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Utopia @ Epicentro Art Space

The opening exhibition of the Showroom Mile 2010 is entitled “... how nice without utopia?” and uses select pieces to thematize the outlooks, perspectives and utopias of textile design. The focus lies equally on an analysis of trends and their realization in textile design. Among the artists involved is Gregor Hohn, recipient of the “Innovationspreis textil+mode 2009,” an innovation award handed out by Germany’s Gesamtverband der deutschen Textil- und Modeindustrie. Hohn’s work: a therapeutic-active wound compress that features a drug-delivery function. “... how nice without utopia?”is also a joint exhibition with Berlin’s Deutsche Guggenheim. Parallel to the presentation of Annette Kölling’s models at the Deutsche Guggenheim, the Epicentro Art Space will show textile design works by Christian Dietsch and Hiroyuki Murase, Gregor Hohn, Elisabeth Holzer, Clara Schober, Isabel Vollrath and Annette Kölling. Both exhibitions present their pieces in a manner that enables them to formulate utopia to reality.

Vernissage on Jan. 19, 2010 at 6 pm

Address
Epicentro Art Space
Karl-Marx-Allee 82-84
D-10234 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 20-24, 2010 11 am - 7 pm

Designverkauf in neo-mondänem Altbau @ St. Oberholz

On its third and fourth floors, St. Oberholz will set up two neo-sophisticate, turn-of-the-century spaces. The two roughly 125 m² rooms will mix the look and feel of historical buildings with modern design and original works by artists drawn from the St. Oberholz community. In addition to select pieces, the rooms are furnished with contemporary furniture from MAGAZIN.com. These self-designed spaces will be made available during the course of Berlin’s Showroom Mile as salesrooms for a select group of Berlin-based designers, including Antonia Goy, FRANZIUS, AVR van reimersdahl, Bo van Melskens, presque fini, f.rau and PiaMia

Address
St. Oberholz
Rosenthaler Str. 72a
D-10119 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 20-24, 2010 12 – 8 pm

“Reanimation – Wiederbelebungsmaßnahmen” by >>schmidttakahashi<<

In their exhibition entitled “REANIMATION–WIEDER-
BELEBUNGS-MASSNAHMEN,” the designer duo known as >>schmidt-takahashi<< will breathe new life into outmoded clothing. By wearing them over and over, clothing items tend to become a part of our body and our identity. This personal character of clothing lives on in fashion. The collection by >>schmidttakahashi<< consists of used pieces of clothing that have been taken apart and reassembled anew. The result is a series of completely new outfits that nevertheless retain and show individual traces of their previous owners. A microchip is sewn into each item of clothing and provides an extensive description of its various components. The exhibition will also include a collection bin for used clothing to be utilized in future designs.

Address
Atelier Susanna Kraus
Strassburger Str. 6-8
D-10405 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 20-24, 2010, 12 - 7 pm
Vernissage, Jan. 19, 2010, 6 pm

Fashion in Film @ Showroom Mile Cinema

The mutual influence of fashion and film is the central theme at this season’s Showroom Mile Cinema. Mainstream, documentary and experimental works will showcase fashion and its history. Roundtables with guests, such as director Uwe Janson and designer Sarah Elbo, will offer an opportunity for discussion and interpretation. The program schedule also includes screenings of select short films by the Berlin-based designer Tina Cassati, the Belgrade-based designer and sculptor Ana Rajcevic and the Hamburg-based designer Regine Steenbock.

Address
F.C. Magnet Mitte
Veteranenstr. 26
D-10119 Berlin

Jan. 20, 2010
5 pm : “Baal”
6 pm : “Werther”
9 pm : Discussion with director Uwe Janson, designer Sarah Elbo and others
10:15 pm : “Blow Up”

Jan. 21, 2010
5 pm : “Was nutzt die Liebe in Gedanken” with guests
7 pm :   “Der Teufel trägt Prada”
8 pm :   “Sex in the City” (Raum 2)
9 pm :   “September Issue”
11 pm : “Zoolander”

Jan. 22, 2010
8 pm:        “Paradise Kiss” (Raum 2)
10:30 pm: “Brüno”
12:30 am: “American Gigolo – ein Mann für gewisse Stunden”

Jan 23, 2010
8:30 pm: “Ein Traum in Erdbeerfolie” with a follow-up discussion and guests Marco Wilms and Sabine von Oettingen
11 pm:   “Wattstax”
11 pm:   “Shaft” (Raum 2)
1 am     “Saturday Night Fever”

Jan. 24, 2010
1:30 pm: “Frühstück bei Tiffany”
8 pm: “Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton”
9:30 pm: “Schmatta: Rags to riches to rags”

Esmod Modeschule @ Deutsche Bank

Under the motto “An Odyssey to Outer Space - Reise in eine visonäre Unendlichkeit,” the students at the ESMOD Internationale Modeschule Berlin invite participants on an unusual journey to the depths of the universe. The creations on display here are all inspired by observations of the stars, interstellar material, galactic constellations and eclectic supernovas.

Address
Deutsche Bank (Atrium)
Unter den Linden 13-15
(Entrance: Charlottenstr.)
D-10117 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 22-24, 2010
10 am – 6 pm

Danish Labels, Green Fashion and “Modefilm” (“Fashion Film”) @ Galeries Lafayette

The Galleries Lafayette will showcase the Danish labels Vilsbøl de Arce, Fnubbu and Susanne Guldager and join together with Create Berlin e.V. to present the exhibition “next vision: bright green fashion” featuring Danish and Berlin-based designers.

Berlin‘s University of the Arts (UdK) will present a project entitled “4Minutes” in two display windows. A new dimension of fashion editorial, the short film “4Minutes” creates not only a new relationship among fashion, art and performance; it also uses moving images to capture the dynamics of a collection in a manner superior to fashion photography. “4Minutes” is a project by Karin Leiberg, Antje Drinkuth and Ulrike Lindenmann.

Address
Galeries Lafayette
Französische Strasse 23
D-10117 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 20-23, 2010, 10 am – 8 pm

Visual Expression Using Draping Techniques @ Dussmann das Kulturkaufhaus

First-semester students at the AMD Akademie Mode & Design Berlin are currently using draping techniques to develop their own forms of visual expression. Under the tutelage of draping specialist Tamotsu Kondo, students are taught to experiment with proportion and contour and to explore materiality and three-dimensionality in a more intense manner. The AMD will show a collection of blouses and pants in white/black with the visual accompaniment of moodboards, sketches, photos and fabric samples at Dussmann das Kultukaufhaus.

Address
Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus
Friedrichstr. 90
D-10117 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 20-24, 2010
10 am – midnight
Vernissage, Jan. 20, 2010, 7 pm

Berlin-based Designers @ Galeria Kaufhof

Among the Berlin-based designers showcasing their work in the display windows at Galeria Kaufhof on Alexanderplatz are Reinberger Couture, Schmuck Rainer Wiencke, adddress, pugnat, ZEHA Berlin and, for the first time, PiaMia from Vienna.

These fashions will also be on sale in a special space in the store.

Address
Galeria Kaufhof am Alexanderplatz
Alexanderplatz 9
D-10178 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 20-24, 2010
Mon-Wed: 9:30 am – 8 pm
Thurs-Sat: 9:30 am – 10 pm

Showroom Mile @ Deutsche Guggenheim

On January 23 and 24, 2010, Epicentro Art will join Berlin’s Deutsche Guggenheim and New York‘s Fly Magazine to present collages and models by German designer Annette Kölling.
Films covering the themes of fashion, art and utopia will be shown daily from 2 to 6 pm:

1. “Cake,” 2009, Director: Stephen Blaise, Cinematographer: Ian Bloom
2. “Une Petite Morte,” 2009, Director: FLY Collective
3. “Smoking Kills,” 2009, Director: Stephen Blaise, Cinematographer: Ian Bloom
4. “Art and paper on the runway,” 1998, Director: Herbert Eisenschenk
The award-winning book “Slow Fashion” by design student Anne Theresia Wanders will also be presented and made available for purchase.

Address
Deutsche Guggenheim
Unter den Linden 13-15
D-10117 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 23-24, 2010
10 am – 8 pm

Eco Fashion @ Best-Sabel Berufsfachschule für Design

On its Open Door Day, the Best-Sabel Berufsfachschule für Design will present a fashion exhibition covering the theme of “ECO FASHION.” Among the work on display will be fashion made from hand-woven Malian bio-cotton designed to counteract short-lived trends and reflect the ecological conscience of the global society. The project is a joint effort together with their Malian partner school “Mode Sup.”

Address
Best-Sabel Berufsfachschule für Design
Lindenstr. 42
D-12555 Berlin

Opening Hours
Jan. 23, 2010
10 am – 6 pm

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