Thomas Behling: "Köpfe mit Nägeln", 2025
A nail is hammered into the clock face, against which the second hand strikes so that the clock stands still at 6 minutes to 12.
Inscription on the glass: ‘There is no reason for rash and hasty activism! Keep calm! We will save the world with the technical innovations of the future!’
"Room With A Viewer – the art of a night´s stay"
The Crystal Ball gallery transforms into an art hotel room.
Opening on Friday, 21 February 2025 at 7 pm
22 February until 4 May 2025
artists:
Thomas Behling, Tornike Godnadze, Elke Graalfs, Maike Häusling, Manfred Kirschner, Abir Kobeissi, Gabriele Regiert, Rebecca Rothenborg, Veronika Schumacher, Silke Thoss, Oliver Voigt, Barbara Wagner
The project ‘Room With A Viewer - the art of a night's stay’, curated by Julia Psilitelis and Lydia Karstadt, is an experimental, usable exhibition presentation. The exhibition space is transformed into a guest and hotel room furnished by artists, which can be booked for overnight stays. Each piece of furniture in the interior has been designed by one of the artists and completes the guest room. The artworks, which are placed in context with each other to form a group exhibition during the gallery's opening hours, and later a room; a place to stay overnight, were largely created especially for the project.
This ambivalent concept is continued in the thematic aspects of the project. On the one hand, the exhibition examines as a sociological experiment what it is like to spend the night in an art installation. On the other hand, it criticises Berlin's precarious housing shortage in a housing market dominated by the uncontrolled rent madness of the Senate.
The project also points to the current drastic cuts in the cultural sector by ironically demonstrating what exhibition spaces will be used for in the future and how artists can make a living according to current policy.
So enjoy an extraordinary experience and stay overnight in the exhibition in the Crystal Ball gallery space in Berlin! You can already book an overnight stay via the gallery contact. The proceeds from the overnight stays will go to the artists' fund.
We look forward to your enquiry.
Overnight stay, Sun-Fri, per night 120 €
Overnight stay, per night, Fri-Sun 150 €
Overnight stay, with vegetarian breakfast (10 a.m. - 12 p.m.) 140 €
berlin@galeriecrystalball.de, Tel: 0049 +30 600 52 828
Galerie Crystal Ball
Schönleinstraße 7
10967 Berlin
GERMANY