KUNZTEN

Neda Aydin

"I reﬂect on social conditions through the use of materials. For that, the material does not serve as a symbol, but as a space where pressure, provision, standardisation, conformity or resistance are already evident." – An Artist Interview #45

KUNZTEN show #5 – “ECHOES” at Flutgraben e.V., Berlin
4. bis 12. Juli 2026
_Opening: 4.7. 18-22:00

_Opening Times: 9.-12.7. 14-19:00
_Historical Tour: 11.7. 12:00
_Curatorial Tour: 11.7. 14:00
_Artist Talk: 12.7. 17:00
_Finissage: 12.7. 18-22:00

"For me, the strategy is to work with ostensibly political topics or events, but without directly evaluating them politically. I try to focus instead on a sober analysis of the media, visual languages, and aesthetic devices used. The result is then more of a treatise on photography and media theory than an unambiguous political statement." – Jonas Höschl, An Artist Interview #49

"I have always loved relocating and discovering new places. Every city you arrive in gives you something that you absorb into your own life. My youth in Istanbul was wonderful, full of art and culture, but I always felt a longing for more – a desire to develop myself as a person, and consequently my work, in a radical way." – Murat Önen, An Artist Interview #48

"This changes the entire dynamic of the images for me. As soon as my own face appears, it is no longer just about depicting a particular milieu or group, but also about my own position within these worlds." – Felix Giesen, An Artist Interview #47

"It’s about dissolving these fixed roles, repeating and complicating them, and opening up questions around power, masculinity, and desire in the flesh of the canvas." – Irving Ramó, An Artist Interview #46

"There is this Austrian term called “Räubergeschichten” (“Stories of Thieves”), which refers to stories that can hypothetically be true yet at the same time are not. I find this principle very compelling: Things that sit very closely to reality, whilst potentially being fully fictional. [...] What I can do is create a frame in which I encourage viewers to question reality and norms through surrealism, irony or humour" – Kaja Clara Joo, An Artist Interview #45

"To me, the cyborg isn’t so much about explaining the relationship between humans and machines. It’s more a form that naturally came about while I was exploring my own sense of ambiguous identity and the unstable feelings that come with it." – Minu Park, An Artist Interview #44

“CONTINUATIONS” at Backyardarchive, Trautsongasse 6/7, Vienna
5.12.2025 – 31.01.2026

"I select materials based on what a particular subject requires and what properties a material has for investigating social attributions. For the moulds in public spaces, I use Worbla because it can be used in a targeted manner, leaves no residue and does not damage the sculptures." – Rebekka Benzenberg, An Artist Interview #43

"It always starts differently, but there’s a rhythm I recognize by now. I work in series, rarely individual works, and each takes about a year. It’s a way to contain my focus, and it gives the work its own life cycle" – Luana Cloșcă, An Artist Interview #42

KUNZTEN show #4 – “MOONSTRUCK” at Flutgraben e.V., Berlin
_Opening Times: Tue-Sun 12–19:00
_Finissage 20.7. 16:00

"I always keep a notebook nearby to make a small notation so I remember. Our minds keep working while we’re asleep, and I think there’s something about that state between dreaming and waking where things are coming into focus." – Jenna Westra, An Artist Interview #41

"I am interested in how collective structures shape our understanding of intimacy, identity and belonging. I look for the personal in the universal. I keep asking myself – where do I end and where do we begin?" – Coco Schütte, An Artist Interview #40

"I work across different media, as each medium allows for a different logic of presentation. I am influenced by concepts such as the idea of meta-modernism, which sees a certain oscillation between positions not as a contradiction, but as a space of possibility." – Jonathan Joosten, An Artist Interview #39

"A system doesn't work without labour – which both fascinates and repels me. In my artistic position, I try to engage critically with labour and exhaust its fragility." – Ferdinand Dölberg, An Artist Interview #38

"I simply refused to have the figures I painted in a state that did not show an urgency over themselves, their own bodies and also over their own livelihood. The gaze was a conversation and an affirmation to the figure." – Zandile Tshabalala, An Artist Interview #37

"For me, airplanes became more than just transportation. They felt like portals—waiting rooms that connected me to diﬀerent phases of life. I wanted to integrate those moments of uncertainty, anxiety, and in-betweenness into my work." – Ju Young Kim, An Artist Interview #36

KUNZTEN show #3 – “BLOSSOMING” at Flutgraben e.V., Berlin
Opening Times: Mon–Sun 12–19:00