{"id":1317,"date":"2021-12-31T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/?page_id=1317"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T13:13:10","slug":"open-sesame-a-photophobic-experiment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/program\/open-sesame-a-photophobic-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Open sesame: A photophobic Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> 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https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Artland_Open-Sesame-1-1536x871.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Artland_Open-Sesame-1-333x189.jpg 333w, https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Artland_Open-Sesame-1.jpg 1883w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/widget.artland.com\/exhibitions\/open-sesame-a-photophobic-experiment?utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=113052531&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Sy0Ntwdrf43zPNcsxhHGcKLE5z5BH0NF-cWJJ_ol5tmLsm9RCS2VEOHTCCpPgC-NS1nOfkXso1OxEG9lnuxDuZUtSYUiHqmFYMEgVOkqt3mwVAlw&amp;utm_content=113052531&amp;utm_source=hs_email\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/widget.artland.com\/exhibitions\/open-sesame-a-photophobic-experiment?utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=113052531&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Sy0Ntwdrf43zPNcsxhHGcKLE5z5BH0NF-cWJJ_ol5tmLsm9RCS2VEOHTCCpPgC-NS1nOfkXso1OxEG9lnuxDuZUtSYUiHqmFYMEgVOkqt3mwVAlw&amp;utm_content=113052531&amp;utm_source=hs_email\">Take a 3D tour through the exhibition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Furmaan Ahmed<br>Anna Banout<br>Tewa Barnosa<br>Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley<br>Sanni Est<br>Gabriel Massan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Curation: <a href=\"#erkan\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#erkan\">Erkan Affan<\/a> (main curator), <a href=\"#sanni\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#sanni\">Sanni Est<\/a> and <a href=\"#tewa\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#tewa\">Tewa Barnosa<\/a> (Artists-In-Residence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coordination: Maja Smoszna<br>Production: Ulrike Riebel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flyer designed by Tewa Barnosa and Viktor Schmidt&nbsp;<br>Download here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Exhibition<br>03\/01\/21 \u2013 03\/28\/21<br>(extended)<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/OpenSesame_Concept_AR.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/OpenSesame_Concept_AR.pdf\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0647\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0646\u0638\u064a\u0645\u064a<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/OpenSesame_Concept_AR.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/OpenSesame_Concept_AR.pdf\">Conceito <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/OpenSesame_Concept_PT1.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/OpenSesame_Concept_PT1.pdf\">curatorial<\/a><br><br><a href=\"#gespraech\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#gespraech\">Erkan Affan in conversation with the artists of \u00bbOpen Sesame: A Photophobic Experiment\u00ab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>02\/26\/2021<br><a href=\"https:\/\/baerenzwinger.berlin\/en\/program\/journal\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1533\">Journal: \u00bbNotausgang: Mapping the Journey of Spaces\u00ab <br>Online Launch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>(1) OPEN SESAME<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What did Ali Baba see when he opened the doors of the cave using the magic words, \u201copen sesame\u201d? What had been stolen and hidden by the thieves in the darkness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the story of Ali Baba &amp; the Forty Thieves unfolds, we\u2019re confronted with the realities of how far one may go to claim another\u2019s treasures as their own. As the curatorial team and commissioned artists of this season at the B\u00e4renzwinger, we\u2019re no strangers to such an act. Our experiences as Black, Indigenous and Racialised Majority individuals \u2013 as well as the subsequent intersections of queer and transness* that we navigate \u2013 mean that we witness time &amp; time again how the very treasures of our antiquities, our recent pasts, our current embodiments, and even our projected futures are erased, entrapped and paraded against our will. Similar to the tale of Ali Baba, the Thieves of our stories coercively enter into and co-opt our spaces \u2013 claiming and controlling access to our treasures as they so wish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Such complex experiences of power make it a tentative experience to \u201ctake over\u201d \u2013 albeit temporarily \u2013 and (re)contextualise a space of hegemonic display like the B\u00e4renzwinger with our programme. It is an act that requires us to address certain questions through our own practice, such as whether it is even possible to subvert the legacy of a space that has such a specific function embedded into its core, physical structure. \u201cOpen Sesame\u201d is an invitation to join this addressing and questioning through our occupation of the former zoo. It is an exploration, a deconstruction, a reconstruction\u2026 It is an opening. An assessment of the given meanings of a space, and an exploration of whether a new meaning is in fact possible at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, repeat after us as you enter:<br>Open sesame<br>Sesam \u00f6ffne dich<br>Abre-te S\u00e9samo<br>A\u00e7\u0131l susam<br>\u0627\u0641\u062a\u062d \u064a\u0627 \u0633\u0645\u0633\u0645<br>\u2d30\u2d54 \u2d30\u2d59\u2d49\u2d4e\u2d59\u2d4e<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>What are these new meanings that we would like to employ?<br><br>Welcome to our photophobic experiment. If photo means light and phobia means fear, then photophobia is the light that they fear.<br><br>Our world is understood, measured and influenced by the discourses of the Enlightenment. Art, science and philosophy \u2013 the cognitive auxiliaries of humanity that one uses to understand the world \u2013 have been pathologized in our surroundings to centre the experiences of the White, cisgender, heterosexual male. From the lessons taught in schools to the paintings exhibited in museums, the dominant view is one that is determined by the points of \u2018knowledge\u2019 spread to us via this age of Enlightenment.<br><br>But what came before the Enlightenment? What deviations from knowledge have there been? Have we \u2013 the Others &#8211; not created alternative productions of knowledge, or nurtured rays of Light that have shone through the crevices of the human experience to illuminate a multiplicity of paths that can be taken ahead?<br><br>We have been erased \u2013 in our past and our present, but we refuse to accept this for our future. This Photophobic Experiment is an opportunity to centre our meanings, our experiences, our lived modalities, as the epicentre around which a plot develops. We are the protagonists, who invade this space and its hostile architecture to provide a glimpse into a world that presents us as the wilful subject of focus.<br><br>Until now the Enlightenment continues to push us into the Dark, but we have found our own forms of Light in the shadows.<br><br>*Photophobia is an artistic movement previously elaborated on by Sanni Est<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click Here for Programme (Internal Design)<br>Click Here for Programme (External Design)<br><br>The physical opening of the exhibition was supposed to happen on November 5, 2020. Due to the lockdown in Berlin and closure of exhibition spaces, the show opens as a virtual experience in March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"furmaan\">Furmaan Ahmed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Furmaan Ahmed (1995) is a multi disciplinary artist from Glasgow who creates installation works that act as sites of knowledge for POC queer and trans bodies. They are a recent graduate from Central Saint Martins who has already worked with galleries and community initiatives such as Gossamer Fog, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh Arts Festival, Tate Modern and the Southbank Centre. Furmaan also has a collaborative practise as an image maker, set designer and art director where they have photographed and collaborated with artists such as Willow Smith, Kate Moss, SOPHIE, Sasha Velour, Nile Rodgers and David Lachapelle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In their diverse art practise, Ahmed explores their dual identity being transgender and muslim and how the hybrid bodies manifests in the institutional world. With a passion for the British gothic architectural style and islamic ornamentation, Ahmed questions codes of historical design to reimagine fantasy worlds through the creation of communal shrines, colonial monuments, gardens and water fountains to look to a future that is more inclusive for black, brown and queer people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a deep interest in the mysticism of ecology and the botanical, Ahmed explores the fantastical and the rubrics of reason against order. Furmaan creates these digital and live worlds as a sites for community engagement, queer brown hybridity and communal healing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Website &#8211;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/furmaanahmed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/furmaanahmed.com\/<\/a><br>Instagram &#8211;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/furmaan.ahmed\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/furmaan.ahmed\/<\/a><br>Metal Magazine interview &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/metalmagazine.eu\/en\/post\/interview\/furmaan-ahmed\">https:\/\/metalmagazine.eu\/en\/post\/interview\/furmaan-ahmed<\/a><br>WhyNow Interview &#8211;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whynow.co.uk\/read\/it-all-existed-online-and-now-it-exists-in-real-life-the-rising-stock-of-furmaan-ahmed\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/whynow.co.uk\/read\/it-all-existed-online-and-now-it-exists-in-real-life-the-rising-stock-of-furmaan-ahmed\/<br><br><br><\/a>Erkan Affan in conversation with Furmaan Ahmed (PDF)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anna\">Anna Banout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Anna Banout is a speculative designer and artist. She graduated from the Faculty of Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (MA) in 2017 and currently lives and works in Berlin. Although her professional background is product design, her practice aims to bend its boundaries and explore its restrictions &#8211; her practice merges design processes, traditions and its deep connection to the material with storytelling through the language of objects. In her work, Banout revolves around both personal and social experiences and narratives, exploring human-object relationships, continuously blurring boundaries between design process and storytelling, craft and technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Banout\u2019s MA work, SYRIA 2087, was awarded the 1st prize at the Designblok Diploma Selection 2017; her works were exhibited in Museum f\u00fcr Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Feldf\u00fcnf Berlin, Station Beirut, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Gdynia Design Days, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Design Festival, Designblok Prague, Ambiente Frankfurt and other galleries and venues around the world. Since 2017, she is also a designer for a Warsaw-based brand Tre Product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Website<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baerenzwinger.berlin\/EN\/Program\/A-Photophobic-Experiment-EN\/www.annabanout.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.annabanout.com<br><br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baerenzwinger.berlin\/files\/media\/cdn.php?params=%7B%22id%22%3A%22MDB-5ab0d430-64cc-46e6-94ca-d22f4ae0963b-MDB%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22download%22%2C%22date%22%3A%221607102980%22%7D&amp;InterviewannabanoutEN.pdf\">Erkan Affan in conversation with Anna Banout (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tewa\">Tewa Barnosa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Tewa Barnosa (b. 1998) is Libyan Tamazight artist and cultural producer. She was born<br>and raised in Tripoli and is currently based in Berlin. Her practice revolves around<br>identity and the definitions of belonging, the ancient histories and uncertain futures of<br>languages, and on written, oral &amp; collective memory in the social and political context<br>of Libya and North Africa. Barnosa focuses on the use of different forms of<br>Tifinagh and Arabic calligraphy and texts as the main elements in her artistic<br>Production. She experiments with paper-based works, installations, digital<br>mediums, moving images and sound art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Barnosa founded WaraQ art foundation in 2015, an independent non-profit<br>organisation dedicated to support the contemporary Libyan art scene locally<br>and in the diaspora. Through encouraging socio-critical dialogue between artists<br>and audiences, she curated and organised several exhibitions, projects and<br>activities that took place in WaraQ\u2019s space, and in the public spaces of the old<br>city of Tripoli.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baerenzwinger.berlin\/EN\/Program\/A-Photophobic-Experiment-EN\/www.tewabarnosa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.tewabarnosa.com<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baerenzwinger.berlin\/EN\/Program\/A-Photophobic-Experiment-EN\/www.waraq.de\">www.waraq.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baerenzwinger.berlin\/files\/media\/cdn.php?params=%7B%22id%22%3A%22MDB-2f82827a-091b-4798-82ac-d4b04b959c79-MDB%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22download%22%2C%22date%22%3A%221606496482%22%7D&amp;ErkanAffaninconversationwithTewaBarnosa.pdf\">Erkan Affan in conversation with Tewa Barnosa (Interview)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"danielle\">Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley is an artist working predominantly in digital media to communicate the experiences of being a Black Trans person. Their practice focuses on recording the lives of Black Trans people, intertwining lived experience with fiction to imaginatively retell Trans stories. Spurred on by a desire to record the &#8220;History of Trans people both living and past&#8221; their work can often be seen as a Trans archive where Black Trans people are stored for the future. Throughout history, Black queer and Trans people have been erased from the archives. Because of this it is necessary not only to archive our existence, but also the many creative narratives we have used and continue to use to share our experiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Danielle&#8217;s work has been shown in Focal Point, Science Gallery, MU, Barbican, Tate ,Les Urbains as well as being part of the BBZ Alternative Graduate Show at the Copeland Gallery.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebrathwaiteshirley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.daniellebrathwaiteshirley.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erkan Affan in conversation with Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley (PDF)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sanni\">Sanni Est<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Sanni Est is a singer, curator and community organiser based in Berlin and with roots in North-Eastern Brazil. Inspired by socio-political structures, etymological research and<br>autobiographical narratives, Sanni weaves multilayered artworks that challenge the notion of humanity of the viewer while decolonizing herself from Eurocentric gender-binary patterns with<br>her voice and body. Sanni\u2019s work in progress \u2018PHOTOPHOBIA\u2019 is a transmediatic storytelling that will culminate in a music album to be released in 2021. This concept has previously been explored as a manifesto &#8211; exhibited by different Goethe Instituts in \u201cQueer as German Folk\u201d &#8211; and as a homonyme performance piece shown during the festival \u201cThe Present is Not Enough\u201d at Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEscape Route\u201d is one of the chapters of \u2018PHOTOPHOBIA\u2019. In it, Sanni creates a path with her voice alone that allows her to navigate her trans, North-Eastern Brazilian vocal qualities in an emotional ritual that celebrates introspection. It will be exhibited as an audiovisual installation in collaboration with Gabriel Massan for \u2018Open Sesame &#8211; A Photophobic Experiment\u2019, co-curated by Erkan Affan, Tewa Barnosa and Sanni Est herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baerenzwinger.berlin\/EN\/Program\/A-Photophobic-Experiment-EN\/www.instagram.com\/sanniest\">www.instagram.com\/sanniest<\/a><br>Erkan Affan in conversation with Sanni Est (Interview)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gabriel\">Gabriel Massan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Gabriel Massan (Rio de Janeiro, 1996) lives in Berlin, Germany. Bachelor in Social<br>Communication from the State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG), Brazil. Also studied at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (EAV, Rio de Janeiro), Brazil. Since 2017 Gabriel has presented his research in digital art in galleries, fairs, institutions, and national and international festivals. In 2018, he began producing 3D prints for S\u00e3o Paulo Fashion Week and signed 3D animations for Glamour Brazil, also featured online for Motorola, representing the new names of video art in Brazil. Resided at ETOPIA &#8211; Art and Technology Center in<br>Zaragoza, Spain, in 2019, produced the immersive installation &#8220;EPT&#8221;, where proximity sensors, augmented reality filters and fabric painting interacted in the same environment through multiple canvases. Developed the VR experience &#8220;Barriga&#8221; with Camila Roriz for the<br>Empower Fest, Flutgraben eV, Berlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Selected for the group exhibition &#8220;Proxy Salvia From a Ranked Souvenir&#8221; at The Wrong Biennale. Massan has signed 3D visuals for NTS Radio London, collaborated on Sebastian Tabares-Vasquez&#8217;s FMP animation &#8220;Astrea&#8221; at London College of Fashion and is part of the project &#8220;TV Coragem&#8221;, by Lorran Dias, commissioned for the Moreira Salles Institute (IMS), S\u00e3o Paulo, in 2020.The artist seeks to build narratives that use animated three-dimensional objects and augmented and\/or virtual reality, permeating programming, sculpture, painting, and digital manipulation.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gabrielmassan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erkan Affan in conversation with Gabriel Massan (interview)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"erkan\">Erkan Affan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Erkan Affan is a gender non-conforming curator &amp; writer of colour, currently based between Berlin &amp; London. With an academic background in \u2018Middle Eastern\u2019 politics (BA, SOAS) and global migration (MSc, UCL), Erkan\u2019s research focuses notably on the intersections between sexuality, gender, migration and diasporic identity. Since relocating to Berlin in 2019, Erkan completed a residency funded by the European Commission and co-founded the Queer Arab Barty collective; curating social and political spaces in Berlin for LGBTQIA+ Arab individuals. Over the past year and a half, Erkan has collaborated both individually and collectively with a number of venues and organisations across Europe, including the ICA and Rich Mix in London, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Die Kunste Werke and ACUD MACHT NEU in Berlin, and the IQMF in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>During their time as the main curator of the B\u00e4renzwinger, Erkan invites Libyan artist Tewa Barnosa and Brazilian artist Sanni Est \u2013 both Berlin-based \u2013 to work as commissioners in developing a programme at the gallery spotlighting Black, Indigenous and Racialised Majority-identifying LGBTQIA+ individuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gespraech\">Erkan Affan in conversation with&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>On Thursday, November 5 the exhibition \u00bbOpen Sesame: A Photophobic Experiment\u00ab was supposed to open. 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