We have just finished the production of a small book about … us. It is a well-crafted small edition of 20 copies. We used hand-sewing and laser-cutting to achieve the ever important ambivalence between the physical and the virtual.
Recent Activities.
March 8th, 2012
October 25th, 2011
Yesterday, we set up a large version of the Y-Table at the DAZ, German Architecture Centre.
The Y-Table [DAZ version] by The Anxious Prop, in collaboration with DAZ and
Raumtaktik, 2011The Y-Table is not a finished object. It is a customizable workstation that is
CNC fabricated, built only on-demand to help resolve the common creative
questions of its users. As a sustainable approach, it is a customizable idea
designed to facilitate specific production processes while keeping material
excess to a minimum. The Y-Table always keeps its distinctive three-partite
form, but its dimensions and surface-features vary from use to use, from site
to site.The DAZ version was developed by Matthias Böttger, Silke Johannes [+DAZ team],
Ludwig Engel [Raumtaktik], Mendel Heit, Patrick Kochlik, Jens Wunderling, Jan
Bovelet, and Luis Berríos-Negrón.The Y-Table was initially a participatory installation for Case 3 of The
Anxious Prop at Salon Populaire in 2010. It served as an interface and
large-scale template for the collective and the audience to come together
through the
editing and binding of The Black Swan Issue feuilleton. The initial concept was
a collaboration between Luis Berríos-Negrón, Elín Hansdóttir, Mendel Heit,
Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga, and The Product.
The Y-Table at DAZ
October 19th, 2011
Our interactive installation SOL is golden.
Not only its outer shell, but also at the 2012 Annual Multimedia Award, which we won in the Event/Game/Installation category.
A hearty thank you to the jury!
Golden.
September 22nd, 2011
We are happy to announce the opening of the wonderful exhibition “Wunder – Art, Science and Religion from the 4th Century to the Present” at Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, to which we contributed three interactive, collaborative and transformative installations on the specially curated “childrens’ path”.
From the curators’ description:
WONDER (Miracle) is a word that bursts boundaries. This exhibition taps into its explosive potential, tracing the arc of the miracle throughout different times and disciplines. Centering on works of contemporary art, it develops its arguments by assembling objects from many different spheres and allowing them to enter into dialogue with one another: a technical innovation stands next to an artwork exploring the western fascination with technology; a Christian rendition of the Vera Icon is flanked by a video work that flouts all notions of authenticity; the visualization of sub-atomic particles in a cloud chamber is juxtaposed with the emotions made visible by an art installation.
The Exhibition will be on until February 5th, 2012.
WUNDER
March 29th, 2011
The Product contributes a realtime visualization of the panel discussion at Stattbad Wedding.
March 30, 2011, 19:30, STATTBAD Wedding, Gerichtstr. 65, 13347 Berlin
Making-Visible is a prerequisite for collective knowledge – and each mode of production makes their own, certainly not only through visual channels. AXP C4 aims to question the differences and similarities between science and the plastic arts in terms of making-visible. In an epistemic examination of the scientific format of the conference, work and interventions are seen through open debates about science, art and architectural production featuring guests such as Hans-Jörg Rheinberger. As a collective/publication, The Anxious Prop will intervene and release its latest feuilleton, with the general intent to present the process of curating collectivity, to present a series of works that will constitute a operative environment, and to casually talk about the released material, with the contributors and the public.
Case 4 co-directed by Jan Bovelet and Luis Berríos-Negrón with contributions by Caitlin Berrigan, Luis Berríos-Negrón, Jan Bovelet, Rick Buckley, Eric Ellingsen, Tim Gough, Mendel Heit, Alexandra Hopf, Boris Kajmak, Anna Kostreva, Miodrag Ku?, Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga, Pia Marais, The MIT Museum, Olivia Plender, The Product, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Carrie Roseland, Salottobuono, Gabi Schillig, George Stiny.
The Anxious Prop Case 4: Reviewing Making-Visible
March 17th, 2011
The nice people over at Fjord Berlin invited us to give a little talk about us, our work and our thoughts at their regular “Fjord Kitchen” Event.
March 30 2011
18:00 – 21:00
Friedrichstraße 210
10969 Berlin
admission is free, the event is open to the public.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201002856594397
see you there!
The Product at Fjord/Berlin
March 11th, 2011
On the 11th of March there will be the first ever in Germany. It will take place in the beautiful town of hamburg. The event is kindly organized by Michael Seifert, Markus Losleben and Frank Gruber.
And equally interesting: we are part of it and will be contributing anecdotes and insights on the ‘Leave-A-Comment Toolkit’ project. If you happen to be in the area, come and enjoy.
We will be speaking at ‘This Happened’ in Hamburg.
November 30th, 2010
Schiel Projekt kindly invited us to contribute an installation to the soon-to-be-reopened Computer Spielmuseum in Berlin. Check out our first concept sketches.
Computerspiele Museum.
May 26th, 2010
From the 22nd of may to the 8th of august we will be participating in a group exhibition called Locate Me in Bethanien Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin with our project Leave-A-Comment Toolkit.
‘Leave-A-Comment Toolkit’ exhibited at ‘Locate Me’.
March 22nd, 2010
From April on Dennis Paul, co-founder of The Product, will be an active part of the interdisciplinary Digital Media course at Hochschule für Künste Bremen.
Mr. Dennis Paul was Appointed Professor.
March 18th, 2010
We have just released the “Leave-A-Comment Toolkit”. Check out the documentation.
We Released the “Leave-A-Comment Toolkit”
December 18th, 2009
Schiel Projekt kindly invited us to work on a media design concept for the Neueinrichtung of the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
For more detailed information ( in german language ) you can check out the announcement on the website of schiel projekt.
We were invited to conceive a media design concept.
December 18th, 2009
Together with Schiel Projekt we were commissioned to design a travelling exhibition about parasites for the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
Iiiiieeeeek! We are designing an exhibtion about parasites.
June 25th, 2009
We have just finished a piece that is now on display in the Otto Bock Science Center Medizintechnik at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. It features an interesting interplay between virtual and physical, a dose of interaction and is quite huge. Stay tuned for a more indepth documentation.
Also see the article on the ART+COM website.
Kinetic Sculpture, Done.
June 18th, 2009
We are finally done. It was quite a lot but totally worth it … we think.
Installation, Done.
February 6th, 2009
Tennisfreunde Berliin @ Spiegel Online.
February 4th, 2009
Today we started our blog on unfinished, geeky and mundane matters. To underline this we called it Meantime. Feed it to your RSS news aggregator!
In the Meantime…
January 28th, 2009
Tennisfreunde Berliin @ A MAZE
January 27th, 2009
Snow Play – It is on display, it is alive.
January 19th, 2009
Snow Play – New Installation coming up.
October 13th, 2008
Teaching at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
June 21st, 2008
The Tennisfreunde Berliin were invited to join the culture night in post-sovjet city of Vilnius.
Tennisfreunde Berliin went east
May 2nd, 2008
Patrick co-authored an article about Interaction Design in de:bug magazine 122.
Publication in De:Bug Magazine
April 9th, 2008
The talk we gave at the Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign conference is now available online.
“Wohlerzogene Interaktive Medien” talk available online.
February 19th, 2008
Dennis participated in a workshop on digital fabrication ( or fabbing ) and algorithmic shapes.
Generator.x 2.0: Beyond the Screen
June 14th, 2007
Patrick and Dennis gave a talk at the Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign conference.