Werkstadt-Berlin, Neukölln's Kulturverein, hosts "Gestures of Hybridity" Installation and Workshop

Werkstadt-Berlin, a community art and culture organization in the Neu Kölln neighborhood of Berlin, hosted DOEprojekts' "Gestures of Hybridity" installation and workshop during the last two weeks of August 2015.

"Gestures of Hybridity" graphite drawings are "played" by participants when they touch a custom brass stylus to various parts of the drawings. 

The drawings are a hybrid of visual imagery and sound. The experience of playing visual images is used by DOEprojekts (Deborah and Glenn Doering) as a point of departure in their workshops that explore "hybridity" as a cultural keyword.

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Creative Time Summit at la Biennale di Venezia — New and Historical Perspectives on Art, Culture, Politics, Society

DOEprojekts attended the Creative Time Summit held in the Teatro Alle Tese, Arsenale, Venice, from August 11 -13, 2015. This 2015 Summit is the first conference of artists at the 56th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia, titled All the World's Futures. The Summit's artist-presenters addressed many social justice issues seen through the lens of curriculum — learning, education, and "knowledge production."

The Summit's keynote speakers included Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!, an independent global news source. Goodman gave a graphic account of her experiences in the 70's, as a journalistic eye-witness to the East Timor genocide. 

In another keynote presentation, artist Mariam Ghani interviewed her father, Ashraf Ghani, the recently elected President of Afghanistan (via Skype link). Her questions and his answers focused on the roles of education and artistic creativity in the Ghani administration.

Throughout the three days, international artists-activists-scholars presented their work, including: Kunlé Adeyemi, Hope Ginsberg, Emily Jacir, Koyo Kouoh, Pedro Lasch, Tina Sherwell, Antonio Negri, Gregory Sholette, and Joshua Wong.

Round table discussions were held on the third day of the Summit, providing a forum for speakers, moderators, and attendees to share stories and email addresses. An Open Mic at the end of the Summit allowed anyone to share praise, criticism and/or a personal anecdote from the stage.

A review of the Summit on the blog Hyperallergic may be found here.

During breaks and after the summit, DOEprojekts (Deborah and Glenn Doering) visited many of the Biennale's pavilions and installations. We participated in the work "Sustainable Identities" by Cseke Szilárd at the Hungarian Pavilion in the Giardini. (Below: "Coreforms" progressive drawing at "Sustainable Identities" )

Also noteworthy was the South African pavilion titled "What remains is tomorrow." We were especially moved by a text work titled "Racist in South Africa" by SA artist William Boshoff. The work may be seen here. 

Of our many excellent experiences in South Africa this summer, only one was destructive. Our rental car was attacked by a man in Johannesburg -- an attempted car-jacking which destroyed some of our equipment, physically wounded us, and caused us to be hospitalized. This unfortunate act of violence, gave us empathy for ALL the people of South Africa. 

We also would like to say that many South African friends and acquaintances have given us devoted care and stimulating collaboration — we look forward to a better TOMORROW not only for South Africa, but for our "global village." We thank Creative Time Summit and la Biennale di Venezia for an inspiring 3 day conference and ongoing artist exhibition venue.

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DOEprojekts (DOE) + Keiskamma Art Project (KAP) Explore Lines, Shapes, Colors, Textures, Tones — and Coreforms — in Hamburg, South Africa

In a series of six workshops, DOEprojekts and Keiskamma Art Project artists explored various expressions of lines, shapes, colors, textures and tones through creative exercises and critiques of each participants' work and the work of other contemporary international artists.

 

DOE's Coreforms (zeros, ones, hyphens, tildes and periods— also known as circles, horizontal and vertical lines, swashes and points) were also discussed and explored as a basis for ongoing collaboration between DOE+KAP artist groups. Several new and unique combination of Coreforms emerged as potential expressions for forthcoming art pieces.

DOEprojekts (Deborah Adams Doering + Glenn N. Doering) thank Keiskamma Art Project workshop participants: Veronica Betani, Lindiswa Gedze, Noseti Makhubalo, Sinovuyo Makhubalo, Siyabonga Maswana, Noluntu Mavela, Sanela Maxengana, Cebo Mvubu, Nomfusi Nkani, Avumile (Avis) Nyongo and also KAP founder/director/artist Carol Hofmeyr and visiting professor Nicola Ashmore.

The DOE+KAP workshop was funded in part by a 3Arts.org matching grant with generous contributions by the Carreon-Royer Family, the Whitten Family, and the Moody Family. We are very grateful to these and other individual patrons for supporting our workshops.