Holger Biermann

Paradise Tracks

In June of this year, Holger Biermann was the first artist to visit the new cooperation partner espai sant Marc on Mallorca as part of an exchange program.

The exhibition “Paradise Tracks” opens on November 23, 2023 and shows the results of his work in Mallorca until the results of his work on Mallorca until January 21, 2024.

In his work as a street photographer, Holger Biermann set out to track down the much-cited beach life in S’Arenal. During his four-week stay, he traveled daily by train from Sineu, the town in the interior of Mallorca where the espai sant Marc residence is located, to Palma. In addition to the series of photos of s’Arenal, I also took one of the train journey. While the train journey runs as a “slide show” in the window of the museum lounge, so to speak, as a path to the entrance, the photo series of S’Arenal is shown in the rooms.

“On Mallorca, I took the train from the center of the island to Palma every day. At 30 degrees in the shade, I often waited lonely at the station for the 12 o’clock train. With my straw hat, I looked like a cowboy – and took self-portraits of the dark silhouette until I was allowed to get on. Maybe that’s why I was so excited to photograph the island’s prairie through the window every time I rode.

(…) I heard crazy stories: of drunks climbing from balcony to balcony in the hotel at night. Of tests of courage by young men jumping into the pool from the fourth floor. Or of parties where knockout drops are administered. Don’t go there, I was told, and I stuck to it. I was on the beach at s’Arenal with just my feet in the water. What an adventure.” (Holger Biermannn, 2023)

November, 2023

Heather Lyon

Heather Lyon

Berlin Blau

Heather Lyon was a guest at Lichtenberg Studios in March this year and, in addition to some performance projects, dealt with Berlin Blue.

The exhibition “Berlin Blue” opens August 31, 2023 and provides a glimpse into Heather Lyon’s work through November 19.

“Blue was the first modern pigment, accidentally created by a painter in Berlin in 1706 who was looking for red but used potash contaminated with blood.
The resulting crystals were a brilliant dark blue. This color has played an important role in my work for over a decade, and it was natural to look at this blue at its point of origin. I found it on the streets and in used clothing stores in cotton and wool.

Most days I set off by bike or on foot to the sea to embroider on deep blue fabric by the water, to take in the birdsong, to observe the subtle yet constant changes of spring. I collected used clothing from the neighborhood to use in my fabric work, sewing them together into new pieces and shapes, into small quilts, into a poncho for for a performance.” (Heather Lyon, 2023)

August, 2023