November 16, 2024 – January 12, 2025

Exhibition ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS 2024
& Filmscreening LINES FICTION

From November 16, 2024 to January 12, 2025, two projects dealing with the medium of drawing will be presented at Berlin’s Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien: ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS – a project for original drawings, curated by the artist Anke Becker and  LINES FICTION – a project for animated drawings and films, curated by the artist Bettina Munk.

Opening 
November 15, 5 – 11 p.m.

7 p.m. Welcome
Stéphane Bauer (Head of Kunstraum Kreuzberg)

Introduction
Anke Becker (Project founder Anonymous Drawings)
Bettina Munk (Project founder Lines Fiction)
8-11 p.m. Sale of exhibited drawings for 250€ each
Cash and card payment
DJ-Set by Andrea Dama

Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2
D -10997 Berlin
 
ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS
How are our judgements about art affected by our knowledge of the artist’s name and background? How is the value of a drawing determined? Where is the boundary between art and non-art?

Around 1000 drawings by 1000 international artists will be presented as part of the exhibition ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS 2024 at Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin. The works will be exhibited with no mention of authorship or title and offered for sale at a symbolic unit price of 250€. The identity of the artist is revealed only after the work is sold: Sold drawings will be taken right off the wall. The empty space left behind will be marked with the artist‘s full name and place of origin. The given unit sales price should not be seen as a real market price, but as a conceptual place holder for any conceivable amount of money in the art market.

The exhibition was preceded by an international open call for entries. Everyone was eligible. There were no requirements in terms of content or form. The only requirement was that the submitted drawing is no bigger than A3. Age, biography or gender of the artists were not requested and did not play any role in the anonymous selection process.

The exhibited drawings were selected from over 4400 submissions by the artist and project founder Anke Becker. All the drawings were put together in collaboration with the artists Veronike Hinsberg and Inken Reinert to create a collective work of art.

ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS is conceptual art and exhibition project all in one: Each and every artist becomes part of a collective work of art where hierarchies are entirely absent.

Parallel to the exhibition of ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS, LINES FICTION will present an extensive series of animated films.
After the exhibition at Kunstraum Kreuzberg, the exhibition will travel on to Erfurt and Hamburg: Kunsthaus Erfurt: 07.02.-28.03.2025, opening: 7. 02.2025 //  Hyperculturalpassengers, Hamburg, May 2025

SALE OF DRAWINGS AT KUNSTRAUM KREUZBERG
During the opening on Friday, 15.11. from 8 p.m.
Saturday 16.11. & Sunday 17.11., 4 – 8 p.m.
Thursdays, 21.11. / 28.11. / 5.12. / 12.12. / 19.12., 4 – 7 p.m.
Sunday, 1.12., 5 – 8 p.m.
Sunday, 12. 01. 2025, 4 – 8 p.m.
Cash and card payment
ONLINE SALE 
From 19. 11. 2024 – 11.01.2025 –>  www.anonyme-zeichner.de
ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME

Thursday, 21.11., 6 p.m.
Presentation & screening of Lines Fiction with Bettina Munk & participating artists

Saturday, 14.12.: 2 – 6 p.m. & Sunday, 15.12.: 11 a.m.  – 6 p.m.
Zeichnung bewegen – Animation workshop with Aline Helmcke
This workshop explores the possibilities of setting drawing in motion. In short exercises, we will be introduced to working with analog animation techniques such as animated drawing and layering. This will involve working directly under the camera with pencil, paper and scissors. Please bring your own drawing materials, scissors and a smartphone or iPad with the “Stop Motion Studio” app installed for the workshop. Participation is free of charge. The workshop will be held in German. Register by 12.12.:projekte@kunstraumkreuzberg.de

Sunday, 01.12. 3 – 4 p.m.
Exhibition talk with Anke Becker (Curator of Anonymous Drawings)
and Stéphane Bauer (Head of Kunstraum Kreuzberg)
Followed by a get togehter with mulled wine until 8 pm and the opportunity to purchase drawings.

Sun, 12. 01. 2025, 4 – 8 p.m.
Finissage Anonymous Drawings and Lines Fiction
WHERE?
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2
10997 Berlin

U-Bahn Kottbusser Tor / Bus 140, M29
Opening hours: Sundays to Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien will be closed on 01.05., 24.12., 25.12., 31.12. 2024 and 01.01.2025

Admission is free.