October 18, 2011
Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Amnesialand, 2010, 16mm transferred on Bluray, 24 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Amnesialand, 2010, 16mm transferred on Bluray, 24 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Borrowed Knowledge, 2011, Video still, 20 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Lost Monument, 2009, Multifaceted installation, single channel video, HD CAM transferred on DVD pal, 27 min, series of archival photographs, and two monitors with archival films, 27 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Lost Monument, 2009, Archival photo, 615/16 × 615/16 in. (17.63 × 17.55 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from The Netherlands
Past Resident2012: Bunka-cho - Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Yamashita + Kobayashi
Mai Yamashita + Naoto Kobayashi are a Berlin-based artist duo. The simple structure and humor in their methodology turns the seemingly impossible dream into reality and their work is a condensation of everyday life. In Candy (2005), for instance, the duo licked a huge ball of candy every day over six months until it had been reduced to normal size. In Infinity (2006), Yamashita + Kobayashi jog day after day over a course in the shape of the sign for infinity (∞), slowly inscribing itself on the grass. Their sincere attitude towards these seemingly purposeless duties contains a touch of humor and at the same time makes viewers reconsider about many rituals without meaning in their daily lives.
Mai Yamashita (born in 1976) and Naoto Kobayashi (born in 1974) are a Japanese artist couple who started working together in 2000. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts with a PhD, they moved to Germany, where they have been living and working since then. They participated in Künstlerhaus Bethanien and their work has been exhibited among others at Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland; Museo de Arte Contemporánea (MARCO), Vigo, Spain and the 2010 Aichi Triennale, Japan.
Yamashita + Kobayashi, Going Mainstream, 2010, Installation view at Aichi Triennale. Courtesy of the artist.
Yamashita + Kobayashi, Lion & Canvas, 2008, HD video, and canvas, 40.22 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Yamashita + Kobayashi, Infinity, 2006, HD video, 04.38 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Yamashita + Kobayashi, Candy, 2005, DVD candy, and glass bowl, 19.22 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Yamashita + Kobayashi, How To Make A Mountain Sculpture (Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau), 2006, C-print, 28 × 19 in. (71.12 × 48.26 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: Creative Australia
Jamil Yamani
Jamil Yamani’s work integrates political and socio-cultural phenomena within a media-based discipline. His recent research combines traditional Islamic artistic practices with contemporary art aesthetics, such as integrating sacred geometric designs with Australian suburban houses.
Jamil Yamani was born in Sydney, Australia and received an MFA from the University of New South Wales, 2008. Yamani has had exhibitions at Artspace and Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney. He is also a member of the Artist Advisory Group to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Jamil Yamani, Storm, Family/Familiar, 2009, Backlit duratrans, acrylic, melamine box, and fluorescent tubes, 52 × 36 in. (132.08 × 91.44 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jamil Yamani, All Quiet On he Western Front, 2005, Video. Courtesy of the artist.
Jamil Yamani, Family/Familiar, 2009, Mixed media, including video, photography, sculpture, aluminium and fabric, Dimensions variable . Courtesy of the artist.
Jamil Yamani, Home, 2010, Backlit Billboard, 276 × 158 in. (701.04 × 401.32 cm). Courtesy of the artist, Campbelltown Arts Centre.
Jamil Yamani, Home, 2010. Courtesy of the artist.
