McCalebb is working together with Lou Andrea Savoir, a fellow artist and former pupil, to curate the exhibitions. He aims to make sure the original features of the building are maintained so its history still resonates in the working spaces: McCalebb’s sculpture studio is lined with the original tiles and fish-gutting sinks; the gallery space was once the smoking room, complete with original scuffed brick floors and high wooden beams; the reception area was a former fish shop front. Two gigantic old refrigerator rooms that used to hold the piles of fish before it was smoked will house video and music installations – the acoustics are brilliant.

A sculpture by the German artist Elisabeth Rosenthal at the Dada Post gallery.

Unmoving and ominous, they churn out a symphony of sounds on rotation from the soothing tones of Janet Cardiff reciting three harrowing dreams in her soft Canadian lilt with complimenting background noises to a cacophony of crows and classical beats. It is a heart-rush of an experience, impending and unrelenting. The audience is invited to sit in an orchestra formation, facing these black boxes sitting on identical chairs on a mirroring curve. It has a confusing visual impact, watching rows of black boxes shout at you but remain otherwise motionless. Together, they provide the most basic function of an orchestra: the noise. You are also invited to walk between the rows of speakers that stand around the room in military formation. A unique show – don’t miss it.

The next exhibition “Art Collective: System Relevance Or this is no rehearsal” runs at Dada Post, Berlin through May 23

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller “The Murder of crows”
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Through May 17

Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden
Permanent exhibition

The Old Masters Picture Gallery holds outstanding masterpieces from the history of European art. These include such famous Italian Renaissance works as Raphael’s "Sistine Madonna," Giorgione’s "Sleeping Venus," Titian’s "Tribute Money" and Correggio’s "Nativity." There are also impressive works of the Italian Baroque. The gallery’s outstanding 18th-century works include paintings by Tiepolo, Canaletto and Rosalba Carriera.

Other photos of the Dada Post exhibition:

Swedish artist Christina Tivemark is one of eleven artists featured in the Dada Post's inaugural exhibition.

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 A wooden path leads out of a bomb shelter located on the Dada Post campus in Berlin-Reinickendorf.  The shelter's current life takes the shape of an installation by the FMSW collective of four German and Swiss sculptors, as part of the gallery's Youth Cult exhibit.
Rebecca F. Miller/Expatica

Rebecca F. Miller/Expatica