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This is an article from Sugarhigh about the Denkerei, as published on May 21st. The Denkerei is where MPA-B will hold its closing event and the award ceremony for the first international prize devoted to Performance Art on MAY 31st. Read on and enjoy!

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A round of applause for the silent little helper called “ignorance.” No, not the kind that’ll have you clubbing foreigners on the street. The helpful kind, which, lest we lose our minds for good, has us husslin’ on despite the fact that there are (and always will be) problems in our lives we just cannot solve:

What’s the meaning of life? Will a nap make us more tired? Why, oh why, did the animals eat the pineapple? Why is the love of our life just not the one we’re meant to be with? If the following statement is true, but this statement is false, then…wait, what? Justin Bieber?

Ever since the opening of Kreuzberg’s philosophical think tank, Denkerei, last December, Oranienplatz has turned into a melting pot for those martyrly individuals who can’t help but try and solve the most unsolvable of problems. This self-proclaimed “ministry of unsolvable problems,” founded by artist, theorist, and Fluxus theory advocate, Bazon Brock, offers regular mind-bending talks, seminars, and performances, including the upcoming interactive performance, “What do you really want?” during which artist Stephanie Senge will turn people’s grocery purchases into objects they really meant to buy. In the meantime, email Brock to pitch your own unsolvable problem.

Problem? Unsolved.


 
 
The nomination process for the first international prize devoted to Performance Art continues. Click here for further information. **CLOSING DEADLINE MAY 30TH**
 
 
Here is the full line up for MPA open

48 HOUR-LONG NON-STOP PERFORMANCE ART EXTRAVAGANZA at ACUD  
starting on Friday 11th at 1800 and finishing on Sunday 13th at 1800

Be there or.....be boring!

**FRIDAY 11TH**

Serendipity Gallery
18:00 Frank Homeyer: Vorstudie 1 zu Mein Tier. www.no-way-to-utopia.de
18:45 The New Spastiks: Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams. newspastiks.tumblr.com
19:30 Club Real: Artists collectives in a socio-biological context. www.clubreal.de
20:15 Jose Manuel Enriquez Solis, José Luis Acosta, Max Flierl, Inés Mora, Carlos Aparicio: keinstufungstest. www.josemanuelenriquez.wordpress.com
21:00 SP 38: I will go to the light (again). www.sp38.com
21:45 Luciana Lardies, Sebastian Bandin: Fotonovela. www. lucianalardies.com

ACUD Theatre
22:30 Ivar Veermäe: iTouch, www.ivarveermae.com
23:15 Richard Rabensaat, Laokoon 2. www.rabensaat.de

Durational, Friday Evening
Alex Herod: Grapheme, collaboratehere.tumblr.com
Iwona Liegman, Mary is crocheting, www.liegmann.art.pl

**SATURDAY 12TH**

ACUD Theatre
00:00 Raumstrategien: Die Kunst nicht dermassen regiert zu werden, www.raumstrategien.com
00:45 Panoply Performance Laboratory: Brian McCorkle, Esther Neff, Anya Liftig, Valerie Kuehne: Nature Fetish, www.panoplylab.org
01:30 teatr tetra/trio sabotage: MATERIAL SCHLACHTEN #4, pataphysik.org
03:00 Lan Hungh: Research of something new in performance. www.lanhungh.tk
03:45 Adam Young, 4 Elements, www.indivisible.eu

Courtyard
05:15 Tim Tiedemann: 7 Pieces #2, tim-tiedemann.blogspot.de

Serendipity Gallery
06:00 Becki Griffiths: Have you seen? The Girl In The Yellow Dress, www.indivisible.eu
06:45 NEW NOVETA: Brethren Deluxe, FB: newnoveta
08:15 Anaïs Héraud: Gift for…, nshrd.com

ACUD Theatre
09:00 Compagnie zwischenwort... auf der Suche nach MusikTanzTheater: Morgannik, compagniezwischenwort.blogspot.de
09:45 Barbara Berti: MYSPACE Experiment of T(PH)INK_NATURAL 2#, barbaratopi.wordpress.com

Serendipity Gallery
10:30 Henrik Vestergaard Friis: Full Stop 2, www.zonkel.com
11:15 Jörn J. Burmester: Stöcke und Beine, FB Jörn J. Burmester

Various locations
12:00 Dovrat Ana Meron: The slit. www.arte-misia.eu

Serendipity Gallery
12:45 Travis McCoy Fuller: Theta waves, www.tmf.templeofmessages.com
13:30 Johanna Thompson & Surprise Guest: Hardcore flirt, johannathompson.info/standdown

ACUD Theatre
14:15 Rima Najdi: Dress me how you like, www.rimanajde.com
15:00 Jessica Hirst: Nevertheless, jessicafhirst.com
15:45 El Toque, Marissa Medal, Eugenia Speyer: Fress naked

Serendipity Gallery
16:30 Elisa Haug: Instant Gratification, elisahaug.de/halt.shtml
17:15 Surplus Person: Surplus Person Job Description, surplusperson.tumblr.com/
18:00 Harder, Ibsch & Frl. Bernd: Performance Artists Trying To... #3
18:45 Grzegorz Pleszynski: Atlas of my Body, FB: Grzegorz Pleszynski
19:30 Greg McLaren & Sara Lehn: Comment #12, www.jasminschaitl.com
Courtyard
20:15 SYNTRON, Elke Postler, Gunhild Kreuzer: Paradies, www.myspace.com/syntron

Serendipity Gallery
21:00 Yoto: The ribbon, www.meinzeitraum.de
21:45 RED BIND - Gilivanka Kedzior & Barbara Friedman: [ ACANTHESTHESIA #2 ], www.kedzior-friedman.org/

ACUD Theatre
22:30 Biljana Bosnjakovic: Woman, www.biljanab.com, www.myspace.com/biljana_b
23:15 Alessandra Eramo, Solomiya Moroz, Lydia Zechelius: (Ohne Titel), www.ezramo.com, www.solomiyamoroz.com

Durational, Saturday afternoon
Philippa Jeffrey: Sheepwoman‘s drawers, globalsheepwomanresearchlaboratory.blogspot.co.uk

**SUNDAY 13TH**

ACUD Theatre
00:00 Impromptu: Moss Beynon Juckes, Javier Cura: Hope it is going well, www.mossbeynonjuckes.com,

Serendipity Gallery
00:45 David Kontra, Heike Pfingsten: Breathing Berlin, www.drkontra.net
01:30 lady gaby: Make me, myspace.com/ladygaby
02:15 dolanbay: Blow the Job, www.dolanbay.com
03:00 Dina & Kondrup: A WARM-UP WITH CHAMPAGNE!, altid.cc/dinakondrup.html

ACUD Theatre
03:45 Nino Sandow & Jörn J. Burmester: Nino und Jörn reden mal drüber
04:30 Astrid Bin: 1000 moments of π, www.disastrid.net

Courtyard
05:15 Joel Verwimp, those who show up: PERFORMANCE IM BRUTALEN MORGENGRAUEN / VICIOUSLY EARLY MORNING PERFORMANCE, sites.google.com/site/verlegtverlag/

Serendipity Gallery
06:00 Julita de la O: CHICKEN SKIN AND OLD LADIES HANDS totem, julitadelao.blogspot.de

ACUD Theatre
07:30 Hulya Batyar & Hen lovely bird: Bird Bay. www.hulyabatyar.blogspot.com

Serendipity Gallery
08:15 Pedro Alba, Spanischen Künstlers Bleichen in Berlin, pedroalba.com
09:00 Rosita Nogales, My eggs, paconogales.blogspot.com
09:45 Blanka Palamós: Did the hen or the egg?, www.bokaccion.blogspot.com
10:30 Thomas Albrecht: Distance, thomasalbrecht.com/home.html
11:15 Colm Clarke: Recourse, www.colmclarke.info
12:00 Židrija Janušaitė, Vijolė Lukoševičiūtė, Laurynas Leonaitis: Another Silence, FB: Židrija Janušaite
12:45 Marita Bullmann: Lipophilic delivery, www.maritabullmann.de

ACUD Theatre
13:30 Alexander Meran: C.H., www.vanillapig.com
14:15 lady gaby: Poetic Games, myspace.com/ladygaby, myspace.com/wonderclub
15:00 Zohar Melinek, Mary Williamson: A Nation's Legacy of Severance, vimeo.com/36125333

Courtyard
15:45 Andre Braga Verissimo: Pushing, dsway.co.uk/andre/

ACUD Theatre
16:30 Traces: Means Without Ends
17:15 Serendipity Galerie: Das Mahl (death by dinner), www.acud.de
 
 
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With 100+ projects it is normal to have some programme changes, so before making your way to see a performance project we recommend that you always double check our online calendar and project page for possible updates. Thank you!

And yes this is our 2012 poster designed by Jessica Broscheit which you can see at many locations throughout the city and which you can also pick up at our info centre or download from the list below, which it also includes our 2012 catalogue designed by Polina Tikk:

MPA-B 2012 catalogue here
MPA-B 2012 poster here
MPA-B 2012 calendar here
MPA-B 2012 Annual Berlin Performance Art Report here

(Please always double check the printed information on the above material against the website, as there may be latest changes to the programme)

 
 
 
 
MPA-B Performancekunst-preis The Duvel Award 2012
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We are delighted to announce the opening of the online nomination process for the first international Performance Art Prize, THE DUVEL AWARD 2012,  in partnership with the Belgian brewery Duvel Moortgat and its official German importer, Bierlinie GmbH.

The public selection event for the [ MPA-B ϟ PERFORMANCEKUNST-PREIS] as well as the MPA-B 2012 CLOSING PARTY  will be hosted at the Denkerei in Kreuzberg on May 31st starting from 19:00

Visit now our MPA-B AWARD page, read the terms and conditions and fill out the online form to nominate your favourite performance ever to be shown in Berlin (not just from the MPA-B 2012 programme!). DEADLINE MAY 30TH.
PRESS RELEASE (German only):
 
 
 
 
Do you wanna know how it all started? And where we are heading to? Then join us on April 25th at Festsaal Kreuzberg for a short and entertaining presentation of the MONTH OF PERFORMANCE ART - BERLIN, by Jörn J Burmester, one of the MPA-B co-founders and team members. This presentation (auf Deutsch) will be made in the frame of the Pecha Kucha Night-Berlin

What is Pecha Kucha?
Pecha Kucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of conversation ("chit chat"), it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.
 



    MPA-B INFO CENTRE

    Come and visit us in May at our INFO CENTRE in Mitte. Come and get first hand information about our programme; pick up a 2012 poster/flyer; chill out, browse and buy books from the Live Art Development Agency and meet members of the MPA-B organising team. For opening hours and address click here.

    BOOKS/DVDs FOR SALE
    Thanks to our new partnership with the Live Art Development Agency (UK), this May we will be selling Unbound books & DVDs at a series of MPA-B venues and locations across the city. They will also be available for browsing and sale at our info centre. Click here to find our Sales Points.