Kim Köster

Kim Köster grew up in the picturesque artists’ village of Worpswede. In 1994 he begins to become active in the graffiti scene and to fashion the public space with his pieces under the pseudonym MIKone. With the decision to move to Berlin he broke away from the limited letter-based graffiti style and turned his focus on new media and fine arts. Today Kim Köster (born 1981) embarks on a random journey through reality and imagination. His works (mural painting, photography and installations spanning multiple rooms) are inspired by individual perception and atmospheric intuition. On this intuitive journey “souvenirs” emerge that appear apocalyptic through the complexity of the used media and nonetheless, even though without conceptual intent, vitalize existing structures. In this way in 2003/2004 the interdisciplinary art project 99rooms in collaboration with Richard Schumann, Stephan Schulz and Johannes Bünemann comes into existence. It has lured about 2 million visitors from around the globe in the rooms of abandoned industrial buildings and turns each individual into a participant of one of his intuitive journeys. His recent works "POSITIVE-NEGATIVE" display contrasted experiences of a surreal excursion into the constant play of light and shade. The interaction of painting and negative-developed slides provides impressive confusion in an inspiring exaggerated world of colors. Contact: ZENTRALNORDEN Kreativgesellschaft mbH Brunnenstraße 196 D-10119 Berlin Germany TL +49 (0) 30 - 24 08 81 08 FX +49 (0) 30 - 24 08 81 08 ML info@zentralnorden.com