Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast

Nina Ross is a Melbourne based artist working predominantly with video, performance and photography. Her research led practice draws on individual experiences to interrogate the use of visual and textual language within political and personal spheres. Using the body, her work speaks to current global issues, while giving a voice to personal narratives and concerns. Beyond her personal work, Nina engages in various collaborative practices including co-founding Artists’ Committee (2017) and Artists’ Subcommittee (2018). In 2013 Nina received a Master of Fine Art (Research) with first class honours from Monash University in Melbourne, supervised by Peta Clancy. Nina’s thesis received the Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Master’s Thesis Excellence Award. Previous to this Nina obtained a BA (Fine Art Photography) Honours in 2006 and a BA (Media Arts) in 2004 from RMIT University. Nina has lectured sessionally in photography, art theory, conceptual development and professional practice at various universities including Photography Studies College and RMIT University (School of Media and Communication) in Melbourne. Since 2014 Nina has worked with a group of Melbourne based artists called Art/Parents. Together they explore the experiences of artists who are also parents. Interview with Nina Ross recorded by Michael Dooney on 30. August 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Melbourne, Australia. Portrait photo by Hannah Reich NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) Nina Ross Official Website Instagram Vimeo Centre for Everything, artists residency Artists Committee Artists protesting Wilson Security Artists Protest Australian Museum’s Deal with Security Firm that Allegedly Abused Asylum-Seekers Australian Art Museum Drops Security Firm Accused of Abuse at Detention Centers Artslog Artists Parents Jessie Scott Lizzy Sampson Imagining a Future Collective Artists Union ----more---- SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Maya Anner is a curator working in Tel-Aviv, and currently serves as the Chief Curator of PHOTO IS:RAEL, the International Photography Festival in Tel-Aviv. She was the Arts Manager at the British Council Tel-Aviv, the curator and art director at ArtLink and has worked at the Photography department at the MoMA and at Tel-Aviv Museum of Art. Maya holds an MA in Art History and a Diploma in Curatorial and Museum Studies from the Tel-Aviv University. Maya serves as a juror in various awards and festivals, recent ones include Photo Espana, Odesa Photo Days, Photo Lucida and Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair. Interview with Maya Anner recorded by Michael Dooney on 7. November 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Tel-Aviv, Israel. Portrait photo by Daniel Tchetchik NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) Maya Anner (instagram) PHOTO IS:RAEL Official Website Facebook Instagram YouTube PHOTO IS:RAEL Festival Official Website Talks and events ----more---- SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

The group exhibition Zero Waste showcases international positions in contemporary art that point out the urgency to save resources, consume less, and live more sustainably. In diverse installations, videos, sculptural works, and photographs the artists investigate the global consequences of plastic packaging, tire abrasion, toxic chemicals, and the overproduction of consumer goods. Zero Waste will be realised by the German Environment Agency in cooperation with the MdbK and curated by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta and Lena Fließbach. The exhibition catalogue, published by the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig (MdbK) and the German Environment Agency, contains essays by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta and Lena Fließbach, Sven Bergmann and Yusif Idies, Martin Ittershagen and Fotini Mavromati such as Minimal Mimi. The catalogue (130 pages, colour pictures) is available now from the museums pay desk at the price of 12 € and online from Do You Read Me. 100% of the proceeds from the catalogue will go to the tree-planting project by artist Andreas Greiner, with the aim of offsetting the CO2 footprint in the exhibition. The first field maple is planted in January, 2020 in Gohlis. A sponsorship of the "Aktion Baumstarke Stadt" of the city of Leipzig costs 250 € per tree. Interviews for ZERO WASTE with Lena Fließbach & Hannah Beck-Mannagetta, Erik Sturm, Wolf von Kries, Jeanette Stoschek, and Bianca Kennedy & The Swan Collective recorded by Michael Dooney on 24. June 2020 at the Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig Germany. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) ZERO WASTE Official Website, MdbK Instagram Exhibition Catalogue Lena Fließbach Official Website Instagram Hannah Beck-Mannagetta Official Website Instagram Erik Sturm Official Website Instagram Wolf von Kries Official Website Jeanette Stoschek, director Museum der bildenden Künste, Leißzig Official Website, MdbK Instagram, MdbK Twitter, MdbK Bianca Kennedy Official Website Instagram The Swan Collective Official Website Instagram ----more---- SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud Instagram MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Ángel Luis González is the director of PhotoIreland, an independent organisation dedicated to stimulating a critical dialogue around Photography in Ireland and to internationally promoting the work of Irish-based artists. He won the David Manley Entrepreneur Award in 2011 for the PhotoIreland Festival project. In 2011, he launched ‘The Library Project’, a public resource library of photobooks, holding in excess of 3000 items from more than 300 publishers worldwide. The Library Project also gives name to Ireland’s Art Bookshop, a unique space in Dublin’s city centre, offering the photobook collection, an eclectic bookshop, and a productive gallery programme. He has been a portfolio reviewer at events such as Les Rencontres d’Arles, Format Derby, PhotoEspaña, and The Triennial of Photography Hamburg. He is responsible for books such as Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade, New Irish Works, and the ongoing TLP Editions. He contributed to Landskrona Foto 2016, focused on Photography in Ireland, and he is an invited lecturer at university programmes, such as the Fine Art Photography Master at IED Madrid. In 2019, he launched the public-facing project entitled ‘The Museum of Contemporary Photography of Ireland’ with its first instalment running 1-31 July as a 2000 m2 exhibition space, enquiring about Museums and Photography. The project will run every year during July as part of PhotoIreland Festival, until it becomes a fully fledged museum space. More recently, he developed OVER Journal, a new critical journal of Photography and Visual Culture for the 21st century, which was launched during PhotoIreland Festival 2020. Interview with Ángel Luis González recorded by Michael Dooney on 31. July 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Dublin, Ireland. Portrait photo by Matthew Thompson NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) PhotoIreland Official Website Open calls, awards, and other opportunities Facebook Instagram Linkedin Twitter Vimeo PhotoIreland Festival Official Website PhotoIreland 2020 ON XFF Facebook Instagram Twitter OVER Journal Official Website Open calls and submissions Facebook Instagram The Library Project for Visual Culture & Critical Thinking Official Website Facebook Instagram Twitter ----more---- SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Dr. Harriet Roth studied Medieval History, Modern History, and Art History. She obtained her doctorate in art history in 1996 with a thesis on the Origins of Museums in the 16th Century under the supervision of Horst Bredekamp, at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Her various publications deal with museum history and the architecture of Richard Neutra. Since 2019 Harriet has been the curator of the Wochenende der Moderne project for the Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf of Berlin, Office for Further Education and Culture. Interview with Dr. Harriet Roth recorded by Michael Dooney on 10. June 2020 at Onkel-Tom-Straße 87, 14169 Berlin, Germany. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) Wochenende der Moderne (Weekend of Modernism) Press release on Berlin.de Tickets via eventbrite Wochenende der Moderne (Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf) ----more---- SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Dorothee Bienert is the director of Galerie im Körnerpark and Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin Neukölln. Together with Kati Kivinen, director of Museum for Contemporary Art Kiasma Helsinki, Dorothee curated the exhibition Fragile Times. Supported by the Finnland-Institut Deutschland and hosted by the Galerie im Körnerpark, this timely exhibition opened at the beginning of July and will continue until the 18th of October 2020. Climate change, environmental pollution and mass extinction are just some of the issues causing us anxiety. But even with the realisation that human activity is destroying the very basis of life on our planet, very few people are making lasting changes to their behaviour. Galerie im Körnerpark is one of over 30 municipal galleries throughout Berlin and is part of the Kommunale Galerien Berlin network. This years KGB Kunstwoche (art week) will take place from Friday 28. August until Sunday 6. September 2020. The Fragile Times exhibition is supported by the Finnish Institute in Germany. Interview with Dorothee Bienert recorded by Michael Dooney on 18. August 2020 at the Café im Körnerpark, Berlin Neukölln. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) Finnland-Institut in Deutschland Official Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Fragile Times Galerie im Körnerpark Official Website Instagram Galerie im Saalbal Official Website Instagram Kommunale Galerien Berlin Official Website Facebook Instagram KGB-Kunstwoche 28.8 - 6.9.2020 ----more---- SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Renowned for inspiring and intelligent delivery of uniquely crafted festivals and arts events, Fiona Sweet is an influential and highly sought after speaker, industry judge in Australia and internationally including at Les Rencontres De La Photographie, France; Fotofestiwal, Poland; and Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Germany. Prior to her appointment at Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Sweet was the founding Director of Sweet Creative, a leading design agency in Melbourne receiving prestigious awards from the Australian Graphic Design Association and the Victorian Government. Sweet co-founded Melbourne’s Acland Street Projection Festival and has served on the boards of the Melbourne Fringe, Chamber Made Opera, Shir Madness and Australian Graphic Design Association. She currently sits on the Industry Advisory Group for LCI Melbourne, and the Advisory Committee for the Discipline of Photography at RMIT. In 2018 Sweet was awarded an Ian Potter Development Grant assisting her research concerning international art festival best practice. Interview with Fiona Sweet recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. June 2020 via Squadcast between Berlin and Melbourne. Portrait by Chippy Rivera. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) Ballarat International Foto BiennaleOfficial Website Facebook Instagram Mass Isolation ProjectOfficial Website Australia Instagram Australia Instagram UK / Format Festival Instagram Ireland Instagram Finland ----more---- SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Catherine Evans is a Berlin-based Australian artist who works across photography, sculpture and installation. Her work focuses on geologic time and where this intersects with our own human timescales: as found in our bodies, their materiality and our lived-histories through colonialism and archaeology. Initially trained in science, and then photography, her work is characterised by a material intimacy that subverts the utility of everyday materials such as rocks, carpet and sticky tape to give unexpected shifts in our perception of light, weight and balance. After completing her studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, she was recipient of a VCA Graduate Mentorship (2013) and Georges Mora Fellowship (2017). She has exhibited widely, most recently her work "Standing Stone" won first prize in the 2020 Neuköllner Kunstpreis, Berlin. Interview with Catherine Evans recorded by Michael Dooney on 15. May 2020 in Neukölln, Berlin. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) Catherine Evans official website PICTURE BERLIN Official Website Instagram Interiors to Being Festival - PICTURE BERLIN 10th Anniversary Melanie Irwin Susan Jakobs Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Interview in Berlin Art Link DIEresidenz - artists residency in France by Conny Becker LOST ROCKSOfficial Website Instagram 48H Neukölln ----more---- CATHERINE EVANS Official Website Instagram SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

April Gertler is an American artist who has been living and working in Berlin since 2005. She studied at University California, Berkeley (BA, Social Science Interdisciplinary Studies - Hons), California College of the Arts (BFA - Photography) and Bard College (MFA - Photography). April did an exchange semester at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main, which is what initially brought her to Germany. After finishing her MFA, she returned to Frankfurt and subsequently moved to Berlin. April's work is preoccupied with the idea of the communal experience of a moment as an access point. That access point has taken a variety of forms including lecture performance with the sharing of baked goods, one night bars and exhibitions in additional to collaborative durational walks. She has exhibited and taught internationally. In 2009, April started a peer-to-peer knowledge exchange art program PICTURE BERLIN for international artists. The program has developed into multiple programs each year. Last year (2019) marked 10 years of the program and April and her team were awarded a significant Hauptstadtkulturfond from the Ministry of Culture for the project INTERIORS TO BEING, a month long festival of performance, exhibitions, walks and discussions which celebrated the alumni and participating artists from PICTURE BERLIN over the years. Since the start of PICTURE BERLIN, April has been simultaneously working on her own practice which has included other performative and curatorial projects such as Sonntag and TAKE THE CAKE - a hybrid baking show and lecture performance. In the Fall of 2020 April will be opening a new project space in Neukölln called WIRWIR, with Adrian Schiesser. April's most recent projects include the Sonntag Book, an overview of Sonntag - a collaborative project she has been doing with Adrian Schiesser which invites an artist to show their work in a private apartment for a Sunday afternoon presentation. The artist's favourite cake is also served during the matinee exhibition. April and Adrian have been doing the project since 2012. In addition, she recently finished a new episode of TAKE THE CAKE titled, APPELTAART which she performed in Amsterdam. April has been teaching Analog Photography as an Adjunct Professor at Bard College Berlin in Berlin, Germany since Spring 2016. Interview with April Gertler recorded by Michael Dooney on 29. May 2020 in Mitte, Berlin. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) April Gertler official website PICTURE BERLIN Official Website Instagram Interiors to Being Festival - PICTURE BERLIN 10th Anniversary Field Guide Berlin California College of the Arts Larry Sultan Jim Goldberg SONNTAG Official Website Instagram SONNTAG Book The Green Box TAKE THE CAKE AGALAB Amsterdam Appeltaart ----more---- APRIL GERTLER Official Website Instagram SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Piotr Pietrus is a Polish born artist and social activist photographer. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany in 2008, and went on to do a masterclass with Arno Fischer at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin, where he now lives and works. Possessing a strong contemporary documentary practice, his work investigates the sites where the poetic and political intersect in the wake of a growing resistance towards social injustice and the ecological crises. His work has been published widely including Greenpeace Magazin, Monopol, Süddeutche Zeitung Magazin, Der Greif, VICE, If You Leave, Phases and Aint Bad Magazine among others. Recently he exhibited with EEP Berlin, a new curatorial initiative dedicated to showcasing the strongest Eastern European photography to Berlin audiences. Interview with Piotr Pietrus recorded by Michael Dooney on 15. May 2020 in Neukölln, Berlin. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) Greenpeace Magazine Corona Diaries Cicha Woda EEP Berlin - Eastern European Photography Gallery Maya Hristova Josephine Demerliac Catherine Evans Moonshake Conny Becker ----more---- PIOTR PIETRUS Official Website Instagram Tumblr SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Georgina Pope is a Berlin based curator who started her career working at commercial galleries and project spaces in Sydney, Australia. She is currently a curator for Independent Collectors, a digital platform for art collectors and the largest non-commercial archive of private collections worldwide. Georgie also works as art mediator at The Bunker Berlin, a heritage listed World War II air-raid shelter and home to Karen and Christian Boros private collection of contemporary art. Completing the Curatorial Practice and Contemporary Arts course at the School for Curatorial Studies Venice in 2018 consolidated her previous art world experiences. This enabled her individual curatorial interests to become more focused on activation of art works; whether through education, presentation or other forms of audience engagement. Leading to an increased involvement with preformative art and the opportunities this experiential medium provides - not least of which includes the increased interest from art collectors who wish to support and be more involved in this recently institutionalised part of the art world and relative newcomer to the art market. Interview with Georgina Pope recorded by Michael Dooney on 12. May 2020 in Kreuzberg, Berlin. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) City of New Castle Art Gallery - Roland Pope art collection Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney Art and About, Public Art Festival Hyde Park Sydney. Jiri Georg Dokoupil CO-LAB The Young Centenary Foundation Centenary Institute in Sydney Karen and Christian Boros Node Centre for Curatorial Studies Berlin A plus A Gallery, Venice Breakfast Pavilion by M–L–XL & Luca Lo Pinto Silent World plate by Rio Grande (ear plate) Venice School for Curatorial Studies Sacred Ground Festival Exgirlfriend Gallery Berlin From the Portfolio of Free Will Independent Collectors BMW Independent Art Guide A Performance Affair Tomás Saraceno Arachnophilia ----more---- GEORGIE POPE Instagram Facebook INDEPENDENT COLLECTORS Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter Vimeo THE BUNKER | SAMMLUNG BOROS Home Page Instagram Facebook Bunker #3 - Independent Collectors SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

David Charles Collins (b. 1988, Perth, Australia) is an artist examining perceptions of identity and masculinity through the mediums of photography, performance and video. Based in Sydney since 2016, David graduated with an MFA from Sydney College of the Arts in 2017 under the supervision of Australian contemporary artist Julie Rrap. David’s work has been displayed in several exhibitions including solo shows at Perth Centre for Photography and STILLS Gallery as well as group exhibitions such as Pingyao photography festival in China. Most recently his work has been included in BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! a project by The Little Black Gallery, curated by co-founder Ghislain Pascal, to promote queer and gay photography. Publications which have reviewed David's work include: Australian Art Collector Magazine, Art Guide Australia, Scoop magazine and The Age. His work is held in collections including the Art Gallery Of Western Australia and the University of Western Australia’s Lawrence Wilson Gallery. Interview with David Charles Collins recorded by Michael Dooney on 12. May 2020 between Berlin & Sydney with Squadcast. Photo by Adrian Pinto. NOTES Full Episode Transcript (online soon) David Charles Collins official homepage Video Art by David Charles Collins Boys! Boys! Boys! Home Page Instagram Little Black Gallery, London Ghislain Pascal Fotografiska New York ----more---- DAVID CHARLES COLLINS Homepage Bookshop Instagram Video Art BOYS BOYS BOYS! Home Page Instagram Little Black Gallery, London Ghislain Pascal SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Peggy Sue Amison is the Artistic Director for East Wing - a platform for photography founded in Doha, Qatar. As a curator, writer, strategist, mentor and photographic consultant, Peggy Sue has collaborated with numerous emerging and established photographers, festivals and publications internationally. Prior to working with East Wing, Peggy Sue was Artistic Director of Sirius Arts Centre in Ireland (2001 – 2014) where she headed a multidisciplinary visual arts and residency programme. Her passion lies in creating synergies between artists and professional organisations. Peggy Sue has been an invited speaker, juror and critic at numerous meeting places for photography and contests including board member of Belfast Photo Festival from 2012 - 2016. For the last six years she has also contributed to the development of the artist residency programme, PICTURE BERLIN in Germany. Peggy Sue has curated exhibitions in Dubai, Ireland, Berlin, Poland, Denmark and China, written for various international photographic publications and artist catalogues and has independently produced photographic events. Interview with Peggy Sue Amison recorded by Michael Dooney on 25. April 2020 between Berlin & San Diego with Squadcast. Photo by Michael MacSweeney / Provision, In Transit at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork Ireland. NOTES Full Episode Transcript Creative Conversations: Peggy Sue Amison - 20. June 2020 FotoFest Houston, Texas USA East Wing Home Page Artsy Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh Ireland Home Page Facebook Instagram Twitter ... ----more---- PEGGY SUE AMISON Facebook Instagram LinkedIn EAST WING Home Page Artsy Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Joséphine Demerliac (b.1992 Paris) is a Berlin based film director. Her first experience as a writer and producer was at 17 years old, staging a one time musical in Burgundy, France. After an Erasmus at the Freie Universität Berlin, she completed her Master in Economics at Sorbonne University, Paris. Since graduating, Joséphine has been living and working in Berlin where she regularly collaborates with other international artists. Parallel to working for award-winning production companies and technology startups, Joséphine has been shooting music videos for both her own compositions and other artists. In 2017 her piece La Bombe was nominated for the Berlin Music Video Awards, where it was screened alongside Coldplay, Massive Attack and Jamie XX. Her debut feature length film Le Soleil Brûle starring actors Dimitri Stapfer, Cecil von Renner and Zou is soon to be released. Interview with Joséphine Demerliac recorded by Michael Dooney on 16. April 2020 in Berlin, Germany. NOTES Full Episode Transcript Joséphine Demerliac Official Le Soleil Brûle Trailer Facebook Instagram La Bombe Sloth Magazine More than a character an individuality ----more---- JOSÉPHINE DEMERLIAC Home Page Instagram Facebook Vimeo YouTube SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

Laura Hirvi is the director of the Finnland-Institut in Deutschland (Germany), a forum for Finnish culture & arts, academia, and business in the German-speaking region. In this episode we learn about about her German-Finnish background and growing up with two cultural identities, her time spent in the USA and Asia, and how these experiences led her to become director of the Finnland-Institut in Deutschland. Since entering this role in 2015 Laura has increased the exchange between Berlin and Helsinki, as well as establishing and nurturing networks throughout Germany, Austria & Switzerland for promoting Finnish culture. The 2020 thematic focus at the Institute The Interplay Between Humans and Nature is especially timely in light of COVID-19 and heightened awareness of climate change. Interview with Laura Hirvi recorded by Michael Dooney on 20. March 2020 in Berlin, Germany. NOTES Full Episode Transcript As is the case with the majority of cultural programs throughout 2020, the schedule of exhibitions and events associated with The Interplay Between Humans and Nature has unfortunately been postponed. At the time of writing it is hoped that the schedule will resume in Autumn, in the mean time the Finnland-Institut in Deutschland is concentrating on providing more online content such as: Book Reviews and a series on their Visiting Artists via Instagram Studying and internship consultation online by their colleague Janne Airaksinen. Janne also updated their leaflet "Studium und Praktikum in Finnland" (PDF in German) and is preparing a webinar. As a part of the network of the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes, Germany is engaged in the brand new funding project Together Alone seeking artistic proposals related to topics like "state of emergency, radical change, resilience, artistic practice in the future, alone together". So far, they have received about 250 applications! Video Live stream on 4. June 2020 of Das Einhorn – Die Geschichte eines ambivalenten Fabelwesens ADDITIONAL REFERENCES Timo Miettinen Collection, Dreamaholic Weserburg Bremen Elina Brotherus Maija Tammi, One of Them is a Human Partnership with Vienna Design Week and focus on Vienna 100 Years of Finland Raumlabor collaboration, what does home mean in mobile times? The Interplay Between Humans and Nature Kunsthalle Lübeck, Helsinki School Exhibition Leipzig Book Fair, Book Reviews on Instagram: Rosa Liksom Tuutikki Tolonen Ateneum - Finnish National Gallery Helene Schjerfbeck, The Convalescent, 1888 National Art Musuem Stockholm Bröhan Museum Panel discussion "Sophisticated Pop" 12.02.2020 ----more---- FINNLAND INSTITUT IN DEUTSCHLAND Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter LAURA HIRVI Instagram Facebook Twitter SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) Soundcloud MICHAEL DOONEY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube JARVIS DOONEY GALLERY Home Page Instagram Facebook Twitter

In today's episode I catch up with Berlin based artist and photographer Alexander Gehring. We met at his shared colour darkroom in Prenzlauer Berg where he prints his personal photographic projects. Working as a professional photographer Alexander has shot for a number of major publications throughout Germany, including but not limited to: Die Zeit, Zeit Magazin, Zeit Campus, Zeit Wissen, SZ Magazin, Capital, TAZ, Weltkunst, brandeins, Neon, Nido, Rolling Stone, Intro, Die Welt, Libération, Missy Magazin, 39 Null Magazin, bureau B, The Forumist, Bedroom Community, ideologic, studio stg, buero David Voss. He also shot my portrait featured in the Subtext & Discourse podcast title image! Interview with Alexander Gehring recorded by Michael Dooney on 13. March 2020 in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. ALEXANDER GEHRING Home Page: http://alexandergehring.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandergehring/ Libken Sommerakademie: http://libken.de/Sommerakademie.html SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) https://soundcloud.com/sebastiandelaluz MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney

Still hard to comprehend how much the world has changed since this interview was recorded only four weeks ago, when I met up with Berlin based curator and author Lena Fliessbach to learn about her journey as an independent curator. As the pandemic was still yet to hit, there is of course no mention of it during our conversation. However her latest exhibition ZERO WASTE, which was due to open at the Museum of Visual Arts in Leipzig on the 26th of March 2020, is unfortunately postponed until further notice. I hope that we will still get to see this show as it presents many big picture issues - such as sustainability, globalisation and industrialised animal agriculture - which we are now all forced to contend with. Lena Fliessbach (b. 1982, Hamburg) has been working as a curator and author since 2007. She completed her studies in art history, modern history and Latin American studies at the Free University of Berlin and the Universidad de Granada, Spain in 2010 with the master's thesis "Aspects of Staging in Contemporary Street Photography". 2010-2011 she worked at Wenders Images and organised various exhibitions and book projects for Donata and Wim Wenders. After which she was the first participant in the two year curatorial program at Galerie im Turm, the municipal gallery Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Since then Lena has worked as an independent curator on a number of significant exhibition projects, often in collaboration with Hannah Beck-Mannagetta, which typically include an educational component under the title Walk the Talk. Her latest exhibition ZERO WASTE "takes a critical look at the current condition of our planet but also aims to imagine possible solutions, encourage alternative scopes of action, and propose visions for the future." More information about ZERO WASTE is available on the website of the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, as well as the official exhibition instagram account. Interview with Lena Fließbach recorded by Michael Dooney on 28. February 2020 in Wedding-Berlin, Germany. LENA FLIESSBACH Home Page: https://www.lenafliessbach.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lenafliessbach/ ZERO WASTE: https://www.lenafliessbach.com/ausstellungen/zero-waste/ Hannah Beck-Mannagetta (instagram): https://www.instagram.com/hannahbeckmannagetta/ ZERO WASTE Home Page: https://mdbk.de/en/exhibitions/zero-waste/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zerowasteexhibition/ SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) https://soundcloud.com/sebastiandelaluz MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney

Hope that everyone is taking care in light of current events and the uncertain outcome of the corona virus. In today's episode of Subtext & Discourse I caught up with Berlin based photo media artist Boris Eldagsen. I've known Boris for many years now and in fact interviewed him back in 2014 when we presented his series Safety by Numbers in a group show about typologies. Picking up where the previous conversation left off, we find out how his artistic process has evolved over the past six years, the new direction his work has taken, how photography festivals were a game changer, the influence of Roger Ballen on his work and upcoming solo exhibition this summer during the 2020 edition of Les Rencontres d'Arles in the south of France. Interview with Boris Eldagsen recorded by Michael Dooney on 14. February 2020 at Boris's studio in Berlin, Germany. BORIS ELDAGSEN Home Page: http://www.eldagsen.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boriseldagsen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boriseldagsen Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJz2sAaos322wGsuCtNpZHg THE OTHER SIDE with Tanvir Taolad: http://www.eldagsen.com/theotherside/ Luisa Catucci Gallery: https://www.luisacatucci.com/boris-eldagsen/ Karl Oskar Gallery https://www.karloskargallery.com/photospiel SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering) https://soundcloud.com/sebastiandelaluz MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney Promoting Your Photography in the Art World: https://www.bbk-bildungswerk.de/con/cms/front_content.php?idart=6292&refId=789 Private Coaching Sessions in Berlin: https://www.bbk-bildungswerk.de/con/cms/front_content.php?idart=15#dooney JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney

In today's episode of Subtext & Discourse I'm speaking with Berlin based artist Marina Stanimirovic who creates contemporary jewellery, sound and installation art. Starting her journey in her home city of Paris at École Boulle, continuing to SEPR in Lyon and completing her MA at the RCA London; Marina shares these life changing experiences with us, the push and pull between contemporary art and contemporary design, as well as her first solo exhibition at Gallery Tator following a residency at Moly Sabata in France. Interview with Marina Stanimirovic recorded by Michael Dooney on 24. January 2020 at Marina's studio in Berlin, Germany. MARINA STANIMIROVIC Home Page http://marinastanimirovic.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ma.stanimirovic/ Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/ma-169 RCA London https://www.rca.ac.uk/students/marina-stanimirovic/ Moly-Sabata Residency https://www.instagram.com/p/BsdXhB6Hf2U/ Tator Gallery http://rogertator.com/galerie-tator-expositions/164-123 Marie Jacotey https://www.instagram.com/mariejacotey/ Margaux Clavel https://www.instagram.com/wwan.1/ SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ https://soundcloud.com/sebastiandelaluz MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney

Welcome back everyone and hope that you had a great start to the New Year! It took a little longer that I had hoped to get the first episode online for 2020, however you'll soon find out that it was worth the wait. In today's episode I am speaking with Maria Garcia de Pedro. We first met a few years ago during Talking Galleries Barcelona and have been in contact since then. The plan was to record a podcast during LOOP Barcelona, but it just wasn't possible during the busy schedule. However following a hectic finish to 2019 and equally merry festive season we managed to record our conversation over Skype in the first week of the New Year. ---------- Maria Gracia de Pedro (b.1990) lives and works in Madrid, Spain. She holds a BA in Fine Arts (University of Zaragoza) and an MA in the Art Market (UDIMA-CEF University), with an Executive Certificate in Leadership in Visual Arts management (Deusto Business School, Guggenheim and NYU University) and an Entrepreneurial Certificate of Citizen Bootcamp (Deusto Business School and City Bank). Currently she is developing an PhD research, specialised in emerging artists. She is the director of JosédelaFuente (Spain), co-founder of Hiato Projects, fundraiser officer for Vessel (Italy), editor at Daily Lazy, and guest lecturer at URJC (Spain). Past work experience includes: Ruber Contemporanea (IT), Aldama Fabre (ES), Waterside Contemporary (UK) and Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea (IT). Maria is member of TIAMSA and IAC. ---------- Interview with Maria Gracia de Pedro recorded by Michael Dooney on 3. January 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Pedro Zarzoso. MARIA GRACIA DE PEDRO https://mariagraciadepedro.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mariagraciadepedro/ https://twitter.com/mgraciadepedro https://www.facebook.com/mariagraciadepedro JOSÉDELAFUENTE http://josedelafuente.gallery/ https://www.instagram.com/josedelafuentegallery/ https://www.facebook.com/josedelafuentegallery/ https://twitter.com/JdelaFuente_art Orbital Projects - http://josedelafuente.gallery/seccion/orbital-projects-en/ HIATO PROJECTS http://hiatoprojects.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hiatoprojects/ https://www.facebook.com/hiatoprojects/ JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ https://soundcloud.com/sebastiandelaluz MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

In what will likely be the last interview for 2019, today I'm speaking with Krista Svalbonas. Krista not only took part in the Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon but also surprised me in Arles when she booked me to review her portfolio during the opening week of the festival. Krista shares a lot of insight into her project about displaced person camps in Germany which she has been documenting for the past few years, her unique photographic process, as well as how this personal story and shared history is very relevant in these uncertain times. ---------- Krista Svalbonas (b.1977, USA) holds a BFA Photography (Syracuse University) and an MFA Interdisciplinary (SUNY New Paltz). Her work has been exhibited in a number of exhibitions including at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston, Klompching Gallery and ISE Cultural Foundation in New York. Her work has been collected in a number of private collections, as well as the Cesis Art Museum in Latvia. Recent awards include the Rhonda Wilson Award (2017), Puffin Foundation Grant (2016) and a Bemis Fellowship (2015) among others. In 2015 Svalbonas exhibited a solo installation at the Spartanburg Art Museum in South Carolina. She is an assistant professor of photography at St. Joseph’s University. She lives and works in Philadelphia. ---------- Interview with Krista Svalbonas recorded by Michael Dooney on 27. September 2019 in Berlin, Germany. KRISTA SVALBONAS Website http://www.kristasvalbonas.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kristasvalbonas/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KristaStudiosArt/ Fraction magazine http://www.fractionmagazine.com/krista-svalbonas JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ https://soundcloud.com/sebastiandelaluz MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

As 2019 draws to an end we have a couple more interviews with participants of our second Postcard Salon which took place at the beginning of this year. Back in July I met up with Louise Crawford and Stéphan Guéneau, artist couple from Scottland and France respectively. We speak about their series 36 Related Objects, their love of large format analogue photography and the inevitable transition to a digital workflow. ---------- Louise Crawford (Scotland) and Stéphan Guéneau (France) work on large format analogue photography (4X5), 16mm films and installations. They live in Paris and Berlin. Louise Crawford studied at Falmouth School of Art in England followed by a postgraduate year at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie. Stéphan Guéneau studied in l’École des Beaux-Arts de Rouen in France and in the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. They are both Le Fresnoy — Studio national des arts contemporains alumni. They have been collaborating since 2000. Recurrent themes throughout their work are; an interest in contemporary history and its impact on urban space and landscape, film —and the film noir aesthetic—, the archive as document/as artwork, the half-tone image and its relationship to history, archiving and cataloging. In April 2019, they had a screenprinting residency with Atelier #808080 in association with La Maison Julien Graq; in 2016, a post-production residency with Light Cone in Paris to re-master and digitize 2 film works and in 2014 were chosen for an Écritures de Lumières’ academic photography residency at Pierre & Marie Curie college in Bolbec, Normandy. In 2010 they were commissioned by the Goethe Institut and the French Alliance in Glasgow to produce a series of photographs celebrating the 20th anniversary of German Reunification shown at Street Level Photography Gallery during Glasgow International and in 2008 they were commissioned by L’Onde Art Centre outside of Paris to produce a series of photographs exhibited in advertising panels throughout the city of Velizy-Villacoublay. ---------- Interview with Louise Crawford and Stéphan Guéneau recorded by Michael Dooney on 30. July 2019 in Berlin, Germany. LOUISE CRAWFORD AND STÉPHAN GUÉNEAU Website http://www.crawfordgueneau.net/ Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/user-134454193 JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney SEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ https://soundcloud.com/sebastiandelaluz MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

In today’s episode of the Subtext & Discourse podcast we'll hear from Berlin based photographer Martin Waltz. Martin is a photographer, photography educator and writer, who serves as editor of the German Street Photography Site and curator of the German Street Photography Festival. He has written and contributed to several books on street photography including the award-winning “Streetfotografie – Made in Germany” published by Rheinwerk Verlag. Martin has won numerous international photography competitions, as well as having his work exhibited in New York, London, Dublin, Rome, Bucharest and Berlin. Martin is a passionate photography teacher, offering street photography workshops in Berlin. Interview with Martin U Waltz recorded by Michael Dooney on 7. August 2019 in Berlin, Germany. MARTIN U WALTZ Website https://streetberlin.net/ Workshops https://streetberlin.net/street-photography-workshop-berlin/ German Street Photography Festival https://www.germanstreetphotographyfestival.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/martinuwaltz/ Twitter https://twitter.com/martinuwaltz PORTFOLIO Mallorca Beach Photo Essay https://streetberlin.net/mallorca-beach/ Berlin Flat White https://streetberlin.net/berlin-flat-white/ Berlin Fragments https://streetberlin.net/berlin-fragments/ BOOKS Masters of Street Photography https://www.ammonitepress.com/photography/photography-techniques/masters-of-street-photography/ Streetfotografie - Made in Germany https://www.rheinwerk-verlag.de/streetfotografie_4583/ JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

Part 2 of 2 - This week on Subtext & Discourse we have a two part interview with Australian artist Elizabeth Gower, who was briefly in Berlin together with her partner John R Neeson, for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Interview with Elizabeth Gower recorded with Michael Dooney on 19. June 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. ELIZABETH GOWER https://elizabethgower.com/ https://www.instagram.com/elizgower/ https://www.geelonggallery.org.au/whats-on/exhibitions/cuttings-elizabeth-gower https://suttongallery.com.au/artists/elizabeth-gower/ https://artguide.com.au/cuttings-elizabeth-gower https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/1421/ JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

Part 1 of 2 - This week on Subtext & Discourse we have a two part interview with Australian artist Elizabeth Gower, who was briefly in Berlin together with her partner John R Neeson, for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Interview with Elizabeth Gower recorded with Michael Dooney on 19. June 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. ELIZABETH GOWER https://elizabethgower.com/ https://www.instagram.com/elizgower/ https://www.geelonggallery.org.au/whats-on/exhibitions/cuttings-elizabeth-gower https://suttongallery.com.au/artists/elizabeth-gower/ https://artguide.com.au/cuttings-elizabeth-gower https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/1421/ JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

After a busy couple of months we're back on track with post production of the podcast. John R Neeson, who participated in the Postcard Salon, was in Berlin last summer together with Elizabeth Gower for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Prior to that they completed a residency in Italy, were briefly in Greece for the Athens Platform Project and will be in Connecticut for the 2019 Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale. Interview with John R Neeson recorded with Michael Dooney on 19. June 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. JOHN R NEESON http://johnrneeson.com/ https://www.instagram.com/johnrneeson/ http://johnrneeson.com/gallery/rocca-maggiore-mirror-assisi-may-2019/ http://johnrneeson.com/gallery/a-garden-in-berlin-june-2019/ http://johnrneeson.com/gallery/venta-alta-mirror-malaga-spainjuly-2019/ http://johnrneeson.com/gallery/berlin-studo-window-venue-referential-installation-june-2019/ JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

Continuing our series of interviews with Postcard Salon participants, today's episode features young artist Lama Ahmed. Based in Cairo, Egypt, Lama is an artist, graphic designer and poet, currently working towards her MFA in design with a focus on materials. Her image included in the show was from the first issue of her self published magazine Habashtakanat which explores the visual culture of Cairo and the many makeshift solutions that can be observed throughout the city This week is also Berlin Art Week, official starting on Wednesday the 11th of September 2019 and continuing until Sunday the 15th September: https://www.berlinartweek.de The 15th will also mark six years since we opened Jarvis Dooney back in 2013. Interview with Lama Ahmed recorded with Michael Dooney on 20. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. LAMA AHMED https://lamaa.myportfolio.com/ https://lamaa.myportfolio.com/habashtakanat-magazine https://www.behance.net/Lamaa https://www.linkedin.com/in/lama-ahmed-93bb5b157/ https://www.facebook.com/lama.ahmed.39501 https://www.instagram.com/lamabouff/ JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

This interview (part 2 of 2) with native New Yorker, and Berlin based artist Lynne Margaret Brown was recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. LYNNE MARGARET BROWN http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lynnebvonnyc/ https://www.facebook.com/LynneMargaretBrownstudio/ North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/north-to-south-berliner-voices-my-corner Official Project Page https://www.facebook.com/MyVoiceMyCorner/ Facebook Page https://youtu.be/3rHmJ3lzdxM Trailer 1 https://youtu.be/JWKsE9jEbc8 Trailer 2 "What is art for you?" JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner: Interview Questions What is your name? Did you have a nickname? Where did it come from? When and where were you born? And if not Berlin where are you from? What is your ethnic background? Are you parents from Berlin and are they German? If not can you please tell me where are they from? (if foreign) Have you ever been there (to the country of your parents)? What was that experience like? Do you have any brothers or sisters? Can you tell me about them? Can you describe what life was like for you when you were a child/growing up? How would you describe yourself as a child? What is your best memory of childhood? What was your favorite subject in school? When you were a very young, what did you want to be when you grew up? What kind of music do you like? What accomplishment are you most proud of? Do you like traveling? Or would you like to travel? If you could visit any country in the world, where would you go? Would you rather live in the country or in the city? Who in your life has influenced you the most? How did they do this? What are some of your major goals in life? If you could learn one random skill, what would you learn? If someone were to make a movie about your life, what actor would you want to play you? If you were going to write a book, what would you call it and what would it be about? Would you ever sky dive? Have you ever been in a fist fight? In general, what do you think about art? Or what is art for you? Do you think people are basically bad or basically good? Berlin - (site specific) Questions What do you think is special about Berlin? What neighborhood are you from in Berlin? Where do you currently live in Berlin? Is there anything special about your neighborhood? What do you like about it? Are you working at the moment? Is it hard to find work in Berlin? What do you think about the education system in Berlin? (and) Do you think anything could be done to improve the education system? What are your thoughts about the refugee situation in Germany? Does this situation concern you? And if so how? Can you find anything positive this situation? What is the biggest problem you believe is caused by having so people arrive into Germany at one time? Do you vote? Why or why not? If you do vote, how do you usually vote (If open to discussion)? Do you follow a religion? And if so what religion is this? What is your favorite thing to do here Berlin? And finally what are your thoughts about this project/idea/interview? Questions formulated / based lightly upon research of various current and historical questionnaires used in letter writing, interviews and story-telling projects i.e. the Proust questionnaire and StoryCorps.

This interview (part 1 of 2) with native New Yorker, and Berlin based artist Lynne Margaret Brown was recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. LYNNE MARGARET BROWN http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lynnebvonnyc/ https://www.facebook.com/LynneMargaretBrownstudio/ North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/north-to-south-berliner-voices-my-corner Official Project Page https://www.facebook.com/MyVoiceMyCorner/ Facebook Page https://youtu.be/3rHmJ3lzdxM Trailer 1 https://youtu.be/JWKsE9jEbc8 Trailer 2 "What is art for you?" JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner: Interview Questions What is your name? Did you have a nickname? Where did it come from? When and where were you born? And if not Berlin where are you from? What is your ethnic background? Are you parents from Berlin and are they German? If not can you please tell me where are they from? (if foreign) Have you ever been there (to the country of your parents)? What was that experience like? Do you have any brothers or sisters? Can you tell me about them? Can you describe what life was like for you when you were a child/growing up? How would you describe yourself as a child? What is your best memory of childhood? What was your favorite subject in school? When you were a very young, what did you want to be when you grew up? What kind of music do you like? What accomplishment are you most proud of? Do you like traveling? Or would you like to travel? If you could visit any country in the world, where would you go? Would you rather live in the country or in the city? Who in your life has influenced you the most? How did they do this? What are some of your major goals in life? If you could learn one random skill, what would you learn? If someone were to make a movie about your life, what actor would you want to play you? If you were going to write a book, what would you call it and what would it be about? Would you ever sky dive? Have you ever been in a fist fight? In general, what do you think about art? Or what is art for you? Do you think people are basically bad or basically good? Berlin - (site specific) Questions What do you think is special about Berlin? What neighborhood are you from in Berlin? Where do you currently live in Berlin? Is there anything special about your neighborhood? What do you like about it? Are you working at the moment? Is it hard to find work in Berlin? What do you think about the education system in Berlin? (and) Do you think anything could be done to improve the education system? What are your thoughts about the refugee situation in Germany? Does this situation concern you? And if so how? Can you find anything positive this situation? What is the biggest problem you believe is caused by having so people arrive into Germany at one time? Do you vote? Why or why not? If you do vote, how do you usually vote (If open to discussion)? Do you follow a religion? And if so what religion is this? What is your favorite thing to do here Berlin? And finally what are your thoughts about this project/idea/interview? Questions formulated / based lightly upon research of various current and historical questionnaires used in letter writing, interviews and story-telling projects i.e. the Proust questionnaire and StoryCorps.

In this episode of Subtext & Discourse I talk about the Jarvis Dooney Gallery collaborative experiment in exhibition making, the Postcard Salon. 2018 Postcard Salon Call for entries (Facebook event) Preliminary concept text (Linkedin) Exhibition text (PDF) Opening Night (Facebook album) Installation Images (Facebook album) Brunch (Facebook album) Individual cards (instagram) 2019 Postcard Salon Call for entries (Facebook event) Opening Night (Facebook album) Installation Images (Facebook album) Artist Talks and closing event (Facebook album) Individual cards (instagram) Statistics about the Postcard Salon 2018 and 2019 number of artists in 2018 – 35 number of returning artists – 20 (57%) number of artists in 2019 – 59 male artists in 2018 - 15 (43%) in 2019 – 21 (35%) female artist in 2018 - 20 (57%) in 2019 – 38 (65%) We are based in Berlin, represent a number of artists from Australia and New Zealand. DE artists in 2018 - 15 (43%) in 2019 – 15 (25%) AU / NZ 2018 - 13 (42%) in 2019 – 19 (32%) Other in 2018 - 7 (15%) in 2019 – 25 (43%) 2018 other demographic: USA & Canada, Austria & Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Bulgaria. 2019 other demographic: All of the above plus, Togo Africa, Greece, Indonesia, Egypt, Denmark, Japan, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia. 2018 – 14 of 35 based in Berlin, 40% 2019 – 18 of 58 based in Berlin, 30% In 2018 – 10 of the 35 people were living outside their home country, 28% In 2019 – 27 of the 59 people were living outside their home country, 45% (most were in Berlin) JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

Interview with Australian photographer and artist Yasmin Nebenfuhr recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. YASMIN NEBENFUHR https://yasminnebenfuhr.com/ https://www.instagram.com/yasmin.nebenfuhr/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BwJV-1rli9M/ https://www.facebook.com/yasmin.nebenfuhr TALLINN PHOTOMONTH CONTEMPORARY ART BIENNIAL http://www.fototallinn.ee/en/about/ https://www.fotokuu.ee/ SPREEWALDTUNNEL https://www.facebook.com/pg/hermanndasmagazinauscottbus/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1061074940745886&__tn__=-UCH-R https://www.lr-online.de/lausitz/cottbus/spreewaldtunnel-bahnhof-cottbus-kunstaktion_aid-34921381 https://www.b-tu.de/news/artikel/14869-btu-studierende-stellen-ihre-werke-im-alten-spreewaldt https://www.rbb24.de/studiocottbus/panorama/2018/11/cottbus-hauptbahnhof-grossbaustelle-der-letzte-gang-durch-den-spreewaldtunnel.html JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

This two part interview with Cat Lamora was recorded by Michael Dooney on 9. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. More details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Today’s episode is part two of my interview with Korean Canadian artist Cat Lamora. Although it is possible to enjoy this instalment stand alone, I would recommend first listening to part one to have a more complete impression of Cat and their work. If you happen to be in Toronto this October Cat will be exhibiting a new work We Bathe Here at Margin of Eras Gallery (the MOEG) from the 10th until 26th of October 2019. CAT LAMORA https://catlamora.com/ https://www.instagram.com/catlamora/ https://www.facebook.com/catlamora00/ JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_

This two part interview with Cat Lamora was recorded by Michael Dooney on 9. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. More details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Continuing the series of interviews with artists who participated in the Jarvis Dooney 2019 Postcard Salon, today I'm speaking with Korean Canadian artist Cat Lamora who briefly visited Berlin during April this year. Cat was in Europe, specifically France, for the Paris Ass Book Fair an international fair that brings together publishers of artist’s books and fanzines, booksellers, and artists related by their exploration of taboos, sex and gender. Cat was there with Paris based Korean French collective Studio HAP and the Sad Art Store from Toronto. I’ve split this conversation in two parts as we spoke at length not only about Cat’s work, but how their unique personal narrative has shaped their view of the world. Growing up as a Korean immigrant in Canada, being part of the LGBTQ community, addressing internalised racism and coming to terms with the myriad realities of cultural identity. CAT LAMORA https://catlamora.com/ https://www.instagram.com/catlamora/ https://www.facebook.com/catlamora00/ JARVIS DOONEY http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_

This interview with Kees Schouten was recorded by Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. First uploaded on 16. July 2019, more information: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Kees is a Dutch visual artist who graduated from the Art Academy of Amsterdam in 1984. His early works were primarily abstract oil paintings. From around 1995 he shifted almost exclusively to photographic work, though his process is still very much associated with the techniques of abstract painting. KEES SCHOUTEN https://keesschouten.nl/ https://www.facebook.com/kees.schoute... https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_Sc... https://www.saatchiart.com/keesschouten MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_ https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ JARVIS DOONEY GALERIE http://www.jarvisdooney.com/ https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/ https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney

Interview with Sophie Dumaresq was recorded by Michael Dooney on Thursday 4. October 2018 in Berlin. First uploaded on 15. June 2019: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... ---------- Finally managed to finish editing my interview with Sophie Dumaresq from September 2018. Sophie was in Berlin for the European Month of Photography, together with Kate Robertson and Derek Kreckler. We first exhibited Sophie's work at Jarvis Dooney in 2016, coincidentally with Kate Robertson & another emerging artist Jacqueline Ball: http://photography-now.com/exhibition... This is the third of three interviews recorded during Berlin Art Week & EMOP Berlin 2018. Sophie Dumaresq (b. 1991 Canberra, Australia) is an artist working in photo media in addition to large and small scale sculptural installation. Her work explores symbiotic cycles of consumption, destruction and creation demonstrating how as a species we relate, show empathy and evolve with and within our surrounding environment. In 2009 she attended a student internship program at Questacon The Australian National Centre for Science and Technology. She completed her Diploma in Photography (honours) at Spéos International photography school - Paris & London and has participated in group exhibitions in Australia, France, Greece and Germany. She is based in Canberra, Australia. ---------- SOPHIE DUMARESQ http://sophiedumaresqphotography.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kaleidoscop... https://www.facebook.com/sophiedumare... https://twitter.com/Sophie_Dumaresq JARVIS DOONEY GALERIE www.jarvisdooney.com www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/ www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ www.twitter.com/jarvisdooney www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney MICHAEL DOONEY www.michaeldooney.net www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ www.twitter.com/michaeldooney_

This episode of Subtext & Discourse was first uploaded on 7. April 2019 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Interview with Derek Kreckler was recorded by Michael Dooney on Wednesday 3. October 2018 in Berlin. ---------- It has already been over six months since Berlin Art Week and the 8th EMOP Berlin - European Month of Photography festival. As mentioned in the earlier interview with Kate Robertson, we hosted three major solo exhibitions during that time; as well as recording a number of interviews with the visiting artists. I was hoping to have uploaded the conversation with Derek before now, but didn't manage due to a number of items which I'll discuss more at a later date. In the mean time I hope you enjoy the interview. ---------- Kreckler’s works span performance, film, photography, installation, and video. He has regularly created tough, insistent imagery that has been at the critical edge of Australian art history and which has provided comment on our country’s past, present, and future. The art of Derek Kreckler is often described as “unsettling.” Some have even referred to it as “dangerous.” Whether relishing the risk of experimentation and chance, or purposefully challenging our perceptions of country, identity, and self, Kreckler’s works flirt with an uncertainty that prickle the neck. At the same time, they open our eyes to the magic of how images are made, the murkiness of nationhood and its perpetuation, and the wonder of how powerful the landscape can be. His works have much to share about art history, social relations, popular culture, and the environment. Kreckler offers conceptual and expressive forms that are commanding, yet spacious. Hannah Mathews, Curator of Accident & Process. ---------- More information at the following link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Impressions of opening night, 25. September 2018 - https://www.facebook.com/pg/jarvisdoo... Installation shots at Australian Embassy Germany - https://www.facebook.com/pg/jarvisdoo... EMOP BERLIN, EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 http://mdf-berlin.de/archives/2018/en... www.facebook.com/emopberlin/ https://twitter.com/emopberlin/status... www.instagram.com/emopberlin/ LOOP BARCELONA 2018 http://loop-barcelona.com/artist-vide... https://www.instagram.com/p/BpMLYBzBSp9/ JARVIS DOONEY GALERIE www.jarvisdooney.com www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/ www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ www.twitter.com/jarvisdooney www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney DEREK KRECKLER https://derekkreckler.com/ https://www.instagram.com/derekkreckler/ https://twitter.com/DerekKreckler MICHAEL DOONEY http://www.michaeldooney.net/ http://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ http://twitter.com/michaeldooney_

The interview with Kate Robertson & Jeffrey Noro was recorded with Michael Dooney on Saturday 29. September 2018 at Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin. First uploaded here: http://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext-ep3-kate-22330488 Hard to believe that is has already been a month since Berlin Art Week and the opening of the 8th EMOP Berlin, European Month of Photography festival. During that time we presented three significant solo exhibitions throughout the city: Australian Embassy Germany: Derek Kreckler Jarvis Dooney Galerie: Kate Robertson Künstlerhaus Bethanien: Anne Zahalka We were lucky enough to have both Kate Robertson and Derek Kreckler visiting Berlin during this very busy time, and took the opportunity to recording individual interviews with each of them. Sophie Dumaresq, who we exhibited a few year ago was also in Berlin for EMOP, an interview with her will also be online soon. Kate Robertson is an artist we’ve been exhibiting since 2014 when we presented her series Celestial Body Model during our Transcendental abstract photography group exhibition, since then we’ve curated work from her Dust Landscapes series and Cosmic Walks into other shows, however this will be her first solo exhibition with us and also her first international solo exhibition. RECORDING THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIWAI, BOUGAINVILLE This photographic series documents medicinal plants from the Siwai region on Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) at a time of significant change in its cultural and political landscape. It considers new photographic modes for sensitively engaging with deep and living histories, by aligning analogue and digital characteristics found within the image and local knowledge systems. Lumen prints are created on location in a cameraless method, through a reaction between environmental elements such as sunlight and plant extractions and light-sensitive paper, resulting in a residual imprint of the plant's chemical properties. The lumen prints, in their latent state, journeyed to Australia for a digital “fixing” process and are translated into data through the scanography process. The series acknowledges the communities (urgent) desire for equilibrium between traditional and new knowledge systems, to allow both to thrive in an increasingly global society. Impressions of opening night, 28. September 2018 www.facebook.com/pg/jarvisdooney/…1948345878560160 Artists talk and book launch, 1. October 2018 www.facebook.com/pg/jarvisdooney/…1948358725225542 Installation shots at Jarvis Dooney Galerie www.facebook.com/pg/jarvisdooney/…1962771417117606 EMOP BERLIN, EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY www.emop-berlin.eu/en/ www.facebook.com/emopberlin/ twitter.com/emopberlin www.instagram.com/emopberlin/ JARVIS DOONEY GALERIE www.jarvisdooney.com www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/ www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ www.twitter.com/jarvisdooney www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney KATE ROBERTSON www.instagram.com/katerobertsonphoto/ www.kate-robertson.com/ MICHAEL DOONEY www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ twitter.com/michaeldooney_

On 2. September 2018 gallerist Michael Dooney sat down with German photographer Torsten Schumann (b.1975 Dresden, Germany) to find out more about his artistic practice and back story. The interview coincided with the dual exhibition Autofokus with Torsten Schumann & David Schikora at Jarvis Dooney Galerie in Berlin. “Torsten Schumann‘s photographs highlight the absurdity of life, that brief second in the day when chance creates a surreal juxtaposition, a moment of silliness, profundity, irony, a tell that exposes the world for what it is, a pointless journey towards inevitable death that’s intermittently interrupted by a comical situation that distracts us from our existential angst. The nightmare of ordinariness that we, as people, manage to turn into a drama of Greek proportions, full of tragedy and farce." Moray Mair, Arts Blog Mutantspace, March 14th, 2014: MORE CARS CLOTHES & CABBAGES torstenschumann.bigcartel.com/ AUTOFOKUS, VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBITION artlandapp.com/3dshow-jarvis-dooney-autofokus/ JARVIS DOONEY GALERIE www.jarvisdooney.com www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/ www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ www.twitter.com/jarvisdooney www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney TORSTEN SCHUMANN torstenschumann.de/ instagram.com/torsten_schumann/ MICHAEL DOONEY www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ twitter.com/michaeldooney_

On 1. May 2018 gallerist Michael Dooney sat down with artist Chris Fortescue to speak about his artistic practice and back story, to coincide with his solo exhibition at Jarvis Dooney Galerie in Berlin from Friday 27. April until Saturday 23. June 2018. Chris Fortescue (b.1953) is a multidisciplinary artist working across sound, installation, animation, and photomedia, often incorporating found images and objects. A recurring enquiry in his work considers how technological developments affect the way we perceive images. JARVIS DOONEY GALERIE www.jarvisdooney.com www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/ www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/ www.twitter.com/jarvisdooney www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney CHRIS FORTESCUE haresbreath.com/ www.instagram.com/haresbreath/ MICHAEL DOONEY www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/ twitter.com/michaeldooney_