Marian Luft is a visual artist, curator, media educator and photographer based in Berlin.
He is the initiator and partner of the following projects:
BSMNT is an exhibition space initiative founded in 2014 by Ronny Szillo, followed by Raik Zimmermann’s involvement in 2015 as project coordinator until 2018. In 2017 Marian Luft joined the team.
The independent art space works as a cultural mediator for contemporary art, aiming to promote new forms of artistic expression, highlight underrepresented artistic practices. BSMNT’s curatorial focus is to review the digital realm’s influence on emerging cultural practices and tendencies in arts, dealing with digital cross-media interrelationships and their effects on the present and the future.
Maintaining an international network of art initiatives, BSMNT develops alternative structures for artistic cooperation and exchange. Multiplying with collaborations, BSMNT actively participates in collective processes, bringing in spontaneity, autonomy, and open-source practices.
BSMNT is located in Spinnerei, Leipzig.
THE POOL’s aim is to speculate, develop and display new dynamic, collaborative and interdisciplinary attitudes in art. It is meant to function as an independent platform for exhibitions, research and residency. THE POOL is organized and curated by Ece Cangüden and Marian Luft, founded in 2020.
The International Off-Space Network aims to build an extensive network of international artist run spaces cultivating new relationships and ideas between artists, curators, galleries, and people in arts. The series attains an alternative approach to collaboration and production, with its non-hierarchical, reachable, transparent, open-source, non-competitive, and progressive structure. It promotes the solidarity of independent art spaces, building a strong network of art professionals, counter-acting to the sovereign art market. Each year, international off-spaces are invited to participate and curate their shows, encouraging participation and teamwork. The collaborative process is later presented in an exhibition, each time with a different focus and location. Each year’s theme investigates matters of the present time, applies and tests utopia, and challenges postmodern understandings.
KOTZ is an artist collective founded in 2019 by Salvador Marino, Don Elektro, and Marian Luft. Since then, they
have been working together on multimedia installations, performances, and online publications that reflect
the absurdities of contemporary life.
Internationally acclaimed, KOTZ has left an indelible mark on contemporary art with exhibitions in Germany,
Russia, Turkey, the USA, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Belgium.
Their provocative approach – inspired by the German word for “vomit” – challenges conventional ideas of
artistic innovation and earned them the coveted title of Forbes No. 1 Art Gang. The motto “Bad Art Well Made”
expresses their commitment to imperfection, accessibility, and resistance to commodification.
At the heart of KOTZ’s exploration lies a playful yet profound questioning of the nature of art in the face of
commercialization, prompting reflection on the role of aesthetics in an age of overwhelming abundance.
Gallery FIST († 2009-2015) is not a gallery. They started closing down galleries and building up walls. They seem 2 b anti, but in fact are real. They are crouching in high grass, in the mud, loving showers, union with nature, are out. Roots have 2 b dug or fucking kicked 2 feel something.
Connected, are mediums, are masters and always over the top, because they are already a magic poppy legend. GF is light. Bright light. It drops dark shadows of course. GF is a universe, fear and guilt can be released. Invitation into a lost stream. Transformation starts 2 art ww1. Finally decided where there's at least only a ritual mirror. Maybe this is why Gallery FIST seems 2 b such a wall and such a gate at the same time.
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Marian Luft is a visual artist, curator, media educator and photographer based in Berlin.
He is the initiator and partner of the following projects:
KOTZ is an artist collective founded in 2019 by Salvador Marino, Don Elektro, and Marian Luft. Since then, they
have been working together on multimedia installations, performances, and online publications that reflect
the absurdities of contemporary life.
Internationally acclaimed, KOTZ has left an indelible mark on contemporary art with exhibitions in Germany,
Russia, Turkey, the USA, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Belgium.
Their provocative approach – inspired by the German word for “vomit” – challenges conventional ideas of
artistic innovation and earned them the coveted title of Forbes No. 1 Art Gang. The motto “Bad Art Well Made”
expresses their commitment to imperfection, accessibility, and resistance to commodification.
At the heart of KOTZ’s exploration lies a playful yet profound questioning of the nature of art in the face of
commercialization, prompting reflection on the role of aesthetics in an age of overwhelming abundance.
THE POOL’s aim is to speculate, develop and display new dynamic, collaborative and interdisciplinary attitudes in art. It is meant to function as an independent platform for exhibitions, research and residency. THE POOL is organized and curated by Ece Cangüden and Marian Luft, founded in 2020.
BSMNT is an exhibition space initiative founded in 2014 by Ronny Szillo, followed by Raik Zimmermann’s involvement in 2015 as project coordinator until 2018. In 2017 Marian Luft joined the team.
The independent art space works as a cultural mediator for contemporary art, aiming to promote new forms of artistic expression, highlight underrepresented artistic practices. BSMNT’s curatorial focus is to review the digital realm’s influence on emerging cultural practices and tendencies in arts, dealing with digital cross-media interrelationships and their effects on the present and the future.
Maintaining an international network of art initiatives, BSMNT develops alternative structures for artistic cooperation and exchange. Multiplying with collaborations, BSMNT actively participates in collective processes, bringing in spontaneity, autonomy, and open-source practices.
BSMNT is located in Spinnerei, Leipzig.
The International Off-Space Network aims to build an extensive network of international artist run spaces cultivating new relationships and ideas between artists, curators, galleries, and people in arts. The series attains an alternative approach to collaboration and production, with its non-hierarchical, reachable, transparent, open-source, non-competitive, and progressive structure. It promotes the solidarity of independent art spaces, building a strong network of art professionals, counter-acting to the sovereign art market. Each year, international off-spaces are invited to participate and curate their shows, encouraging participation and teamwork. The collaborative process is later presented in an exhibition, each time with a different focus and location. Each year’s theme investigates matters of the present time, applies and tests utopia, and challenges postmodern understandings.
Gallery FIST († 2009-2015) is not a gallery. They started closing down galleries and building up walls. They seem 2 b anti, but in fact are real. They are crouching in high grass, in the mud, loving showers, union with nature, are out. Roots have 2 b dug or fucking kicked 2 feel something. Connected, are mediums, are masters and always over the top, because they are already a magic poppy legend. GF is light. Bright light. It drops dark shadows of course. GF is a universe, fear and guilt can be released. Invitation into a lost stream. Transformation starts 2 art ww1. Finally decided where there's at least only a ritual mirror. Maybe this is why Gallery FIST seems 2 b such a wall and such a gate at the same time.