Exhibition
Cristiano Berti / Can Sungu. Highlife
27 May 2017 – 02 Jul 2017
uqbar
Berlin, Germany
In spring 2007 cultural producer Dorothee Bienert, Dortje Drechsel, Marina Sorbello and Antje Weitzel have opened to the public a project space in Berlin-Wedding, a multifunctional space for exhibitions, meetings, presentations, seminars, conferences, screenings and workshops, featuring Berlin based and international artists.
The project space uqbar is a derivation from the non-profit art association Uqbar - Society for Representation Research, founded in 2004 as platform for interdisciplinary projects and international cooperation. Uqbar e.V. aims at promoting contemporary art and culture, above all implementing, supporting and hosting projects, which dedicate themselves to the research and promotion of experimental, interdisciplinary artistic and cultural practices in the international context.
From 2007 – 2012, the program of the space was decided collectively. Since 2013 Antje Weitzel is responsible for the program, curating and organising the exhibitions.
The name uqbar was taken from a short story by the writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). In Borges’ “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” (1940) the word “uqbar” is an entry in a fictitious encyclopaedia. The word is a construct, a letter combination without meaning, used by the author in order to show how knowledge and meaning are constructed. The problem of the constitution of meaning, signification and interpretation is central to the discussion around the term of the representation.
Exhibition
Cristiano Berti / Can Sungu. Highlife
27 May 2017 – 02 Jul 2017
uqbar
Berlin, Germany
Exhibition
Josefin Arnell / Natasja Loutchko. Mamacamp
25 Mar 2017 – 07 May 2017
uqbar
Berlin, Germany
Exhibition
Steffi Wurster: Posten Nr. 6
27 Jan 2017 – 12 Mar 2017
uqbar
Berlin, Germany
Exhibition
Dig Where You Stand
11 Dec 2016 – 18 Dec 2016
uqbar
Berlin, Germany
Exhibition
Miho Shimizu & Øyvind Renberg. Möbius
03 Oct 2016 – 29 Oct 2016
uqbar
Berlin, Germany
Exhibition
Afterimages: Of Erasures – Fazal Rizvi, Sonya Schönberger
09 Sep 2016 – 25 Sep 2016
uqbar
Berlin, Germany
Exhibition
(Para)Matters of Perception
12 Aug 2016
uqbar
Berlin, Germany
Exhibition
Kaj Osteroth - no name for my desire
26 Jun 2016 – 24 Jul 2016
uqbar
Berlin, Germany