Events/Openings

On June 1st and 2nd, a participatory art installation will transform the Event Hall of The Wye into a living, breathing representation of Berlin's thriving art scene.

Hanging gloves, each individually designed by artists during the exhibition, are placed throughout the room. Artists and creatives of all kinds are invited to curate their own gloves and connect themselves to friends and strangers alike by attaching strings indicating both already existing and possible future working relationships. The idea is to build a tangible, visceral network of artists; a web that moves and transforms as more and more participants become involved, just as it happens in real life. Finally, the 350 m2 room will be filled with a living, breathing representation of the connections that have already formed and those that will shape Berlin’s creative community.

To initiate the community art project on June 1st, a range of local and international artists will present their talents and rounds of “artistic speed-dating”, where creative professionals have the chance to meet one another in hopes of developing relationships and collaborating on innovative projects and exchanges, will take place. In addition, one entire room at the Wye will be wallpapered in corkboard, serving as an bulletin board for anyone wanting to expand their network and offer their services without necessarily designing a glove, but still enjoying the more personal touch of handwriting and the idea of the physical “Schwarzes Brett”. So often people live and work in the same area and mutually helpful fields, but their paths have, for one reason or another, never crossed. Strings Attached brings people who might not otherwise know each other in touch so the possibilities for new, exciting collaborations may develop.

Curated by Jenn Kelly (Everyone is from Somewhere Festival), Verity Oberg (Retramp Gallery), Jovanka v. Wilsdorf (Artist-Profiler/Songwriter) and Samantha Wareing (Sofa Salon), STRINGS ATTACHED is a celebration, a happening and a moment of appreciation for the creatives who make up the city of Berlin as it exists right now.

Live Entertainment Line-Up June 1st:

Stephen Paul Taylor
Rob Longstaff
CAPE
Dizzy Moon
Johannes Schleiermacher
Chris Glen & Band
James Cruickshank
William Kudahl Sorensen
Aiden Baker