fake or feint, Berlin 2010

The exhibition series fake or feint took place from January until July 2009 in project spaces at Berlin’s Alexanderplatz as well as in the Kino Arsenal. Thematically it focused on the idea of a politics of the surface, which was explored following concepts such as marking, masquerade, staging, display, disturbance, and deviance. Subsequently a publication was compiled, that transfers the formats of documentation and contextualisation developed and tested during the project into book form. The documentation of the six exhibition and film scenarios is juxtaposed with a selection of text excerpts, that are to create a narrative along the concepts relevant to the project. Edited by Martin Beck, Adrian Bremenkamp, Joerg Franzbecker together with Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art.

Participating artists: Kaucyila Brooke, Claude Cahun, Daniela Comani, Keren Cytter, e-Xplo with Jaime Lutzo, Amy Granat, Tom Holert, Heiko Karn, Daniel Knorr, Annja Krautgasser, Katrin Mayer, Eran Schaerf, Eske Schlüters / Axel Gaertner, Sofie Thorsen / Katharina Lampert.