
OPENING: FRIDAY June 17th 2022, 7pm at URBAN NATION Museum
Opening Weekend UNARTIG – Street & Art Festival: 17. – 19. Juni 2022
URBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 Berlin
June 2022 – August 2024
URBAN NATION presents TALKING… & OTHER BANANA SKINS, curated by Michelle Houston. The colorful and vibrant exhibition provokes dialogue through urban and contemporary art. The exhibition will function as a catalyst and serve as a host for discourse about the most pressing issues of our times. It presents a new facade commissioned by the internationally renowned collective BROKEN FINGAZ CREW from Israel (Haifa). The exhibition shows paintings, installations, sculptures and video works across the breadth of urban and contemporary art. Highlighted artists include ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Berlin), ICY AND SOT (Tabriz/NY), VARIOUS AND GOULD (Berlin), JOSÉPHINE SAGNA (Hamburg) and LOW BROS (Hamburg).
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
1UP, AEC INTERESNI KAZKI, AMARTEY GOLDING, ANA BARRIGA, ANDREAS ENGLUND, ANNA LUKASHEVSY, BILL POSTERS, BJÖRN HEYN, BROKEN FINGAZ CREW, DAVE THE CHIMP, DENIS CHERIM, DISNOVATION, EL MAC, FAISAL HUSSAIN, FAUST, FRANCO FASOLI AKA JAZ, HIJACK, HIN, HOT TEA, HUGO BAUDOUIN, HUH?, ICY AND SOT, IDA LAWRENCE, ISAAC CORDAL, JAN VAN ESCH, JEFF HONG, JIMMY TURRELL, JOSÉPHINE SAGNA, KNOW HOPE, LE FOU, LOOK THE WEIRD, LOW BROS, NOEMI CONAN, OLEK, RICH THORNE, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, SEPE, SIMON MENNER, SPLASH AND BURN, SPY, TEZZ KAMOEN, THE WA, VARIOUS AND GOULD, VERA KOCHUBEY, YOANN BOURGEOIS
[WE NEED TO TALK]
[WE NEED TO TALK]
[HYBRID HISTORIES]
TALKING… & OTHER BANANA SKINS addresses polarization. It encourages visitors to question their own perspectives. Conflicts and issues are multi-faceted, not to be pigeonholed. The artworks presented in the 8 chapters of the exhibition are asking how and what is being communicated within society and the urban environment. Putting exchange and dialogue back at the center.
MEDIAPARTNERS:
General Management Foundation Berliner Leben
Dr. Hans-Michael Brey
Curator
Michelle Houston, YES, AND… Productions GmbH, Berlin
Project Assistant
Ann-Marie Groß, YES, AND… Productions GmbH, Berlin
Project Management
Samuel Walter, Florian Groß, YES, AND… Productions GmbH, Berlin
Exhibition Production
Michelle Houston, Ann-Marie Groß, Lennart Volber, Florian Groß, YES, AND… Productions GmbH, Berlin
Exhibition Architecture and Design
YES, AND… Productions GmbH, Berlin
Karsten Wiegers/ right here – right now, Berlin
Exhibition Graphics
Michelle Nimpsch, YES, AND… Productions GmbH, Berlin
Jason Airey
Framing
Lovely Projects, Berlin
Installation
Zehnpfennig, Weber und Taylor GbR
Ausstellungstechnik für Museen
Constructions
Jens Rüberg, Fairnatic GmbH, Berlin
Press / PR
Ruth Hundsdoerfer, berlin acts: kultur pr, Berlin
Jacob Paulsen, Stiftung Berliner Leben
Social Media
Swea Hobbie, Nicola Petek
Suchmeisterei, Berlin
Financial Management
Aune Tette, Jutta Zander, Stiftung Berliner Leben
The catalog for the exhibition “TALKING… & OTHER BANANA SKINS”, which opened in 2022. With its new exhibition, the URBAN NATION Museum explores the pitfalls of communication and aims to initiate a dialogue using urban and contemporary art across exhibition boundaries. The brochure is accompanied by an introduction to the themes of the exhibition with an insight into the work of exhibited artists.
Details:
With every purchase you support the work of the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART.
Published by
Stiftung Berliner Leben
Concept
Barbara Krimm
Edited by
Dr. Hans-Michael Brey, Dr. Geneviève Debien, Stiftung Berliner Leben
Production
Dr. Geneviève Debien, Stiftung Berliner Leben
Translation
Carola McMahon
Copyediting
Korrekturservice Dr. Bärbel Müller (DE), Kieran McMahon (EN)
Design Cover
Jason Airey, Ann-Marie Groß & Michelle Nimpsch
Title, Typesetting and Design
StudioKrimm, Berlin
Buch- und Offsetdruckerei H. Heenemann GmbH & Co. KG
Our comprehensive audio guide is available at the reception desk to accompany the exhibition. It offers the opportunity to learn about the exhibition and its themes while walking through the exhibition.
• 3,00 EUR (free of charge on the opening weekend)
• Audio guide playable via QR code via own device
• ca. 30 min.
• Sprache: Deutsch/Englisch
Production
Michael Hug, TON & SPOT Audiodesign, Berlin
Recording & Sound Design
Dirk Beck, Michael Hug
Production Management
Dr. Hans-Michael Brey, Dr. Geneviève Debien, Stiftung Berliner Leben
Concept, Editing and Direction
Tina Steiger, Michelle Houston/Dr. Hans-Michael Brey, Dr. Geneviève Debien, Aune Tette, Stiftung Berliner Leben
Translation DE
Leonhard Unglaub, KENNEDY-UNGLAUB TRANSLATIONS
Editing DE
Korrekturservice Dr. Bärbel Müller/Dr. Robert Walter-Jochum
Editing EN
Logan Kennedy, KENNEDY-UNGLAUB TRANSLATIONS
Voices DE
Christine Kewitz
Voices EN
Manon Kahle
Tue – Wed: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thu – Sun: 12:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: Closed