With different intonations of the word “present”, the gift is at the same time a strategy and a form.

The interdisciplinary group “10 o’clock” was founded in Frankfurt/M in 1991 by the architects Bernd Mey and Christian Pantzer and the artist Ralf Schmitt, interim also the filmmaker Bernhard Schreiner was part of the group.

The fact that works land in the museum – and how – is something that has been known not just since Anselm Kiefer’s lead airplanes; whether this was a voluntary landing or an emergency landing is of no importance. But how do the works get out of the museum?

Referring to Austrian artist Franz West the trilogy generates an “asianonym” by appropriating, linking and adjusting the artist’s name to the present situation. The “Franz.East” – trilogy tells about this kind of (k)notworking, starting with Chinese Knotting, later Peruvian Quipus and currently based on magical practice in ancient Arabia.

In its eighth edition, the PREVIEW BERLIN ART FAIR expanded its dynamic profile: In Hangar2 of Berlin’s former Tempelhof Airport, established galleries showed their promising artistic positions alongside international newcomers. For the first time ever, there were also solo walls, with a focus continuing to placed on emerging artists. This survey allowed the PREVIEW BERLIN to reflect what makes the Berlin art landscape so unique from an international perspective, allowing the latest trends to be visualised.

ULTRA ART FAIR functions like a Trojan Horse into the emerging and proliferating global art fair markets of today. Its webdesign mimics and quotes already existing corporate designs of art fairs.