StartingPoint:Exploration – Bauhaus and Nails
The event “Starting Point:Exploration” forged connections with seemingly distant realms such as nature, technology and music.
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“StartingPoint:Exploration” was the third and concluding event of “hands on nails – we are open” at the Temporary Bauhaus-Archiv.
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Maharu Maeno
The Moss Nail Project is inspired by a novel by Tomoyuki Hoshino, in which people wear plant tattoos on their skin and grow vegetables on their heads instead of hair. When Maharu Maeno attempts to live with moss growing on her nails, she discovers just how challenging this can be. As part of Maharu Maeno’s Moss Nail Performance, visitors were invited to receive their own moss nail and experience what it means to be connected to another living being in this unique way.
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Nadja Buttendorf
As a co-founder of Cyborgs e.V. (a cyborg being a hybrid of a biological organism and a machine), Nadja Buttendorf is interested in exploring how the human body can be conceived in relation to technology without necessarily following the logic of constant enhancement. In Nadja’s Magnetic Nail Art Studio, visitors were invited to augment their nails with magnets. These Magnetic Nails make it possible to perceive electromagnetic fields and temporarily attach metallic objects to the fingernail.
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Camilla Inge Volbert
Drawing on her background in fashion design, Camilla Inge Volbert has been working with nails and nail art for several years. Her intricately designed nails are in high demand and have featured in numerous avant-garde fashion shoots. Despite her established position within the industry, Camilla is also familiar with its less visible and more challenging aspects. Through her performance, she offers insight into her artistic practice.
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Thams
For Thams, nails are a space in which conventional gender roles can be challenged and reimagined. Through the private studio Thams Does Claws, Thams provides a safe and affirming environment for Berlin’s queer, trans, Black and Indigenous People of Colour (QTBIPOC) community, where individuality and self-care can be freely expressed. In the performance Object of Love, Thams transformed objects of personal and emotional significance brought by visitors—such as pieces of jewellery, lucky charms, songs and poems—into unique nail art designs.
