What do you see when you lie on the grass at Tempelhofer Feld? Maybe it’s dusk. Or maybe small clouds slowly drift by. Alexander Rosenkranz and Florian Merdes have captured this feeling of summer melancholy in a series of photographs. Their snapshots are often blurred as if seeing the world anew after closing their eyes for too long. This personal approach to the field as a large open space, place of longing, and eternal topic of debate is now on display at Haus am Kleistpark. Another place that has a magical effect is the Plänterwald. For decades, the GDR’s first amusement park lay dormant, now the city is rebuilding it. Before the park celebrates its reopening in 2025, Kinderhook & Caracas, a Berlin project space by artists Sol Calero and Christopher Kline, invites the Gray Voice Ensemble to bring the ruins to life. Their exhibition and the musical piece can be seen from Sunday (25.08.2024) at Spreepark Art Space in the Eierhäuschen.
In the late summer months, you can lose yourself at the other end of the city by swimming in the Humboldthain summer pool. The art space Tropez is hosting another highlight here on Sunday (25.08.), shortly before the end of the season: dancers, a saxophonist and a composer will explore what group instinct means. The performance is open to everyone and ends with a hands-on activity for children. It’s the perfect end to the weekend, but hopefully not the summer, not yet!
Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Alexander Rosenkranz, Florian Merdes, Ink Agop, video still “A Wonderful World” – The Gray Voice Ensemble
Haus am Kleistpark, Grunewaldstr.6–7, 10823 Berlin–Schöneberg; map
Tempelhofer Feld – Alexander Rosenkranz & Florian Merdes, 23.08.–27.10.2024
Opening: 22.08., 19h
Spreepark Art Space, Kiehnwerder Allee 2, 12437 Berlin–Plänterwald; map
The Gray Voice Ensemble: A Wonderful World, 25.08.–20.10.2024
Live Performances: 25.08., 15.09., 20.10.
Tropez at Sommerbad Humboldthain, Wiesenstr.1, 13357 Berlin–Wedding; map
NANA with Sara Lu, Rayne J Raney, Soroa Lear and music by VCO and Julius Gabriel 25.08.2024, 17h
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