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THE VIDEO
do you want to kill me baby?
The project ìdo you want to kill me, baby?î is
motivated by the increasing insecurity of public space resulting
from ever-increasing acts of terrorism.
The project is the design of a fictitious city, in which absolute
security shall reign. In response to the escalated fear associated
with public space, the multinational concern MTI, Inc. decided
to commission a new city that provides its inhabitants with absolute
security. It bears the name City. Its aim is to re-determine
the laws of urban cohabitation. City consists of two sectors,
which exist legally and physically independent of one another.
These units are City 1: Knowledge Archive; City 2: Education
Division. In this project I introduce the unit City 1.
The Company has the monopoly of decision in the City 1. There
is no government in the conventional sense. The inhabitants of
the City 1 are not citizens but rather Employees of the Company.
Their work life is the life of the office.
Guiding principle of the City 1 is simplicity through technology,
reduction of emotions as well as the diversity that is typical
of the known, traditional cities. Everything that should exist
is determined by the legal code of the company and everything
that is not regulated does not exist and can thus also not occur.
The principles of the model City 1 are reflected, protected and
made possible by its architecture and urban planning.
Through the architecture and urban planning there should be
no space for ownership and other feelings that could create conflict.
The Employees live and work in modules. These modules are modifications
of basic forms. The module types are: Office Module, Sleep Module,
Eat Module. Rest Module. Art Module. Sports Module. The modules
are small and designed for one person. The Employees do not own
the modules and they change their work and living modules when
needed. They do not leave behind any personal objects when they
leave the modules.
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THE ARTIST
Vassiliea Stylianidou
http://www.artnews.info/vassilieastylianidou
Biography
*1967, Thessaloniki, Greece. Lives and works in Berlin and
Athens.
Education:
1985 89 Study of literature and linguistics, University
of Jannina, Greece;
1993 98 Study of fine arts at the University of
the Arts, Berlin (UdK ), Prof. Rebecca Horn;
1999 Master's designation from the UdK Berlin, Prof. Rebecca
Horn;
Grants:
1999 AT Kearney video prize;
Meisterschuelerprize of the UdK Berlin;
1999-2001 Goldrausch 11 Artistproject, Berlin;
NaFöG - Postgraduate grant from the University of the Arts
Berlin;
2001 DAAD supplementary grant for NYC within the scope
of the NaFOEG-postgraduate
grant;
2002 Artist-in-Residence Programme in Kuenstlerhaus Schloss
Plueschow;
2004 Artist-in-Residence Programme in Kuenstlerhaus Buechsenhausen
Innsbruck Austria;
Residency Programme »Schinkel-Progressive« zentralbuero
Berlin;
Solo Exhibitions:
2005 perpetuum mobile, Galerie Françoise Heitsch,
Munich;
2003 Playcities Gallery Kappatos, Athens;
2002 Heroes & Co. CAPRI, Berlin;
Group Exhibitions:
2005
Old Habits Die Hard in the exhibition
Situation Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney,
Australia;
2004
pro.fiction01 Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen
Innsbruck Austria;
Manderlay Hotel Astoria, Thessaloniki. On the occasion
of the Forum for european artistic mobility. Organised by Art
BOX Thessaloniki;
Berliner_Zimmer in ACTION FIELD KODRA04, Thessaloniki
GR (C);
ausderferne ausdernaehe ausdermitte, European Patent Office,
Munich and Galerie Françoise Heitsch, Munich (C);
ArtConcept, Internationales Art Festival, St. Peterburg;
Breakthrough, ARCO Madrid (C);
Backstage-Kehrseiten des Tourismus Graz Austria;
Archive of Old Habits Die Hard in the exhibition Berlin
North Hamburger Bahnhof museum für Gegenwart Berlin
(C) - Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center Istanbul (C) -
Goethe Institute NYC Mottorenhalle - Projektzentrum für
zeitgenössische Kunst Dresden - YEANS Goeteborg Schweden
- Art in General NYC;
ISIMD 2004 Istanbul (C);
2003
So much...so great, Center of Contemporary
Art Larisa, Greece (C);
CANAL LOOP´00 Art Barcelona;
Hertzoscópio
Art Festival, Portugal;
Old Habits Die Hard, HQ Sparwasser Berlin - Norwich Gallery
- Kunstnernes Hus Olso;
1. Prague Biennale; O-FORM CAPRI, Berlin;
A.G. Schloss Plueschow, Germany (C);
7th International Video festival VideoMedeja, Novi Sad,
Serbien;
CHIANGMAI FIRST NEW MEDIA ART FESTIVAL,
CMU ART MUSEUM, Thailand;
2002
familistère
1 Kunst-Werke Berlin, Institute for Contemporary Art (C);
Open Weekend CAPRI, Berlin;
t.i.a (this is america), Kunst und Medienzentrum Adlershof,
Berlin;
2001
WHITE COLLAR, Charlottenstrasse 79/80,
Berlin;
Intime Expeditionen Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Haus
am Waldsee, Berlin (C);
moving images in The Nicosia Municipal Arts Center in
Cooperation with the Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Cyprus
(C);
2000
unterwegs Goldrausch 11 Kunstbunker
Nuernberg e.V., Kunstraum Duesseldorf, halle_für_kunst e.V.
Lueneburg, art forum berlin(C);
Group exhibition Kappatos Gallery, Athens;
scanning Springer und Winckler Galerie, Berlin (C);
TENROOMS2000 Ten Curators propose Ten Young Artists at
the St. George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens. Concept: Kappatos Gallery,
Athens (C);
1998
Indoor Games Stiftung Starke, Berlin
(C);
1996
Haute Couture WeinhausHuth, Potsdamer
Platz, Berlin;
Publications:
1. [scanning] Ein Video-Essay.
Einzelkatalog. Publisher: Der Präsident der Universität
der Künste Berlin, 1999.
2. moving images. Publisher: The Nicosia Municipal
Arts Centre, CYprus, 2000.
ISBN 9963-575-32-3
3. der inteligente Tisch-der intelligibler Tisch..
Einzelkatalog. Publisher: Goldrausch
Künstlerinnenprojekt Berlin e.V., 2000.
ISBN 3-933700-76-0.
4. Intime Expeditionen. Das Schöne, das Intime, die Neugierde.
Publisher: Goldrausch
Künstlerinnenprojekt Berlin e.V., 2001.
ISBN 3-933700-78-7.
5. A.G. Publisher: Förderkreis Schloss Plüschow
e.V., 2002.
ISBN 3-935649-050-3.
6. familistére1. Publisher filiae.V., 2002.
7. Prague Biennale1, peripheries become the center. Publisher:
Giancarlo Politi Editore,
2003.
ISBN 88-7816-130-6.
8. so muchso great Publisher: Larissa Contemporary Art
Center, Greece, 2003.
ISBN 960-85850-5-8.
9. 2nd international symposium of interactive media design.
Publisher: Yeditepe University Publication House, Istanbul, 2004.
10. Breakthrough! Greece 2004: Contemporary perspectives
in the visual arts.
Publisher: Consejería de cultura y deportes. Comunidad
de Madrid, 2004.
ISBN 84-451-2629-6.
11. ACTION FIELD KODRA-04. Publisher: Cultural organization
of Municipal of Kalamaria
Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004.
12. ausderferne ausdernähe ausdermitte. Publisher:
European Patent Office Munich, 2004.
ISBN 3-89605-066-4.
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THE SPACE/COLLECTIVE
CAPRI
CAPRI shows contemporary art. It is a noncommercial artist
run initiative and has been founded in August 2001. The project
is located in the rather neglected north of Mitte, in a street
marked by its intermediate status within the city and within
time. Adjoining the broad gap still left by the wall, CAPRIís
neighbourhood seems to wait patiently until it will either merge
with poor old Wedding or rather be gentrified into an outpost
of New Mitte.
CAPRIís conception refers to its ambivalent local context.
As in CAPRI the artists have to cope with a space blankly denying
the common white cube settings, a space that insists on its presence
instead of confining itself to a background existence, each show
has to be a uniquely site specific production. In CAPRI, the
striking equipment of the former flower-shop has been preserved,
to the effect that the frame for the artistsí statements
is made up by a compilation of pyramid pedestals reminiscing
about their original function, about the display and trade of
goods. This challenges the artists to present their work as a
negotiation with the architecture of the room and it also implicates
the visitor as Çparticipant-observerí within the
scenography of the space. Being thus a highly communicative place,
CAPRI presents work implying a broad scale of media. The project
focuses on artists concerned with the policies and aesthetics
of space.
Bettina Carl: ++49(0)30 44 67 66 49, 0175 2332 144
Alena Meier: ++49 (0)30 25 29 12 58, 0173 8736 168
Ina Bierstedt: ++49(0)30 69 56 53 83, 0175 2333 669
Brunnenstraþe 149, 10115 Berlin (tube U 8 Bernauer Str.)
contact: ++49 (0)30 69 56 53 83; 0175 2333 144
contact: ++49 (0)30 44 67 66 49; 0175 2333 669
open: thur, fri, sat 4 ñ 7 p.m. (and by appointment)
e-mail: CAPRI_@web.de
http://www.capri-berlin.de
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