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Posts tagged Peruvian artist in Berlin
Feature Artist Spotlight: Lucas Rueckner in Berlin's Creative City

Two and a half years ago, the Peruvian artist completed his search for the ideal creative haven in Berlin. The creative city is rough and riddled with distractions whilst his work exists in the blissful space between his memories, imagination and reality. How does he, or any artist for that matter, transform the indefinite cultural impulses into focused artistic production?

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A migration story in the writing: Illustrating the past with artist Helga Elsner Torres

Elsner Torres’ paternal great-grandfather emigrated from Germany to Peru. He fathered a child and around the time his son turned five, he left and was never heard from again. The few stories that remain are those that have been passed down by four generations. Today, his great-granddaughter lives and works in Berlin. Through her latest artistic project “Wo kommst du her?” she opens the discourse about migration to all, asking: “Where do you come from?”

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