Alfred Banze : Art moves

Christine Falk et Alfred Banze, Allemagne

Gauguin Museum
Papeari - Tahiti
Tel: (689) 57-10-58

Ouvert tous les jours de 9h à 17h

Vernissage le 5 décembre à 16h
L’exposition se poursuivra jusqu’au 20 décembre 2009

Les deux artistes allemands Christine Falk et Alfred Banze présentent leur projet d’échanges culturels THE BANYAN TREE au centre des Métiers d’Art et au Musée Gauguin. L’exposition au Musée Gauguin montre des sculptures créées par cinq artistes sélectionnés en d’Asie du Sud-est. Alfred Banze présente également ses travaux autour du Banyan, des dessins sous forme de journal et son installation média «Studio». Christine Falk a apporté certains de ses tableaux, des impressions du Tibet, des paysages urbains de Berlin et également quatre peintures de Bouddha.

11. September - 1. November 2009
Galerie im Körnerpark
Schierker Straße 8, 12051 Berlin
Di - So 10.00 - 18.00 Uhr
Tel.: (030) 68 09 28 76

Guy Wouete, Kamerun / Vitshois Mwilambwe-Bondo, R. D. Kongo / Amrit Chusuwan, Thailand / Sakarin Krue-on, Thailand / Laiza Pautehea, Tahiti / Andreas Dettloff, Tahiti / Will Guthrie, Australien / Juliane Heise, Berlin / Thorsten Streichardt, Berlin / Clea T. Waite, Berlin / Matthias Schellenberger, Berlin / Michael Vorfeld, Berlin / Veronika Radulovic, Berlin, Projektleitung: Christine Falk + Alfred Banze, Berlin

In our latitudes he is known as “Ficus” in the flowerpot, everywhere in the tropics, he is revered, loved and feared: The Banyan Tree. The Berlin based media artist Alfred Banze has gathered artworks from 25 countries, for a global experiment in art and cultural practice. The exhibition at Galerie im Körnerpark in Berlin shows both, the artworks and their interpretations - Remixes - by children and young people from around the world. In Berlin-Neukoelln 15 involved artists come together to do workshops, performances and presentations.

In unseren Breitengraden kennt man ihn als Ficus im Blumentopf, überall in den Tropen wird er verehrt, geliebt und auch gefürchtet. Zum Banyanbaum hat der Berliner Medienkünstler Alfred Banze Kunstwerke aus 25 Ländern zusammengetragen für ein globales Experiment der Kunst und Kulturpraxis. Die Ausstellung zeigt beides, die Kunstwerke und deren Interpretationen - Remixes - von Kindern, Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenenen aus aller Welt. In Neukölln treffen sich beteiligte Künstler zu Workshops, Performances und Präsentationen.

07. Oktober, Mittwoch, 18.00 Uhr - Banyan Talk Talk I
Performances, Videos, Musik und Gespräche

09. Oktober, Freitag, 13.00 Uhr - Banyan Talk Talk II
Workshop-Präsentation mit allen Projektteilnehmern

21. Oktober, Mittwoch, 18.00 Uhr - Banyan Talk Talk III
Gespräche zur Biologie und Kultur des Banyanbaumes

In march 2009, we made a 3 day workshop at Wat Opot, a center for HIV infected children and orphans in Takeo, Cambodia. See the result, a short movie.

Part II of the Touring Exhibition, Metahouse Phnom Penh, Cambodia
March 10th to 22th 2009

Metahouse, a cultural center for Art and Films, run by the German filmmaker Nicolas Mesterharm, is mutch smaller than the National Museum in Bangkok. So, we focused on that artworks, which have been used in the workshops here two years ago. And we selected some other works, which fit to this place and the country. At Wat Opot, a center for HIV infected children and orphans in Takeo, we made a new workshop. We made a movie together.
More infos: www.banyan-project.de

Read an article in the Phnom Penh Post

February 7th to 27th 2009. The start of the touring exhibition THE BANYAN TREE was opened by Mr. Paiboon Pholmak, Deputy Director General of the Fine Arts Department and Dr. Hanns H. Schumacher, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany.

THE BANYAN TREE (Ton Sai) is regarded as the home of ghosts - in traditional Thai culture as well as in modern pop culture. But not only in Thailand, but everywhere in the tropics, this impressive tree is revered, loved and feared.

The exhibition THE BANYAN TREE shows paintings, sculptures, videos, photos and installations by more than 50 artists from more than 20 countries, all inspired by THE BANYAN TREE. They have been collected by the German media artist Alfred Banze. With the help of the collected works of art, he organized numerous workshops for children and young people in schools, galleries, cultural centers and artists’ studios. The exhibition displays both, the original artworks and the ART REMIXES by children and young people. Accompanying to the exhibition, screenings, talks and workshops take place.

Read an article in the Berliner Zeitung
Read the text at the Goethe Institut Bangkok Website
Read the text at IFA Website

further informations:
www.banyan-project.de

Intercultural exchange project, workshop, exhibition at Meta House Phnom Penh, in cooperation with Goethe Institute Jakarta
13. - 23. January, 2009

12 artists from China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, USA, Netherlands, Cambodia and Germany presented artworks, that have been produced at Lijiang Studio in Southwest China.

LI LISHA & MU YUNBAI (China),
JOYBRATA SARKER & ORVIEK SARWAR (Bangladesh),
OUER SOKUNTEVY (Cambodia),
ALFRED BANZE + CHRISTINE FALK (Germany)
ADRIAN VAN EGMONT (USA)
JAY BROWN (USA + China)

The exhibition was curated by Christine Falk, Alfred Banze and Adrian van Egmont.

More infos: www.anotherchina.de

Read an article in the Phnom Penh Post