In our original post about the exhibition Niek van der Heijden – Assemblage at the DAD Galerie Berlin we noted that Niek was planning completing his “Living Forum” object during the recent Berlin Gallery Weekend.
He nearly did.
Very nearly.
However, a healthy flow of interested and inquisitive visitors meant progress was slower than anticipated.
A situation which means that in the DAD Galerie Berlin one can currently experience not only a partially completed Living Forum, but a partially completed Living Forum comprising two separate, disconnected, entities: one Italian – having been created in Bolzano – and one German, the part created in Berlin.
A disjointed Italo-Germanic forum.
Which is the sort of metaphor you cannot help but adore.
Niek will however bring harmony to the piece – and Europe? – following the end of the Berlin exhibition on May 24th. Until then Niek van der Heijden – Assemblage can be enjoyed and explored at the DAD Galerie, Oranienburger Straße 27, 10117 Berlin.
Living Forum by Niek van der Heijden as seen at Assemblage, DAD Galerie Berlin. The German section.
Living Forum by Niek van der Heijden as seen at Assemblage, DAD Galerie Berlin. The Italian section.