> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Artists in Quarantine X Times in Crisis - URL: https://arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io/text/artists-in-quarantine-times-in-crises/ - Published: 2020-04-09T00:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-30T18:46:04.000Z - Description: An invitation into the intimacy of daily ritual - Author: Carolina Redondo - Tags: #silverstripe An ongoing series of video diaries from the Artists at Klosterruine Berlin, available on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/klosterruine.berlin/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) and [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxC3Xe0KKhCq8A956YGU9Q?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io). The interwoven texts below were written two weeks apart. *\[23.3.2020\] The COVID-19 outbreak has done away with ordinary life.* **\[7.4.2020\] Things that happened in the meantime.** *For now. But when exactly is this now? To act in this crisis* **R.E.M. wrote a song** *is to anticipate its effects, to not waste time.* **called “No Time for Love like Now”.** *All the while in Wuhan, China, the* ***The New York Times* wrote,** [**"Mr.** ](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/europe/boris-johnson-coronavirus-hospital-intensive-care.html?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)[**Johnson’s illness**](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/europe/boris-johnson-coronavirus-hospital-intensive-care.html?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) *numbers of new infections are stagnating and* [**plunges the country back into the uncertainty Britons**](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/europe/boris-johnson-coronavirus-hospital-intensive-care.html?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) *the worst appears a thing of the past. The far-reaching* [**thought** ](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/europe/boris-johnson-coronavirus-hospital-intensive-care.html?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)[**they had left behind”**](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/europe/boris-johnson-coronavirus-hospital-intensive-care.html?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)**. Using ZOOM might be illegal** *measures of “social distancing” enforced by the state and* **according to the** [**Datenschutz-**](https://taz.de/Zoom-und-die-Corona-Krise/!5674593/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)[**Grundverordnung**](https://taz.de/Zoom-und-die-Corona-Krise/!5674593/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)**.** *the subsequent suspension of our everyday* [**42.000 refugees are confined in camps**](https://seebruecke.org/leavenoonebehind/aktionen/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) *routines are bound to further obscure our sense of time.* [**on Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Leros und Kos**](https://seebruecke.org/leavenoonebehind/aktionen/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) *Trying to stay in touch with the “outside world”,* [**without medical care and running water**](https://seebruecke.org/leavenoonebehind/aktionen/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)**.** *many of us turn to the news, exposing us* [**The legal term Kontaktsperre refers to the prohibition of**](https://dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/129a.html?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) *to a time that is nothing but a sequence of events,* [**communication** ](https://dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/129a.html?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)[**between prisoners**](https://dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/129a.html?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) **(5). Asked to comment on the racist** *one that can virtually be sped up at will.* **exclusion in generalizing responses to the epidemic,** [**Denise**](https://www.facebook.com/thekhanorg/videos/152937289377315/) *“Times in Crisis” invites artists* [**Ferreira da Silva notes that it is one of those situations where**](https://www.facebook.com/thekhanorg/videos/152937289377315/) *to adapt the format of the video diary* [**“everybody knows so much and too much”**](https://www.facebook.com/thekhanorg/videos/152937289377315/)**. The** *and to keep track of their time. Insisting on daily repetition, it constitutes* **trains are still running.** [**Berlin based freelancers and small business**](http://Berlin%20based freelancers and small business owners received around 1.3 billion euros) *an invitation to check in and* [**owners** ](http://Berlin%20based freelancers and small business owners received around 1.3 billion euros)[**received around 1.3 billion euros.**](http://Berlin%20based freelancers and small business owners received around 1.3 billion euros) *slow down. After all, the speed of the virus spreading,* [**Paul B. Preciado wrote a letter to his Ex and**](https://www.artforum.com/slant/the-losers-conspiracy-82586?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) *is the same with which people go to work, take* [**then threw it away.**](https://www.artforum.com/slant/the-losers-conspiracy-82586?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)[**Spain is moving towards Universal Basic**](https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/7/headlines/spain%5Fsays%5Fit%5Fwill%5Fimplement%5Fa%5Funiversal%5Fbasic%5Fincome%5Fas%5Ffrance%5Freports%5Fhighest%5Fdaily%5Fdeath%5Ftoll?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) *breaks, meet friends, have a drink, take the stairs and sleep.* [**Income**](https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/7/headlines/spain%5Fsays%5Fit%5Fwill%5Fimplement%5Fa%5Funiversal%5Fbasic%5Fincome%5Fas%5Ffrance%5Freports%5Fhighest%5Fdaily%5Fdeath%5Ftoll?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)**.** [**“‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ smashes sales records”**](https://www.destructoid.com/animal-crossing-new-horizons-smashes-sales-records-584626.phtml?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)**.** *Against the predominant impression that* [**Since the early 90s, the German government**](https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/56239/Folgen-der-Privatisierung-von-Krankenhaeusern-Die-Spielregeln-sind-willkuerlich?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) ***we don’t have any, we actually do have time.*** [**has saved close to 50 billion Euros in the public health sector.**](https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/56239/Folgen-der-Privatisierung-von-Krankenhaeusern-Die-Spielregeln-sind-willkuerlich?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) *Time we should use, to take care of each other.* [**There are still no dolphins in Venice.**](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-fake-animal-viral-social-media-posts/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) Text by Christopher Weickenmeier [Magdalena Los, 09.04.2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggSsfwQuSbY&ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggSsfwQuSbY\[/embed\] [Magdalena Los](https://magdalenalos.com/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) (\*in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland) lives and works in Cologne. She usually works within different kinds of media, trying to give people what they want, but not what they thought they wanted. [Nick Koppenhagen, 09.04.2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cwO6qjbmYA&ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cwO6qjbmYA\[/embed\] [Nick Koppenhagen](https://nickkoppenhagen.com/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) is an artist and independent researcher from Berlin. His work is concerned with studying the semantic and visual properties of abstract systems. [David Reiber Otálora, 09.04.2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz-AJe65ZZE&ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz-AJe65ZZE\[/embed\] David Reiber Otálora is a German-Colombian artist and filmmaker currently living in Berlin. In his works he explores the significance of overlooked objects by playing with and subverting historical narratives, questioning representations of the other and the exotic. [Lorenzo Sandoval, 09.04.2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQScsMY-DVc&ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQScsMY-DVc\[/embed\] [Lorenzo Sandoval](http://lorenzosandoval.net/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) works as an artist and curator. His works deals with divergent genealogy of technology linking textile, computation, sound and spatial processes. He is interested as well in the relationship between institution making and commonalities. Since 2015, he has run The Institute for Endotic Research, which opened as a venue in 2018, in collaboration with Benjamin Busch. [Nina Wiesnagrotzki, 09.04.2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQZp0VF2te4&ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQZp0VF2te4\[/embed\] [Nina Wiesnagrotzki](http://www.wiesnagrrr.de/?ref=arts-of-the-working-class.ghost.io) is a Berlin-based multimedia artist. For TIMES IN CRISIS, Wiesnagrotzki presents docu-fictional interviews between medical staff and patients at Berlin Corona testing sites. Each day takes place at another location. http://www.wiesnagrrr.de/ *TIMES IN CRISIS is a weekly series from the artists of Klosterruine* Week 1, (25.03.2020): Leda Bourgogne (in collaboration with Rebecca Prechter), Verena Buttmann, Nick Koppenhagen, Magdalena Los, Julia Novacek, Pablo Schlumberger, Mirjam Thomann, Nik Timková & Zuzana ŽabkováWeek 2 (02.04.2020): Eli Cortiñas, Elif Saydam, Boris Ondreička, Steven Warwick, Nina WiesnagrotzkiWeek 3 (09.04.2020): Magdalena Los, David Reiber Otálora, Lorenzo Sandoval. Continuing from Week 1 and Week 2, Nick Koppenhagen, Nina Wiesnagrotzki *Klosterruine Berlin is a communal gallery in the district Mitte. "Times in Crisis" marks the beginning of the exhibition series "Times in Ruins", a two-year long investigation into contemporary figurations of time that was conceived of by Christopher Weickenmeier, the artistic-curatorial director. Carolina Redondo is an artist and the head of production of the Klosterruine Berlin and Bärenzwinger, also a communal gallery in the district Mitte.*