Gallery Weekend Berlin – The Art Podcast

• Episode 4 - Melissa Joseph

  In our next episode, Enuma Okoro sits down with artist Melissa Joseph to dive into her upcoming exhibition No Words at Soy Capitan. The exhibition opening during Gallery Weekend Berlin is the first solo presentation in Europe by the New York-based artist. They explore the artist’s journey as a wanderer, her reflections on global unrest, and how Dante’s Inferno and her time spent in Berlin shaped her latest work. Melissa shares how felting — her favorite medium — allows her to translate thought into texture, offering a quiet, tactile form of visual poetry. Together, they reflect on the importance of staying present, and the resilience it takes to keep creating through dark times. Tune in to hear Melissa’s thoughts on belonging, curiosity, and why even a pocket can become a political space.

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• Episode 3 – Zuzanna Czebatul

  Bildhauerin und scharfsinnige Beobachterin von Macht, Ideologie und kultureller Mythenbildung – Zuzanna Czebatul spricht mit uns über ihre künstlerische Praxis. In ihrer ersten Einzelausstellung bei Dittrich & Schlechtriem mit dem Titel „All the Charm of a Rotting Gum“, die zum Gallery Weekend Berlin eröffnet, denkt sie den Pergamonaltar als konzeptuellen Raum neu. Ihre Arbeiten fordern dazu auf, kulturelle Mythen, staatliche Macht und die Fragilität vermeintlich dauerhafter Strukturen zu hinterfragen. Im Gespräch mit der Kunstkritikerin Silke Hohmann spricht Zuzanna über Berlin als widersprüchliche Bühne, über das Verblassen von Monumenten und die Poesie im Bröckeln. Über Uniformen als Auslöschung des Subjekts, das Verhältnis von Körper und Staat, über Pillen als utopische Objekte und die Frage, wie viel von den Versprechen der 90er eigentlich noch übrig ist. Ein Gespräch über Maßstab, Macht, Mythos – und darüber, warum der einzige Weg manchmal mitten hindurchführt.

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• Episode 2 – Monica Bonvicini

  In this episode, writer and curator Enuma Okoro speaks with the renowned artist Monica Bonvicini, who has been living and working in Berlin since the mid-1980s —a city she deeply loves. A bold and uncompromising voice in contemporary art, Bonvicini’s work challenges the boundaries of power, gender, sexuality, and the politics of space. For Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025, she presents her exhibition “It is Night Outside” at Capitain Petzel, spanning three floors with new metal and leather sculptures, glass works, paper collages, and a striking video installation addressing themes of space, identity, and resistance. Mirror works and chain reliefs further enrich the show, continuing Bonvicini’s exploration of language, material, and the body. This episode offers a dive into her creative process—where architecture is a spacethat is ever truly empty or neutral. Tune in for a powerful conversation on measurement tapes, hammers, and the forces that shape our world.

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• Episode 1 – Marianna Simnett

  The very first episode of Gallery Weekend Berlin – The Art Podcast is out now! We’re kicking off the series with British-Croatian artist Marianna Simnett, known for her bold, unsettling, and deeply imaginative works. In the opening episode, Marianna Simnett (born 1986) talks about her unique upbringing on a boat, her lifelong connection to animals, and how she radically reimagines Greek mythology through a feminist lens in her latest video work, Leda Was a Swan. Here, Leda is no longer a passive victim, but a complex, self-empowered protagonist. Photo: Christoph Voy, Studio Marianna Simnett, 2025

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