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DESCRIPTION:Avner Sher's works are typified by an act of violent wounding. 
 He works with cork boards and cork peels?a porous\, resilient woody substa
 nce. The external tissue cells of the cork oak trunk die and are replaced 
 every few years. New cells emerge out of the trauma\, preserving the tree'
 s appearance\, which continues its physiological rejuvenation and growth. 
 A material capable of surviving wood fire\, the cork represents the cycle 
 of birth and revelation\, death and resurrection\, often informing Sher's 
 practice. Operating like a surgeon\, he paints\, sculpts\, and carves with
  various knives in the wooden substance\, conjuring up images from differe
 nt strata of consciousness.The exhibition takes its title from Israeli poe
 t Yehuda Amichai's book\, Open Closed Open. [Yehuda Amichai\, Open Closed 
 Open: Poems\, trans. Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld (New York: Harcourt\, 
 2000)]. Amichai discusses the peeling of history's layers\, moving like a 
 pendulum between times\, broken feelings\, and memory fragments which entr
 ench themselves in the mundane reality. Sher?an architect by profession?de
 lves into historical monuments and geographical signs imbued with the impr
 ints of erosive time\, spawning new configurations\, either concocted or b
 ased on ancient maps.Ten obelisks bearing imaginary signs and symbols of t
 he ten plagues of Egypt welcome the viewer. Their installation as an arc o
 f triumph echoes Brandenburg Gate?an emblem of victory saturated in domina
 tion and terror. Excerpts of old maps of Jerusalem and Berlin are placed o
 n the gallery floor like a jigsaw puzzle\, pieced together\, recounting a 
 fictive story which nevertheless touches upon the acute reality.The fractu
 re and its healing\, deconstruction and reconstruction\, as well as the te
 nsion between past and present?among the features of both Jerusalem and Be
 rlin as two divided cities transpiring along a seam?introduce spatial and 
 political questions. Through the three-dimensional floor installation and 
 its images\, they echo thoughts about tourist-oriented miniature models of
  historical processes and events. Concurrent with Sher's solo exhibition a
 bout mapping\, the project room features video that based on Interactive P
 erformance Installation by Berlin-based Nezaket Ekici:Work in Progress ? P
 ersonal Map. Ekici?s artworks derive from multiple subjects\, including ev
 eryday situations\, her dual cultural background (Turkish &amp\; German)\,
  and the history of art. Her confrontations with the ordinary allow Ekici 
 to explore the various social and cultural atmospheres in which she operat
 es. These confrontations are then translated and expressed as performances
  and art installations.In Work in Progress ? Personal Map\, Ekici traces t
 he paths of journeys she has made since 2008\, using her body as a means o
 f expression and investigation. In a performance lasting over 6 hours she 
 recounts her numerous works\, while weaving in anecdotes about personal ex
 periences collected in more than 150 cities\, 50 countries and four contin
 ents. Armed with nails\, a hammer and red string\, Ekici weaves a web-like
  network on a white wooden panel\, all the while keeping her audience in t
 he context of her work. However\, her Personal Map is not a relic\; it is 
 an artwork in its own right\, in the form of a floor installation. The sub
 jects she deals with are related to time\, movement\, space\, material\, t
 he body\, action\, and interaction. However\, sufficient space is left for
  the viewer to elaborate on personal or cultural associations and new poss
 ibilities.\n\nViel Spass wünscht Gratis-in-Berlin\n\nLink zum Tip: \nZu den Gra
 tis-in-Berlin Angeboten: http://www.gratis-in-berlin.de\n
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191218
SUMMARY:Open Closed Open: Avner Sher Work in Progress ? Personal Map Since 
 2008: Nezaket Ekici
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