Multidisciplinary Studio Internship - Art, Engineering & Communication (Berlin)

Studio Apelbaum is an artist-led studio founded by Jonathan Apelbaum, an artist and engineer. Our paintings explore intimacy, memory and gender through people and their stories. We are building a new 150 m² studio at Osloer Straße 16–17, in the historic Umspannwerk Christiania. We build cognitive paintings: oil paintings that change with light, movement and sound through LED systems and software we develop ourselves. Painting, electronics, music and performance become parts of the same work. Our team crosses disciplines: Jonathan Apelbaum (painting and artistic direction), Thore Bartholomäus (co-owner and main engineer), James Calvert (mechanics and mechatronics), Fabian Wetekamp (software), Titouan Duflo (engineering, sound and AV), Clément Royon and malice. (music and soundscape), Lucie Fröhlich (fabrication and animation), Patricia Berchtold (architecture), and Nas (building). Choreographer Matilde Flor Usinger was part of I Want You to Love Me More. Aaron, who performs as Forgotten Sound, helps us shape the move from an exhibition into a party. The new space is workshop, exhibition room and invitation-only meeting place. We make its adaptable furniture ourselves in steel and oak, and our intimate event series is at the heart of the studio. We build the works, shape the room, invite and welcome guests. With Clément Royon's music and sound, we explore how an exhibition can slowly change its rhythm; with Aaron / Forgotten Sound, that movement can carry on into a party. This approach grows from Jonathan's experience in queer and club culture. I Want You to Love Me More shows how painting, sound, performance and people can become one evening. Beyond the studio we create large installations with TRACEY (formerly Lunchbox Candy), Playground Festival and other art festivals. Main Focus We are looking for engineers, programmers, makers, artists, writers and communicators. You will work with the paintings and take on one main project shaped around your skills. The interns