Tuesday, 17. September 2013 Beyoncé 4,95
  • BEYONCÉ 4,95
  • 2013
  • digital photography
  • 12 c-prints on alu-dibond
  • 370x33/50cm
  • Kerstin Weichsel

June 29 – July 27, 2013 | photo exhibition August 24, 2013 | art brunch August 31 – September 21, 2013 | installations, video, info lounge, photo exhibition << Just click on the photo to start the video! video introduction to FACEANDBOOK.ME / Beyoncé 4,95 by Tiny Domingos, director of rosalux—the Berlin-based art office, August … Continued

Friday, 13. September 2013 Beyoncé 4,95
  • 251 PHOTOGRAPHS + 6 TERMS = 15 SECONDS
  • 2013
  • stop motion video loop
  • Kerstin Weichsel

<< Just click on the photo to start the video! 251 selected photographs from a series on advertising posters that I documented in Berlin, Munich and Meran in May 2013. Summer fashion items and bikinis were on presentation, some of which had cost €4.95. They were showcased, Vogue style, with superstar singer Beyoncé. Here we … Continued

Wednesday, 11. September 2013 Beyoncé 4,95
  • BABY WILL NEED A LOT OF COAL SOME DAY (Publicity / Picture Research 1954-2013 | 5 images)
  • 2013
  • assemblage
  • advertisement, colored silicone stickers
  • 120x70cm
  • Kerstin Weichsel

Baby will need a lot of coal some day. Girl or boy? One thing’s for certain: coal will be one of the most important source of energy also for this new arrival. This is why our subsidiary Rheinbraun is going to continue to invest in lignite and hard coal. By which the company achieves good … Continued

Monday, 9. September 2013 Beyoncé 4,95
  • THE COW TODAY; YOU TOMORROW (Puplicity / Picture Research 1954-2013 | 5 images)
  • 2013
  • assemblage
  • advertisement, colored silicone stickers
  • 120x70cm
  • Kerstin Weichsel

The cow today; you, tomorrow. In Nordenham on the lower Weser river, northern Germany, several cows died of toxic emissions from a lead works. In Japan, people die of mercury poisoning. Fishing grounds are polluted by the industry with mercury sewage. Apart from Japan, West Germany is the country with the worst air pollution. Domestic … Continued

Friday, 6. September 2013 Beyoncé 4,95
  • ULTIMATE DISPOSAL (Publicity / Picture Research 1954-2013 | 5 images)
  • 2013
  • assemblage
  • newspaper article, DISNEY collectible sticker, colored silicone stickers
  • 120x70cm
  • Kerstin Weichsel

Ultimate Disposal Cheer up! You can be afraid of a lot of things, spiders and weirdoes being most tangible reasons for disconcertment. Fearing other things, like the end of the world, is a bit more difficult for the majority of us, except if you’re American and as such on personal terms with the apocalypse (cf. … Continued

Wednesday, 4. September 2013 Beyoncé 4,95
  • WAY OUT OF THIS MESS II
  • 2013
  • installation / object art
  • underwear, toilet lid, bleach, newspaper article, pictograms, panel text
  • site-specific
  • Kerstin Weichsel

Jacques-Yves Cousteau: „In the 20th century, mankind has done more harm to the planet than in the entire human history before. The most serious damage has been worked by two main agents: the explosive population growth, in conjunction with economic mismanagement. There are today 5.6 billion people in the world [note Kerstin Weichsel: figure from … Continued

Monday, 2. September 2013 Beyoncé 4,95
  • PRECIOUS POSING
  • 2013
  • installation
  • display dummy legs, décor sand and flower, leggings, tape
  • 77x60x80cm
  • Kerstin Weichsel

„…The market system as we see it today is more harmful to the planet than anything else: everything has its price but nothing has a value. As a result of this terrible confusion between price and value, today’s economic life is dominated by a fundamental unrealism; it has become an abstraction …” Quoted from: Cousteau—a voice … Continued