THANK YOU AND GOODBYE

02/06/2012

 
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The New Spastiks perform Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams during MPA open on May 11th
The MPA-B crew would like to thank all the wonderful people involved in the second edition of the Month of Performance Art for their contribution, support and enthusiasm. May was a truly extraordinary month for performance art and we are delighted that you were all part of it!! Thanks also to the fantastic and brave audience who ventured across the city to engage with and discover the independent performance art scene of our beloved Berlin. See you all next year, same city, same month, same anacronym: MPA-B 
 

AND THE WINNER OF THE FIRST MPA-B PERFORMANCEKUNST-PREIS: THE DUVEL AWARD IS......

02/06/2012

 
LUKE MUNN, who submitted nomination number 12 based on his own performance titled Touch Piece presented at A.A.A. (Abteilung für Alles Andere) during Direct Action Festival 2012 on May 26th.

Here is the text Luke submitted, and which will be used to create a new performance (or second variation) by another artist to be selected in June:

NOMINATION N. 12
"Attempt to touch every visitor to the space before or during the event using any means necessary (i.e. social conventions, accidental collisions, restricting space) to ensure that the public are unaware the performance is taking place. The piece ends when the last remaining person is touched or the performance is unable to continue due to event programming. The piece may be declared as having taken place anytime after this point."

 

MPA-B 2012 Performancekunst-preis and closing event at the DENKEREI

31/05/2012

 
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This is it folks! Join us today at the Denkerei for the award ceremony of the first international prize devoted to performance art, The Duvel Award, and for the MPA-B 2012 closing event. The award kicks off at 19:00. The winning performance will be nominated by a public vote moderated by Nicolas Y Galeazzi. Anyone can join in the debate. Later we will head to the Trödler on Dresdener Strasse 123, 10999 in Kreuzberg for a few drinks and goodbyes.

MPA-B 2012 PERFORMANCEKUNST-PREIS: THE DUVEL AWARD
Denkerei
Oranienplatz 2, 10999 - Berlin Kreuzberg
www.denkerei-berlin.de 


POST-PRIZE SOCIAL GATHERING
Trödler
Dresdener Strasse 123, 10999 - Berlin Kreuzberg
http://de-de.facebook.com/troedler?filter=2
 

DENKEREI AND MPA-B PERFORMANCE ART PRIZE - MAY 31st

21/05/2012

 

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.

 

MPA-B PERFORMANCEKUNST PREIS - NOMINATION CLOSING DEADLINE MAY 30th

20/05/2012

 
The nomination process for the first international prize devoted to Performance Art continues. Click here for further information. **CLOSING DEADLINE MAY 30TH**
 

[ MPA-B ϟ MPA open ] / 48 HOUR-LONG NON STOP PERFORMANCE ART EXTRAVAGANZA - 6pm MAY 11TH to 6p MAY 13TH

10/05/2012

 
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
 

PROGRAMME CHANGES AND UPDATES

05/05/2012

 
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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 AS FEATURED IN THE MEDIA...and others..

02/05/2012

 
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Monat der Performancekunst Berlin: Kunst jenseits der Institutionen
By Doris Hellpoldt
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Berlin als Experimentierfläsche
By Gabi Wuttke
Creative City Berlin
"We are really tapping into something quite extraordinary"
By Wencke Grothkopp
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Pecha Kucha Night: Audio/Slide show MPA-B: Monat der Performancekunst Berlin
For more features click here
 

[ MPA-B ϟ PERFORMANCEKUNST-PREIS] - ONLINE NOMINATION OPEN NOW!

26/04/2012

 
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):
 

DID YOU KNOW THAT MAY IS THE MONTH OF PERFORMANCE ART ϟ BERLIN?

17/04/2012

 
 
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    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.