Perspaktiv

The final event of this PerspAKTIV edition left us deeply inspired. From powerful artworks to moving conversations—every moment was a testament to the energy and insight of our incredible participants.

If you couldn’t join us, there’s still a chance to catch the vibe:
FINISSAGE – КРОПКА СХОДУ / VANISHING POINT
Artist Talk with Sasha Velichko
24.04.2025, 6 PM
Hotel Continental –
Elsenstraße 87, 12435 Berlin
Free entry | Talk in English
Come celebrate the closing of this residency round and meet one of its powerful voices.

Ph. Siarhei Balai

The project PerspAKTIV is implemented by RAZAM, Ambasada Kultury and Galeria Miejska Arsenał with financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office.
 
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April 18, 2025, 14:00–16:00

MOURNING MORNING / Paper flower workshop with Rozalina Busel
Language: english

Hotel Continental – Art Space in Exile, Elsenstraße 87, 12435 Berlin

Mourning Morning is a workshop by visual artist Rozalina Busel, whose practice explores themes of migration, social inequality, and emotional experience. Working primarily in ceramics, she also incorporates sound, video, photography, texts, and ready-mades, often focusing on physical and symbolic borders.

During the workshop, participants will learn how to make carnations from simple materials such as crepe paper and wire. The carnation, in this context, becomes a symbol of mourning and transition — the end of life in one place and the beginning in another. Rozalina invites participants to experience the process as a personal ritual, a way of expressing emotions and reflecting on difficult experiences through meditative handwork. This act of creation can provide a moment of calm and introspection.

The Mourning Morning installation is part of Rozalina’s long-term project Borders and Restrictions, which explores the experience of relocation and interprets the transition between life and death through the lens of funerary rituals. The paper carnations suspended in the air allude to Soviet traditions, collective memory, and personal grief.

Rozalina Busel (b.1990) is a visual artist from Belarus, currently based in Warsaw. She holds degrees in Ceramics and Art History from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and studied at the University of Art in Linz, Austria. Since 2019, she has been a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) in Geneva.

🖌️Free entry. Limited spots available. Registration link in Bio.
The project PerspAKTIV is implemented by RAZAM, Ambasada Kultury and Galeria Miejska Arsenał with financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office.

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