Opening

based in Berlin
June 8–July 24
www.basedinberlin.com

Location:
Atelierhaus Monbijoupark
Oranienburger Straße 77, 10178 Berlin

And at
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof — Museum für Gegenwart — Berlin
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein — n.b.k.
Berlinischen Galerie —Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur

From June 8 until July 24, 2011 based in Berlin will show examples of the city’s dynamic art production, presenting works by more than 80 “emerging artists.” Many of the participating artists from over 26 nations, all living and working in Berlin, have created new works especially for the exhibition.

Artist list:

David Adamo
After the Butcher
Aids-3D
Akim
Özlem Altin
Julieta Aranda
Autocenter
Nina Beier
Rocco Berger
Gerry Bibby
Juliette Blightman
Erik Blinderman
& Lisa Rave
Juliette Bonneviot
Erik Bünger
Nina Canell
Nicolas Ceccaldi
Sunah Choi
Jay Chung
& Q Takeki Maeda
Kerstin Cmelka
Keren Cytter
Kajsa Dahlberg
Mariechen Danz
Giulio Delvè
Simon Denny
Michele Di Menna
Aleksandra Domanović
Simon Dybbroe Møller
Köken Ergun
Evas Arche und der Feminist
Matthias Fritsch
Kasia Fudakowski
Simon Fujiwara
Cyprien Gaillard
Galerie im Regierungsviertel /
The Forgotten Bar Project
Tue Greenfort
Petrit Halilaj
Jan Peter Hammer
Alexander Hempel
Yngve Holen
David Hominal
Hush Hush
Invisible Playground
Nadia Kaabi-Linke
Ilja Karilampi
Tobias Kaspar
Nina Könnemann
Asaf Koriat
Wojciech Kosma
Kitty Kraus
Oliver Laric
Alexandra Leykauf
Klara Lidén
Ilya Lipkin
Trevor Lloyd
Maria Loboda
Dafna Maimon
Ryan McLaughlin
Gareth Moore
Shahryar Nashat
Anne Neukamp
Ken Okiishi
Christodoulos Panayiotou
Pantha du Prince
Amy Patton
Dirk Peuker
Ralf Pflugfelder
PMgalerie
Agnieszka Polska
Roseline Rannoch
Mandla Reuter
Yorgos Sapountzis
Thomas Sauter
Lena Inken Schaefer
Ariel Schlesinger
Jeremy Shaw
Heji Shin
Timur Si-Qin
Dominik Sittig
Juliane Solmsdorf
Fiete Stolte
Jana Unmüßig
Danh Vo
Ming Wong
Helga Wretman
Shingo Yoshida

The central exhibition venue, Atelierhaus Monbijoupark on Oranienburger Strasse comprises exhibition space on a 13-metre high platform, hovering over the building and a bunker. Work will also be shown at KW Institute of Contemporary Art in the large hall and on all four floors. based in Berlin will also move into the entire 800 sqm eastern wing of the Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof. The Neue Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k. is presenting the exhibition on its ground floor and in its first floor showroom, and the Berlinische Galerie will contribute 160 sqm of exhibition space to based in Berlin for a special solo presentation. The exhibition is curated by Angelique Campens, Fredi Fischli, Magdalena Magiera, Jakob Schillinger and Scott Cameron Weaver.

www.basedinberlin.com

The official based in Berlin website presents all aspects of the exhibition in both German and English, with information on all participating artists, exhibition venues, events, dates, notifications of gallery openings throughout the city and tips on other Berlin art institutions.

The making of the exhibition was accompanied by three advisors: Klaus Biesenbach (New York), Christine Macel (Paris) and Hans Ulrich Obrist (London).

Press contact:
Susanne Kumar-Sinner, s.kumar@kulturprojekte-berlin.de, tel. +49 / (0)30 – 247 49-835
Sarah Lachmann, s.lachmann@kulturprojekte-berlin.de, tel. +49 / (0)30 – 247 49-713
Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, Klosterstr. 68, 10179 Berlin, www.kulturprojekte-berlin.de