Berlin artist Stefanie Bürkle has been photographing Venice on her travels for 25 years. In 2022-2025, she realised Imaginations of Venice, an artistic research project as part of the Re-Figuration of Spaces Collaborative Research Centre at TU Berlin.
Image gallery
Markusplatz in Shenzhen 1999
Markusplatz Venedig1999
Taxibootfahrer Venedig 2023
The artist sees her own image production as part of the global circulation of images, a loop in which Venice is fixed, reproduced, reduced and multiplied as a projection foil for diverse spatial imaginations.
With Venice BeReal, Stefanie Bürkle is now presenting the results of the project for the first time. Her Venice Atlas, an artistic archive of over 1,000 images of Venice, is at the centre of the exhibition.
In addition to analogue and digital photographs, video excerpts from project interviews provide insights into Venice's realities. A central video work transcends the artistic archive from Stefanie Bürkle's studio into the centre of the exhibition space.
Artist:
Stefanie Bürkle is an artist and Professor of Fine Arts at the TU Berlin.
As an artist and urban researcher, she initiates her own art and research projects. She investigates urban themes such as the city as a building site, artificial worlds, facades - architecture and the migration of space using various media such as painting, photography and video. Her transdisciplinary works combine art with cultural studies and research. The critical examination of the usual perception of the city is always at the centre of her work. The integration of artistic and scientific methods gives rise to new interpretations of projection surfaces and the spaces behind them.
Her works have been shown in the following institutions, among others: Berlinische Galerie - Museum für Moderne Kunst, Berlin; Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin; Prague City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; SALT - Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey; Bauhaus Dessau Foundation; Venice Biennale, Architecture Section, Venice, Italy; MoMA PS1, New York, USA; Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland; Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, USA; National Academy of Science, Washington DC, USA; Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen; Kunsthaus Dresden; Lindenmuseum Stuttgart; Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin; nGbK, Berlin; Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin; Haus am Lützowplatz (HaL), Berlin; Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, Great Britain; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; Museum für Fotografie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Venice BeReal
As part of the European Month of Photography (EMOP)Artist: Stefanie Bürkle
- Location: Meinblau project space, Pfefferberg Haus 5, Christinenstraße 18/19 in 10119 Berlin
- Artistic director: Bernhard Draz
- Vernissage: Friday, 28 February 2025 | 18:00 - 22:00
- Exhibition: 1 to 23 March 2025 | Thu-Sun, 14:00 - 19:00, admission free
