About
Kovács/O’Doherty (Kata Kovács and Tom O’Doherty) have worked as a collaborative duo since 2011. Their work combines elements of durational and time-based art, minimalist and electroacoustic music and sound, movement, and video. This work often applies rigorous processes to simple but frequently-overlooked phenomena – they are interested in processes, sounds, and movements that come close to imperceptibility, and the ways in which this material can be transformed through layering, rhythm, pattern, and repetition. They live and work in Berlin, Germany.
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Current and forthcoming events:
| 21.–24.09.2017 | Signal Tide Sound and extraterrestrial radio installation | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA Sound and extraterrestrial radio installation, supported by the Art + Technology Lab at LACMA. |
| 29.10.2017 | New work [as-yet untitled] Process performance | Bethanien, Berlin, Germany New, as-yet-untitled work, as part of the 60_minutes series of impro.per.arts, in Künstlerhaus Bethanien. |
| 01.01.-31.12.2017 | Minute/Year Second year-long iteration of multi-year durational installation | Lütticher 5, Berlin, Germany Multi-year, automated durational installation, currently ongoing. |
Solo and group exhibitions:
| 07.–09.07.2017 | Minute/Year (2017, January–June) Solo exhibition | Das Giftraum, Berlin, Germany Exhibition presenting video works derived from the first six months of the 2017 iteration of the multi-year durational installation Minute/Year. |
| 12.–13.04.2017 | Projecto P! Group exhibition, conference, festival | Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal Presenting the durational installation Increments, at Chiado Museum (MNAC), Lisbon, as part of the exhibition, conference, and festival Projecto P!, curated by Pedro Rocha and Ana Pais. |
| 19.–25.01.2017 | Minute/Year (2016) Solo exhibition | Lite-Haus Galerie, Berlin, Germany Exhibition presenting works derived from the 2016 iteration of the multi-year durational installation Minute/Year. |
| 1.–24.04.2016 | Restructuring the Axis – Temporal and Spatial Investigations: Three Perspectives (Achsendenken – Fragen zu Zeit und Raum: Drei Perspektiven) Group exhibition | Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany Presenting the durational installation Increments (as a five-hour-long event on April 2. and 3., 2016, and thereafter as a photo series and hourly audio remnant, for the duration of the Restructuring the Axis exhibition). Group exhibition, together with David Augusto Rios Alomia and Takahiro Ueda. Curated by Candace Goodrich. |
| 21.-23.03.2016 | Kovács/O’Doherty: Increments und Minute/Year Solo exhibition, open rehearsal | Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (CHB), Berlin, Germany Presenting Increments (as open rehearsal of durational installation) and Minute/Year (as video projection). Presented as part of the series Practice and Performance, curated by Kata Krasznahorkai and Lena Szirmay-Kalos. |
| 01.01.-31.12.2016 | Minute/Year First year-long iteration of multi-year durational installation | G23, Berlin, Germany Multi-year, automated durational installation, currently ongoing. |
| 19.–20.09.2015 | The Museum as Performance Group exhibition | Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal Presenting the durational installation Increments, as part of the exhibition The Museum as Performance, curated by Pedro Rocha, Cristina Grande, and Ricardo Nicolau. With Alex Cecchetti, Anastasia Ax & Lars Siltberg, Isabel Carvalho, Loreto Martínez Troncoso, Maria Hassabi, Musa Paradisiaca, New Noveta, and Vivo. |
| 10.–12.07.2015 | Das Blaue vom Himmel Versprechen Group exhibition | Spreehöfe, Berlin, Germany Video showing, presenting Echoes, as part of the exhibition Das Blaue vom Himmel Versprechen. Curated by Roxane Goldberg. |
| 17.10.–28.11.2014 | Slowness/Langsamkeit Group exhibition | Projektraum Group Global 3000, Berlin, Germany Presenting the performative installation Accompanied Walk, on 28. Nov 2014, as part of the events series of the group exhibition Slowness/Langsamkeit. Curated by Javier Pérez-Lanzac. |
| 06.–07.11.2014 | Increments Presentation and residency | Ausland Berlin, Berlin, Germany Presenting the durational installation Increments, over two evenings, as part of the Place Rhythm. Pulse series. Curated by Gretchen Blegen. |
| 04.06.2014 | Scissor #2 Group exhibition | Nachbarschaftsgalerie, Berlin, Germany Presenting Screenprints (screen-printed amplitude-wave representations of audio from Kovács/O’Doherty works to date). Self-curated group exhibition with Belasco & New (Plan B Performance) and Jenny Keuter. |
| 26.02.2014 | Scissor #1 Group exhibition | Team Titanic Gallery, Berlin, Germany Video showing, premiering video presentation of the performative installation Echoes. Self- curated group exhibition with Séamus O’Donnell (Li/kNiFeLoOp) and Fedora Romita. |
Events and performances:
| 23.02.2017 | Duo :: Duo Event | Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA Presenting the performative installation Accompanied Walk, as part of a shared event presenting duo collaborations, together with Abigail Levine and Paula Matthusen, at Beckham Hall, Wesleyan Center for the Arts. |
| 08.10.2016 | Afterglow Site-specific installation | Musikbrauerei, Berlin, Germany As part of the closing event of the current Digital in Berlin Kiezsalon series of concerts. |
| 19.05.2016 | Alphawave #7 Performance | Spektrum, Berlin, Germany As part of Alphawave evening event, in collaboration with William ‘Bilwa’ Costa. |
| 10.01.2016 | XB Trio Performance | Lütticher Salon, Berlin, Germany As part of group evening event, curated by Johanna Gilje. |
| 06.12.2015 | XB Trio Performance | XB-Liebig, Berlin, Germany As part of the XB Matinee series. |
| 16.10.2015 | Erik DeLuca + Kovács/O’Doherty Event | KK19, Berlin, Germany Video showing, presenting Echoes, as part of evening event with composer Erik DeLuca. |
| 10.10.2015 | Sentimental Punk #4 Live remix | Kotti Shop, Berlin, Germany As part of the Sentimental Punk series of live soundtracks to films, presenting a live remix soundtrack to a selection of short films by Peter Tscherkassky. |
| 24.05.2015 | 3AM Group exhibition and event | Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany Presenting the durational installation Accompanied Walk, as part of the 3AM series, curated by Julian Weber. |
| 04.05.2015 | Montag Modus Performance series event | Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (CHB), Berlin, Germany Presenting the performative installation Accompanied Walk, as part of the inaugural event of the Montag Modus series, curated by Kata Krasznahorkai. |
| 11.05.2013 | Echoes Performative installation | Inner Courtyard, Aqua-Carré, Berlin, Germany Presenting the performative installation Echoes. |
| 05.05.2013 | Neither Here Nor There: Contemporary Irish Events programme of group exhibition | Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany Presenting the performative installation Echoes (presented in the inner courtyard of Jägerstraße 51, Berlin, on 5. May, 2013) as part of the events programme of the exhibition Neither Here Nor There: Contemporary Irish, curated by Jane Hughes and Enda O’Donoghue. |
| 23.11.2012 | Ciarán Walsh and Kovács/O’Doherty Group exhibition | ESDIP Berlin, Berlin, Germany Self-curated exhibition and event, with Ciarán Walsh. Presenting the performative installation Accompanied Walk. |
| 10.07.2012 | Interrupted Speech Performance | Ponderosa, Brandenburg, Germany |
| 12.05.2012 | Interrupted Speech Performance | T-Werk, Potsdam, Germany |
| 14.04.2012 | PORCH Extended #3 Performance series event | K77, Berlin, Germany Presenting the performance Interrupted Speech. |
| 26.02.2012 | Retreating Sounds Performative installation | Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin, Germany |
| 12.01.2012 | My Body Engages in Work Group performance event | Sophiensæle, Berlin, Germany Presenting the performance Feet, as part of the evening programme My Body Engages in Work, one of the evenings of the Tanztage Berlin 2012 festival, curated by Peter Pleyer. |
| 28.11.2011 | Retreating Sounds Performative installation | Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin, Germany |
| 03.09.2011 | Feet Performance | Schwelle 7, Berlin, Germany |
| 31.07.2011 | Retreating Sounds Performative installation | Ponderosa, Brandenburg, Germany |
| 30.07.2011 | Feet Performance | Ponderosa, Brandenburg, Germany |
| 12.07.2011 | Three Speakers Performance | Ponderosa, Brandenburg, Germany |
Lectures and talks:
| 08.06.2017 | Self-surveillance and Pervasive Data Lecture, discussion | Panke, Berlin, Germany As part of Scope Sessions #66 — a version of the talk is available on Medium |
| 13.03.2016 | Minute/Year (Open Minute #2) Open minute, artist’s talk | G23, Berlin, Germany |
| 07.02.2016 | Minute/Year (Open Minute #1) Open minute, artist’s talk | G23, Berlin, Germany |
| 04.02.2016 | Winter Poodle Bar #3 Artist talk | K77 (Keller), Berlin, Germany As part of K77 Poodle Bar series. |
| 28.09.2014 | Sound, Movement, and Silence Artist talk | NAH DRAN: Tanzstipendiaten, ada Studio Berlin, Berlin, Germany As part of Nah Dran Extended. |
| 23.04.2013 | Beyond The Ring #9 Artist’s talk | Beyond The Ring, Berlin, Germany As part of the Beyond The Ring artists’ talk series. |
Research, work-in-progress presentations:
| 04.11.2015 | Excerpt Work-in-progress presentation | K77, Berlin, Germany |
| 13.09.2015 | Increments Open studio showing | Uferstudios, Berlin, Germany |
| 21.08.2014 | Increments Work-in-progress showing | Ponderosa, Brandenburg, Germany |
| 05.09.2013 | Drone Pattern Research process | Rummelsberger Bucht, Berlin, Germany |
| 01.10.2013 | Increments Work-in-progress presentation | Bakelit Multi Art Center, Budapest |
| 01.12.2011 | Ice Research process | Berlin, Germany Ongoing research process since 2011. |
Curatorial and organisational work:
| 16.10.2015 | Erik DeLuca + Kovács/O’Doherty Event | KK19, Berlin, Germany |
| 04.03.2015 | Scissor #3 Group exhibition | Nachbarschaftsgalerie, Berlin, Germany Curatorial organisation of Scissor #3 |
| 04.06.2014 | Scissor #2 Group exhibition | Nachbarschaftsgalerie, Berlin, Germany Curatorial organisation of Scissor #2 |
| 26.02.2014 | Scissor #1 Group exhibition | Team Titanic Gallery, Berlin, Germany Curatorial organisation of Scissor #1 |
| 23.11.2012 | Ciarán Walsh and Kovács/O’Doherty Group exhibition | ESDIP Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
Grants, awards, and residencies:
| 16.04.–10.05.2017 | Residency | Queens Collective, Marrakesh, Morocco Research residency in Queens Collective, Marrakesh |
| 25.05.2016 | LACMA 2016 Art + Technology Lab Award | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA Research process for new project, supported by the LACMA 2016 Art + Technology Lab Award. |
| 01.09.2015 | Award and grant | Berliner Senat, Berlin Förderprogramme Internationaler Kulturaustausch, Berliner Senat |
| 20.09.–01.10.2013 | Residency | Bakelit Multi Art Center, Budapest Residency with presentation of work |
| 05.09.2013 | Award and grant | Berlin Tanzstipendium |
| 01.07.–05.08.2012 | Residency | Ponderosa, Stolzenhagen Residency with presentation of work |
Press and media coverage:
| 24.01.2016 | Interview with Johanna Gilje Interview |
| 06.12.2015 | XB Matinee Interview Interview |
| 23.11.2014 | Raudio Aasland Interview |
| 17.11.2014 | The Berlin Agenda Interview |