As part of the exhibition series adventurers which took place 2008 at JET, argobooks and JET published the publications Chris Reinecke, Art is Necessary, 1959 to Present and Ulf Aminde, Ruhe und Ordnung which are out now. You can order them at www.argobooks.de
The publication of the 2007 exhibition- and concert series FEHLER (failure, error, mistake) is available at JET. It consists of six posters in a folder and was printed without proofreading in an edition of 200. Price 12 Euro.
The publication of the series Was Wäre Wenn (what if) consists of six portfolios which include documentations of the exhibitions which took place at JET in 2006. The publication costs 12.- € and can be ordered at www.thegreenbox.net.
JET is an independent exhibition space for the discussion and presentation of artistic and curatorial practices which was founded by Lena Ziese in 2005. Once a year artists and curators from various disciplines develop their own focus on a particular theme which they relate to JET's physical exhibition space.
Besides these themed exhibition series, JET also shows selected individual positions.
After four years with 24 exhibitions JET closed its space in Berlin-Mitte in October 2009.
The exhibition programme at JET is currently paused.
....................................................................
exhibition series 2009 Specifics
Specific aspects of painting and drawing.
Two media which were underrepresented in the last years of JETs program.
The 2008 exhibition series was on the theme of adventurers
The shows in the series presented artists whose way of life, whether chosen or imposed, impacts on their artistic practise. We were interested in the points at which art and life coincide in artistic works. In particular, we focused not on positions favouring a symbiosis of art and life as a deliberate, programmatic decision, but on those where aspects of the artist’s own life have become woven into his/her artistic production. The aim was to give as diverse a picture as possible of approaches to life as an artist and the accompanying modes of private life.
2007 Series with exhibitions and concerts entitled “FEHLER” (Failure/Error/Mistake)
This series questioned the construction of the FEHLER and its categorization within society, considered not as a breach of the rules but as a positive instruction for action. In a variety of ways, a range of phenomena associated with FEHLER were put to productive use, and there was an affirmation and embracing of faulty material.
2006 Exhibition series on the theme of
"Was Wäre Wenn” (What If?)
This series enquired into visions and alternative scenarios for personal and social problems, combining critical analysis of the present with strategies of action for the future.