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featured by B&A REPS Germany : The NEW ALL-ELECTRIC FORD EXPLORER live in Norway - photographed by Patrik JOHÄLL c/o B&A REPS GERMANY for FORD EUROPE

The battery-electric compact crossover SUV FORD EXPLORER is manufactured in Cologne and marketed mainly in Europe. It is based on the MEB platform of the Volkswagen company, and with its ambient lighting, the all-electric Ford Explorer ensures a genuine feel-good atmosphere on every trip.

FORD writes : “The revolutionary all-electric SUV, developed and built in Cologne, will thrill you – with its compact size, striking design and short charge times, the new fully electric Ford Explorer is ready for every adventure. Because with a charging rate of 10-80% in only 25 minutes, your new Ford Explorer will be ready to roll again before you have finished your coffee during a short break.”

The EXPLORER experienced its first adventure in Norway, and photographer Patrik JOHÄLL c/o B&A REPS GERMANY was there.

By 2030, FORD will only manufacture all-electric passenger cars in Europe : “We are converting our plant in Cologne to create the first Ford Electrification Center in Europe for the sum of 2 billion US dollars by 2023. By 2026, we plan on investing more than 50 billion US dollars globally in the electrification of our vehicle fleet.”

Ford wants to become 100% carbon neutral by 2035 : “Today, we’re already on track to make all vehicles sold emission-free and become carbon neutral throughout Europe by 2035.”

GoSee : ford.de//der-neue-ford-explorer & ba-reps.com
20.04.2023 show complete article

 

featured by GoSee ART : ‘WORDS ARE OVERESTIMATED’ - works by light artist Jan Kuck c/o Bernheimer Contemporary in the Galerie Koppelmann Cologne and at the Copenhagen Light Festival

Works by light artist Jan Kuck are now on display at the Copenhagen Light Festival, in the solo exhibition WORDS ARE OVERESTIMATED at Galerie Koppelmann Cologne (through 18 March, 2023), at MAISON MARSIL Cologne, and at HOTO in Berlin. Jan’s art is a mirror image of society intended to make people think about themselves and social evils.

“Language and interpersonal communication are a central thread throughout the oeuvre of conceptual artist Jan Kuck. He always uses just as many words as are necessary to formulate his amusing, critical and sometimes cynical messages. In the solo exhibition WORDS ARE OVERESTIMATED, we present selected light installations, sculptures and graphics by the artist in cooperation with Bernheimer Contemporary,” says gallerist Janine Koppelmann.

The Copenhagen Light Festival on Jan Kuck’s work ‘Arachne’ : “The installation consists of a glowing carpet, which can be seen as a comment on the conditions behind the global textile production industry and its trading relationships in both a historical and contemporary context. It also deals with the connection to the development of women’s rights. Weaving and textile work has historically been done mainly by women, while men have benefitted from it. Today, women suffer from harsh working conditions, while international textile companies, usually led by men, reap the rewards. On the one hand, this piece is a critique of patriarchal power structures, and on the other, it is a tribute to the strength of women.”

At the moment, Jan Kuck and his agent Isabel Bernheimer have plans for further projects. Later in the year, his installation ‘THE BURNING CANAL’, shown for the first time in 2020 as the ‘THE BURNING RIVER’ in Munich, will be on display in Copenhagen as a large-scale installation.

GoSee bernheimercontemporary.de & galeriekoppelmann.com & copenhagenlightfestival.org
23.02.2023 show complete article

 

featured by GoSee ART : ‘What are you burning for?’ – Bernheimer Contemporary and Jan Kuck present the neon light artwork ‘BURN’ in MAISON MARSIL for ART COLOGNE ‘22 and are planning the light installation ‘THE BURNING CANAL’ for the Copenhagen Light Festival 2023

‘What are you burning for?’ – precisely the question of international light artist JAN KUCK we are now asking in our boutique hotel MAISON MARSIL in Cologne. The neon work BURN will be on display in the foyer of the absolute gem for ART COLOGNE 2022. Here on GoSee, we present you Isabel Bernheimer from Bernheimer Contemporary with Jan Kuck during the installation of the artwork.

Isabel Bernheimer and Jan Kuck are representing the booth of Malte Uekermann Kunsthandel this year, specialized in abstract positions of German art after 1945 such as Willi Baumeister, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene or similar.

Just recently on display at the Berlin gallery was the exhibition TIME MATTERS by Munich resident Jan Kuck. Jan Kuck, born 1978 in Hanover, lives and works in Berlin and in Munich, and is represented by the artist agency Bernheimer Contemporary, headquartered in Berlin. He first studied law for several semesters and went on to graduate with a Master’s degree in Philosophy and History – laying the profound theoretical foundation for his work as a conceptual artist. In his conceptual art, he pointedly carves out both the wit and the tragedy of our society. An important hallmark, seen throughout his work, is the complex interaction of light and words.

ART COLOGNE – Around 190 galleries and dealers are presenting art of the 20th, 21st, and – in many cases fresh from the atelier – of the 22nd century, from 16 through 20 November, 2022. Art Cologne, originally the Kölner Kunstmarkt (Art Market Cologne), was founded in 1967 and is the oldest art trade fair in the world.

The curator and the artist are now preparing a big project for 2023: In February, the Copenhagen Light Festival 2023 will present THE BURNING CANAL & ARACHNE by Jan Kuck. So stop by the art fair and meet up with them for an after-work Kölsch beer at MAISON MARSIL – where they will gladly tell you all about their new project. Of course, we had a few questions :

In 2020, Jan Kuck illuminated the Isar in Munich with his installation THE BURNING RIVER (GoSee reported with a video). What awaits us now with THE BURNING CANAL in Copenhagen?

Jan Kuck: “THE BURNING CANAL is a concept specifically for the Copenhagen Light Festival 2023 and a continuation of my idea for THE BURNING UNIVERSE, adapting THE BURNING RIVER (Isar, Praterinsel, Munich, Germany, 2020) to the canal system of Copenhagen.”

And what exactly is THE BURNING UNIVERSE?
“By the time of the possible realization of the THE BURNING CANAL in February 2023, THE BURNING UNIVERSE will already consist of two monumental projects: THE BURNING RIVER & THE BURNING ALPS. THE BURNING RIVER was born of the idea that rivers are the main arteries of our cities and are thus synonymous with the development of our society. But a society can only develop through the dreams, wishes and ideas that are born and realized or prevented in that society. For this reason, I wanted to explore what people are burning for and create a powerful and ambiguous symbol for it.

To do so, I combined high-performance pumps with high-tech lasers and LED spots, on the one hand, to create the illusion of wild and torchy burning water over an area of approximately 100 x 30 m. On the other, I asked people on the internet: What are you burning for? The answers were then projected with a laser onto the building behind the BURNING RIVER.”

Can you tell us a little about THE BURNING MOUNTAIN?
“THE BURNING MOUNTAIN will be the equivalent with snow guns that are among the first to be powered 100% with green energy in the mountains of Davos, and will take place on and around New Year’s 2022 / 2023. This will highlight the importance of an environmental balance in the mountains, similarly to how THE BURNING RIVER in Munich symbolized a nature reserve in the middle of a city.”

Now the biggest project of the series in Copenhagen?
“THE BURNING CANAL is planned in the same way as the THE BURNING RIVER, as an interactive art installation for an important inner-city waterway, so that Copenhagen can draw attention to the importance of canals and to the desires, dreams and passions of the visitors of the Copenhagen Light Festival. THE BURNING CANAL is planned to be at least 200-meters long, which is about twice the length of THE BURNING RIVER, to underscore the importance of Copenhagen. Besides the slightly droning noise of the pumps, the installation will not have sound.”

In 2012, under director Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Jan Kuck had his first major gallery exhibition (PACKET-SOUP) at the non-commercial gallery SAVVY Contemporary Berlin, which received great attention by the media. He has since participated in more than 60 exhibitions at home and abroad, including charity auctions for the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Arsenale Docks during the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, Highlights Art Fair Munich, Art Fair Budapest, Ansbach Biennale, Genoa Biennale, the SOFA CHICAGO Art fair, Anna Laudel Contemporary Istanbul, the State Textile and Industry Museum Augsburg, Deutsches Museum Munich, and Palazzo Ducale Genoa.

Particularly his latest exhibitions have received great attention among the press and art scene. Following his solo presentation ‘Time to talk now’ in April 2019 at Kunsthalle München, Jan Kuck spoke at TEDx Munich and was the first light artist to get the chance to exhibit at Munich’s Siegestor, a smaller version of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, during the Munich Creative Business Week, MCBW 2020, with his light installation ‘DESIGN! or NO SIGN?’.

His largest art installation in the public space to date is THE BURNING RIVER, for which he set nearly 100 meters of Munich’s Isar River at the height of the Deutsches Museum seemingly ablaze with industrial lasers in March 2020, asking people from all over the world to answer the question: What are you burning for? From summer to fall 2021, several of his neon signs were exhibited in Munich, Augsburg and Passau, among other places, in front of the synagogue in Munich.

His work was on display in August 2022 in the park of Bellevue Palace as part of the German Federal President’s Citizen Festival. Jan Kuck is currently preparing solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad.

Hotel Maison Marsil was opened in 1999 by Frank Schmitz and Cyrus Halabian, and was completely renovated in 2016. At the moment, they are busy working on their second hotel project – MIRA D’OR DE MARSIL in Tenerife. Its opening is planned for fall 2023.

GoSee bernheimercontemporary.de & jankuck.com & artcologne.de & marsil.de
17.11.2022 show complete article