Lichtenberg Studios

Artists in Residence: Berlin and Sineu

Marijo Ribas and Berit Myrebøe completed this year’s exchange program with the new cooperation partner espai sant Marc on Mallorca.

The exhibition Artists in Residence: Berlin and Sineu showed the results of their work in Lichtenberg and Sineu from November 19, 2024 to January 19, 2025

Due to her own family history, Marijo Ribas dealt with labor migration, often described here in Germany as guest workers. In Lichtenberg, she came across the former Vietnamese contract workers: with the change in the economic model and the closure of many factories, some Vietnamese returned to their homeland, while others decided to stay in Berlin. There is still a large community and important meeting places are the Pagoda Temple and the Dong Xuan Center.

Berit Myrebøe used the existing workshop at espai sant Marc with its possibilities to use different printing processes for her work. The main focus is on the different backgrounds and the various techniques for processing the printed image, allowing light or a hidden motif to shine through the paper.

Artists in Residence: Berlin and Die

Stéphanie Cailleau and Pia Linz, the participants of the exchange program, showed their works created in Berlin and Die in the Museum Lounge from September 5 to November 17, 2024.

Since 2018, there has been a cooperation between Lichtenberg Studios and DIEresidenz, a house near Die, France, where curator Conny Becker lives with her family. The house is only 10 minutes by bike from Die and yet is completely secluded in the “dark” forest. A granny apartment and a studio are available for the residents.

Stéphanie Cailleau spent a month in the Lichtenberg Studios in 2023 conducting artistic research into a wasteland, the Cuban Claytonia and a sprayer. Her botanical observations were thwarted by the neighborhood’s graffiti, to which she responded with poetic collages on the walls of Lichtenberg.

Pia Linz is known for her site-specific drawings. During her month-long stay at the DIEresidenz, she tried out a different, more spontaneous medium – watercolor painting on paper. Taking a less conceptual approach, the core of her work remains the same: the theme is the perception of the world that surrounds the artist and with which she is in direct contact while working. With her watercolor easel, she explores the landscape around the Chénos district and condenses the captivating natural panoramas into relatively small formats.