my castle your castle
Kerstin Honeit
»I saw my castles fall today And crumble into dust beneath my feet.« –Ray Price, I Saw My Castles Fall Today, 1957
The artist invited guests into the shell of Berlin’s City Palace, which has more or less overriden the Palace of the Republic in architectural terms: one guest had been one of the builders of the symbolic GDR edifice, while the other had organised its demolition. The setting of the discussion at the coffee table appears theatrical, and in fact the scene is transferred, using artificial fog, to the performance of two queer cowboys. Who does the castle belong to?
Kerstin Honeit
Kerstin Honeit’s research-based works examine the translatability of socio-political issues into defiant aesthetics and counter-narratives. Her work has been shown at exhibitions and film festivals such as KINDL, Berlin; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; CAC, Quito; n.b.k., Berlin; Off Biennale Cairo; International Short Film Festival São Paulo; MMOMA, Moskau; International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen; BFI London.
Films by Kerstin Honeit (Selection)
Junost Bang 2023 | Why or Why not? 2020 | [ˈzi:lo]5 2019 | PANDA MOONWALK or WHY MENG MENG WALKS BACKWARDS 2018 | my castle your castle 2017 | ich muss mit ihnen sprechen 2015 | Pigs in Progress 2013
