2025 – Contre-Jour Art

Abyss’25

Karlo — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:12:18 +0000

Mahalla: Into the Abyss with Orkgotik

Berlin Oberschöneweise 2025

I had the chance to make pictures from the performance „Into the Abyss“ a drag event at the Mahalla.
This is a part from the show and covers the exceptional transformation of the artist into something I would call „art species“. This reminded me very much into Kafkas book „Die Verwandlung“ (or engl „The Metamorphosis“).

The artists Orkgostik Instagram can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/orkgotik/

Draw & Dance’25

Karlo — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:22:29 +0000

Draw & Dance’25

Berlin 2025, Funkhaus

I had the opportunity to participate into a live drawing event with photography.
I wanted to explore again the blurred dance photography with long exposure timing to get the dance in his movement and action. The essence of a dance is the dance and not a still photography nor a still drawing.

I was really happy with my results and the beautiful location and setting and the marvelous dancers.

Link to the dance group https://www.instagram.com/akzeptanzmovement/
and the live drawing location https://www.instagram.com/drinkanddrawberlin/

Kraftwerk’25

Karlo — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 01:04:34 +0000

Kraftwerk’25

Berlin, Kreuzberg 2025

The „Kraftwerk Berlin Kreuzburg“ is currently intended to be a Quiete Space in all this chaos of the city.
Sunday afternoon going to this place with whispering people walking around in this cathedral of already the past devoted building.
Pure energy you could feel in this so pure functional design that it is already beautiful.
With Vicky, Katja and Amy..

I was trying with some hand held long time exposure of about 1 second making pictures..
A tripod photography was actually not allowed for a more psychological reason what i read, even better.

Berlin, August 2025

Corvin Fashion’25

Karlo — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:32:13 +0000

Fashion Time with Corvin

Upcycling and Spontaneity

We had a blast of time to visit Corvin. Invited Robin to get dressed up by Corvin and make some pictures.
The setting was perfect with him, friends and my model.

Ella Chemnitz’25

Karlo — Fri, 23 May 2025 19:14:47 +0000

Ella Gabal into the realm of the stages

Subbotnik Chemnitz with Dani Californiadrag

Ella Gabal in Chemnitz, Jan 2025. Was invited to her first show. The outing, to support this project of live with pictures, was very impressive.
It was part of a cultural event in Subbotnik Chemnitz together with Dani Californiadrag
I was very happy to join this and make some pictures..See the development and that amazing performance in Drag, Punkt and Rock’n Roll.

Bing Beesi’25

Karlo — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:32:19 +0000

Beesenstedt – Mon Amour

Once again there was a Castle burn happening in spring 2025

For this last visit of the castle Beesenstedt I invited to join us Bing. Not only to make pictures but also to gift her this impression, this experience and the setting of this full castle party baroque event.
To make pictures in this environment was so good and brought up so much energy and views and perspectives that I had issues to stop making pictures.
I guess this is reflected into the pictures of this gallery.
March 2025, Beesenstedt.

Tomás Cohen’25

Karlo — Sat, 03 May 2025 23:02:29 +0000

Tomás Cohen

Berlin, 2025

Tomás Cohen in an interview and portrait.
Tomás is from Chile, writing spanish poems and will publish his latest book.
Link

Beesenstedt’25

Karlo — Sat, 03 May 2025 22:10:26 +0000

Pink it Up

Beesenstedt, Sachsen Anhalt 2025

The Burn „Back to the Baer, 25“ at Castle Beesenstedt end of Feb 2025 was a blast. We created our art room called „Pink it Up“ the Art Experience Saloon. We created a room full of red balloons and made some workshop like body painting and bondage photo shoot.
Our balloon architect Maria was so nice to participate into these projects:-)

Roby Ropes’25

Karlo — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:36:02 +0000

Roby in Ropes

BERLIN, APRIL 2025 IN WEISSENSEE AT THE STUDIO OF DANIEL KRAUSE

As a small art project I planned for Roby a surprise, a body paint on her with ropes and wax. My current working place at the Prachtsaal Studio in Neukölln did not allow me to do this performance without further long lastint conversations and elections by the collective which is there as main group.. while myself is a subcontractor of a subgroup who only rented desktop places.. – so no chance to do anything artisticly there. I asked a friend who is a scultpure if we could do this at his place, at his new studio place in Weissensee, Berlin and he agrees.. What a joy.
As a rope mistress I found Svetlana to tie Roby so that we do have her as a human sculpture, painted, waxed, roped into a form..- that was the idea.
To free up my mind I tried to forget as much as possible of what exactly I wanted to do.. – packed all stuff I might need, rented a car and wanted to let things come into a flow – means to be as open as possible to do finally what the situation, the model, the sculpture artist, myself and the rigger agrees.
I find this setting of „clear my mind the day before“ is a very important step to not be bothered or blocked with emotions if something might change, not coming, will go a different path or just things will develop differently, not speaking about people not coming at all..
It is important to keep yourself optimistic and in a good mood for any photography session:
Roby was so kind that she likes surprises and was really very open for anything which might come – so thankful about this cool setting!

Manifest:IO’25

Karlo — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:56:45 +0000

Manifest:IO 25 in Berlin

THE THIRD EDITION OF MANIFEST:IO, THE SYMPOSIUM FOR NEW MEDIA AND ELECTRONIC ART

A full weekend of workshops, talks, performances, and an exhibition hosting works from interactive installations to spatial sound experiences. Below is a brief overview of what we saw at MANIFEST:IO 2025.
My small documentary which is mostly driven by subjective impressions walking around, talking to people, wittness the performances and heard the symposium talks.