Artist Group Statement
Global Alien was an international artist collective active from 2005 to 2015, with a central hub of members based in Berlin. Their work explored the fragmented nature and effects of globalization, as well as issues of power dynamics and cultural identity.
Engaging with the aesthetic dimensions of social and urban realities, Global Alien developed participatory formats in the form of playful, game-like performances. Their approach invited audiences to co-create meaning through interaction. Each project aimed to establish a fluid, performative space that fostered continuous exchange with local contexts—seeking to transcend borders and connect with others in the places we find ourselves.
GLOBAL ALIENS
Youngjoo Cho (www.youngjoocho.com), Thorbjørn Reuter Christiansen (christiansentobi@hotmail.com), Christopher Mayer chm, Lizza May David, Marte Kiessling, Namsee Kim (southclock@hanmail.net), Kuo-Wei Lin, Jakob Schaible, Jae-Hyun Yoo
PREVIOUS GLOBAL ALIEN GUESTS AND SUPPORTERS
Gabriel Rossell Santillàn, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Damian Rebgetz, Moira Zoitl, Susan Gordanshekan, Nele Wohlatz, MoogulatoR pattysplanet, Boris Polonski Verstaerker, Hieroglyphone, Cooperation with the Anna-Siemsen High-School under the direction of Sandra Contreras, Anja Sommer, Karin Hindsbo, Insa Breyer, Kaoru Yoneyama, Dong Gyu Kim
2014 | Workshop at Hong-ti Art Center, Busan | |
2014 | Lecture at Songshil University, Seoul | |
2012 | Lecture at Kyoung Won University, Seoul | |
2012 | Performance, Presentation »Rebus New York« and Lecture “Talking without talking”, Ccull Pool, Seoul | |
2012 | Freie Klasse, University of Arts Berlin | |
2012 | Presentation, Where we meet: Cultural Translation and Art in Social Transformation, ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Werkstatt für Kulturen, Berlin | |
2011 | Lecture at Pacific Northwest College of Art PNCA (The Pacific Northwest College of arts), Portland | |
2011 | »Suicide or Solidarity«, Red Channels in Berlin, Screenings and Talks, West Germany, Berlin | |
2011 | GLOBAL ALIEN Presentation at «A Space of Asia Art Archive« as a part of »Thank You Art Day« (39art), Hong Kong, China | |
2009 | Artist Talk about groupwork, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT | |
2009 | »Power of spoken words«, Presentation and Screenings, Project Tongue by Oda Projesi and Nadin Reschke, Tongue Laden, Berlin | |
2008 | »Teams & Subjects – Über Autorschaft in Künstlergruppen«, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Sophiensaele, Berlin |
2014 | Funding of Berlin Senatem Cultural Affairs Department (for Seoul) | |
2012 | Funding Danish Arts Council and ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (for New York) | |
2011 | Funding by Korean and Danish Arts Council, Funding Berlin Senate Cultural Affairs Department (Portland) | |
2009 | Funding Danish Arts Council | |
2008 | Funding by Korean and Danish Arts Council | |
2007 | Funding by Korean and Danish Arts Council | |
2006 | Art Award – Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung Munich |
2009 | »Hope or Failure«, Berlin (Eigenverlag, 500 Exemplare) | |
2010 | »The Power of the Spoken Word«, Berlin (Eigenverlag, 1000 Exemplare) | |
2014 | GLOBAL ALIEN GA1, GA2, GA3, Traktor Verlag Berlin (ISBN: 978-3-9811991-3-0) |