Once a celebrated invention, today it sits heavy in our stomachs in the form of microparticles: plastic. Under the ambiguous title ‘Here to Stay,’ the GlueHeads use plastic as a starting point for new works: collages, assemblages, photographs.
In 2014, a group of independent artists first came together in Berlin. In pop-up style, they created collages during the day to be exhibited in the evening. Later, this effort resulted in a zine that was released at the following meeting. Inspired by Anelor Robin (†), a series of nine ‘Glueheads’ zines were created between 2015 and 2019 at various locations in Germany and abroad. In 2023, two exhibitions curated by Lula Valletta presented works by some of the artists involved as a kind of retrospective, first at the Verbeke Foundation in Belgium and later at the neurotitan gallery in Berlin’s Haus Schwarzenberg.
In 2025, the GlueHeads are repositioning themselves in Berlin.
‘Here to Stay’ marks the start of a new series in which zine releases and exhibitions will coincide. The GlueHeads’ works are still imbued by the idea of collage, but they also increasingly draw on other artistic processes. Niels Kalk, Caro Mantke and D.M. Nagu are responsible for issue No. 1, and for the current exhibition at Zwitschermaschine.
ZWITSCHERMASCHINE
Potsdamer Str. 161, Berlin
Opening, 8 August at 7 pm
8 to 17 August
open Wed–Sat, 3–7 pm
artists
Aline Helmcke
Caro Mantke
D.M. Nagu
Jorge Chamorro
Lula Valletta
Lydia Mojzis
Niels Kalk
