The Pacific Wall

The Pacific Wall.
Artistic strategies between Bauhaus and Silicon Valley
Opening 24th March at 7pm

After its continuous expansion towards the West, the tidal wave of European modernism broke at the “Pacific Wall” (Lyotard), returning as the fractured post-modernism of computerized society. Today, the “disruptive” technologies of Silicon Valley mark the latest result of this break, which left us inhabitants of a world that is so fundamentally computerized some call it “post-digital.” While the political organization of this world is currently being renegotiated, one answer to its complexities to some seems to be the construction of actual walls.
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Natural Dyes and Pigments

Sa. 3.03.2018 (15:00 – 18:00)
Schillerpromenade 4, 12049 Berlin

Join us on March 3rd at >TopLab to explore the potential of natural dyes and colorants. In this hands-on class you will learn fundamental techniques to extract pigments from plants, fruits and bacteria that you will be able to apply on your favorite material. Read More →

>Social Fiction Lab #topic1 “Temporäre Nutzung” – ein spekulativer Salon

Donnerstag, 1. 03.2018, 17:00-22:00 Uhr, top Schillerpalais.

Selten begegnen wir dem fremden Tod oder denken über den eigenen nach. Aus unserem Alltag ist der Tod weitgehend verbannt. Auf dem Friedhof setzen wir uns am ehesten damit auseinander. Meistens meiden wir jedoch diesen Ort, weil er weit entfernt von unseren täglichen Bedürfnissen zu sein scheint. Unsere kulturell gewachsenen Vorstellungen von nicht zu störender Totenruhe erlauben es uns nicht, den Friedhof ALS ORT zu entdecken. Bis auf einen langsamen Spaziergang auf den ausgewiesen Gehwegen, Grabpflege und Andächtigkeit innerhalb kulturell etablierter Muster, ziehen wir wenig alternative Nutzungsmöglichkeiten in Erwägung.
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The circle is finished

Opening: 4th of March 2017 from 7pm
Artist Talk at 7pm

Location: >top Schillerpalais, Schillerpromenade 4, 12049 Berlin 

Zuzanna Skiba is a Berlin based artist who shows her recent work “The circle is finished”. The artist talk on Saturday 4th of March is about the completely lonely residence-time on the island Fruholmen in Norway. This is the island situated above the North cape and is considered to be the most northern island in the world that has a lighthouse.
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