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Time-based Art: Video, Performance, New Media, Sound, and so much more... MOMENTUM is a non-profit platform for time-based art, active worldwide since 2010.

Launched in Australia as a parallel event to the 17th Biennale of Sydney, MOMENTUM subsequently moved to Berlin’s iconic Kunstquartier Bethanien Art Center in 2011, with an on-going program composed of local and international Exhibitions, Artist and Curator Residencies, Video Art in Public Space Initiatives, Digital Archives of the Performance and Education Programs, and a growing Collection of in

ternational artworks. Positioned as both a local and global platform perpetually seeking innovative answers to the question ‘What is Time-Based Art?’, MOMENTUM serves as a bridge joining professional art communities, irrespective of institutional and national borders. Working on a model of international partnerships and co-operations, MOMENTUM supports artists and artistic innovation, providing an environment for professional development where artists can work, live, research, create, experiment, and exhibit while immersed in the vibrant cultural communities of Berlin. Visual languages continue to evolve in concert with the technologies which drive them, and it is the role of visual artists to push the limits of these languages. As the world speeds up, and time itself seems to flow faster, MOMENTUM provides a program focused on the growing diversity and relevance of time- based practices, exploring how time-based art reflects the digitization of our societies and the resulting cultural change – a question increasingly relevant in our (post)pandemic age. Since its inception in 2010, MOMENTUM has presented over 250 exhibitions, artist residencies, education events, and a diversity of related programming worldwide, showing close to 700 international artists. MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.momentumworldwide.org/

16/05/2026

We are thrilled to welcome thandiwe adofo as our new MOMENTUM Artist in Residency, joining us until 2nd July! She joins our current residents Alba Ala-Pietilä and Eero Karjalainen, who will be with us until 30th September.

MORE INFO HERE:
https://www.momentumworldwide.org/momentum-artist-residencies/thandiwe-adofo-2026/
https://www.momentumworldwide.org/momentum-artist-residencies/alba-eero-karjalainen/

15/05/2026

Today marks the last day of Ground99 🖤 It's been an incredible journey, thank you to all the artists who brought this vision to life, and to Atelier Voyage for opening their doors and making it all possible. Come see it one last time before it's gone. ✨

FINISSAGE:
Friday 15 May, 6-8pm
99 F. Azzopardi, Senglea (L-Isla), Malta

MORE INFO HERE:
https://www.momentumworldwide.org/exhibitions/ground99/

Atelier Voyage Rachel Rits-Volloch Aaron Bezzina Stefano Cagol Margret Eicher Duška Malešević Bjørn Melhus Almagul Menlibayeva Nina E. Schönefeld

07/05/2026

In the lead-up to the Venice Biennale 2026, we are glad to spotlight MOMENTUM collection artist Thomas Eller , co-curator of the Mongolia National Pavilion.

Titled "Entanglements: Connectivities Across Borders", the exhibition explores interspecies relations, spirituality, and transnational exchange, bringing together artists from Mongolia in a project that resonates with historical and contemporary forms of connectivity.

https://www.momentumworldwide.org/collection/thomas-eller/
http://www.thomaseller.com/

3. "THE White Male Complex, #5 (Lost)" (2014), Video, 11 min 25 sec

4. "THE White Male Complex #14" (2022), Video, single channel, 4:3, 20 min 33 sec

5. "THE white male complex #11 (endgames) – drop" (2014)

6. "THE bubbles - SELBST (Bacchus Version)" (2011), Siebdruck auf wassergestrahltem Aluminium, Weinstock, 360x120x50cm

7. "THE Landschaft – SELBST (starkes Wetter Deutschland!)" (1995), 350x580x60cm

La Biennale di Venezia

06/05/2026

Continuing our countdown to the Venice Biennale 2026, we are glad to spotlight MOMENTUM collection artists Claudia Chaseling and Nicholé Velásquez, participating in "Sound Makes Space (Markers XIV Project)".

Opening today, May 8, 2026 at 6pm at Saturnia & International Venezia, the exhibition is presented by the Artists’ Museum in collaboration with The 4th Wall, Berlin, as a homage to the work of Robert Wilson.

At its core, the project reflects on the long-standing artistic dialogue between Wilson and composer Hans-Jörn Brandenburg, whose concert and talk will take place during the opening event.

3. "silent shadows" (2023), Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

4. "Hadzici" (2016), aluminium, egg tempera and oil on canvas, 140x140 cm

5. "drawn by dreams" (2023), water colour and pencil on paper, 30x40 cm

7. "Turmbau zu Babel mit Krahn" (2011), Unique Multiple Exposed Composition on Negative Film, Hahnemühle rag paper, 24x36 cm

8. "Baustelle Berliner Stadtschloss" (2013/2019), Hahnemühle rag paper, 61x91.4 cm

9. "Swan Lake" (2020), Multiple Exposed Composition on Analog Film. Hand-painted Chromogenic film with Mirror Plate, 30x45 cm

La Biennale di Venezia

05/05/2026

In the lead-up to the Venice Biennale 2026, we are glad to spotlight MOMENTUM collection artist Fiona Pardington, representing Aotearoa New Zealand.

Presented at the Istituto Provinciale per l’Infanzia Santa Maria della Pietà, her project "Taharaki Skyside" brings together photographic portraits that move between cultural memory, ecological awareness, and the thresholds between the physical and the metaphysical.

https://www.momentumworldwide.org/collection/fiona-pardington/
https://www.photoforum-nz.org/blog/fiona-pardington-taharaki-skyside-venice-biennale

2. "Portrait of a life cast of Matoua Tawai (three quarter profile), Aotearoa/New Zealand" (2010/20), Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, framed in hand lacquered black Goldie moulding with AR70 non-reflective museum glass 176 x 140 cm

3. "Inachis io Peacock wing scales, Camogli, Italy, June 8, 1967, I (2016), With-thanks-Musee Cantonal de Zoologie Lausanne Switzerland.

4. "Soft Target I" (1991), Silver gelatin print in wooden frame with oil paint and collage, 135 x 99.5 x 14.4 cm.

5. "Still Life with Wakatipu Wai in a Crystal Carafe, a Sparrow and an Albatross Tail" (2014), Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, framed in Goldie moulding with AR70 non-reflective museum glass 176 x 140 cm

6. "Hei Tiki (female), Ngai Tahu Christchurch, Banks Peninsula Area (Waru), Okains Bay Museum" (2002) Silver gelatin print

7. "Still Life with Plastic Syringes, Bottles and Bubbles, Ripiro" (2014) Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, framed in hand lacquered black Goldie moulding with AR70 non-reflective museum glass, 140 x 176 cm

8. "One night of love (Nursey)" (2001) silver gelatin print, 18 x 17 cm

La Biennale di Venezia

04/05/2026

In the lead-up to the Venice Biennale 2026, we are pleased to highlight the presence of MOMENTUM collection artist Mariana Vassileva in the exhibition WHO’S A GOOD BOY?, presented by the Kelterborn Collection in Venice.

Bringing together thirteen artists, the exhibition explores forms of authority not as spectacle, but as something embedded in language, repetition, and everyday structures.

https://www.momentumworldwide.org/collection/mariana-vassileva/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVbMnDMCDQP/

2. "Just a Game" (2009), Material lead, aluminium, 180 x 60 cm

3. "The Origin of Ending" (2015), Eggs, 45 x 30 cm

4. "Accelerator" (2011), Engine (Bugatti Veyron), neon, barbed wire, dimensions variable

5. "Denkpause" (2016), School chairs, 500 x 45 cm

6. "Inbetween" (2015), Neon lights, 150 x 200 x 60 cm

7. "Will they be friends one day?" (2011), Installation, one rusty and one golden nail

8. "Microfon" (2017), Object, bronze, H 130 cm

03/05/2026

As the Venice Biennale 2026 approaches, we are pleased to highlight the presence of long-time MOMENTUM collaborator and collection artist Almagul Menlibayeva in "As Above, So Below", a Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

Presented on the island of Giudecca, the exhibition brings together international artists exploring ecological and planetary transformations through immersive installations.
https://www.1ocean.org/projects/as-above-so-below

Almagul Menlibayeva is part of the MOMENTUM Collection with "Transoxiana Dreams".
https://www.momentumworldwide.org/collection/almagul-menlibayeva/

2. "Transoxiana Dreams", 2011, HD Video, 23 min

3. "Ulugh Beg: Intrinsic Futuristic Machine of Central Asia" (2020), 4K, 10-channel video installation, Almagul Menlibayeva, Surround Sound by German Popov.

4. "Collector of the stars" (2017), 120 x90 cm, Inkjet Print on archival paper.

5. "The Map of Nomadizing Reimaginings #2" (2023), 220 x 160 cm

6. "Emigration of the cultural workers to the Anti-Nuclear Bunker in Altai.
AI Realism. Political Shamanism, Qantar 2022", 40 x40 cm, C-Print.

02/05/2026

Continuing our countdown to the Venice Biennale 2026. We are pleased to highlight the presence of MOMENTUM collection artist Stefano Cagol was chosen to represent Nauru for the first presence of the country at Venice Biennale with a National Pavilion.

https://www.momentumworldwide.org/collection/
https://www.nauru-biennalevenezia.com/

2. "We Are the Flood. Greenland" (2024)

3. "We Own the Futures", International Day of Light (2025) © Stefano Cagol / Bressanone Turismo & Cultura, Ph. Philipp Seyr

4. "Ice Melting Ice" (2019), neon installation, 2 x 15 m
Rienza and Isarco rivers confluence Water Light Festival, Brixen

5. "The Time of the Flood. Gezeitenkraft" (2020)

6. "The body of Energy (of the mind)" (2014-ongoing), infrared live captured images, ice, projection

7. "The Ice Monolith", Biennale di Venezia (2013), 72-hours public art installation, ice block, 200 x 120 x 50 cm, 72-hours shooting. Riva Cà di Dio, Venice. Maldives Pavilion, 55th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia

La Biennale di Venezia

01/05/2026

As the Venice Biennale 2026 approaches, we are pleased to highlight the presence of long-time MOMENTUM collaborators AES+F in Venice.

Their latest work "Digital Safari: Fables of the Jungle" will be presented in a one-day screening at Auditorium Santa Margherita, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, on May 5.

AES+F will also be featured in CYFEST 17 – International Media Art Festival with Psychosis, continuing their exploration of immersive narrative environments.

4-5-6. "Psychosis" (2016–2018), Video set design for theater, single-channel video installation (18′14″), mixed reality installation / performance (approx. 18′), 4 video stills

30/04/2026

Final countdown to the Venice Biennale 2026.
We are delighted to highlight the presence of long-time MOMENTUM artists and collaborators across this year’s exhibition.

Starting with our collection artist Theo Eshetu, whose work is included in the main exhibition, a powerful and well-deserved recognition.

2. From the MOMENTUM Collection: "The Festival of Sacrifice" (2012) from the series: The Lamu Project. Video installation. https://www.momentumworldwide.org/collection/theo-eshetu/

3. "Till death do us part" (1982-1987), two-channel standard definition video (color, variable duration audio, twenty monitors, two clay masks, disco lights and bench. New York, MoMA.

4. "The Return of the Axum Obelisk" (2009), HD video, 26’ 45’’. Naples, Madre.

5. "Brave New World" (2000), single-channel video installation with audio. Photo: Tiwani Contemporary

6. "Veiled woman" (2012), fine art print from analog photography on Hahnemühle paper, 90 x 90 cm. Photo: Barbara Thumm

7. "Atlas Fractured" (2017), Digital video projected on banner, color, sound, 35'. documenta 14, Neue Neue Galerie (Neue Hauptpost), Kassel

La Biennale di Venezia

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