studio niki

an ironic, deliberate provocation: what happens when the demand to “be nice” suppresses the messiness of rage, conflict, and the potential of hate? Drawing from experiences with intimacy and rupture, the installation traces a trajectory — rage / hate >> conflict / break >> repair / change — to ask whether hate can be destructive and constructive, personal and political.

Where disdain equals indifference and superiority, sustaining domination, hate carries another potential: as resistance, as refusal, as a spark of change. (Şeyda Kurt, 2023, Hass. Von der Macht eines widerständigen Gefühls)

niki maria lore · be nice

an ironic, deliberate provocation: what happens when the demand to “be nice” suppresses the messiness of rage, conflict, and the potential of hate? Drawing from experiences with intimacy and rupture, the installation traces a trajectory — rage / hate >> conflict / break >> repair / change — to ask whether hate can be destructive and constructive, personal and political.

Where disdain equals indifference and superiority, sustaining domination, hate carries another potential: as resistance, as refusal, as a spark of change. (Şeyda Kurt, 2023, Hass. Von der Macht eines widerständigen Gefühls)

niki maria lore · be nice

Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia was curated by Niki Danai Chania, Niki Maria Lore, and the collective +++. It took place under the umbrella of 48 Hours Neukölln Festival.
27-29 June 2025 at Centrum Berlin

Exhibition works by Canvaswan, Orestis Telemachou & Shao-Chun Hsu, Tony Tao Li, ULTRA (Benze De Ream & Tonda Budszus), Niki Danai Chania, Niki Maria Lore (Niki Pielsticker), Zuzana Pabisova.

Exhibition’s soundscape/performances by Neda, Gabrielle Rose, Reinartz, ôolong, Mondame, slyn, c00stanza + Noemi Calzavara, Morfvoz.

Program of Sound (/) Performances:

Friday 27 June
21:00 Elif Gülin Soğuksu (live set)

Saturday 28 June
16:00 Gabrielle Rose (dj set)
17:00 Reinartz (live set)
18:00 ôolong (dj set)
20:00 Mondame (live set)

Sunday 29 June
16:30 Ashlynn (dj set)
18:00 c00stanza & Noemi Calzavara (dance / live)
19:00 Morfvoz (live set)

Media:

kaltblut magazine
48h neukölln
gallerytalk
artrabbit

Arrhythmia was curated by Niki Danai Chania, Niki Maria Lore, and the collective +++. It took place under the umbrella of 48 Hours Neukölln Festival.
27-29 June 2025 at Centrum Berlin

Exhibition works by Canvaswan, Orestis Telemachou & Shao-Chun Hsu, Tony Tao Li, ULTRA (Benze De Ream & Tonda Budszus), Niki Danai Chania, Niki Maria Lore (Niki Pielsticker), Zuzana Pabisova.

Exhibition’s soundscape/performances by Neda, Gabrielle Rose, Reinartz, ôolong, Mondame, slyn, c00stanza + Noemi Calzavara, Morfvoz.

Program of Sound (/) Performances:

Friday 27 June
21:00 Elif Gülin Soğuksu (live set)

Saturday 28 June
16:00 Gabrielle Rose (dj set)
17:00 Reinartz (live set)
18:00 ôolong (dj set)
20:00 Mondame (live set)

Sunday 29 June
16:30 Ashlynn (dj set)
18:00 c00stanza & Noemi Calzavara (dance / live)
19:00 Morfvoz (live set)

Media:

kaltblut magazine
48h neukölln
gallerytalk
artrabbit

be nice
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exhibition in collaboration with artist Niki Danai Chania and collective +++
Centrum Berlin
2025

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