0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.

0010 #4 – the agony and the ecstasy issue

0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.

Berlin, April 2024. »0010 exhibitions« is entering its 4th round and will showcase the group exhibition »the agony and the ecstasy issue« from April 6 to the 11 at the Friends of Friends Apartment on the first floor of Mulackstraße 26 in 10119 Berlin-Mitte. Featuring works by 13 ultra-contemporary artists, the show will kick off with a private opening on April 5 from 6–10 pm. A live performance by Gabriela Beltramino titled »Organic Intelligence« will take place at 7 pm.

0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.

Taken out of its original context—the context being a biographical novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone—the title of 0010 #4 opens up yet another dichotomy being explored by the participating artists: a field of feelings spanning from the heights of ecstasy to the contrasting downs of agony, that we seem to metaphorically walk across on a daily basis, and even several times a day via social media.

What is it like to be on Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms in 2024? What are we collectively consuming and how does that make us feel? Imagine perpetual streams of information that are being globally distributed via algorithms; accessible to most of us through devices we carry along at all times: sunny holiday pictures and our moments of greatest bliss, new age spirituality propagating mindfulness and self-optimization, sexy thirst traps and alienating NPC lives next to images of natural and environmental disasters, agonizing mass destruction, censorship and cancel culture. Quite a peculiar mix to process simultaneously and constantly, wouldn’t you agree?

0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.

The 13 ultra-contemporary artists featured in 0010 #4 employ a diverse range of media and techniques. Some take a predominantly analog approach, often influenced by cyberspace, while others work primarily in digital formats that extend into the physical. Many navigate the space between these poles, with their content interplaying between the analog and digital realms.

The group exhibition shows paintings by uprising hotshots Arang Choi, Johannes Ehemann, Julie Mia and Jeehye Song; reflective wall objects and immersive video installations by Esben Holk and Tra My Nguyen; an elaborate hand-colored print on acrylic glass by Vakho Jappari as well as strong works on paper by Julia Runggaldier; a glossy ceramic mosaic by Esra Gülmen; an elegant indoor sculpture by Lisa Tiemann and the works by Gretchen Andrew, Julius Bobke, and Jacopo Dal Bello that transcend traditional painting.

0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.

GRETCHEN ANDREW
JULIUS BOBKE
ARANG CHOI
JACOPO DAL BELLO
JOHANNES EHEMANN
ESRA GÜLMEN
ESBEN HOLK
VAKHO JAPPARI
JULIE MIA
TRA MY NGUYEN
JULIA RUNGGALDIER
JEEHYE SONG
LISA TIEMANN

0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.

Location: Friends of Friends Apartment – Mulackstraße 26, 1. OG in 10119 Berlin-Mitte

Exhibition running: April 6-11, 2024

© artworks are copyright of the respective artists. event shots of Maria Camila Ruiz Lora. invitation/flyer design of Dominik Krauss.

0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.
0010 exhibitions #4, the agony and the ecstasy issue, friends of friends apartment, berlin mitte 2024, curated by noelia gaite-gallardo.