The 9th Kochi International Triennal of  Prints

Ino-cho Paper Museum 

Ino-cho, Agawagun, Kochi-ken, Japan

11 October 2014 - 30 November 2014

Film Festival Berlin Lichtenberg FFBL

Theme of Freedom

Herzbergstrasse 55 - Berlin-Lichtenberg

November 6 to November 9 2014

My video Junctions, which is a sub part of Silent Crossing Boundaries was shown at the festival and thus for the first time in Europe

 

Opening Dance by Tsai Hsin-Ying and Opening of Silent Crossing Boundries

Beside press and tv, where Mr. Yeh Tse-Shan Chief of Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City Government , Professor Dr Shin Ming-Hsien and a delegation of Tainan Elementray School present at the opening. 
A nice surprise was the dance performance of Hsin-Ying, which who  worked closed together during my residency

Opening Dance by Tsai Hsin-Ying 

Opening Sceneries

Friday 24th of October 2014 at 10.00 am

Official opening of the exhibition and presentation of the project Silent Crossing Boundaries at Gallery A 1 and the outdoor installations at Soulangh Cultural Park, Jia-Li district, Tainan City

The exhibition will be open Wed-Sun. from 9.00 - 17.00 h and it´s already extented to the 23/02/2015

Project Silent Crossing Boundaries

About my project and inofficial exhibition opening Silent Crossing Boundaries at:

Soulangh Culture Park, Jia-li District, Tainan, Taiwan
Gallery A1
Open Wed.- Sun. 9.00-17.00 h.

The offical opening will be on 24th of October 2014 at 11.00 am

Special Exhibition Täuschungen im Alltag

Turm der Sinne
Spittlertorgraben 45
90429 Nuernberg
Germany
Museum im Westturm

Open Tue - Fri. 13-17 h , Sat, Sun. 11-17 h and during school holidays every day from 11-17 h.

For this exhibition one photo from my portfolio Taipei 101 was selected.

Please also take a look at my other blog 

http://johannesgerard-soulangh.blogspot.tw/

Starting Video Installation

First shooting and videos taken for the video installation part of my project at my Soulangh Culture Park Residence.

More on: http://johannesgerard-soulangh.blogspot.tw/

Announcement first Workshop Land Art

On Sunday 14th of September 2014, I will give my first workshop about Land-Art. The Workshop will include a short intructions about Land - Art and afterwards participants  go out into the Soulangh Culture Park compund for to create their own Land Art objects.
The Workshop is open for kids and adults and it will start at 9.00 h in Gallery A1.
The participation fee is NTD 100,-

More workshops will follow for school groups at the end of September an another one like the one on 14 of September on 11 of October, the same day when my exhibition and presentation will open to the public. 

http://johannesgerard-artprojects.blogspot.tw/

Soulangh Artist Residence

There are new posts and images about my stay and projects

http://johannesgerard-soulangh.blogspot.tw/

Land Art Project 1 & Land Art Project 2

Most recently created at the Soulangh Artist Residence .
For more detailed background information, please refer to my special residence blog:
http://johannesgerard-soulangh.blogspot.tw/

Land Art Project 1 Oeuvre 9025

Land Art Project 2 Oeuvre 9026

Soulangh Artist Residence

From  25th of August until 31th of October 2014, I will stay at the Soulangh Artist Residence, which is part of the Soulangh Culture Park, which is run by the Tainan Province Goverment. The residency and the culture park is situated near Tainan one of Taiwans most cultural and historical cities, in the Jiali District, Lin-An Village.

The Soulangh Residency and Culture Park is located in a former sugar factory compound . In March 2014 I was chosen and invited as one of the international artists to stay at the residency. My stay is supported by the Tainan Province Goverment and Stroom, The Hague, Netherlands. To both instituions my special thanks.

If you are interested to follow my residence time and projects I will post more detailed information and images on a new blog, which you can find under:

http://johannesgerard-soulangh.blogspot.tw/ 

September month of exhibition

The Second International Printmaking Triennial

Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric

Mali Kalimegdan 1, Belgrade , Serbia
Opening 4th of September 19.00 h.
04.09.2014-05.10.2014

Unsterblicher Christian Morgenstern - Immortal Christian Morgenstern 

Artists honor the German poet to the 100 anniversary of the death in a four-part exhibition cycle. Organised by the Freunde der Bismarckhöhe zu  Werder (Havel). 

Exhibition IV (Last in the cycle) Interpretations of Christian Morgenstern 
in the Turmgalerie, Bismarckhöhe at Werder Galgenberg

Opening: 6th of September 2014 at 16.00 h

Exhibition: 6th September. - 11th November 2014: Open every Sunday including 3 October Unity Day 
Tower Gallery Bismarckhöhe, Hoher Weg 150, Werder (Havel), Germany

One out of three works of mine showing at the exhibition


Mensch und Arbeit  - Mankind and Labor
As part of the international photography scene Cologne 2014, the Kunstverein presents 68elf 40 photographic positions from Germany, Europe and America on the subject of human and labor. The exhibition explores the relationship of modern man to work in the mirror of photography, both documentary and artistic ways. 

Opening: 14 September 15 clock 
Exhibition: September 14 to October 5 
Opening times: Wed & Sat 15-18 clock. Sun 14-18 clock 

Museum Zündorfer Wehrturm, Hauptstrasse 181, 51143 Cologne (Zuendorf), Germany

My two photo works positions at the show

Kunst am Spreeknie 

Art lovers can explore between 10 and 13 July 2014: about 30 exhibitions, more than 100 open studios, numerous performances, concerts, installations and themed tours, which the already traditional Jazz Gallery and a large ArtSale as a final highlight to show the diversity of the Berlin suburb  Oberschöneweide  with his unique  urban and industrial landscape .

Territorial core are the two Festivalareals at Nalepastraße and Rathenau 2.0 (Area around Wihleminenhofstrasse)- here for  the audience opens up an art tour in the heart of historic electropolis Schoeneweide both sides of the Spree.

Admission to all events is free.

Since I have my studio in Schöneweide I will participate in various events like:

Exhibition ZENTRALSTATION (CENTRAL STATION)

Offering a varied insight into the artistic work presented by Schöneweide  Artists, CENTRAL STATION is the large community exhibition of the festival at Rathenau halls in Wilhelminenhofstrasse.  The curators Längert Lutz and Dr. Peter Sparks  managed to put together an interesting as well as multi-layered presentation of art and to design in the context of Schöneweide surburb. The works were selected from approximately 70 artists.

Opening:. Thursday, 10.7, 19 h. (see Specials) Running Time: 10.7. - 26/07/2014

Guided tours: Saturday, 12.7. 2014, 15 h. - with Lutz Längert | Sunday, 07.13. 2014, 15 h. - with Dr. Peter Sparks

Finissage July 26, 2014, 19 clock - artist talks with  sandwiches and beer

Opening times for Art on Spreeknie Fri 18.7, 16-21 h , Sat, 19.7, 13-21 h, Sun , 20.7, 13-18 h,  Fr, 25.7, 16-21 h,  Sat 26.7.... ., 13-21 h

Rathenau Halls | Building 44/34.1 | Wilhelminenhofstr. 83-85, 12459 Berlin

Open Studios (Offene Ateliers)

More than 100 artists studios can be visit  on Saturday, July 12 from 13-20 h. and on Sunday attended the July 13 between 13-18 h. My studio is of course also open and it´s located at  Wilhelminenhofstrasse 83-85, Building 83, 2^nd Floor, room 305.I am looking forward for your visit and interest.

More at: www.art-on-spreeknie.de & www.johannesgerard.com

                                           View from my studio window

MACHT GELD!  (MAKES MONEY!)

On Friday, June 13, 2014, the network of Schoeneweide creative will open the switch room - Project Gallery of Art, effort and money with the first exhibition. "MACHT GED ! Makes Money!" Is the title of the first 24-day joint exhibition in the switch room. In a critical reflection on the opening of the Art Gallery of Deutsche Bank last year ("power of art"), the occupation of their own rooms will be staged as an alternative: All Schoeneweider creative professionals are called to come and to participated  in the course of a performance with a work for the submit cross-divisional sales exhibition. afterwards.

By calling, the place of their own for to occupy, the collective want focus on the shortage of creative spaces in the urban area is discussed as well as the audience at the ambivalent relationship between art, work and money to be made carefully. The performance starts by 16 clock with a speech by Dr. Peter Sparks, exhibition curator and author, Berlin.

The exhibition "MACHT GELD!" Will be opened by 19 clock. From this time on all the works can be purchased and taken directly. The performance is accompanied on film. The film will be shown to the closing event on Sunday, July 6 by 16 clock, in the vault of the former savings bank.

Wilheminenhofstrasse 82a - (Former rooms Sparkasse), 12459 Berlin

Opening hours:

06/13/2014 - 07/06/2014

Mon - Fri 10:00 to 19:00 & Sun 13:00 to 15:00

My contribution is a joint work with Gabi Heinrich

New Portfolio Aero

I thought it was time to take images of a complete different theme and subject. Planes ! But be honest long time a go I was very afraid of flying, but now I find interesting. So at the end some days ago I started a portfolio about the topic flying. Here under you find some samples from the new portfolio

Venezia mi amore

Six photographers see the city of canals and bridges in their very own way 

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On show  will be a wide variation of  urban sceneries  of the famous city by Michael Benthack,  Jörn Meier (photo 50 Group ASA Hamburg), Johannes Gérard,  Hartmut Graefenhahn and Rainer Schoepe (Photo Group 1892 Berlin) and Arif Danßmann.  Prepare yourself to one or the other unusual view and interpretation of Venice. The photos where all taken during a joint field and excursion trip of the six photographers in February 2014

16 May – 25 June 2014

Opening times  Mon. – Fri. : 8.00-12.00 h and 13.00 – 18.00 h 

Galerie 1892

Haeselerstrasse  5

14050 Berlin

Germany

6th International Biennale For The Artist Book

28.04.2014-25.05.2014Open Sat - Thu 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Biblioteca Alexandrina CornicheAlexandriaEgypt

I was invited for to participate in the Biennale. I created special a artist book for the event. The book contains motives made of Chinese Seal Stamps and layers of gold leafs.

Kraft

Group Show over the theme  strenght, power

Vernissage Friday 21.03.2014 at 19.30 h.

Exhibition : 21.03 - 06.04.2014 (with  vinissage at 17 h) 

QQArt Gallery
Forststrasse 73
40721 Hilden, Germany 

Redesigned Websites / Homepages 

Since 19.02.2014 my homepage for my artistic ouevre www.johannesgerard.com comes in a complet new design with more features.  The website focus now on disciplines in which I work  mainly since 2009

Also my other more commercial orientated  homepage www.jgvisualprojects.com under went some changes in design and features. 
A online shop was added as well, where it´s possible now to purchase work of mine 

POSTCARDS, GREETINGCARDS & POSTER 

I offer now postcards, greetingcards and posters at http://Johannes-Gerard.dawanda.com.
I designed plentyful  of motives like landscapes, animals,  flowers, abstract, but bizarr motives are also included.
The post and greetingscards can be use for a wide range of occasions . The posters are ideal for home and office decoration.
All items come in a limited edition and it´s possible to ask to add your own text on it.
Prices start from EUR 3,50 onwards for postcards (incl. envelope) and EUR 33,95 for posters. Here you can take a look at some samples:

Rosa Luxemburg Conference 2014

11 January 2014  11h - 22h.

Urania, An der Urania, Berlin, Germany

During the one day conference a small art exhibition will be shown  under the title  Old Spritis New Wars.
I take part with my photo work > The wall<

Exhibition Ex Libris & Logo Competition

11.12.2013 - 10.01.2014

Public Library of Warzawa Wesola, 

The exhibtion shows Ex Libris works which where submitted for a competition call for to design a Ex Libris & Logo for the Library.
My submission: