Multidisciplinary Studio Internship - Art, Engineering & Communication (Berlin)

Studio Apelbaum, founded by artist and engineer Jonathan Apelbaum, brings painting, technology, sound and people into the same space. Our work begins with stories of intimacy, memory and identity and grows through a team of makers, engineers, musicians, performers and writers. We are building a new 150 m² studio at Osloer Straße 16–17 in the historic Umspannwerk Christiania, with a workshop and our own exhibition space. Our cognitive paintings are oil paintings whose images shift with light, movement and sound through custom LED systems and software. Building these paintings and building the new studio are equally important parts of the internship. Both ask us to work with our hands, solve problems together and learn across disciplines. Our team crosses disciplines: Jonathan Apelbaum (painting and artistic direction), Thore Bartholomäus (co-owner and main engineer), James Calvert (mechanics and mechatronics), Fabian Wetekamp (software), Titouan Duflo (engineering, performance and AV), Clément Royon (music and soundscape) and malice. (a French collective from Clermont-Ferrand), Lucie Froehlich (fabrication and animation), Aysu Naz Atalay (writing), Valeria Loseva (building), and Alexandra Psijas (design). We also work with choreographer Matilde Flor Usinger and musician Forgotten Sounds to shape how an exhibition moves into the night. Our own series of ambitious, invitation-only exhibitions and events is central to the new studio. We design and build adaptable furniture in steel and oak so the same room can hold work, an exhibition or a dinner. We make the artworks, shape the space, invite our guests and welcome them ourselves. With Clément Royon's music, an exhibition can slowly change its rhythm; with Forgotten Sounds, it can move into a party. This way of working grows from Jonathan's experience in queer and club culture. Beyond the studio, we create large installations with TRACEY (formerly Lunchbox Candy), Playground Festival and other art festivals. How the internship works We welcome engineers, programmers, makers, artists, writers and communicators. The internship has three connected parts: 1. We begin together with two equally important jobs: building the studio and building the cognitive paintings. Everyone joins the hands-on work, whatever their background. This includes renovating and making furniture as well as assembling, wiring and testing the paintings. 2. You take on one main studio project shaped around your skills, with guidance from the team. This can become the direction of a longer collaboration. 3. In May, we come together for a major exhibition. We will transform an entire building and take care of the experience from installation and invitations to welcoming guests. Tasks Build, assemble and test cognitive paintings and their LED systems Build the studio with us, including custom steel and oak furniture and its adaptable exhibition and dining space Contribute to research, prototypes, software, spatial design or storytellin