1st of December, 2011
Art Clinic
I will be giving an artist talk about works in progress and my changing practice on Monday, the 5th of December. The discussion starts at 8:00 P.M. as part of the 16th installment of Art Clinic at the WerkStadt (Emser Str. 124) along with my colleague and studio-mate Alice Baillaud from France.
16th Edition of ART CLINIC
ART CLINIC is a monthly exchange platform for emerging and professional visual artists of all mediums.
It is a space where artists can present their work in an informal setting, which hopes to foster reflection and
development of one’s own practice through feedback, critique and support.
12th of November, 2011
Published: Peter Kupser
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SECONDARY STRUCTURE ELEMENTS OF GAS-PHASE BIOMOLECULES
by Peter Kupser
This book is a PhD dissertation for the Freien Universität Berlin, researched at the Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.
The cover art is a drawing, called simply "Protein", that I made in 2006 when I first came to Berlin and was spending some time looking at the visual aids and models used in scientific texts; specifically those concentrating on a molecular scale where I found ribbon diagrams to be particular fascinating to describe structures in their most minute scale.
The charcoal and pastel drawing coincidentally relates closely to the topics explored in the dissertation.
I think the snappy title of the book says it all.
12th of November, 2011
Published: Carle Selected Papers
CARLE SELECTED PAPERS, a journal of clinical practice
Carle Foundation Hospital Research Institute in Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.
This issue of the bi-annual medical journal has, as well as research articles, subject reviews and case reports; research physician profiles in Neurology and Gastroenterology.
The cover images are a montage of two paintings of mine: some flashing neurons and a arching batch of e-coli bacteria. They found me here in cyberspace and thought the artworks illustrated their research well.
28th of September, 2011
Studio View
Finished!
13th of August, 2011
Studio View
New delivery of flies today. Colorful steelhead lures mostly. Many thanks to Rob Kessler, fishing guide extraordinaire.
Simulated coke-head handkerchiefs.
20th of June, 2011
Tagesspiegel Interview - 48 Stunden Neukölln
Posing in my studio. Photograph: Mike Wolff
My colleague from the WerkStadt, Nadine Lorenz, and I were interviewed and photographed for a 3/4 page article that featured last Friday in the culture section of the Tagesspiegel - the highest circulated Berlin daily newspaper. The article covers work on various projects of the WerkStadt, a valuation of it in the current arts landscape from the perspective of Berlin-Neukölln cultural politics, and differentiates what we do from the spectre of gentrification often associated with the new look at Neukölln as a creative quarter; not just a problem area in the heart of Berlin.
The article was part of the media run-up to the 48 Stunden Neukölln festival that last weekend had 320 participating locations and 1700 artistic events.
5th of June, 2011
Publishing
Artworks of mine will be used in two upcoming publishing projects.
One drawing will be used for the cover of a PhD thesis about vibrational spectroscopy of proteins for the Max Planck Institut, the leading German scientific research foundation.
Two paintings will be used for the cover of the summer 2011 issue of the Carle Selected Papers, a medical journal in Illinois, U.S.A. These pieces relate to neurosciences and gastrointestinal topics.
E-coli (EHEC) bacterium are a hot topic right now with all the sensationalist news of killer mutant strains on lettuce and cucumbers ((Edit: It was the sprouts!)) in northern Germany. I am not sure yet if there will be any connection.
I will post some links and scans of the finished publications when they are released.
28th of May, 2011
Studio View
12th of May, 2011
WerkStadt Künstler Gruppenausstellung
On Friday the 13th of May opening at 7 P.M., I am participating in a group exhibition of resident artists as part of the WerkStadt Festival taking place all weekend. There will be large format photography, video, installation objects, transparencies, drawing, painting, and a little bit of natural history.
The exhibition runs until the end of the month. I will be showing one of the first small finished pieces from the series "12 Step" that I have been working on for the last six months.
WerkStadt Kulturverein Berlin e.V.
Emser Straße 124
12051 Berlin - Neukölln
On Saturday afternoon there will be a Super Art Clinic from 2:00 - 6:00 P.M. where I will be giving a short artist talk.
WerkStadt KunstSatellit
Nogatstraße 39
12051 Berlin - Neukölln
For more information about the exhibition and the variety of events that are part of the WerkStadt Festival please go to: http://werkstadt-berlin.com/news/
