Lars Karl Becker

'Prada', 'Teo', 'X factor' (all 2025) by Lars Karl Becker @puecki Acrylic paint and transfer paper on digital print on 180g paper, 120 x 85 cm. Currently shown at the Nonference organized by @force_inc_music_works and Synnika, exhibited until January 17 at @synnika.space The »Verfassungsschutz« of the federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) published a series of comics in 2009 to warn schoolchildren about the dangers of so-called extremism. Disturbingly, the intelligence service’s depiction of lived leftist counterculture appears both familiar and distant: familiar motifs that trigger considerable unease about intrusion into one’s own subcultural lifeworld mix with amusement at the nuances the agency clearly fails to grasp in its hilarious, woodcut-like attempts to demonise left-alternative subculture. Andi is on the verge of “slipping” into the antifa scene, only to be led back in the end to his democratic clique – instead of partying in occupied factories and chasing Nazis out of town. Lars Karl Becker took on the issue devoted to left-wing extremism by enlarging individual pages to A0 and working his way through them. The works shown here are part of a larger compendium of Lars Karl Becker's examination.

Lars Karl Becker »Prada« (detail) Acrylic paint and transfer paper on digital print on 180 g paper diptych, each: 120 x 85 cm The ‘Verfassungsschutz’ of the federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) published a series of comics in 2009 to warn schoolchildren about the dangers of so-called ‘extremisms’, claiming that left- and right-wing radicals are equally inhuman. The fact that an intelligence service involves itself in political education is usually something we associate with authoritarian regimes – and yet, here we are. Lars Karl Becker took on the issue devoted to left-wing extremism by enlarging individual pages to A0 and working his way through them. Like an angry schoolchild, the artist rampaged across the pages, erasing and disguising content with additions and empty signifiers. There is nothing here to learn. Currently on view at @synnika.space as part of the Nonference of @force_inc_music_works

Lars Karl Becker »Hoelz« Video, 10 Min. Fingiertes historisches Flugblatt: SCHROETER & BERGER @gebrauchsgrafik3000 Ausstellungsansicht: @forumstadtpark Non-ference @force_inc_music_works »Hoelz« ist ein visuelles Experiment, das die Enden zweier historischer Filme aufeinander presst: »Wolz – Leben und Verklärung eines deutschen Anarchisten« (DDR, 1973) und »Max Hölz. Ein deutsches Lehrstück« (BRD, 1972). Die Gleichzeitigkeit ruft einen Zustand permanenter Rückkopplung hervor, in dem Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in einem fortwährenden Schwellenraum oszillieren. Im Film aus der DDR wird Max Hölz’ Biografie zum Lehrstück über Parteidisziplin; im West-Fernsehspiel dient seine Rolle in den Märzkämpfen von 1921 als Resonanzraum für die damalige RAF-Debatte. Die beiden historisch ungenauen Filme richten ihre pädagogischen Botschaften nicht mehr an ihr jeweiliges Publikum und die Debatten der Zeit, in der sie entstanden sind. Sie schreien nur noch ineinander. Was bleibt, ist eine bittere Stille. –Mein besonderer Dank gilt @gebrauchsgrafik3000 u.a. für das Flugblatt und @ezili.i.sabbah für die Einladung– -- Lars Karl Becker »Hoelz« Video, 10 min. Faux historic handbill: SCHROETER & BERGER Exhibition view: @forumstadtpark Nonference by @force_inc_music_works »Hoelz« is a visual experiment that presses the ends of two historical films together: »Wolz – Leben und Verklärung eines deutschen Anarchisten« (GDR, 1973) and »Max Hölz. Ein deutsches Lehrstück« (BRD, 1972). The simultaneity evokes a state of perpetual feedback, where past and present oscillate in a continuous liminal space. In the film from the GDR, Max Hölz’s biography becomes a lesson in party discipline; in the West German television play, his role in the March Action of 1921 serves as a resonant space for the then-current debate about the RAF. The two historically inaccurate films no longer address their educational messages to their respective audiences and to the debates of the time in which they were produced. They only shout into each other. What remains is a bitter silence. –My special thanks go to @gebrauchsgrafik3000 not only for the Faux historic handbill and @ezili.i.sabbah for the invitation–

Raw Ambassador – Never A Step Back. A music video by Lars Karl Becker, starring Daniela Kneip Velescu and the filmmaker himself. This motion picture is a work of fiction. While inspired by real events, certain characters, events, and dialogues have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events, is purely coincidental and unintentional. The characters and events portrayed in this film are not intended to reflect the name, character, or history of any real person or event. Raw Ambassador – Never a step back. (Acid Avengers 028) The 28th split of the series exudes a sweet perfume of raw energy and sweaty bodies banging in a feverished cellar. On the A-side, Switzerland-based duo Bound by Endogamy, coming from the punk scene, delivers three industrial-synth-rave-hardcore bombs that will definitely destroy your brain. On the B-side, italian producer Antonio Barbetta aka Raw Ambassador delivers two strong dark electroid cuts designed to heat up dancefloors around the globe. This is Acid Body Music, punks ! released February 23, 2024 Mastering by Ronnie Coco / Bound by Endogamy. Artwork by Bunk. 2024 TRIPALIUM CORP [AAR028] larskarlbecker.com @puecki

A music video by Lars Karl Becker, starring Daniela Kneip Velescu and the filmmaker himself. -- Link in bio -- This motion picture is a work of fiction. While inspired by real events, certain characters, events, and dialogues have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events, is purely coincidental and unintentional. The characters and events portrayed in this film are not intended to reflect the name, character, or history of any real person or event. Raw Ambassador – Never a step back (Bound by Endogamy / Raw Ambassador – Acid Avengers 028) The 28th split of the series exudes a sweet perfume of raw energy and sweaty bodies banging in a feverished cellar. On the A-side, Switzerland-based duo Bound by Endogamy, coming from the punk scene, delivers three industrial-synth-rave-hardcore bombs that will definitely destroy your brain. On the B-side, italian producer Antonio Barbetta aka Raw Ambassador delivers two strong dark electroid cuts designed to heat up dancefloors around the globe. This is Acid Body Music, punks ! released February 23, 2024 Mastering by Ronnie Coco / Bound by Endogamy. Artwork by Bunk. 2024 TRIPALIUM CORP [AAR028]

Lars Karl Becker »List of Urban Legends« Acryl und Digitaldruck auf PVC, div. Lösungsmittel und Graffitientferner 50 x 40 cm in Künstlerrahmen Serie von 9; signiert und datiert Morgen zu haben in der @soliauktion_ ! @vetomat Es gibt auch eine Posterausgabe für den kleinen Geldbeutel.

Oh je. Freitag der 13. mit: @keine_gefuehle_nur_noch_saufen @gebrauchsgrafik3000 & der eine von: @bombfickenout

»Gauloises« is an eagerly swept up pile of aesthetic-political shards to a pile of 'post-pedagogical psychedelic' made up of the poisons we millennials were fed as children of West Germany. First shown with Sathit @sathit.sattarasart / @sathit.sattarasart.work in our joint exhibition »A convenient World Clock«, currently on view at @kunst_gegen_rechts in Gera. Lars Karl Becker – Gauloises Pastel, acrylic and transfer paper on digital print on 180gr. paper 120 x 85 cm Digital prints on paper, vinyl stickers on wood and acrylic. Dimensions vary from 45 x 31 x 1,8 cm to 11,5 x 9,5 x 1,8 cm.

»We are winning« Lars Karl Becker Book launch Saturday, 18.11.2023, 16-21 o'clock Cittipunkt e.V. Brüsseler Str. 36a 13353 Berlin, Germany Published on the occasion of Lars Karl Becker's exhibition Tap Water from Coke Bottles at @kunstverein_grafschaftbentheim under the direction of Muriel Meyer, the artist's book combines tongue-in-cheek content and academic discourse from a diverse range of Lars' companions. Jointly conceived with the artistic expertise of @gebrauchsgrafik3000 , the publication is designed in the style of a well-known magazine, this mimicry only allowed us to get the kaleidoscopic breadth of the contributions under one hat. With contributions by: Unchalee Anantawat, Lars Karl Becker, Seth Gastrell, Barbara Innes, Alexander James-Aylin and Durty Beanz, Daniela Kneip Velescu, Dr. Viviane Lohe, Muriel Meyer, Manuel Moesner, Dr. Dominik Nagl, Kay Schaffors, Punch Viratmalee and Ellen Wagner. Featuring artworks of: Felix Amerbacher, Anna Hofmann and Sathit Sattarasart @kunstverein_grafschaftbentheim @murielanna @annahofm_nn @alexjamesaylin @caligula_kneip_velescu @careerist_amnesia @barbarainnesautorin @ellenmaria_w @no_such.thing @puecki @sathit.sattarasart.work @thetip_ffm_bkk @unchaleee @24hrs7dysawk

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