"The highest form of art is the total work of art in which the boundaries between art and non-art are abolished." (Kurt Schwitters) Being normal is monotonous and colorless. And that's exactly what the artist does Darco FBI aus Frankreich, einer der besten internationalen Sprayer, mit seinem einzigartigen Graffiti am S-Bahnhof Sternschanze in Hamburg entgegen. Im Auftrag der Deutschen […]
Loomit | Noodle Poodle “You have to master your instrument. Painting is the instrument of drawing. You have to be able to draw the apple before you paint something big on the wall. Before you smear paint on the wall, you have to have an idea of form, light and shadow and so on. That comes from drawing. The craft must
MIR | Fasten your Seatbelt “Always seeing everything clearly is also boring. It's exciting when some things remain blurred." (MIR, 2020) Have a seat, lean back and “Buckle your seatbelts!” because the plane is cleared for take-off. The Hamburg-based artist MIR loads in OZM HAMMERBROOKLYN with his exhibition Fasten your Seatbelt to
MIR | Bon Voyage What would the modern world population look like today if we had allowed different role models and power structures to emerge? In which world and social order do we then live? How did we interact with each other and with the flora and fauna? MIR and Hieronymus Bosch, two artists working in different styles, provide us with depictions of people who
“In the end, personal experience is what matters. Without it, it doesn’t work.” – Alex Heimkind in an interview about art and digitality with Rhea and Pauline as part of the hcu’s Culture of the Metropolis course. Since this year at the latest, it has become clear that the developments in digitalization have become almost unimaginable in the cultural sector.
A Nigerian proverb says: "It takes a whole village to raise a child." The weeks have passed and so has our offspring, the OZM HAMMERBROOKLYN, grows and thrives splendidly. In the last few weeks, thanks to the passionate commitment of our artists and the rest OZMteam, a lot has happened to us. The exhibit is taking on more and more
The days are getting cooler again. Also in OZM HAMMERBROOKLYN a lot of things are shifting to the interior again. In our exhibit there are not only the exhibition rooms, but also a few studios where the artists sometimes design and realize their exhibitions. A nice circumstance, not only because you can watch the artists experimenting and creating, but
"It's going ok mir not about painting something that looks great, I paint what makes me special” In an interview with Mirko Reisser, who realized the first mural of the current project UpTheWall. Mirko Reisser, too DAIM is not proud of his career as a globally recognized graffiti artist. He is just happy and claims that his success has more to do with the
The old OZM The gallery is metaphorically burned in the sun. The ashes lie dark and grey at our feet. But in the middle, signs are already forming that point to something new and incredible... Looking at old records and pictures, sometimes you realize how some things anticipate others: For example, we recently realized that
Three years ago I climbed the narrow stairs of the OZM Gallery. Despite its central location right in the Schanzenviertel, I already had the feeling that I had stumbled upon a secret. Away from the hustle and bustle of the passing pedestrians stood this old building. Although it was painted from top to bottom, I would never have guessed that
