GlogauAIR’s Open Studios invites the public to witness the result of three months of intensive research and production by the artists taking part in GlogauAIR’s residency program on site in Berlin and online throughout the world. These artists join GlogauAIR to dedicate themselves to the creation of new work and to explore new processes together with an international cohort of artists. 

While each of the artists prepare and produce an individual project, it is also possible to observe topics and themes that overlap among the artworks. Topics such as intimacy, belonging and self-reflection continue to be important themes. For many onsite artists, Berlin itself becomes the nexus of their work, from the found objects incorporated into new creations or the discovery of Berlin’s secret histories. Being able to observe these coincidences and influences is one of the most exciting aspects of the open studios, which offers the chance to see all-new artworks presented to the public for the very first time. 

Open Studios is the culmination of a program of activities in different formats such as curatorial visits, tours within the city of Berlin, talks and workshops that have provided resources, inspiration, and understanding to enhance their artistic work and create a platform for their career. This time and as always, GlogauAIR keeps finding opportunities to develop, exchange and invite conversation on contemporary art and multidisciplinary culture.

Sonic Interstices

Exhibition by Samuel Perea-Díaz as the Berlin Guest for December 2022

The entrance level of GlogauAIR is dedicated to exhibition proposals and local initiatives. During this term, the Project Space on the ground floor has been the studio and laboratory space of Samuel Perea-Díaz. He is a Spanish sound artist based in Berlin that has been invited to become GlogauAIR’s Berlin Guest Artist by La Memoria Chema Alvargonzalez.

Samuel Perea-Díaz is a Spanish sound artist based in Berlin. Samuel holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Sevilla and a MA in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts from the Berlin University of the Arts.

Perea-Díaz’s art installations explore spaces of mixed realities while focusing on sound. Their artwork blends and moves between time-based media, creating installations and sound-focused objects, which engage with field recording, relocation of sound, sonification, and Virtual Reality.

The artist stretches the senses of the ordinary by practicing listening walks and producing immersive sonic spaces inside and outside the gallery space. The project at GlogauAIR engages with re-exhibiting different sonic events in a sound installation as the result of an artistic research on architecture and sound. Perea-Díaz’s residency begins first with an analytical approach to the space by listening to the building and environment of GlogauAIR. It concludes with the realization of a sound installation, which presents sound-in-objectsand field recordings in a multi-channel set-up.

Samuel is interested in the possibilities of engaging, expanding, and mapping different geographies of sound. Perea-Díaz ́s installation renders a particular acoustic scenography that creates space for reflection and perception of reality.

Since 2021, the catalogue cover of GlogauAIR is decided by an open call to all of the participating artists, giving them the opportunity to present their work on the cover. For December 2022, and after carefully reviewing the proposals for this session, the jury selected the image submitted by Miranda Holmes a US-American artist who joined us in the residency starting in October 2022.

The image that was selected ultimately captures both something about the present moment and about the experience of the residency itself. Holmes expertly crafts an image that represents the collective spirit that the simple act of sharing a meal can create and the close ties that develop between the artists during the residency.

Catalogue • December 2022