Pecha Kucha Vol.20 @ Festsaal Kreuzberg

Tomorrow, on Tuesday 31th of august 2010 Pecha Kucha Vol.20 @ Festsaal Kreuzberg.

doors open at 19:30, starts at 20:20.
Entrance: 6 Euro
Address: skalitzer 130

Preliminary list of presenters:

*Pfadfinderei
Durch die Welt mit Visuals. Eine kleine Reise auf den Fersen der Pfadfinderei
http://www.pfadfinderei.com/
(Speech in german)

*Tobias Mannewitz, Co-Founder, Managing Director, Concept Art | Illustration
"Digital Pitfalls (and how to avoid them)"
- How to move to the Netherlands- Why I don't like Rembrandt as a painter
- The difference between Interactivity and Interaktivität
- Why games are not art (yet)
- Squids
http://www.karakterconcept.com/
(Speech in english)

*Gabriel Shalom, Videomusician
A Hypercubist Manifesto
Drawing inspiration from video games, computers and the Internet, the current generation of videomakers has a decidedly different relationship to moving images.
http://www.gabrielshalom.com/
http://www.hypercubist.com/
(Speech in english)

*Edial Dekker, Creative Director/Your Neighbours
What role does data play in people's everyday lives?
The influence of data on urban planning, tourism, sociology, the environment, infrastructures, transportation, socioeconomics, etc.
http://www.yourneighbours.de/
(Speech in english)

*Jevgeni Beliaikin, founder/socialvodka
The cultural flush
Why do we drink alcohol? Where ist the alcohol coming from? What kind of degenerate alcoholic drinks exist? And how did they ever came into being?
http://www.socialvodka.com/
(Speech in german)

*Kristofer Lamey, industrial designer and artist
SERVING FORM
Are the forms in your everyday environment serving you or are you serving them? What is the meaning of sustainability in serving form? Furthermore, how can modern manufacturing technologies reduce the size of the carbon foot print on the forms we purchase in the marketplace?
http://www.kristoferlamey.com/
(Speech in english)

*Alexander Ziemann, Rechtsanwalt, Bürgerinitiative Gasometer Schöneberg
http://www.bi-gasometer.de/
(Speech in german)

*Robert Ullrich, Abteilungsleiter Wirtschaftsförderung/Stadtplanung, Stadt Monheim am Rhein
Planning Laws for Fieldhamsters - Entering guide for the National Citizen. The Sumpfgimpelpaar (?), which was supposed to be seen, drove half a city to dislocate about 500 meters.
http://www.monheim.de/
(Speech in german)

*Ulrich Weichert, Photograph, Bildredaktion beim Bundespresseamt
DDR 1990
http://www.bundesregierung.de/
(Speech in german)

*Geza Schön, Parfumeur, Escentric Molecules
Zwei Olfaktorische Kurztrips
http://www.escentric.com/
http://www.thebeautifulmindseries.com/
(Speech in english)

*Hans Rauffauf, Entrepreneur,
The Good Entrepreneur
http://www.betapitch.de/
(Speech in german)

*Friedrich Liechtenstein, Entertainer und Flaneur
Plan A/Algae
Prospects of the algae and the combination with
http://www.firstplants.de/
as a LifeSuvivalArtProject
(Speech in german)


Pecha Kucha Night is an event in which presenters give brief presentations accompanied by 20 images, each of which is shown for 20 seconds. Presenters are usually from the design, architecture, photography, art, music and other creative fields. Giving a total presentation time of 6 minutes 40 seconds for each speaker, it's hard to become bored.

more Pecha Kucha Nights via PLATOON

REVIEW: OPENING OF E’s SOLO EXHIBITION "SUPREMACISTS’ SALON"

SEOUL• the opening of E's solo exhibition 'Supremacists’ Salon' was held @ PLATOON KUNSTHALLE on Aug.19. E presented compartments with tables in 4 colors in the venue. the colors are ‘white’, ‘yellow’, ‘brown’, ‘black’ so that people can easily recognized what the colors mean.






the opening started a little bit late, but people had enough things to see and enjoy already. E has researched in different sources regarding the topic racism and showed the result in different styles. On the screen you could see a person from the middle east being interviewed in the news about racism and in the showcases installations are exhibited. in contrast to the serious topic the music unexpectedly was in the genre of pop.







as the opening began the music went out and we could hear two people talking. this was acutally an interview with E by the english radio station in Gwangju, which fit the exhibition perfectly to explain the universe of E's works.












while the interview was playing the performance by EE, tilman and jason began. it was a short but intense performance which was called "stereotype". through the brutal performance where people were beaten up for no reason one could associate a part of racism.











It was an evening with a lot of friends and fans of E's. this exhibition which makes the audience confused and puts them into chaos, engaging them without asking, took place until the 28th of august. if you didn't have had the chance to see it, there are still the interesting catalog to pick up!












and don’t miss our 3rd artist-in-residence solo exhibition of tilman porschuetz, beginning on the 3rd of september, also with a spectacular opening performance!!!

PREVIEW · NIGHT FLEA MARKET VOL. 12

seoul · 4 sep 2010 · 8 pm

let's shop & chill!

time to sort out the worn-out summer clothes and enjoy the last heat of the summer, and for this where would be a better place than the night flea market presented by BLING & PLATOON KUNSTHALLE? the september begins with music by the dixieland brass band "marine dixie burger, dj conan and dj unjin. the drinks are chilled and the grill's on and, if the weather's on our side, the funniest people seoul has to offer also at the rooftop bar!

if you want to join as seller, please contact BLING.

PREVIEW · TILMAN PORSCHUETZ SOLO EXHIBITION

seoul · 3 sep – 13 sep 2010 / opening 3 sep · 7 pm

the mutual interest of tilman porschuetz’s works lies in the creation of social order, the interaction between the actors of society, and the exchange and dependencies between the sexes. during his residency at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE, the artist followed the traces of these issues, expressing and performing as a member of that same society.

in his solo exhibition “荒修行”(황수행- literally rough cleaning & return) tilman porschuetz sends the visitor on a journey with an undefined destination.

“‘Arbeit’ was the first word I was able to read in Korean. A word for part time employment or prostitution in Korea, the word for work in German, and the word for slavery in ancient Greece. The traces I followed showed me various opinions, morales, defenses, and reflections, and it seems to be the motor and creator of our existence. ‘Wer rastet,
der rostet’ (literally in German: ‘The resting one will rust!’)

There are many different ways in which I tried to get closer to an understanding of what social responsibility and personal interest are. There are many different perspectives that I wanted to see, and many different approaches where I tried to show or simply tried to defend my very own way of life.

In this exhibition I want to give the visitor the opportunity to enter a playground of metaphors, research, documentation, fiction, spirituality, humor, and physical involvement. A short "trip" from which you will return in no way that I can predict or want. It is like the Disneyland version of a pilgrimage, the cleaning of the soul as monks would do, the
prophet going to the mountain, or the mountain coming to the prophet. A constant distancing and closing-back-in on society. A balance between alienation and fading into invisibility with nature.

I am asking for reasons of abstraction, I am asking for the perception of abstraction, but every person will eventually find its own questions on the journey they go on. My thoughts are the map, Platoon the aquarium, and you are the visitor that might ask itself: Am I not Jesus? Or, even more simple than that. What I bring to this selected elite is the research I made with people who never actually met.

What you will see:
a mountain that is hanging out in the city,
a forest that I disciplined myself,
a man asking for his place,
a grave,
Rodin's Eve,
no prostitutes as in such,
flying monkeys,
a guided path,
a neon yellow Buddhist unisex monk,
a scuba diving mermaid,
Kim Tae Hee und Kim Yu Na,
many Dokdos’,
pictures of drugs,
pictures of me,
and maybe the one I love!

What you will hear:
Recordings of fast cars, of love, and rape,
the chants of monks,
the water of the sea,
the voices of my friends,
the sound of pouring beer and rain,
a Roland 707,
a shaking Japanese,
a wonderful after-hour with Cindy Sizer DJ Team.” (artist statement)

an opening performance directed and based on concepts by
tilman porschuetz and kara van.

performers and musicians:
jisuk ahn as emile,
kyu hee baik (knocksteady)
takahito irie (hana hanako, shalom salon),
benjamin domrich (dj team, shalom salon),
philipp schoepfer (45kilo, cindy sizer, shalom salon),
E (lee, hyunjoon) (EE, ninano schneider, foundation),
lenny correa (space beam A.I.R.)

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BACKJUMPS 4.2. JUNIOR EDITION

BERLIN · we are mighty delighted to announce that the latest BACKJUMPS exhibition is about to open its doors at projektraum 1 / kunstraum kreuzberg / bethanien this weekend!

BACKJUMPS started out as an urban magazin with focus on streetart and subculture and has now turned into an exhibition series. this issue will be slightly different than all the other street expos you might have been to so far.

VOL 4.2. is made predominately for kids and of course for those of us who will never grow up. challenge for the artists thus was to create pieces that are to be interacted with and interpreted by a crowd of the max. age of 14. the concept is mirrored by the installation of the pieces themselves - hanging in kids height - and the posters, which are an invitation for all of us (and kids) to take out our colouring pen-sets and go crazy!









































for everyone wanting to throw a bit of boozing into the mix, there will be an afterparty at HORST in kreuzberg on the 28th starting at around 10pm. (here is the facebook link)

you can keep updated on BACKJUMPS on facebook. otherwise make sure to spread the word and we'll see you there!

EXHIBITION OPENING: 27. AUGUST - 4pm
PARTY: 28. AUGUST -10pm

SCHMIEDE10 - DISCONTENT IS ON!

BERLIN · we have told you about SCHMIEDE before and now, as the date draws closer, we think we ought to dedicate yet another post to them.

for it is happening! SCHMIEDE10 is about to start! the 10-day creative workshop will begin on the 16th of September with the vernissage Schnittstelle 10: Duprass.
to check out the entire programme, follow this link.

we'll give a talk on PLATOON on the 21st. for anyone living in the area or able to head over to hallein for a talk or two, we highly recommend it! (not only because we're participating ;))

also, it's always worth following Schmiede on Facebook. that way you don't miss next year's application deadline.
or you can listen in on them on twitter.

CHRISTOPH SCHLINGENSIEF IS DEAD

CHRISTOPH SCHLINGENSIEF died today in berlin because of cancer.

he was one of the most popular director and theater-provocateur in our time. his work has often been called a "scandal-maker".
he shakes up all of us in times, if we makes ourself comfortable.

the two last years he fights against his cancer with directness.
his book, titled "so schön wie hier kanns im himmel gar nicht sein"-it means: "so beautiful as here can´t be in heaven"- is a diary about his life and work, with the killing sickness.


thanks to
CHRISTOPH SCHLINGENSIEF

PREVIEW · GRAND OPENING of KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU

GWANGJU · PLATOON is proud to announce the grand opening of KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU on 31 august 2010 · 7pm

as a part of the project "hub city of asian culture" KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU gives a preview on the cultural program and development to come with the completion of the asian culture center in the city of gwangju in 2014. with diverse events in cooperation with young creatives from korea and abroad, and exhibitions beyond the typical concept of galleries and museums, KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU offers a new way of experiencing culture: active involvement – not passive art consumption.

for the grand opening exhibition KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU is proud to present the worldwide first complete show of all works produced by swiss art group etoy.CORPORATION. etoy's activities deal with important aspects of life, such as life and death, money and games, supply and demand on the financial market, in a smart and playful way.

the art project etoy founded in 1994 came to its notorious reputation in the mid 90s through projects like the digital hijack (1.5 milion search engine users kidnapped in 1996) and the cultural battle with eToys.com. the only available artwork in the art market is the etoy.SHARE: unique swiss stock certificates that document etoy.HISTORY and represent the idea of sharing intangible assets such as knowledge, passion and cultural value.

all artworks ask for an active participation by the visitors. besides various performances with young local artists and lectures during the whole exhibition period, etoy will also present special projects, such as the encapsulation of a person from gwangju as a test pilot for the MISSION ETERNITY project or etoy.BROOD, where children can experience and play with artworks and become a part of an art project.

* opening time: 31 august 2010, 7 pm
* exhibition time: 31 august - 7 november
* opening hours: tue - sun, 10 am - 7 pm
* program: opening of etoy exhibition, with djs etoy.STYRO and etoy.PLAYLOVE and performance by etoy



hosted by: ministry of culture, sports and tourism, office for hub city of asian culture

organized by: PLATOON KUNSTHALLE, gwangju international center

supported by: pro helvetia, swiss embassy seoul, lista office, BERNINA, Liip