November 18 – 25, 2024
Many thanks to the artist Tamar Katz for realizing the solo exhibition LOSERS’ PARADISE at 404 | BAI within the Studio Program at BAI | Berlin Artist Residency, Art School, Arts Incubator, and Live Online Courses & Classes.
Opening: November 18, 2024, from 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition: November 19 – 25, 2024
Location: 404 | BAI
Opening Hours: By appointment
Address: BERLIN ART INSTITUTE, An der Industriebahn 12 – 16, 13088 Berlin, Building 404, Top Floor
“The catalyst for LOSERS’ PARADISE emerged from a haunting event: a fire set in an exhibition in summer 1942 in Berlin. The responsible for this act of terror was the pro-communist, predominantly Jewish Baum Group. The group set fire to the anti-Soviet exhibition called ‘The Soviet Paradise’. Taking the historical attack as a starting point, Katz’s series explores three moments from Berlin’s decline in 1942-45, creating a sub-narrative that merges historical details with contemplative interpretation. In her process, Katz begins by isolating specific details from historical photographs, capturing singular gestures and objects that transcend their era, prioritizing tangible presence over historical discourse. The initial cropped photo evolves then into much larger nonlinear multichannel compositions that drift and flicker, emanating a dream-like fluctuation. Through LOSERS’ PARADISE, Katz guides viewers on a journey across Berlin that weaves past and present: from the Lustgarten in Mitte, site of ‘The Soviet Paradise’ exhibition, to the Museum Berlin Karlshorst, where World War II officially ended, and finally to Weissensee, where personal and historical landmarks converge: the Herbert Baum memorial, the 404 | BAI gallery and Katz’s own temporary shelter from war.“ (Text by courtesy of Tamar Katz)
This body of work, currently exhibited at 404 | BAI, was created during a three month residency at BAI thanks to the generous support of the art organization Artis within the Residency Partnership Initiative, which offers fully funded residencies to emerging, mid-career, and established visual artists from Israel.
Tamar Katz (b. 1989), based in Tel Aviv and Berlin, is a video and performance artist working with time-based and movement-based imagery. Her practice spans film, camera-mediated performance, staged dance, and photography.
Katz has presented solo exhibitions and performances at Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2023, 2021), Ashdod Museum of Art (2020), Old-Jaffa Museum (2020), Maya Gallery Tel Aviv (2022), Artists-Studios Tel Aviv (2016), and Bezalel Gallery Tel Aviv (2016), among others. Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions and film festivals across Israel, Germany, and the UK. Her work has been supported by Artis (2024), Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts (2022), Rabinovich Foundation of the Arts (2022, 2015), Israeli Ministry of Culture (2018), and Adams Family Foundation (2017).
Currently (December 2024), Katz is completing her residency at Berlin Art Institute, supported by Artis. Her previous residencies include A-Z West in California (2019) and ZUMU in Kiryat-Yam, Israel (2019). From 2019-2022, she served as a lecturer assistant to Eitan Buganim in Shenkar College’s multidisciplinary art department. Katz also works as a freelance lecturer and has mentored in Shenkar College’s STEP program (2022).
More information on the Tamar Katz Website.
