Online lecture series

17 May 21, 6–8 pm
In English

The event will take place over Zoom.

BPA Talks is a public lecture series in partnership with BPA// Berlin program for artists. This forth edition will take place online. BPA participants Sofia Defino Leiby, Shirin Sabahi and Saâdane Afif will each present their work in 30-minute lectures. BPA Talks are flexible in for-mat, ranging from introductory presentations of the artist’s work to lecture performances.

Program
5 pm
Sofia Defino Leiby
you know the border’s closed right?

In her paintings and artist books, Leiby reflects upon individuality and mark-making by devel-oping approaches to observation and measurement, and tracking subjective differences in cognition, attitudes, pathologies, and the unconscious. She has incorporated elements of psychometrics or psychological measurement as material for manipulation to address the cognitive processes inherent in creative production. Sofia Defino Leiby has shown her work in Solo and two-person exhibitions at Page NYC, Ύλη[matter]HYLE, Athens, Kimmerich Berlin, and Clifton Benevento, New York. Her writing has been published in Texte zur Kunst, Spike Art Quarterly, and BOMB. Defino Leiby has been included in group exhibitions at Sweetwater, Berlin, The Green Gallery, Chicago, Springsteen, Baltimore, and Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NYC, among others. Her work has been reviewed in Artforum, Mousse, Paper and Harper’s Bazaar Mexico.

5:45 pm
Shirin Sabahi
Obergeschoss

Shirin Sabahi’s talk will focus on previous artworks and films that are built upon narratives around specific sites. She will relate them to her upcoming project on roof extensions, and how they are empoyed to add to Berlin’s housing stock. The works in this cycle will be on view as part of the BPA exhibition at KW this Summer under the title Obergeschoss. Recent solo exhibitions of Sabahi’s work took place at Edith-Russ-Haus, Oldenburg (2018) and Longue Road Projects, Oslo (2019). Her works were shown in a solo film program at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai (2019), and in group exhibitions and screenings at Broad Art Mu-seum, Michigan (2020), Savvy Contemporary, Berlin (2020), Centro Botin, Santander (2019), and Beirut Art Center (2018). She also hosts PLACES, a series of events at various venues which invites speakers to present a place, existing or otherwise.

6:30 pm
Saâdane Afif
MORCEAUX CHOISIS

Saâdane Afif will present his upcoming first monograph Morceaux Choisis which features 48 of his exhibitions and performances, covering a period of 14 years. Through the lens of the 28 different sections of this publication, Afif will address the various aspects of his research and projects. Saâdane Afif was born in Vendôme in 1970, he lives and works in Berlin. Defined as a chatty “post-conceptual” artist, the methods he employs are not categorized in any specific disci-pline. All his works are subject to a continuous process of alteration. He is the Convenor of the Bergen Assembly 2022 and his next exhibition The Fountain Archives and Beyond will open on June 17th at Foundation Antoni Tapies, Barcelona.

In partnership with BPA// Berlin program for artists

Founded in 2016 by Angela Bulloch, Simon Denny, and Willem de Rooij, BPA// Berlin program for artists facilitates exchange between emerging and established Berlin-based artists through public lectures, joint exhibition projects and reciprocal studio visits.

BPA Talks 5 is the fifth event in the framework of the 2021 partnership between KW and BPA.

BPA// Berlin program for artists is made possible through the support of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
 
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