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Lua Mater @ Paris Photo 2024

I'm proud that my work „Lua Mater“ will be featured in the upcoming Art-Icon group exhibition, "Corporeality“ during Paris Photo 2024. The exhibition is curated by Danila Tkachenko and features renowned artists like David Lynch, Roger Ballen, Pussy Riot, Zhang Wei and Christopher Makos. My book „Lua Mater“ was published by EDITON tunnel19 and concludes a cycle of works spanning many years.
https://www.art-icon.org/artist https://tunnel19.de/lua-mater-martin-kesting/

 

 

Lua Mater Book Launch

In August 2024 EDITION tunnel19 published my four-volume work "Lua Mater". "Lua Mater" won Gold @ Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024 and received an Honorable Mention @ International Photography Awards!

Book launch was @ Kunstgarage Franx, Den Haag and Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin (03.10.-12.10.2024). See links:

https://www.kunstgaragefranx.nl/once-upon-a-now/ https://tunnel19.de/3973-2/

 

 

Babel Baltikum

A Baltic road movie.
We feel an underlying melancholy everywhere. The layer is thin and a threat is always close.
Lenka recalls the past of a life in a dictatorship. Martin rediscovers moods in the poetry of Johannes Bobrowski.
Photo exhibition with Lenka Kesting: 7.6.2024 – 15.6.2024 Wed- Fri 16:00-18:00 Sat-Sun 14:00-18:00. tunne19 studio, Kohlfurter Str, 42, Vernissage: 7.6.2024, 18–22 Uhr
https://tunnel19.de/babel-baltikum-lenka-und-martin-kesting/ http://len-kes.de/

 

 

Zustände

Inner emotional, mental and psychological states such as joy, sadness, fear, love, doubt or curiosity are deeply rooted in the human experience. On display are images by members of the tunnel19 artists' group and guests: Jörg Dedering, Eva Grillhösl, Martin Kesting, Mireille Moga, Lars Wagner and Sylvia Zirden. 17.11.2023 – 3 .12.2023 Wed- Fri 16:00-18:00 Sat-Sun 14:00-18:00. Kohlfurter Str, 42

 

 

The Wheel succesfull @ International Photography Awards 2023

My selfpublished book "The Wheel" achieved a "Honorable Mention" at "International Photography Awards" 2023! Means it came pretty close to an Award in the catogorie "Selfpublished Books" as a non-pro. The renowned IPA recieves 14.000 entries every year from 120 countries.
https://photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-1675966261-23 https://photoawards.com/winner/hmention.php?compName=IPA%202023&level=student

 

 

Paris Photo Prize: Bronze for "Tutto rotto"

"Tutto rotto" from 2022 won a Bronze Medal in Steet-Photography!
https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2023/13677/ https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2023/?cat=Special#Student

 

 

Sara-la-Kâli, Fine Art Photography Awards 2023, Nominée

Great, Sara-la-Kâli was nominated @ Fine Art Photography Award 2023.
https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2022-2023/amateur/street https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2022-2023/amateur/street/hm/20017

 

 

Sara-la-Kâli @ Monat der Fotografie - Off 2023

Lenka and me are part of the festival "Monat der Fotografie - Off 2023" in Berlin. In April 2023 we will show our series "Sara-la-Kâli". This exhibition will be the opener for a chain of exhibitions (tunnelwochen 2023) @ tunnel 19 studio, Kohlfurter Straße 42, 10999 Berlin from 14.4.-27.4.2023. Vernissage 14.4.2023 from 18:00.22:00, Thu, Fri 16:00.20:00, Sat, Sun 14:00-20:00.
https://www.monat-off-berlin.de/kunstler-2023/ https://tunnel19.de/

 

 

Mythography vol. II @ Palazzo Gopcevich, Trieste

From 28.10.to 27.11.2022 my work will be exhibted at a group exhibition at Palazzo Gopcevich, Sala Attilio Selva, Via Gioacchino Rossini, Trieste.
https://www.exhibitaround.com/en/exhibits/mythography-vol-ii-with-nino-migliori-virtual-exhibition/ https://www.triestephotodays.com/en/events/premiazioni-mythography-vol-2-con-nino-migliori-e-professor-enrico-medda/

 

 

Tabula Rasa @ Bethanien

Our artist group tunnel19 exhibits @ Kunstquartier Bethanien, Projektraum, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin from 9.10.2022 - 17.10.2022.
Vernissage 9.10.2022 14-22:00
Finissage 16.10.2022 14-22:00
The other days 14-20:00
https://tunnel19.home.blog/1822-2/

 

 

Sara-la-Kâli @ Urban Photo Award

At Urban Photo Awards 2022 my photo essay "Sara-la-Kâli" made it to the longtlist.
https://www.urbanphotoawards.com/en/selected-2022/projects/

 

 

Tutto Rotto @ tunnelwochen 2022

As part of the tunnelwochen 2022 Lenka and me will show two series from Taranto that we photographed in 2021.
8.7.-13-7.2022
"tunnel19 studio", Kohlfurter Str. 42, 10999 Berlin (Vernissage 8.7.2022 18:00-22_00, Sat, Sun 14:00-20:00, Mon, Tue 16:00-20:00
https://tunnel19.home.blog/

 

 

The Wheel and Seeing Things @ Rotterdam Photo Festival

Together with works of our artist group "tunnel 19" two of my works will be shown at Rotterdam Photo Festival 20022..
ROTTERDAM PHOTO FAIR 2022
Willemsplein 85, 3016 DR Rotterdam.
18. – 22 .5.2022
Opening hours:
Wednesday: 6.30 PM - 9 PM
Thursday: 11 AM - 8 PM
Friday: 11 AM - 8 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 8 PM
Sunday: 12 AM - 6 PM

https://www.rotterdamphoto.eu/

 

 

Hermannstraße @ tunnel19 Studio

It is known as one of the noisiest, most chaotic, dirtiest and most honest streets in Berlin: Neukölln’s Hermannstrasse between the A 100 and Hermannplatz on the border with Kreuzberg. We set out together on a Saturday in November 2021 to capture something of the special flair of this street.
4.3.-26-3.2022 at "tunnel19 studio", Kohlfurter Str. 42, 10999 Berlin (Thu-Sat 16:00-20:00)
https://tunnel19.home.blog/1368-2/

 

 

Maranasati @ tunnel19 studio

Works from my recent series "Maranansati" are shown at the group exhibition "Nah / Fern" at "tunnel19 studio", Kohlfurter Str. 42, 10999 Berlin from 29.10.- 20.11.2021 (Thu-Sat 16:00-20:00). Watch out for the basement where Lars Wagner created an installation with his work "Stairways to Heaven" and my work.
https://tunnel19.home.blog/1309-2/

 

 

Seeing Things @Trieste Photo Days 2021

Works from my series "Seing Things" are shown at "Trieste Photo Days" at Biblioteca Statale Stelio Crise,
Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII, Trieste from Sunday 10 October 2021 - Friday 05 November 2021.
https://www.triestephotodays.com/en/events/tales-of-the-unwritten/

 

 

Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2021, Bronze in Book/Fine Art

My book "The Wheel" has been awarded "Bronze" at the "Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) 2021"
https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2021/12106/

 

 

Seeing Things / Lua Mater

Photography and Installation.
9.7.-14.7.2021
Vernissage 9.7.2021, 18:00-21:00
tunnel19 STUDIO, Kohlfurter Str. 42, 10999 Berlin

Berlin. Layers. Everything superimposed, everything next to each other. The World Headquarter of Evil mutates into a Capital of the Libertarians. In Berlin everything is still there and shows up in interference patterns.
https://tunnel19.home.blog/138-2/ausstellung/seeing-things/

 

 

Fine Art Photography Awards 2021

My series "Seeing Things (Berlin)" has been nominated for the "Fine Art Photography Award 2021" Category Street Photography.
https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2020-2021/amateur/street-photography/hm/16108

 

 

Genius Loci - Eine Gruppenausstellung in Einzelteilen

From 09.07 2021
at Tunnel19 – Studio
Kohlfurter Str. 42, Berlin-Kreuzberg
What makes a place special? What is its aura, its character? Which spirit lives in it? In Roman times, the atmosphere of a place was attributed to the work of a protective spirit, the respective genius loci.
https://tunnel19.home.blog/138-2/ausstellung/ https://tunnel19.home.blog/138-2/ausstellung/seeing-things/

 

 

Bio

Martin Kesting lives and works in Berlin Neukölln. In his sculptures and installations, found objects and materials formed by the elements are often combined with photographs and text. He is interested in impermanence, intermediate states, traces and structures. He exhibits since 2014, publishes aphoto books, and creates jewellery. He is a member of the Berlin artist group tunnel19.