KAI artbook
The book includes the works of the Berlin artist KAI from the last 37 years.
Some artworks and projects have videos that can be accessed through QR codes or links included in the book.
Graphic Design : Sandra Christine Dick
Translations: Anna Kuom & Lisa Smith
Editorial support: Dr. Vera Fischer
Editor: Prof. Dr. Marcel René Marburger
Publisher: Edition_
Printed by: druckhaus köthen
Printed in: Berlin
Release Date: 2023
ISBN 978-3-9814246-4-5
Distribution: KAI DEAD CHICKENS: kai@bykai.net; https://bykai.net
Köln: Edition_, 2023
https://edition23.de/
BOOK PRESENTATION KAI
Opening & Book presentation
Saturday, 30. September 2023, 6pm
Aftershowparty at Eschschloraque
Exhibition Duration
30th September - 14th October 2023
Galerie neurotitan
Rosenthalerstr. 39
10178 Berlin
www.neurotitan.de
Mo-Sa, 12noon-8pm
"The otherness of KAI's artworks makes us recognize the otherness in ourselves."
– Marcel René Marburger
Steel, fire and the formidable beauty of the monstrous – KAI's art transports us into poetic machine worlds, into an avant-garde realm of kinetic metal sculptures. Since 1983, the multimedia artist has been breathing life into technology through creative action – KAI's metal art has become synonymous with a unique art movement.
The book KAI (Cologne: Edition_, 2023. German and English.) unveils a body of work spanning decades of metal sculpture and performance art, work that has shaped the spirit of Berlin’s authentic avant-garde and had a lasting impact on the city’s art and culture scene. It also highlights KAI's pivotal role as a protagonist in Berlin's independent art scene, from his role as co-founder of the Dead Chickens artist group, the independent cultural centre Haus Schwarzenberg and the artists’ club, Eschschloraque Rümschrümp, to his work with WERK.STATT.44 and Dead Chickens’ Monsterkabinett. As such, KAI's artistic practice is also representative of constantly evolving networks of artists and cultural producers.
The book offers insights not only into the history of KAI's work and influence, with a focus on the legendary Dead Chickens, but also into key locations and production studios that continue, to this day, to shape Berlin as an artistic and cultural capital.
Above all, the otherness in KAI's art creates unique realities, that lead us directly to our own inner being – raw and jagged, poetic and poignant. Like his work, the book presents a pulsating world of aesthetic extremes, inviting us to explore and experience his art on an aesthetically profound journey to ourselves.
Text: Vera Fischer
Vortrag: Dr. Vera Fischer
Participating artists:
KAI | Ceren Oykut | Peter Schütze | Bodo Albrand | Hugo de Carvalho | VELA | Cornelius Perino | frl.winter | Javier Moya | Henryk Weiffenbach | Horst Steel
Exhibition Program & Special Events
Saturday, 30th of September 2023, 6pm at neurotitan
Opening & Book presentation | Introduction: Prof. Dr. Marcel René Marburger
Performance: KAI, MUNSHA | Aftershowparty at Eschschloraque from 10pm
Thursday 5th October 2023, 8pm at Kino Central
Kino Central-Special DEAD CHICKENS a documentary art comedy by Malika Ziouech (16mm; 21min; S/W; 1989) |
NIHIL by Uli M Schüppel (58min; S/W; 1987)
Saturday, 14th of October 2023, 6pm at neurotitan
Closing Party & Haus Schwarzenberg-Special
Lecture: Dr. Vera Fischer | Panel: Dr. Vera Fischer, KAI, Henryk Weiffenbach, Jutta Weitz, Rebecca Lilliecrona | Performance: Thomas Mahmoud, Edu Delgado Lopez, Luca Andriola
Aftershowparty at Eschschloraque from 10pm
For more Information and Press Pictures please contact:
Rebecca Lilliecrona: rebecca@haus-schwarzenberg.org
Tel: 030 30 87 25 73
www.neurotitan.de | www.haus-schwarzenberg.org