Open Studios / Performance Factory
Friday, May 12, 2023 – Saturday, May 13, 2023
Monopol
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET/GMT+1
One of BCB's most celebrated semesterly traditions returns with Open Studios / Performance Factory. All are welcome to this two-night event on the evenings of May 12th and 13th as visual and performing arts students showcase their work at Monopol (Provinzstraße 44, 13409 Berlin). 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Open Studios visual art exhibitions will be open from 5:00-9:00 pm on May 12 and remain on view through May 13.
Performance Factory events will take place from 5:30-10:00 pm on May 12. The complete performance schedule can be found on this webpage below the list of featured classes.
Under Current Pasts: The 1990s' Silencing of Migrants to the GDR will take place on May 13 from 4:00-10:00 pm. Please visit the Under Current Pasts site for the full schedule of events.
Please note: although we have been very lucky to enjoy wonderful weather recently, Monopol is an older building and can get quite chilly, especially at night. Attendees--especially those planning on attending performances--are encouraged to bring an extra layer to stay warm through the event.
Featured classes:
AR330 Global Visual Politics
FA103 Found Fragments & Layered Lines: mixed-media techniques for drawing and collage
FA106 Beginners Black and White Photography Class: The Slow Photo
FA108 Beginners in Digital Photography - Your Own Point of View
FA289 Practice-Based Sound Studies
FA290 Touch Screen: Contemporary Moving Image Practices
FA292 Animism. Nature as Self
FA304 Merging the Photo with the Book Form
FA317 Advanced Painting: Illusionistic Surfaces
FA324 Essay Film - As a Documentary Strategy
HI255 Research-Creation: Developing Artistic Approaches to post-1990 Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in immigration societies in Germany, South Africa and Colombia
TH134 Introduction to Playwriting
TH164 Critical Acts: Introduction to Performance Studies
TH180 Rethinking Regie: An Introduction to Directing
TH384 Self-Instructions: Creating Autobiographical Performance with She She Pop
UB250 Berlin Archipelago - An Introduction to Architecture and Urbanism
FA107 Ceramics
FA157 Dance & Community Building - Utopian Practice in the 21st Century
FA188 The Art of Making Videos
Download: ThePerformanceFactory_ProgramSpring23.pdf
Time: 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Location: Monopol