2012 PROGRAMME

MONTH OF PERFORMANCE ART–BERLIN / MAY || Programme 2012  
HOW THE CALENDAR WORKS:
  • Click on the name of the venue or location for a brief project description listed in chronological order (click on the name again to close the expandable text)
  • For a full project outline and daily programme click on the number of the day of the month
  • The projects listed as [ MPA-B ϟ ] are MPA-B-led initiatives which include an opening event at Substitut on May 1st; a lecture series at Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz; a series of performances in public spaces; a 48hr-long Performance Art marathon at Acud; a weekly Monday bar at Zunftwirtschaft with games and hosts; the Direct Action Festival 2012 – an experimental live art format for performance and text – and the MPA-B Performance Kunstpreis sponsored by Bierlinie GmbH and Duvel, and taking place at Denkerei where we will also host our MPA-B 2012 closing party on May 31st.
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FOR THE FULL PROJECT OUTLINE AND DAILY PROGRAMME CLICK ON THE NUMBER OF THE DAY OF THE MONTH 

 

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– On call anytime & throughout May: The Surrealist Taxi
Looking for a special ride today? Make sure to call The Surrealist Taxi! Let the cards choose direction and time of travel, and indulge in a surprising journey
– 05:30: Viciously Early Morning Performance
Get up at dawn and meet with other early birds on a 208 x 264,5cm space and see performances [of other sorts] at various public places in the city
– 12:00-20:00: Substitut
“888: 8 hours labour. 8 hours recreation. 8 hours rest.”: performative interventions with Zosia Kwasieborska, Georg Keller, Jeanne Gillard, Nicolas Rivet and Mio Chareteau
– 21:00: [ MPA-B ϟ OPENING ] AT SUBSITUT
Join us for the opening event of the Month of Performance Art – Berlin! We will present the programme and the second edition of the Berlin Performance Art Report. Meet also the MPA-B organising team, and some of the participating artists and programme partners. We look forward to seeing you there! Entrance is free.
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Elisabete Finger (running until May 4th)
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Elisabete Finger (running until May 4th)
– 18:00-21:00: L’Atelier – kunst(spiel) raum
Performances with Pipi N P Records, Agora Collective and Katherina Heil + Permanent installations
– 19:00-21:00: Live Confession / Loophole
A conversational game with words and exchanges with MPA-B artist Yael Sherill. Hosted by Leen Horsford at Loophole Bar
– 21:00-24:00: Liebig12 project space
“Lampyris noctiluca”: performance by Fried Rosenstock
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Elisabete Finger (closing on May 4th)
– 18:00-21:00: L’Atelier – kunst(spiel) raum
Performances with Nicolas Puyjalon, Agora Collective and Katherina Heil + Concert by Clemence de la Tour du Pin, Daniela Huerta + Permanent installations
– 18:00-22:00: Substitut
Art-Happening with Beide Messies
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– 18:00-21:00: L’Atelier – kunst(spiel) raum
Performances with Anton Unai, Elvia Wilk & Shane Anderson, Agora Collective and Katherina Heil + Concert by Kasper Vang + Permanent installations
– 19:00: Savvy Contemporary
“Packet Soup”: Vernissage opening (running until June 2nd)
– 20:00: Tatwerk
“There is no love like the first”: performance with Vera Sofia Mota
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– 13:00: Art Laboratory Berlin
“Is the Desert Still the Desert in a Digital World?”: online performance with Gretta Louw
– 18:00-21:00: Artstudio Reynolds
“The Lost”: live performances based on the recently found and restored film material of an unfinished 1930’s feature length film
– 18:00-21:00: L’Atelier – kunst(spiel) raum
Concert by Alan Layton & Florian Constantinides, Vadim Svoboda & Roman Azzaro + Permanent Installations
– 20:00: Tatwerk
“There is no love like the first”: performance with Vera Sofia Mota
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– 20:00: [ MPA-B ϟ LeKlub ] / Zunftwirtschaft
Come and get social, and mingle with fellow artists at this informal MPA-B night gathering, with hosts, performances and games. Tonight a Night of Magic – Jeux des Mains, Tricks and Magickx
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Diego Agulló and Dmitry Paranyushkin (running until May 12th)
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Diego Agulló and Dmitry Paranyushkin (running until May 12th)
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Diego Agulló and Dmitry Paranyushkin (running until May 12th)
– 20:00: Kreuzberg Pavillon
“About Being God”: a happening with Kalle von Karl + other special guests
– 20:00: Art Laboratory Berlin

“Musical Transpositions for the Reversing Machine” by Sam Belinfante & Simon Lewandowski Palindrones

MPA-B meets the London Performance Scene

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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Diego Agulló and Dmitry Paranyushkin (running until May 12th)
– Starts at 18:00: [ MPA-B ϟ MPA open ] / Acud
48hr non-stop Performance Art marathon organised by the MPA-B team and featuring over 62 performances by artists from all over the world
– 18:00: Liebig12 project space
Sound installation and performance with Holger Bleck & Allegra Solitude+Performance by artists Ivana Spinelli & Simon Olivier
– 19:00: Escape International Performance Festival
Beginning of a 9 day performance festival deconstructing the geopolitical meaning of the phenomenon, concept and word “Escape”
– 19:00-22:00: Stattberlin
“Performance project M4P” with various spontaneous performers and audiences interacting within Delphine Marinier’s installation / Performance and opening (exhibition running until May 19th)
– 19:00-20:00: Momentum
“King Kong Theory”: performance with Nadja Verena Marcin
– 20:00: LEAP
“Schönheitsmaschine” Performance and Installation by bösediva (Robin Detje/Elisa Duca) and Jochen Arbeit
– 20:00: tamtamART
“Unspoken, Regulate/Rhythm” with Pei-Ling Lee, Yi-Chun Chen, I-Hsiang Wang, Chiang and Yi- Ching
– 20:00-23:00: Silver Silver Lopez
“FocusDiversion3.0”: three succeeding performances in a multidisciplinary installation setting with sound and videowork
– 21:00: F.I.T.
“The place of my Memory oder Das Meer hinter der Mauer”: performance by Ana Kavalis
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Diego Agulló and Dmitry Paranyushkin (closing on May 12th)
– All Day: [ MPA-B ϟ MPA open ] / Acud
48hr non-stop Performance Art marathon organised by the MPA-B team and featuring over 62 performances by artists from all over the world
– All Day: Escape International Performance Festival
9 day-long performance festival deconstructing the geopolitical meaning of the phenomenon, concept and word “Escape”
– 16:00: Art Laboratory Berlin
“Experiments with the Reversing Machine”: workshop with the artists Sam Belinfante & Simon Lewandowski
– 16:00 & 19:00 & 21:00: LEAP
“Schönheitsmaschine” Performance and Installation by bösediva (Robin Detje/Elisa Duca) and Jochen Arbeit
– 18:00-20:00: Savvy Contemporary / Richardplatz
Packet Soup – Verstilling: performance by Nathalie Fari at Richardplatz
– 19:00: Alex TV
“The Powers of Art”: the only live TV show dedicated to the performing arts and paranormal activities – Episode 4
– 19:00-20:00: Momentum
“Staging the World Performing the Floor”: screenings with Nadja Verena Marcin, Kathryn Garcia and PrinzGholam
– 19:00: Skalitzers Contemporary Art
“Fine Lines”: exhibition by the in-famous Swedish artist Nug
– 21:00: F.I.T.
“The place of my Memory oder Das Meer hinter der Mauer”: performance by Ana Kavalis
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– 16:00 & 19:00 & 21:00: LEAP
“Schönheitsmaschine” Performance and Installation by bösediva (Robin Detje/Elisa Duca) and Jochen Arbeit
– 17:00 & 18:00: Tatwerk
“Shelter”: performance with Ana Rita Manuel + “The Heart Lies in the Roots II”: performance with Marisa Benjamim
– Ends at 18:00: [ MPA-B ϟ MPA open ] / Acud
Closing day of this unique 48hr non-stop Performance Art marathon organised by the MPA-B team and featuring over 62 performances by artists from all over the world
– 19:00-21:00: Live Confession / Heroes
A conversational game with words and exchanges with MPA-B artist Simon Lewandowski. Hosted by Leen Horsford at Heroes Bar
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– All Day: Escape International Performance Festival
9 day-long performance festival deconstructing the geopolitical meaning of the phenomenon, concept and word “Escape”
– 19:30: Performer Stammtisch / BLO- Ateliers
Special MPA-B Performer Stammtisch: meet the Brooklyn scene
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– 18:30 & 20:00: Panke e.V.
“Die Made im Speck”: installations, performances and lectures about the dimensions of social disgust
– 18:30: KuLe Theater
“Anima/Animus #1”: savage amusement (Melanie Jame Walsh – triage live art collective) explores ‘the C word’
– 19:30: General Public
“Floating Gaps” : book launch + performances by Steffi Weismann and Dorothea Rust
– 19:30: Galerie Ulrich Haasch
“Mask”: performance video work by Julia Maier
– All Day: Escape International Performance Festival
9 day-long performance festival deconstructing the geopolitical meaning of the phenomenon, concept and word “Escape”
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– 17:00-21:00: [ MPA-B ϟ Public Space ] / BrandenburgTor
MPA-B performance series RAUMTEILEN im Öffentlichen Raum (SPACE SHARING) – “Tourist Trap” by Dovrat Meron
– 20:00: Panke e.V.
“Die Made im Speck”: installations, performances and lectures about the dimensions of social disgust
– All Day: Escape International Performance Festival
9 day-long performance festival deconstructing the geopolitical meaning of the phenomenon, concept and word “Escape”
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– 19:00: Kulturpalast Wedding International
Präsentationen der Projekte “ARTóN, bokACCION and REformance” with the Spanish artists Ana Matey, Blanka Palamós and Fernandez Mirón
– 19:30: Grimmuseum
“Extension Extra” with performances by Shannon Cochrane (CAN) and Dariusz Fodczuk (POL)
– 20:00 & 21:30: Panke e.V.
“Die Made im Speck”: installations, performances and lectures about the dimensions of social disgust
– All Day: Escape International Performance Festival
9 day-long performance festival deconstructing the geopolitical meaning of the phenomenon, concept and word “Escape”
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– 16:00-24:00: [ MPA-B ϟ Conceptual ] / DIRECT ACTION 2012 at A-A-A
“Direct Action”: a laboratory and experimental live art format for performance and text
– 18:30: [ MPA-B ϟ Lecture Series ] / Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz
Lectures with C J Mitchell – Live Art Development Agency (UK), Shannon Cochrane – artist, artistic director of FADO, 7a*11d (CAN), Manuel Vason (IT/UK) photographer, and Joan Casellas (ESP) – artist, artistic director of La Muga Caula
– 19:00: Freies Museum
“CO-LAB editions 8 – Made in Finland”: curated by Marcio Carvalho and Leena Kela in collaboration with Savvy Contemporary
– 19:00: Kulturpalast Wedding International
Performances as part of the project “ARTóN, bokACCION and REformance” with the Spanish artists Ana Matey, Blanka Palamós and Fernandez Mirón
– 19:00: Okazi Gallery
“Esprit de Corps”: a series of events to promote, encourage and motivate all ages to become physically active [as a means to participate in Art]
– 20:00: tamtamART
“Unspoken, Regulate/Rhythm” with Ginevra Panzetti, Enrico Ticconi, Ya-Wen Fu and Saskia Hubert
– 20:00: KuLe Theater
“Anima/Animus #1”: savage amusement hosts special guests from Brooklyn, NYC – Panoply Performance Laboratory (PPL)
– 20:00 & 21:30: Panke e.V.
“Die Made im Speck”: installations, performances and lectures about the dimensions of social disgust
– 21:00: F.I.T.
“The place of my Memory oder Das Meer hinter der Mauer”: performance by Ana Kavalis
– All Day: Escape International Performance Festival
9 day-long performance festival deconstructing the geopolitical meaning of the phenomenon, concept and word “Escape”
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– Closing Day: Escape International Performance Festival
Closing day of this 9 day-long performance festival deconstructing the geopolitical meaning of the phenomenon, concept and word “Escape”
– 11:00-23:00: Grüntaler9
“I Think Not” (Live Performance, 12 hours continuously)
dolanbay (Berlin/London/Istanbul)
– 12:00, 20:00 & 21:00: Tatwerk
Triple Bill with “Emisiones Cacatua” by Arantxa Martinez & Nilo Gallego, “Traps” by Roberto Equisoain and “Hunger” by Irina Makarova
– 14:00-20:00: Flutgraben e.V. / Alpha Nova- Kulturwerkstatt
Performancekunst und politisches Handeln: künstlerische und aktivistische Strategien im urbanen Raum + Austellung
– 14:00-24:00: [ MPA-B ϟ Conceptual ] / DIRECT ACTION 2012 at A-A-A
“Direct Action 2012”: a laboratory and experimental live art format for performance and text
– 15:00: Cell63 Art Gallery
“Alice in Animaland”: A body tale performance by Fenia Kotsopoulou and Simona Di Lucchio, followed by “Mizar Open Clusters” by Eru and Seven of Eglise
– 17:00 & 22:00: KuLe Theater
“Anima/Animus #2”: performances by Rima Nadji and Karolina Magnusson-Murrayand, and “Anima/Animus #3” with MASTOK.E.N.N
– 18:00: Liebig12 project space
Performative happening by BONUS-EXTRA (Blanca Nieto, Alicia Guirao, Eponine Franckx, Maru Carranza and Paco Vallejo)together with the extraordinary apparition of the Creature Walk (by Allegra Solitude)
– 18:30: Extension Extra / Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz
“Extension Extra” with performances by Márcio Carvalho (POR), Joan Casellas (ESP), Marc Giloux (FR), Wilhelm Klotzek (DE) and Ellen Friis (DEN)
– 19:00: Savvy Contemporary
“Packet Soup”: performances by Yingmei Duan and discussion with the artist Cai Qing
-19:00: Kulturpalast Wedding International
Screenings of videos as part of the project “ARTóN, bokACCION and REformance” with the Spanish artists Ana Matey, Blanka Palamós and Fernandez Mirón
– 20:30: Merkezi
“Society&Magic”: magic and performance rituals by Iris Smeds, Leo Park and Linnea Hansander
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– 12:00 & 20:00: Tatwerk
“Emisiones Cacatua” by Arantxa Martinez & Nilo Gallego + “Hunger” by Irina Makarova
– 14:00-20:00: Flutgraben e.V. / Alpha Nova- Kulturwerkstatt
Performancekunst und politisches Handeln: künstlerische und aktivistische Strategien im urbanen Raum + Austellung
– 14:00-22:00: [ MPA-B ϟ Conceptual ] / DIRECT ACTION 2012 at A-A-A
“Direct Action”: a laboratory and experimental live art format for performance and text
– 17:00: Grimmuseum
“Extension Extra” with performances by Annika Dahlsten & Markku Laakso (FIN), Leena Kela (FIN), Elina Minn (FIN) and Kimmo Modig (FIN)
– 17:30 & 20:30: KuLe Theater
“Anima/Animus #4 – Inner & Outer Animals”: a media performance lecture with former punk-rock musician Mona Motel + “Anima/Animus #5 – Salon”
– 19:00-21:00: Live Confession / Soupanova
A conversational game with words and exchanges with MPA-B artist Dolanbay. Hosted by Leen Horsford at Soupanova Bar
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– 10:00-17:00: GlogauAIR
Beginning of a week-long Performance Art laboratory
– 18:00: Flutgraben e.V. / Alpha Nova- Kulturwerkstatt
Performancekunst und politisches Handeln: künstlerische und aktivistische Strategien im urbanen Raum
– 20:00: [ MPA-B ϟ LeKlub ] / Zunftwirtschaft
Come and get social, and mingle with fellow artists at this informal MPA-B night gathering, with hosts, performances and games. Tonight a night of table top performed on 60×60
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– 10:00-17:00: GlogauAIR
Day 2 of a week-long Performance Art laboratory
– 19:00: Flutgraben e.V. / Alpha Nova- Kulturwerkstatt
Performancekunst und politisches Handeln: künstlerische und aktivistische Strategien im urbanen Raum
– 19:00-22:00: Stattberlin
Installations and performances with Ying-Mei Duan and Elana Katz
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Jasmin Schaitl (running until May 25th)
– 10:00-17:00: GlogauAIR
Day 3 of a week-long Performance Art laboratory
– 17:00-21:00: [ MPA-B ϟ Public Space ] / Dada Galerie
MPA-B performance Series RAUMTEILEN im Öffentlichen Raum (SPACE SHARING): “Klicklack – Zeit..Zeit – Lebendes Bild” with Bettina Wagner
– 19:30: Galerie Ulrich Haasch
Performances “Up and Down” by Stefanie Polek + “Shaking hands” by Elisa Andesser
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Jasmin Schaitl (running until May 25th)
– 10:00-17:00: GlogauAIR
Day 4 of a week-long Performance Art laboratory at GlogauAIR
– 12:00,14:00, 18:00 & 20:00: Alexander Platz
“People in Transit”: outdoor, site-specific performance by Nutshell – performance starts at Alexanderplatz fountain
– 19:00 & 20:00: The HomeBase Project Berlin
“I don’t see this happening”: live performance about home, identity, communication and communal living followed by a dinner with the artists
– 20:00: Rumbalotte Continua
“Kurze und Videos”: screenings of videos by Marc Aschenbrenner and Ingolf Keiner
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop workshop with Jasmin Schaitl (closing on May 25th)
– 10:00-17:00: GlogauAIR
Day 5 of a week-long Performance Art laboratory
– 11:00: Alexander Platz
“People in Transit”: outdoor, site-specific performance by Nutshell – performance starts at Alexanderplatz fountain
– 19:00-21:00: Live Confession / Kim
A conversational game with words and exchanges with MPA-B artist Kalle Von Karl. Hosted by Leen Horsford at Kim Bar
– 19:30: Espace Surplus
“Pulling Strings”: performance project with Eva Meyer-Keller and Irina Müller
– 19:30: Atelier Soldina
“Untitled (in the corner)”: performance with Manuela Macco deconstructing different meanings of the expression “stand in the corner”
– 20:00: Tatwerk
“A Short in the Dark”: Tatwerk collection
– 20:00, 21:00 & 22:00: Scotty Enterprise
“Take a Dream on a Sunday”: live speech act reenactment with Linda Weiss and Anna Bromley
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– 10:00-17:00: GlogauAIR
Closing of a week-long Performance Art laboratory
– 18:00: Mindpirates e.V.
“Tableau Vivant”: installation/performance by Mike Hentz and afterparty with Baby of Control (live) and DJ Marcelle
– 19:00: Grimmuseum
“Extension Extra”: KANON 1-12, The Best of Danish Culture / opening event with the dance performance ‘A Lesson’ by Henrik Vestergaard Friis and Magnús Logi Kristinsson / Exhibition continues until June 17th with live performances, video, sound, pictures and text
– 21:00-22:30: Grüntaler9
“Between Islands” by Maiko Date % Masako Kazimura (Tokyo/Berlin)
– 19:00 & 20:30: Supermarkt
Inter-form: An evening with two interactive internet-based performances: “Skype Duet” with Brina Stinehelfer + “Us, The Audience, and Them” with Christina Lederhaas, Joachim Kapuy, Peter Baur
– 20:00: Boxtempel Berlin
“This is what happens when an artist challanges a curator”: Christoph Kopac and Edmund Piper meet on the boxing ring
– 20:00 & 21:00: Kunstraum Tapir
“What a Nice Time We Had Here”: performance project by Alex Nathanson and Dylan Neely + “My 1000 year old birthday party” with Filipa Guimarães
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– 15:00-15:30: ExRotaprint
“Biographical Chronicle of Industrial Production”: a site-specific intervention on the grounds of a former printer factory, tracing the history of industrial production and featuring up to 100 participants
– 16:00-17:00 & 21:00-open end: Grüntaler9
L = (a + t b / t E R ) (Live Performance)
Lisa Stertz (Berlin) + “8.bit Synaesthete: a conversation” James Murphy (Belfast/Berlin)
– 17:00 & 17:45: Die Frühperle
“Dividing up the body politic”: performance by Ellinor Ljungkvist + “Love Mass” by Linnea Hansander
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Andres Galeano (running until May 30th)
– 11:00-18:00 & 19:30: grüntaler9
“Performing Lines”: CD6 workshop by Oona Colliander (Helsinki/Berlin) & Chris MacBlain + Presentation of workshop creations / Talk about the performances with all the artists and invited guests
– 20:00: [ MPA-B ϟ LeKlub ] / Zunftwirtschaft
Come and get social, and mingle with fellow artists at this informal MPA-B night gathering, with hosts, performances and games. Tonight a night of talk – and we mean it: just talk
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Andres Galeano (runing until May 30th)
– 20:00: U-Bahn Antigone / Neukölln U-Bahn Station
“U-Bahn Antigone (Part A)”: site-specific performance on the U7 train/platforms by Das Ist Doch Keine Art!
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– Various timings: Agora
Agora thinks Performance Art: workshop with Andres Galeano (closing on May 30th)
– 17:00-21:00: [ MPA-B ϟ Public Space ] / Nordhafenbrücke + Hauptbahnhof
MPA-B performance series RAUMTEILEN im Öffentlichen Raum (SPACE SHARING):”haltestelle” by Michaela Muchina & Nathalie Fari
– 19:30: Galerie Ulrich Haasch
“Teilung – Teilung = Division et Partage”: Stefanie Polek discusses her views about divisions
– 20:00-22:30: Tacheles
“FocusDiversion4.0”: site specific performance event on the site of the historical Arthouse Tacheles
– 20:00: U-Bahn Antigone / Neukölln U-Bahn Station
“U-Bahn Antigone (Part A)”: site-specific performance on the U7 train/platforms by Das Ist Doch Keine Art!
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– 19:00: [ MPA-B ϟ Performancekunst preis ] The Duvel Award 2012 + Closing Event / Denkerei
The Duvel Award for Performance Art & MPA-B 2012 closing party at Denkerei
– 20:00: U-Bahn Antigone / Neukölln U-Bahn Station
“U-Bahn Antigone (Part A)”: site-specific performance on the U7 train/platforms by Das Ist Doch Keine Art!