Festival 48 Std. Berlin - Neukölln 2022 June 24 - 26

June 24 - August 24

Nikkole Huss (USA) BENEATH THE SURFACE

The 48 Stunden Neukölln 2022 Festival theme: Kafayi yemek is a multifaceted Turkish phrase. It can be defined as questioning the moment along with a strong unexpected reaction to a dramatic event. The immersive installation, BENEATH THE SURFACE is inspired by overwhelming feelings of isolation due to the global pandemic. The site-specific, fiber installation consists of hand-painted, stretched silk circles that continuously spin while suspended from the ceiling at various heights. The imagery portrays a fictional underwater, botanical nursery. Smooth and spiny succulents are fleshy, engorged and retaining water in various stages of rejuvenation. Amid pandemic nerves, there is comfort in the appreciation of a land of wonder, imagination and the possibility of recovery.

Biography: Nikkole Huss, visual artist, is a professor of art, curator of the art collection and Arts Division chair at Concordia University Chicago in River Forest, IL. While represented by Gallery UNO Projektraum Berlin, she has exhibited in Berlin Art Week, Rome Art Week, Berliner Liste, Tokyo International Art Fair, Gallery UNO in Chicago and the Civic Museum of Santa Marinella, Castello di Santa Severa in Italy. She has an M.F.A. in studio art from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.