There are some other artists who are well known in Japan. Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller displayed a visual work of an actual fire scene. They also participated in the Yokohama Triennale2005. John Bock, he was featured with SHIFT in this June Issue, also displayed his former visual work.

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, House Burning, 2001

As usual, it was a film which recorded people using his amazing machines. Olafur Eliasson and such are also included, who had a personal exhibition at the Hara Museum.

Clemens Krauss, Aufgang, 2006

In terms of the Berlin art scene, several works recently seen in galleries, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum and etc. in Berlin-Mitte were also there. Clemens Krauss and Daniel Pflumm are examples of these.

As I mentioned at the beginning, this exhibition showed one aspect of Berlin as an international city/multicultural city. Not only from Europe, Mona Hatoum from the Middle East, Kenji Koganesawa and Michihiro Shimabukuro from Japan, Wang Fu and Qin Yufen from China, Rirkrit Tiravanija from Thailand and more. It looked like as if Berlin flourished as an international city more than once it had flourished as a central city of Europe in the post-war period.

Thus, I think it was a fulfilling exhibition with density and great varieties although the exhibition was a small scale.

ANSTOSS BERLIN – Art Makes World
Date: June 22th – September 27th, 2006
Place: Haus am Waldsee
Address: 30 Argentinische Allee, 14163 Berlin
https://www.hausamwaldsee.de