M O N T H O F P E R F O R M A N C E A R T – B E R L I N | Born 2011 – Ended 2015 
|| MONTH OF PERFORMANCE ART – BERLIN / MAY || Programme 2012 ||
WEDNESDAY MAY 30TH
HAUPTBAHNHOF (h a l t e s t e l l e)
Time:
17:00-21:00
Location:
Hauptbahnhof
Curated/Organised by:
Nathalie Fari (atelier obra viva)
[ MPA-B ϟ PUBLIC SPACE ] PERFORMANCE SERIES:…RAUMTEILEN… (SPACE SHARING): H A L T E S T E L L E BY MICHAELA MUCHINA & NATHALIE FARI
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h a l t e s t e l l e (stopping place)
Michaela Muchina & Nathalie Fari/Hauptbahnhof:
The performance h a l t e s t e l l e is a “seat in public space” where the spectator is involved in the action. This seat is a mobile object located at three different points close to Berlin Hauptbahnhof station. Each point represents an “island” of encounters in public space. On these islands, the spectators and performers share the same perspective – they not only sit next to each other but they also try to find, together, the crossover “from stopping place to empty space”. The h a l t e s t e l l e enables you to withdraw from your thoughts for a moment and to put yourself and your environment in a different context
ARTISTS:
Michaela Muchina
unitedama.tumblr.com
Nathalie Fari
www.nathaliefari.com
DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROJECT:
Video: Cris Wiegandt
http://www.criswiegandt.net
Photographie: Roland Anton Laub
http://antonlaub.tumblr.com/
ABOUT RAUMTEILEN
…RAUMTEILEN… (SPACE SHARING) is a cultural strategy that will create spaces in spaces in order to investigate and develop different ways of living together. Different locations in Berlin-Mitte have been selected as performance sites to enable interaction between artists, spectators and people passing by. The aim is not only to establish a direct reference to the respective location but also to experience and appreciate the space from the perspective of person-to-person relationships.
In this performance series public space acts as an “area for encounters”. Personal and political histories will be told and both everyday and unusual situations will be created in which spectators are invited to reflect on the city. The view should not remain superficial. This way, …RAUMTEILEN… will expose Berlin-Mitte’s “New Urbanity” vision as a tourist attraction and see the district as a neutral, open place in which people can meet, regardless of their background and social class. The main theme is “Share and be shared”.
GALERIE ULRICH HAASCH
Time:
19:30
Entrance:
Free
Venue:
Galerie Ulrich Haasch
Rathenower Strasse 30, 10559 Berlin, Stephankiez U9 Birkenstraße
www.Galerie-Ulrich-Haasch.de
Curated/Organised by:
Franz-Ulrich Haasch
TEILUNG – TEILUNG – DIVISION ET PARTAGE BY STEFANIE POLEK
(Click image to enlarge)The german word “Teilung” can give a variety of meanings: division, partition, participation, and sympathy. Through her performance Stefanie will deconstruct all these different meanings while also interacting with food to further perform the ambiguity of this term.
ARTISTS:
Stefanie Polek
http://www.primakunst.info
ABOUT GALERIE ULRICH HAASCH
Galerie Ulrich Haasch was founded in the spring of 2010 and has since then shown the work of national and international artists working in the field of drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video and performance. In addition to hosting regular exhibition, the gallery holds also readings (e.g. German author Tobias Premper with “Das ist eigentlich alles”, and the Danish author Peter Adophsen with “Das Herz des Urpferds”), music events and slide shows.
TACHELES
Time:
20:00-22:30
Entrance:
Free
Venue:
Arthouse Tacheles
Oranienburgerstr 54-56a, 10117 Berlin
http://super.tacheles.de/cms
Curated/Organised by:
Miriam Wuttke/ Our Time NYC- Berlin
FOCUSDIVERSION4.0
Hausschlachtung (Click image to enlarge)A site specific performance event on the site of historical Arthouse Tacheles with an accumulation of action, sound and video installation at „Goldener Saal“ on the first floor.
Four site specifically working artists perform succeedingly and parallel at the grand theatre „Goldener Saal“ of Arthouse Tacheles with the support of video and sound works of artists from Berlin, NYC, Sydney, Mexico and Italy.
ARTISTS:
Anne Porst (performance)
Blue Muse Dance & Fictionale: Mayuna Shimizu (dance), Hyunsuk Kim (video, animation), Kyoungin Jung (video), Peter Lew (sound) http://www.facebook.com/BlueMuseDance
Miriam Wuttke http://miriamwuttke.de
Erin Ellen Kelly, NYC www.erinellenkelly.com
Petrov Ahner http://petrovahner.net
Karen Haase http://www.haase-plankk.com/haase
Blue Muse Dance http://www.facebook.com/BlueMuseDance
Kyoungin Jung http://www.jkiki.com/
Hyunsuk Kim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjNl1evQug
Veronica Mota http://veronicamotaberlin.wordpress.com/eine-seite/
Peter Newman http://peter-newman.com
A Short Tern Effect http://www.wix.com/albertopicciau/a-short-term
ABOUT TACHELES
Arthouse TACHELES Berlin – Mitte
· Location for production and presentation of contemporary art
· Architectural landmark with historical relevance
· Autonomous collectives experiment
· International networking and cultural exchange
· House for events and creative process
U-BAHN 7 – NEUKÖLLN TO GRENZALLEE STATION
Time:
20:00
Cost:
Audience members need to have valid train ticket
Location:
Starts at Neukölln U-bahn station and finishes at Grenzallee station.
Curated/Organised by:
Das Ist Doch Keine Art! and Magdalena Frankiewicz (producer)
U-BAHN ANTIGONE (PART A)
(Click image to enlarge)U-Bahn Antigone is a performance inspired by the socio-spatial specifics of Berlin U-Bahn. The physical organization of space imposes a particular logic and produces norms, docility and conduct of everyday life. Urban planning and architecture manifest an ideology of a time and place, they are created according to it and simultaneously sustain it. Travelling from a starting point to a destination establishes a hierarchy where the “in-between” environments are marginalized and overlooked. Nevertheless, these settings’ liminality encompasses a performative potential. They enhance the fleeting and momentary but also the eternal nature of space and time. By employing durational performance strategies in this environment, we aim to question and comment on these hegemonic hierarchies.
Furthermore, the performance deals with the tension between the human body and over-complex artificial systems (such as transportation systems). Being practical, precise and repetitive, minimalistic but efficient, these structures excel in peculiar aesthetic beauty. They represent humanity’s greatest achievements but they also encompass its inherent self-destructive potential. The human body remains to be the fundamental receiver and building-block of these structures. This body is consistent in its inconsistency; it is continually deteriorating and fragile. It introduces a perpetual instability into any strict configuration. Our project pertain the fascinating interface between these two phenomena. The performance is constructed around a pre-set route through various platforms and train carts of the Berlin U-Bahn. We employ physical choreographed sequences, rule games and a playful approach to public space. Different languages used relate to participants’ cultural origins. The performance can be viewed both by passers-by and audiences that accompany the performers from the beginning till the last scene. That will be the first part of the U-Bahn Antigone project.
ARTISTS:
Das Ist Doch Keine Art!
(Yael Sherill – Director)
https://vimeo.com/user5041591
FOLLOW U-BAHN ANTIGONE
This performance by Das Ist Doch Keine Art! continues on May 29th and 31st
AGORA
Time:
Various timings
Cost:
TBC
Venue:
Agora Collective
Mittleweg 50, 12053 Berlin www.agoracollective.org
Curated/Organised by:
Marcela Donato & Caique Tizzi
WORKSHOP SERIES: AGORA THINKS PERFORMANCE ART – WS4 WITH ANDRES GALEANO (CLOSING ON MAY 30TH)
For the Month of Performance Art, Agora will focus its programme to promote the discussion and education in the field of Performance Art. Through a series of workshops, lectures and performances led by different artists, Agora will investigate and research the topic of Performance Art thus supporting the communication and proximity between audience, artists and the work itself. Within this concept 4 performers have been invited to present workshops, which will lead to a performance/presentation the following week.
ABOUT AGORA
AGORA is a platform that empowers individuals through multi-disciplinary collaborative creation, a gathering space of professionals, driven by the urge to explore new ways of interaction and collaboration in today’s context. We are dedicated on creating intelligent forms of producing, working and living – artistically, socially and economically. As an airport of ideas; making bridges, connecting talented and engaged people. Agora is also an incubator; developing and supporting artistic, social, environmental and economical projects. Much of our space healthily remains in constant flux. Every few days the tables and walls shift to incorporate a new art exhibition, workshop, lecture, performance, yoga class, organic food fair, film screenings and all sorts of cultural projects. Since our founding in June 2011 we have quickly gathered a community made up of members from over 30 nationalities. Like our resilient home base of Berlin we view the world’s differences and its diversity as powering the potential for constructive growth and advancement.
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