Yes, the big party is over in South Africa. We took our flags down yesterday, to the sound of our mini.vuvuzelas. I really wish that those who are making a lot of money out of these now world famous blasters would transfer a percentage of their profits to the "Egg man", Saddam Maake, who aparently developed it from the ancient form of the Kudu horn to the plastic trumpet. Fair trade!


We have a new partner helping us get the ball rolling here in Köpenick. "Kulturwerk Schöneweide e.V." Have a look at their website. They do a lot for culture in Treptow-Köpenick. Thanks to all who are donating and helping us. A list will go up when I have the full info.

Today,13th July our first Kids University "International Communication" session starts at 14.30 at FEZ. We in Köpenick, will be blogging Kimberley and getting into real-time contact. The next sessions are 27th July and 3rd August at the same times.
Come and have a look at the exhibtion of photos by kids in both places.

South Africa is on our balcony while the World Cup is on!

Offenes Atelier 82 zu "Kunst am Spreeknie" 24. Juli 2010

Bitte besucht uns, um unsere neuesten Arbeiten zu sehen, die Kunst und das Leben zu diskutieren und einen Sommertag im Atelier 82 zu genießen.

Samstag 24. Juli 2010
Offen von 14.00 bis 22.00 Uhr

Please come and join us on a summer day, to see our work, discuss art and life and enjoy yourself at Atelier 82. Saturday 24th July 2010 Open from 14h00 until 22h00

Fotografie, Garten-Kunst, Spiele, Holzskulptur, Malerei, Zeichnungen, …
Internationales zum Essen und Trinken.

Photography, garden-art, games, wood sculpture, painting and drawing, …
A mixed bag of food and drinks.

Zum Schluss des Abends gibt es eine Licht-Performance der KünstlerInnen zu Live-Musik.

When the sun goes down, there will be a group light performance with live music.

Detlef Gobba and Johnny O’Carr
(Irish Folk - mouth organ, guitar, lute)
Atelier 82, Schnellerstr. 82, 12439 Berlin-Köpenick
Bus 167 Haltestelle: Bruno Bürgel Weg / S-Bahn Oberspree
Kontakt: Liz.Crossley@t-online.de / 030-6558448

„Als therapeutische Maßnahme gegen negative Tendenzen, Krisen und Beklemmungen wäre es vielleicht wieder an der Zeit einem selber oder jemand anderem mit einem Kunstwerk eine Freude zu machen! Diese Methode hat sich als besonders förderlich für lebende Künstler erwiesen.“

Internationaler Beratungsdienst für den Kunstkauf

„As a therapeutic measure against negative trends, crisis and anxiety, maybe it is time to treat yourself or someone else to a piece of art again! This method has proved to be particularly beneficial to living artists.“
International Art Buying Advisory Service

Kietzer Sommer 19. Juni

Am 19. Juni sitze ich mit meinen Hasen und Vögeln in der Kleintierpraxis von Dr. Jörg Lode und trotze der Weltmeisterschaft. Komm uns bitte besuchen!
Die Ausstellung ist Teil des „Kietzer Sommer“, einem Straßenfest im Köpenicker Kietz zwischen charmanten und wunderbar restaurierten alten Fischerhäusern.
http://www.kietzersommer.de/

Ihr trefft mich dort zwischen 11 bis 21 Uhr.
Kietz 20, 12557 Berlin-Köpenick
Mein Handy 0163 – 501 77 04

On 19th June I will be sitting with my hares and birds in the veterinary practice of Dr. Jörg Lode and will defy the World Cup. Please come and visit us!

The exhibition is part of Kietzer Sommer, a street festival in the Köpenick neighbourhood in between charming and wonderfully restored, old fishermen’s houses.
http://www.kietzersommer.de/

You will find me there between 11 a.m. and 21 p.m.
Kietz 20, 12557 Berlin-Köpenick
My mobile 0163 - 501 77 04

What happens to us when we die?

You were all wonderful and all winners!

The Carneval of Cultures has grown into a huge event, with nearly 100 floats showing how varied life in Berlin is. I was lucky enough to be invited to be on the jury with seven others, and so get a grand-stand view of this carnavalistic life! Great! Thank you all.

www.karneval-berlin.de

After the Carneval!

Impressions from our Cap San Diego exhibition

The bridge connecting the seaport to the mainland.

My installation with the "survival" drawings from UMBRA SUMUS.

Roswitha Baumeister - also among the exhibitors.

Sailing away...

These plastic-bag jelly-fish floated us down into the hold! Great piece by Stef Engel.
It was wonderful being part of Mesaoo Wrede's (www.frauenkulturhaus-harburg.de) project, Fluchtlinien & Stromlinien on the Cap San Diego in the Hamburg Harbour in April and May. My installation showed different aspects of migration in drawings, texts and a video installation with music I played on the mouth organ.


I hope I can go sailing off into the blue with this merry band of artists again, in two years time!

"A Country Imagined" on South African tv

A Country Imagined on South African tv, Sunday 16 May at 21h00: Northern Cape - The Buried Secret

Exhibition in Hamburg

Anchors away!

Schauen Sie unsere Ausstellung am Hamburger Hafen an!
Have a look at our exhibition on the Cap San Diego in Hamburg!

15. April until 16. May 2010
> view the flyer (pdf file)
> view the poster (pdf file)

Exhibition in Berlin-Köpenick

Sie sind herzlichst eingeladen zu unserer Atelier-82-Ausstellung in den Räumen der Kanzlei der Köpenicker Rechtsanwälte.

Freitag, den 26. März 2010
Einlass ab 19.00 Uhr, 19.30 Uhr Beginn der Ausstellungser­öffnung.

Musik spielen Detlef Grobba und Johnny O'Carr.

Partners for the Future

Photos by young people in Kimberely from the project, Partners for the Future will be exhibited in private and public space in Kimberley and Berlin parallell to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

More information will be posted on http://partnersforthefuture.blogspot.com as this becomes available.

Permanenent exhibitions

9 works by Liz Crossley are on permanent exhibition in the William Humphries Art Gallery, Kimberley and one piece, Miles and Miles, outside the gallery.

Miles and Miles also installed at Wildebeestkuil.

Further works in the Berlin Treptow-Köpenick public collection and Berlin Senate’s collection.

Playing Bridge in the studio

Playing "Bridge" in the studio during Advent-Atelier 2009
with Detlef Grobba and Johnny O'Carr