For BERLIN ART WEEK:
MOMENTUM In Conversation with Thomas Eller at the Berlinische Galerie

Cafe Dix, Alte Jakobstrasse 124-128 – 12 September 2012, 19:00 – 21:00

With thanks to IKONO TV for documenting the evening.

Artist/ Thomas Eller in conversation with Cassandra Bird and Rachel Rits-Volloch, directors of MOMENTUM | Worldwide. Between concerns of art, urbanism and globalization Berlin’s art world is ever changing. Berlinische Galerie provides a platform to discuss artistic practices, concepts and projects and to share experiences, successes and limitations.

Founded 2010 in Sydney and 2011 in Berlin, MOMENTUM has established itself as a global platform for time-based art. The non-for-profit institution invites artists, galleries and other artistic workers worldwide to present themselves in Berlin. The term “time-based art“ is at the core of MOMENTUM’s program and goes far beyond the question of media art (film, video) into a deliberation of what constitutes cultural space. What is the impact of the moving image on the moving body in a digital age?! How are cultural spaces shaped by the moving image – by images that move us? Cassandra and Rachel will report on their various activities and experiences in and with fast changing cultural environments and artistic strategies. The talk will be accompanied by a screening of the MOMENTUM Collection and the launch of this month’s SKY SCREEN program, turning the facade of the Berlinische Galerie into a screen for video art.