Early Access: Berlin Biennale shot by Neven Allgeier / Part 1

Roe Ethridge, /Untitled (Not in the Berlin Biennale)/, 2016  

Roe Ethridge, Untitled (Not in the Berlin Biennale), 2016
 

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Torbjørn Rødland, /Hat on Fire/, 2016

Torbjørn Rødland, Hat on Fire, 2016

DIS: Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso and David Toro

DIS: Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso and David Toro

Simon Dybbroe Møller,/ Woman Driving/, 2013

Simon Dybbroe Møller, Woman Driving, 2013

Debora Delmar Corp., /Mint/, 2016  

Debora Delmar Corp., Mint, 2016
 

Centre for Style in collaboration with Anna-Sophie Berger; Burkhard Beschow & Anne Fellner; Max Brand; Rare Candy with Alden Epp, Spencer Lai, Natasha Madden, Misty Pollen, Ander Rennick & Amber Wright; Susan Cianciolo; Marlie Mul; Liam Osborne; H.B. Peace & Kate Meakin; Joshua Petherick; Lin May Saeed; Eirik Sæther

Centre for Style in collaboration with Anna-Sophie Berger; Burkhard Beschow & Anne Fellner; Max Brand; Rare Candy with Alden Epp, Spencer Lai, Natasha Madden, Misty Pollen, Ander Rennick & Amber Wright; Susan Cianciolo; Marlie Mul; Liam Osborne; H.B. Peace & Kate Meakin; Joshua Petherick; Lin May Saeed; Eirik Sæther

Telfar, Retrospective, 2016  

Telfar, Retrospective, 2016
 

Johannes Paul Raether, /Transformalor IKEAE / (Transformella subsp. malor) 4.6.0. / pcpDroplet 460-6/, 2015

Johannes Paul Raether, Transformalor IKEAE / (Transformella subsp. malor) 4.6.0. / pcpDroplet 460-6, 2015

Simon Fujiwara, /The Happy Museum/, 2016  

Simon Fujiwara, The Happy Museum, 2016
 

Simon Fujiwara, /The Happy Museum/, 2016  

Simon Fujiwara, The Happy Museum, 2016
 

Christopher Kulendran Thomas, /New Eelam/, 2016

Christopher Kulendran Thomas, New Eelam, 2016

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Christopher Kulendran Thomas, /New Eelam/, 2016  

Christopher Kulendran Thomas, New Eelam, 2016
 

Anna Uddenberg, /Journey of Self Discovery/, 2016  

Anna Uddenberg, Journey of Self Discovery, 2016
 

M/L Art Space, /In Bed Together/, 2016  

M/L Art Space, In Bed Together, 2016
 

Foreground (mirror): Max Pitegoff und Calla Henkel, /Untitled (Interiors),/ 2016; Background (figure): Anna Uddenberg, /Transit Mode-Abenteuer/, 2014-16   

Foreground (mirror): Max Pitegoff und Calla Henkel, Untitled (Interiors), 2016; Background (figure): Anna Uddenberg, Transit Mode-Abenteuer, 2014-16 
 

Jon Rafman, /L’Avalée des avalés (The Swallower Swallowed) Rhino/Bear/, 2016  

Jon Rafman, L’Avalée des avalés (The Swallower Swallowed) Rhino/Bear, 2016
 

Jon Rafman, /View of Pariser Platz/, 2016 with Klaus Biesenbach 

Jon Rafman, View of Pariser Platz, 2016
with Klaus Biesenbach 

Ei Arakawa, Dan Poston, Stefan Tcherepnin, /How to Disapear in America: The Musical/, 2016

Ei Arakawa, Dan Poston, Stefan Tcherepnin,
How to Disapear in America: The Musical, 2016

Timur Si-Qin, /A Reflected Landscape/, 2016  

Timur Si-Qin, A Reflected Landscape, 2016
 

Trevor Paglen and Jacob Appelbaum, /Autonomy Cube/, 2015

Trevor Paglen and Jacob Appelbaum,
Autonomy Cube, 2015

Yngve Holen, /Evil Eyes/, 2016   

Yngve Holen, Evil Eyes, 2016 
 

Josephine Pryde, /Hands „Für mich“/, 2014–16  

Josephine Pryde, Hands „Für mich“, 2014–16
 

GUAN Xiao, /Moving Mountains/, 2014 Background: Yngve Holen, /Evil Eyes/, 2016 

GUAN Xiao, Moving Mountains, 2014
Background: Yngve Holen, Evil Eyes, 2016 

GUAN Xiao, /Moving Mountains/, 2014  

GUAN Xiao, Moving Mountains, 2014
 

Roe Ethridge, Untitled (Not in the Berlin Biennale), 2016
 

(mood) 
 

Torbjørn Rødland, Hat on Fire, 2016

DIS: Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso and David Toro

Simon Dybbroe Møller, Woman Driving, 2013

Debora Delmar Corp., Mint, 2016
 

Centre for Style in collaboration with Anna-Sophie Berger; Burkhard Beschow & Anne Fellner; Max Brand; Rare Candy with Alden Epp, Spencer Lai, Natasha Madden, Misty Pollen, Ander Rennick & Amber Wright; Susan Cianciolo; Marlie Mul; Liam Osborne; H.B. Peace & Kate Meakin; Joshua Petherick; Lin May Saeed; Eirik Sæther

Telfar, Retrospective, 2016
 

Johannes Paul Raether, Transformalor IKEAE / (Transformella subsp. malor) 4.6.0. / pcpDroplet 460-6, 2015

Simon Fujiwara, The Happy Museum, 2016
 

Simon Fujiwara, The Happy Museum, 2016
 

Christopher Kulendran Thomas, New Eelam, 2016

(mood) 
 

Christopher Kulendran Thomas, New Eelam, 2016
 

Anna Uddenberg, Journey of Self Discovery, 2016
 

M/L Art Space, In Bed Together, 2016
 

Foreground (mirror): Max Pitegoff und Calla Henkel, Untitled (Interiors), 2016; Background (figure): Anna Uddenberg, Transit Mode-Abenteuer, 2014-16 
 

Jon Rafman, L’Avalée des avalés (The Swallower Swallowed) Rhino/Bear, 2016
 

Jon Rafman, View of Pariser Platz, 2016
with Klaus Biesenbach 

Ei Arakawa, Dan Poston, Stefan Tcherepnin,
How to Disapear in America: The Musical, 2016

Timur Si-Qin, A Reflected Landscape, 2016
 

Trevor Paglen and Jacob Appelbaum,
Autonomy Cube, 2015

Yngve Holen, Evil Eyes, 2016 
 

Josephine Pryde, Hands „Für mich“, 2014–16
 

GUAN Xiao, Moving Mountains, 2014
Background: Yngve Holen, Evil Eyes, 2016 

GUAN Xiao, Moving Mountains, 2014
 

The photographer Neven Allgeier took a whistlestop tour of the 9th Berlin Biennale, curated by DIS. Part 1: Akademie der Künste and The Feuerle Collection

Neven Allgeier is a photographer from Frankfurt. 

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