Deutschsprachige Version des Textes Since 2018, the Stiftung Berliner Leben has been awarding Fresh A.I.R. Scholarships to artists who deal with sociopolitical issues and urban space and who use artistic tools to reflect on the relationship between the individual and the urban environment in the era of globalization. The third group of recipients arrived in Berlin in October 2019 and took up residence in Schöneberg in a space encompassing three floors and 1,100 square meters. Inspired by the urban space of the city, these thirteen artists, originating from eleven countries, developed the themes of their work over the six months of their residencies. Working like city ethnologists, they wandered the capital. Some were interested in aspects of urban planning and the relationships between different institutions. Others explored the kinds of aesthetics produced by young people and subcultures as they make their mark and try to occupy the space of the city. History also played a role for members of this third group of artists. Historical architecture and how this legacy is approached were as important as the social history of specific buildings and neighborhoods. While some artists addressed overarching human phenomena, others focused on specific social practices and their individual significance. In their work, they dealt with topics not generally within public consciousness but worth being reconsidered. They highlighted practices and modes of using public space that contradicted the official planning and, thus, managed to bring life to such spaces. Visitors of the exhibition looking at the art work of Dani Ghercas at Bülowstraße 97 | photo: F. Seyfert Visitors inside the room installation by BYE at Bülowstraße 97 | photo: F. Seyfert Visitors watching the multi-channel video installation by Bojan Stojčić at Bülowstraße 90 | photo: F. Seyfert A visitor inside of the room installation by M05K at Bülowstraße 90 | photo: F. Seyfert Visitors watching the multi-channel video installation by Bojan Stojčić at Bülowstraße 90 | photo: F. Seyfert Visitors inside of the room installation by M05K at Bülowstraße 90 | photo: F. Seyfert The concluding exhibition, in which the artists presented their results to the public, took place at two venues in Berlin Schöneberg in March. Thanks to the kind support of Gewobag, the first part of the exhibition was held in Bülow90, a historically significant building of the Wilhelmine era. The exhibition encompassed rooms in the left wing of the front buildings and in parts of the neighboring buildings. Just several hundred meters from Bülow90 at Bülowstrasse 97, the project space of the URBAN NATION Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, a Fresh A.I.R. cooperation partner, has a project space suitable for exhibitions. We were able to use this venue as the second location for the final exhibition. Mit dem Laden des Videos akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von YouTube. 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The online showcase offers an opportunity to get an overview of the highly diverse projects of this third group of artists with their different kinds of media and aesthetics. On view are video and photographic materials about the individual projects, each of which is accompanied by an explanatory text that aims to offer insights into the work’s aesthetic experience. I hope you enjoy exploring the works by our third year of artists. Janine Arndt Artistic Director Fresh A.I.R. #3 – Online showcase Anastasia Starikova In her series of works, the Latvian artist creates an alternative archive of everyday culture with the use of individual micro-collections of personal objects from Berliners. the project Bojan Stojčić Bojan Stojčić examines everyday practices that define invisible boundaries between ‚belonging or not‘ and questions them in times of globalization and political change. the project BYE With their project „Across the Non-Place“, the Spanish artist duo BYE aims to reinterpret public space with its overabundance of textual and visual stimuli. the project Dani Gherca In his project, Dani Gherca continues the de-Stalinization of today’s Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin. He examines the ideologies behind the architecture and questions their raisons d’être. the project DURA In her project „Matter“ DURA processes different meanings of that same word. She worked with puns and holograms – as steel sculptures and video art. the project Fanny Spång The projects treats the city as a super-organism, inspired by observations of how city dwellers find their niche in urban spaces planned on the drawing board. the project Jukai The project „Genius Loci“ by the duo Jukai deals with the transformation of urban spaces. Their installations at selected locations in Berlin make the history of these places audible and visible. the project Kerasia Tsiantzi The artist translated observations about sitting in public areas into an organic shape. Using 3D printing, this was cast in concrete and now animates a human-object interaction. the project M05K M05K takes a stand against the gentrification of cities and the profit-oriented marketing of urban living space and proactively occupies the same with his space-consuming installation. the project Nika Ham What happens when the lights go out in a museum? Recorded by the surveillance cameras, a music video was created in cooperation with the musician junk-E-cat that stimulates the imagination. the project Stephen Burke For his project, the artist documented traces of the interaction between the city and its inhabitants – partly still visible or already removed. The Berlin underground provided the inspiration. the project
Anastasia Starikova In her series of works, the Latvian artist creates an alternative archive of everyday culture with the use of individual micro-collections of personal objects from Berliners. the project
Bojan Stojčić Bojan Stojčić examines everyday practices that define invisible boundaries between ‚belonging or not‘ and questions them in times of globalization and political change. the project
BYE With their project „Across the Non-Place“, the Spanish artist duo BYE aims to reinterpret public space with its overabundance of textual and visual stimuli. the project
Dani Gherca In his project, Dani Gherca continues the de-Stalinization of today’s Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin. He examines the ideologies behind the architecture and questions their raisons d’être. the project
DURA In her project „Matter“ DURA processes different meanings of that same word. She worked with puns and holograms – as steel sculptures and video art. the project
Fanny Spång The projects treats the city as a super-organism, inspired by observations of how city dwellers find their niche in urban spaces planned on the drawing board. the project
Jukai The project „Genius Loci“ by the duo Jukai deals with the transformation of urban spaces. Their installations at selected locations in Berlin make the history of these places audible and visible. the project
Kerasia Tsiantzi The artist translated observations about sitting in public areas into an organic shape. Using 3D printing, this was cast in concrete and now animates a human-object interaction. the project
M05K M05K takes a stand against the gentrification of cities and the profit-oriented marketing of urban living space and proactively occupies the same with his space-consuming installation. the project
Nika Ham What happens when the lights go out in a museum? Recorded by the surveillance cameras, a music video was created in cooperation with the musician junk-E-cat that stimulates the imagination. the project
Stephen Burke For his project, the artist documented traces of the interaction between the city and its inhabitants – partly still visible or already removed. The Berlin underground provided the inspiration. the project
