In the center of Berlin's commercial art scene, MMX is a unique international forum for the advancement of new art. A not for profit venue that is committed to fostering innovative ways of generating, exhibiting, supporting and experiencing contemporary art. Influenced by seasonal and social consciousness, MMX aims to offer the Berlin art community a different approach.
International and local art will be exhibited in a 1.000 sq m venue in the heart of Mitte. Visitors entering MMX will first pass through a welcoming room with a bar and library; a place to meet, discuss and socialize. The 300 sq m ground floor gallery space will be supplemented by a 150 sq m basement for light and sound installations, as well as a 500 sqm garden in the front and a 150 sqm courtyard in the rear, offering ample room to explore, enjoy and discover pioneering work.
The Concept
MMX is an advocate for underexposed art and ideas, a space created by artists for public benefit. We truly believe in the power of art to inspire, enhance and change people’s lives. Offering a laboratory of constant creative developments in the city of Berlin, a place where all are welcome. MMX has a ground-breaking agenda lined up for the year 2010: light installations in the garden and house, themed film screenings, rotating exhibitions, musical and dance performances, an art bar, lectures and unique weekly events. Opening in the throes of winter, MMX’s first project is an open to the public light therapy room to counteract the coldest and darkest time of the year.
A visionary outlet among the art scene in Berlin, MMX is where people and art meet.
MMX's grand opening is January 29th, 2010 and will feature a public light therapy room, Berlin based artist Reynold Reynold's , The Ebert Brothers.
Hours of work
Wed 12pm-10pm Thurs-Sun 12pm-7pm
Open later for events
Directions
Nearest U-Bahn: Oranienburger Tor (U6)
Nearest S-Bahn: Oranienburger Straße (S1/S2)
Gallery Artists: Show V opens on July 16, 2010 until August 20, 2010. Installation and sculpture emphasis inside and outside the space. Screening Program is a Chicago/Berlin Exchange.
Featuring a light therapy room for public use February-March, film set and studio of Reynold Reynold's, video installations,site specific work by Ingo Fröhlich, interactive media work, and a performance by The Ebert Brothers.
MMX, a
not-for-profit art space committed to fostering new approaches to art, opens
its doors to the public on January 29th, 2010. Located in the heart of Mitte,
international and local art will be exhibited throughout 1000 sq meters of
space in the ground floor galleries, courtyards and front garden.
The first
exhibition will run January 30th through February 28th, 2010. Berlin based artist, Reynold Reynold’s
will be building his film set and filming his latest work “Secret Machine” in
one of MMX’s unique rooms where the public will be encouraged to get a behind
the scenes look of his production and filming process. The screening room will be
showing Achivo video_dumbo curated by Caspar Stracke & Gabriela Monroy,
presenting over 35 video works from international video artists. Canadian
artist Daniel Wilson will build an interactive media installation. Darri
Lorenzen from Iceland is creating a custom installation and there will be a
motion sensitive drawing machine by Patrick Timm from Germany. Site-specific
drawings by Ingo Fröhlich and Karin Schroeder, video work by Spanish artist
Pablo Fernandez Pujol, and a light installation in the garden by Jonathan
Gröger. A special performance by the Ebert Brothers on opening night.
A light therapy
room installation created by artist Rebecca Loyche with a collaborative
soundscape by Icelandic artist Björk Viggósdóttir will remain open from Jan
29th though March 31st. The public
can experience the benefits of therapeutic light exposure powered by Sanalux
during the winter months by visiting MMX’s installation.
MMX has a
ground-breaking agenda lined up for the year 2010: rotating exhibitions, film
screenings, site specific installations, lectures, musical and dance
performances, an art bar, and unique weekly events. A visionary outlet among
the art scene in Berlin, MMX is where people and art meet.
MMX opening II will be March 12th, 2010. The second exhibition will feature new video works, interactive sculptures, and a site-specific sound installation. The light therapy room stays open for one more winter month.
Show II opens on
March 12th, 2010 from 19:00-22:00. The second exhibition at MMX will
run from March 13th -April 16th. Opening night includes a
musical performance by Francisco Montoya, Per Olaf Schmidt and Sebastian
Neubauer.
Exhibition II
features the witty and lighthearted “Blasomat” installation by Berlin based duo
Mikko Gaestel and Rasso Hilber. There will be a site-specific wallpaper and
drawing installation by Veronika Schumacher. Archivo video_dumbo is held over
for the next exhibition, offering the chance to see the full program of 40
works by International video artists. Francisco Montoya from Mexico will create
a custom painting installation.
The documentation video of Clemens
Wilhelm’s latest performative piece, Je Crois Que Je Suis Malade (I believe
I am Sick) will be on view. Berlin based
Constantin Hartenstein premieres The Exciting Life, a nine channel, larger than life video installation
dealing with advertisings’ absurd schemes. In stark contrast, Florian Gwinner
premieres his video sculpture Qualle,
a transformative interpretation on how daily signifiers shape our lives.
Circadian, the light therapy room installation by Rebecca
Loyche accompanied by an Icelandic soundscape by Björk Viggósdóttir will remain
open for Show II. The public can
continue to experience the benefits of therapeutic light exposure powered by
Sanalux as Berlin begins to defrost.
MMX
strives to bring people and art together by presenting exhibitions, film
screenings, lectures, musical and dance performances, an art bar, and unique
weekly events. For more information please check out www.mmx.mx
Show III opens on April 30, 2010 from 19-22:00 with the exhibition expanding out of the interior rooms and into the front garden and back courtyard. Come see glowing sculptures, extinct animals, virtual realities, unrealized utopias, and much more...
Show III opens on April 30, 2010 from 19:00-22:00.
The third exhibition at MMX will run from May 1-June 4 and will be ever changing
and evolving throughout the duration of the show.
The third show at MMX expands out of the ground
floor rooms and into the garden and back courtyard. Tobias Sternberg from
Sweden is bringing back the dead with his life size sculptures of extinct
animals. The garden at MMX will be transforming over the next months with the
work of Mr. Sternberg’s interactive piece Schadensorge
and also by Canadian Cedric Bomford. Bomford will be building one of his fantastical
constructions that will snake across the front of the garden.
Inside,
Veronika Schumacher continues to push the boundaries of what she started in
Show II, her decadent and bipolar wallpaper will engulf the entire room this
time. David Krepfle’s sculptures are dually humorous and mischievous as their
visual color play bounces around the room. Screening program III is curated by
the MMX directors.
Ingrid Roe’s Tomorrow Never Comes premiers in Europe,
referring to the false promises of easy remedies and new utopias that never
(and will never) come to pass, promises made in politics as well as in
commercial advertising. In the Hinterhof, Michael Ebert presents his installation
Stiller, a continuation of his
minimalistic approaches using a piano string, connecting the underground to
greater heights. New Zealander, Julian Oliver bends the reality of what we see
and what we might have missed with his virtual alterations to the real.
Karol Slowik from Poland will install his glowing
sculpture Immaculate Conception, amassive sculpture hovering in the dark
waiting for the viewer to find it. Circadian,
the light therapy room installation will remain open for the first 2 weeks of
Show III and then will hibernate for the warmer seasons.
MMX strives to bring people and art together by
presenting exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, musical and dance
performances, and unique weekly events. For more information please check out
www.mmx.mx
MMX- Open Art Venue Linienstraße 142/143, 10115 Mitte
Hours-Wed 12-22 Thu-Fri 12-18 Sat-Sun 12-19
Show IV opens on June 4, 2010 18:00-22:00. Tobias Sternberg continues his interactive piece Schadensorge in the garden, if you missed the life-sized mammoth in the tree then be prepared for more surprises inside and outside the MMX space.
Show IV opens on June 4, 2010 from 18:00-22:00. The
fourth exhibition at MMX will run from June 4-July 9. Opening night includes a
musical performance by the Canadian duo Trike.
In
the fourth show at MMX, artist Elke Graalfs unleashes her palette to transform
the entrance room into an entirely different place. Painters Hannah Murgatroyd
and Nicole Lebarge met in 2009 at the Leipzig International artist residency
and they reunite one year later in MMX. Tobias Sternberg from Sweden continues
with his interactive piece Schadensorge by adding one more
man-induced-extinct animal to the mix. If you haven’t noticed the life size mammoth in our trees, there are
still a couple more surprises waiting for you in the garden.
Screening
Program IV is curated by the MMX team with a mix of emerging and well-known
video artists such as Jesper Just, Annette Otto, and Doron Golan. Look for the world premiere of Eric Fleischauer’s controversial
video series Art Appreciation in the
video selection. Maurice Doherty from Ireland continues in this vein of
Schadenfreude, his piece Waiting takes
a closer look at challenging the viewer’s patience for waiting for misfortunes
to happen. In the Hinterhof, Michael Ebert’s installation Stiller will stay, a continuation of his
minimalistic approaches using a piano string, connecting the underground to
greater heights.
Ben
Sloat’s Cycle is a poetic piece about
the ephemeral life span of a soap bubble. Madeline Stillwell will be taking
over one of MMX’s rooms with performances that change and evolve on a daily basis. Atardecer (“Dusk”) a video installation
by Pablo Uribe from Uruguay rounds out the fourth exhibition at MMX. This piece
was shown at the Venice Biennial 2009 and is being shown for the first time in
Germany.
MMX
strives to bring people and art together by presenting exhibitions, film
screenings, lectures, musical performances, a Schnitzeljagd and unique weekly
events. For more information please check out www.mmxberlin.com
MMX- Open Art Venue Linienstraße 142/143, 10115 Mitte
Hours-Wed 12-22 Thu-Fri 12-18 Sat-Sun 12-19
Show VI opens at MMX on August 27, 2010 and runs until October 10, 2010. Featuring the "Snow Ball Project" by Jaun Arata where every week an artist in the show curates another artist into the program. Special performances and openings weekly.
