Getting Lost, Finding Something

TUSCH X PINK VALLEY
Villa Heike
Freienwalder Str.17 13055 Berlin

premiere: July 4th, 2024 6pm
show dates: July 5th, 2024 10am/ 2pm
                        July 5th, 2024 2pm/ 6pm

An interactive performance where I was invited to create textiles, headpieces and costumes inspired by microrganism worlds, in the natural archetypes of Neutron, Electron, Proton orbiting performers representing Science, The Universe, Alien Life, Fungi, Fauna and Dark Matter. I worked with a range of printed fabrics, made to glow under changing lighting circumstances. Theses flexible garments were then paired with hand-made and embellished capes, accessories and suitable headpieces.

















“Getting lost Finding something” is a TUSCH co-production in cooperation with Pink Valley, supported by the Fonds Soziokultur, the Heidehofstiftung and the Stiftung Berliner Sparkasse




Prodution Synopsis:

Everything in this world and in the universe is connected, but can we feel it? Together with the performance collective Pink Valley and a group of young people, we want to transform “connection”, “network” and “belonging” into a multisensory experience for the audience: How do we find, feel and experience connection and relationships between places, times and people? What do we feel when we look at the world from a little more distance? Or zoom in on the microorganism perspective? The aim of our joint creative research is to produce an interactive video and sound performance with live elements in which we deal with central aspects of interconnectivity, such as “seeing”, “feeling” and “practicing”, in terms of content, aesthetics, science and performance.





With: Pink Valley and students of the Alexander Pushkin High School

Photography by Pink Valley 2024


Mark


VanCleef & Arpels

LICHTENGARTEN
Art Workshop
event date: April 26th, 2024

Held at LichtenGarten Studio & Gallery, this workshop consisted of two groups of approximately 10 participants each from VanCleef & Arpels Paris. In each grouping, I guided the participants through the 2D paper illustration process, while playfully exploring this Deep Sea illustration in a variation colors, made to mix & match to their desired combinations. The creative process was meditative as a cacophony of gently layered artworks  were formed, imbued with personality and garnished with playful details each composer saw fit. 































Medium; paper 
Size: 2D artwork: 21cm x 21cmx approx. 1-3cm

Photography copyright Lacy Barry 2023



Mark


PRADA

KADEWE BERLIN
Art Workshop
event date: February 13-14, 2023

Custom made 2 & 3 dimensional paper flower bouquets, formed in Prada’s SS23 collection colors of delicate pinks, baby blues, smooth greys, creamy beiges, bright off-white and deep black, is a hommage to the seasons ‘paper dress’. Prada patrons were able to view my creative process, only formally held to the confines of my art studio; assembling my signature rose, lily and chrysanthemums, with a garnish of forget-me-nots adhired to textured pink and flat white card backdrops, before being spritzed with perfume essence and placed in a gift box or envelope for safe keeping.







Medium; paper 
Size: 2D artwork:A5 / 3D artwork: 20cm x 20cmx 10cm

Photography copyright Lacy Barry 2023



Mark


FRAGILE WORLDS

KLEBEBANDE
Art Installation
installation date: July 15, 2021

A large wall installation developed in Munich, Germany, representing the fragility of an earth living in the era of Climate Change. Composed of my signature feathers & leaves, this artwork is developed in typical earth colors and arranged in a heart line formation. A knowing that mass extinction is just a thin line away from becoming reality if humanity continues to extract without giving back. 








Medium; paper and paint
Size: Approximately 4 meters x 2.5 meters

Photography copyright Lacy Barry 2021



Mark

SWAROVSKI

SUSANNE ROTTENBACHER
Paper Crafted Pop-up Cards
Event date: September 13th, 2019

For the opening of Light Artist Susanne Rottenbacher‘s exhibition Lily Pond at the Swarovski Kristallwelten in Innsbruck, Austria, I designed, developed and produced fifty pop-up cards exposing a miniature rendition the artist’s lily flower and garnishing lily pads against the galleries mirrored arches. Working closely with Susanne’s preferred shapes and iconic iridescent foil, I used a thin PVC that mimicked the clear vinyl glass of the actual life sized art installation. Each card finished with Swarovski crystals and fastened with a satin ribbon bow to be placed on plates as a memorable keepsake for guests of an illuminating evening.











Event photos courtesy of Swarovski Kristallwelten






Mark