Between 1986 and 1992 Martin Eder studied at the University of Augsburg, betwn 1993 and 1995 at the Academy of Visual Arts in Nürnberg and continued his education in Kassel. In 1999 he went to the University of Visual Arts in Dresden where he became the master student of Prof. Eberhard Bosslet. Martin Eder creates representational idylls in oil. Common motives are pets like little kittens, canaries or bunnies as well as Lolita scenes. At first sight these sceneries seem to be naive and kitschy, but there is always something, a little detail that irritates the viewer and activates hit critical reception.
British choreograph and dancer Michael Clark changed the world of dance radically during the last 25 years. He got famous for his legendary projects with famous musicians, designers and artist like Sarah Lucas ort he punk band Wire. This new production is trying inter alia to find the perfect dance for the perfect song „Heroes“ by David Bowie. Clark was even sharing the flat with David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed in Berlin once.
Prof. Dr. Franz Anton Cramer, CAA-Expert for Contemporary Dance and Professor at the Co-operative Dance Education Centre in Berlin will follow the developments of contemporary dance in an ever-changing society. What is dance about? Why do we accept certain movements as dancing and others not? These questions are central to the work of publicist and dance scientist Franz Anton Cramer: Being an unfailing fighter for artistic freedom in a heated debate about the function of dance and a researcher for the spirit of dance.
Julie Mehretu was born in 1970 in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia and grew up in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. In 1992 she got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University Kalamazoo College in Michigan. After a year abroad at the University Cheik Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, she got her Master degree in 1997 from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. Her very large scale and complex paintings are focusing on architectural and urban plans. In these she follows a broad net of movement: flight paths, wind and water currents, highways or telephone nets.
