An Artist Talks Alejandra Borja and Jana Taube, October14th 2010, Tacheles, Berlin.

Artists Alejandra and Jana Taube came to talk about their collaboration since four years around the project Intransitos. This collaboration produces both photographic works and performance art, and side by side, they improve their dialogue with the viewer.

Alejandra is from Columbia, and has a particular experience, around emigartion and movements of population, due to the violence and presence of the mafia in her home country.

Jana came to Berlin 10 years ago and has been working as an artist since 6 years. She has skills for phography that she explores in abstract works she produces, in series, in collaboration with Alejandra.

Together, they met the same difficulties, in a new town, big like Berlin, and came to a conclusion, we are not alone!

From there, starts the Neukoelnimports a platform of foreing artists, living and working in Berlin.They discovered there are 160 different nationalities in Neukoeln!!!

Jana is very aware of the difficulties artists entcounter, when German is not their mothertoung, and helps them find the advice and help need, to construct their careers and find support for their creative projects.

Clearly there is a social and political view in the process but, Neukoelnimport does not claim to be from any specific political party. Alejandra and Jana are more interested in the human side of the relationship with artists, and  support the self-devellopment and  artistic projects.

Four years ago they started to curate a sector of the 48 hours Neukoeln, and still keep on growing with a network of 70 artists.

The next Neukoelnimports 2010 exhibition," Borders, Fronteras, Grenzen", will be in The Tacheles Arthouse Gallery, on the 13th and 14th of November 2010, with Perfomance art, video, painting and installations. They will also be happenings with musicians and singers.

 On the following thursday, the 18th of November 2010, a forum we be held during  " An artist talks", and we will explore further the theme of the exhibition," Borders, Fronteras, Grenzen".

Please check the Kunsthaus Tacheles November program. 

www.intransitos.de
www.neukoellnimport.de

for the videos:
http://neukoellnimport.de/0info/Dyoutube.htm
for the photos:
http://www.myspace.com/janataube