TSF’16 was a blast! And it still is because Dieter Engler and Tonje Thilesen took some amazing pictures which will… always… be… there. Sigh.
See you in 2017!
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Henning Fehr & Philipp Rühr @ ACUD gallery
Henning Fehr & Philipp Rühr
28. May – 3. July 2016,
THU – SAT, 1 – 6 PM
ACUD gallery
Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin
www.acudmachtneu.de
Ausgehend von ihrer unmittelbaren Umgebung untersuchen die Künstler Henning Fehr und Philipp Rühr verschiedene gesellschaftliche Systeme und deren inhärente Widersprüche. Hinter allem steht die Frage wie kleinere Gemeinschaften gestaltend und damit letztlich transformierend auf die Gesellschaft einwirken können.
In The Production Line of Happiness (2014) beispielsweise filmten Fehr und Rühr ihr eigenes Seminar an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf: Während die StudentInnen noch über die (Un)Möglichkeiten revolutionären Widerstands sinnieren, ist die Kamera bereits auf einer Kunstmesse unterwegs, auf der auch Werke eben dieser Studierenden – Fehr und Rühr und ihr ehemaliger Professor Christopher Williams eingeschlossen – zum Verkauf stehen. Auch in ihrer jüngsten Trilogie Polyrhythm Technoir (2014 – 2015), die sich dem weiteren sozialpolitischen Umfeld von Technokultur und ihren Produktionsbedingungen widmet, ist die Verschränkung von Kunst und Kommerz allgegenwärtig. Verbindend ist jedoch noch etwas anderes: Die Filme erzählen keine Geschichten im klassischen Sinne. Stattdessen ersetzen sie Ereignisse durch Atmosphären und Situationen, schnelle Schnitte durch lange Einstellungen und Dialoge durch Stille und Klanglandschaften. Damit steht ihr Werk in einer Tradition von KünstlerInnen des Structural Cinemas der sechziger Jahre sowie von RegisseureInnen des Slow bzw. Contemporary Contemplative Cinema. Durch den Fokus auf Dauer und ihren anti-repräsentativen Ansatz erzeugen die Filme ein Gefühl von tatsächlich gelebter Erfahrung. Man muss das Schmerzhafte der sich nicht zu einer Resolution verdichtenden Schnitte ertragen und die Entgrenzung der Sujets als Offenheit begreifen. Dann beginnt das, was Nadin Mai als „mit einem Film atmen“ bezeichnet, und die Komplexität und Tiefe dessen, was nicht gezeigt wird, tritt in Erscheinung.
Die Ausstellung im ACUD ist die bislang umfassendste Präsentation von Fehr und Rührs filmischem Werk. Neben ihrer Trilogie Polyrhythm Technoir wird auch My Language is an Unpaved Road (Crystal Bridges), eine der ersten Arbeiten der Künstler, zu sehen sein. Zwei weitere Filme, die in den letzten Jahren entstanden sind, ergänzen die Auswahl. Die Werke, die sich mit Ein -und Ausschlüssen, Mainstream und Underground beschäftigen, passen hervorragend an einen Ort wie das ACUD.
Dank des Zusammenspiels von Kunst, Musik und Diskurs und mit seinen unterschiedlichen Akteuren, richtet sich das Kunsthaus an verschiedene Publika und bietet einen einzigartigen Kontext sowie eine besondere Inspirationsquelle für zeitgenössische KünstlerInnen.
Henning Fehr (geboren 1985 in Erlangen) und Philipp Rühr (geboren 1986 in Brühl) leben und arbeiten in Köln. Ausgewählte Einzelausstellungen: Swiss Institute, New York; Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf; Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn und Studio for Propositional Cinema, Düsseldorf. Letzte Gruppenausstellungen: More Konzeption / Conception Now im Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Leben mit Pop. Eine Reproduktion des Kapitalistischen Realismus in der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf und im Artists Space, New York.
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Using their immediate environment as a point of departure for their feature length films, the artists Henning Fehr and Philipp Rühr have investigated various social systems and their inherent contradictions. In the background of their work, there is a persistent question about how smaller communities can shape or even transform a society at large. In The Production Line of Happiness (2014) for example, the artists filmed their own class at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf: While the students ruminate on the (im)possibilities of revolutionary resistance, the camera is already underway at an art fair, where the works of these very students – including those by Fehr, Rühr and their former professor Christopher Williams – are being offered for sale. Even in their most recent trilogy Polyrhythm Technoir (2014 – 2015), which focuses on the socio-political landscape of the techno scene and its conditions of production, the entanglement of art and commerce is ubiquitous. Yet there is also another thread connecting the works: The films don’t tell stories in any traditional sense. Rather
they opt for atmospheres and situations instead of events, long takes instead of quick edits, and silences and soundscapes instead of dialogue. In this way, their films resonate with the tradition of Structuralist Cinema from the Sixties as well as the practices of so called Slow or Contemporary Contemplative Cinema. Through their emphasis on duration and their anti- representative approach, the works generate a sense of actual lived experience. One has to endure the pain of successive edits which refuse to consolidate into a single resolution and apprehend the dissolution of the subject’s boundaries as a form of openness. Only then can what Nadin Mai calls “breathing with a film” set in, and the complexities and depths of what is not shown come to the fore.
The exhibition at ACUD is the most comprehensive presentation of Fehr and Rühr’s artistic practice to date. Besides the trilogy Polyrhythm Technoir, one of their very first films My Language is an Unpaved Road (Crystal Bridges) (2013) will be shown as well. Two more works created in recent years supplement the selection. The works, dealing with inclusion and exclusion, mainstream and underground, match out-standingly with a place like ACUD.
Thanks to the interplay of art, music and discourse and with its diverse protagonists, the Kunsthaus addresses different audiences and offers a unique context as well as an exceptional source of inspiration for contemporary artists.
Henning Fehr (born 1985 in Erlangen, Germany) and Philipp Rühr (born 1986 in Brühl, Germany) live and work in Cologne, Germany. Selected solo exhibitions include Swiss Institute, New York; Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf; Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; VersaceVersaceVersace, Miami and Studio for Propositional Cinema, Düsseldorf.
Recent group exhibitions include More Konzeption / Conception Now at Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Living with Pop. A Reproduction of Capitalist Realism at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and Artists Space, New York.
Curated by Elodie Evers
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TSF’16, June 4th
14–24 Uhr, 9 Venues, Berlin-Mitte feat. Asbjørn, Julianna Barwick, DJ Paypal, Farao, White Lung, Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band and many many more.
Day Sales 20€ – at all venues.
Presales are closed.
Online tickets must be swapped for wrist bands on the day of the festival at Acud to enter the shows!
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Super Sunday, June 5th
Easter, Fenster, Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Doors 7pm / Shows 8pm
Volksbühne
16€ / 20€
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TSF’16 – What’s going on?!
Den Überblick verloren? Ja, wir auch. (Scherz.)
Kurze Zusammenfassung wann wo was los ist auf diesem Torstraßenfestival …
Freitag, 3. Juni, 20 Uhr: The Night Before
TSF’16 & Pop Montreal present
Wake Island + LA Foster
Acud Club, Eintritt frei!
Details…
Samstag, 13Uhr: Los geht’s!
Ticket-Schalter öffnet am Acud.
Tickets kaufen, Online-Tickets in Bändchen eintauschen.
Kaffee gibt es auch.
Samstag, 14 Uhr: Der Talk
Lisa Blanning spricht mit Darkstar, DJ Paypal, Princess Century und Ziur.
Wo? – Acud Studio.
Details…
Samstag, ab 14 Uhr: TSF’16!
Gute Musik in 8 Venues mit Darkstar, Julianna Barwick, Haiyti, und und und…
Line-Up. Tickets. Zeitplan.
Samstag, ab 22Uhr: After Show Party
in Kooperation mit WEBOOGIE
feat. DJ Paypal, AWA, und viele mehr
Wo? ACUD Club.
Details…
Sonntag, 20 Uhr: Super Sunday
Easter, Fenster, Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Volksbühne. Tickets hier.
Details…
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Lost control over TSF’16? Here comes a little summary – what’s happening, when and where.
Friday, June 3rd, 8pm: The Night Before
TSF’16 & Pop Montreal present
Wake Island + LA Foster
Acud Club, free show!
Details…
Saturday, 1pm: Let’s go!
Ticket counter opens at Acud.
Buy your ticket, swap your online ticket for a wristband.
Saturday, 2pm: The Talk
Lisa Blanning speaks to Darkstar, DJ Paypal, Princess Century und Ziur.
Where? – Acud Studio.
Details…
Saturday, from 2pm: TSF’16!
Good music in eight venues feat. Darkstar, Julianna Barwick, Haiyti, and many many more
Line-Up. Tickets. Schedule.
Saturday, 10pm: After Show Party
in cooperation with WEBOOGIE
feat. DJ Paypal, AWA, und many more
Where? ACUD Club.
Details…
Sonntag, 20 Uhr: Super Sunday
Easter, Fenster, Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Volksbühne. Tickets.
Details…
Talk #2: Space, Place, Politics w/ Anika + AWA
Space, Place, Politics: How Does One’s Environment Shape an Artist’s Worldview?
In cooperation with BIMM Berlin
Acud Studio, Veteranenstraße 21
Saturday, 16:00 – 17:00
Critic D. Strauss moderates a discussion with the artists Anika (UK/BLN) and AWA (African Woman Arise / Zimbabwe) about how environments — both physical and political — affect and influence the creation of their music, whether it be through words or music, meaning or mood. In the current political moment we find ourselves in, where does an artist find herself? What exactly is an artist’s relation to a social politics — does taking a stance in one’s music, advance a cause or turn it into an object to exploit?
Moderated by D.Strauss, freelance journalist and long time festival supporter.
Listen to the recording here:
Anika (UK/Berlin)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anika_(musician)
Annika Henderson is a musician, poet and artist who rose to fame as ANIKA with two highly acclaimed eponymous records (Recorded with Geoff Barrow of Portishead and his band Beak>, released on Stones Throw in the US), and was touring the world. She is well known as a DJ too, hosts a radio program on BCR – Berlin Community Radio, is seen and heard in experimental cinema and collaborates with a variety of Berlin, London, or Mexico City based artists and musicians among them Jandek, Michael Rother (Neu!), Andreas Reihse of Kreidler, T.Raumschmiere (Sleeping Pills and Habits), Doireann O’Malley, Ricardo Domeneck, Stine Omar / Max Boss (EASTER), or Yann Tiersen. She also recently returns from a residency in Tehran, IR where she collaborated with Berlin-based video artist, Phillip Geist for a live video mapping projection, as well as performed at the renowned Tadaex festival. She is due to play ATP Iceland in July.
AWA | African Woman Arise (Zimbabwe)
www.torstrassenfestival.de/awa
»Awakhiwe Sibanda who is known on stage as A.W.A (African Women Arise) is a 24-year-old female emcee and a vocalist from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She started rapping in 2012 and released songs in Ndebele about Teenage pregnancy and Gender Based Violence. The talented female emcee has shared the stage with artists like Hip Hop Pantsula (S.A) and Symbiz (GER) and Digital Rebels (ZIM). She is part of the music congress and festical „Urban Africa – My Future in 2020“, taking place at Club Bahnof Ehrenfeld in Cologne on the 28-30th of September 2016.«
AWA will also perform at the after show party at Acud Club.
Talk #1: Express yourself – Finding your style in electronic music
Zum Auftakt des Festivalsamstags, am 4. Juni, direkt um 14 Uhr, könnt Ihr mehr über die künstlerischen Herangehensweisen der auf dem Festival auftretenden KünstlerInnen Darkstar, DJ Paypal, Princess Century und Ziúr erfahren. Das Gespräch „Express Yourself: Finding your style in electronic music“ geht der Frage nach, wie sich MusikerInnen heute durch die endlosen Möglichkeiten und die digitale Allgegenwart navigieren, um letztlich – inmitten des Sound-Meers – ihre eigene Stimme zu finden.
Die Journalistin Lisa Blanning moderiert das Gespräch im Studio der zentralen Festival-Location ACUD. Das Gespräch findet auf englisch statt und wird in Kooperation mit Ableton präsentiert. Also… Tauscht euer Ticket ein, holt euch einen Kaffee und beginnt den Festivaltag damit, die Arbeit einiger FestivalkünstlerInnen live im Gespräch kennenzulernen!
Talk: Express yourself – Finding your style in electronic music
Samstag, June 4th, 14Uhr
Acud Macht Neu
Veteranenstraße 21
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On Saturday the 4th of June Torstraßen Festival starts off with an artist talk. At 2 pm festival guests can get to know more about the artistic approaches of some of the artists who will perform later the day…
Express Yourself: Finding your style in electronic music
Technology has created a vast array of possibilities for making electronic music. Simultaneously, it can also have a standardizing effect, especially in the realm of presets. How do you navigate both endless choices and digital ubiquity to create your own voice amidst a sea of sounds? Music journalist Lisa Blanning moderates a panel with artists Darkstar, DJ Paypal, Princess Century, and Ziúr for a first-person discussion on shaping an individual sound using the most comprehensive and widespread of tools, the computer.
The conversation will be in English and is organized in cooperation with Ableton. The conversation takes place at ACUD’s studio, within the central festival venue ACUD. Pick up your ticket, get a coffee and start the festival day with meeting some great artists and getting some insights into their creative process.
Talk: Express yourself – Finding your style in electronic music
Saturday, June 4th, 2pm
Acud Macht Neu
Veteranenstraße 21
The Night before: Pop Montréal & TSF’16
Free Show!
The Night Before: Pop Montréal & Torstrassen Festival present Wake Island + L.A. Foster
June 3rd, 8pm
Acud Macht Neu
Veteranenstraße 21
Building on the success of last years collaborating, Pop Montréal and Torstarssenfestival have teamed up again, this time to bring you a free show featuring two Pop curated acts: Wake Island and L.A. Foster.
L.A. Foster: After growing up in Edmonton, Foster has spent the past ten years living in Buenos Aires and Montreal. Playing with these geographical contrasts, Foster’s premiere release is a mix of emotion ranging from southern heat to gritty cold-weather-break-ups. Blending cumbia, reggaeton, and house; her mix of samples, melodic hooks and cutting vocals provides the perfect setting for a melancholic dance party.
lesleyannfoster.bandcamp.com/releases
Wake Island: Wake Island is an electronic duo formed by Lebanese musicians Philippe Manasseh and Nadim Maghzal and based in Montreal and New York City. The band fearlessly blends electronic dance music with indie rock songwriting to create a positive, uplifting experience. Their new album, OUT, was mostly self-recorded in isolated cabins across the Quebec Eastern Townships and mixed at Montreal’s Breakglass Studios with Jace Lasek (Suuns, Wolf Parade). Through this beautiful and eclectic collection of songs, the band encourage us to stay positive and to open up to the world around us. OUT comes out on April 29th through Oh Hi, an artist collective they co-founded in Montreal. Their live show echoes bands like Caribou, Moderat and Beach House and is sure to elevate your spirit and make you dance.
soundcloud.com/wakeisland
TSF’16 X Weleda
Nicht nur unterstützt die Naturkosmetikfirma Weleda in diesem Jahr das Torstraßen Festival, auch hat sich das Weleda Shop Atelier in der Brunnenstraße 5 zum Festivaltag etwas Besonderes ausgedacht: »Gratis Handmassagen, Produkte für die Sinne, Entspannen? – Beste Naturkosmetik, Elexiere, Verkostung und Säfte von Rabenhorst stehen für Euch bereit.« Also natürliche Entspannung und Wellness zwischen den Konzerten!
Wir sagen Vielen Dank!
Schaut vorbei im…
Weleda Shop Atelier Berlin
Brunnenstraße 5
10119 Berlin
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Natural cosmetics company Weleda does not only support Torstraßen Festival this year, Weleda Shop Atelier on Brunnenstraße 5 has also come up with some specials for the festival day: »Free hand massages, products for all senses, relaxations – top of the line natural cosmetics, elixirs, tastings and Rabenhorst juices await the festival goers.«
Check in at…
Weleda Shop Atelier Berlin
Brunnenstraße 5
10119 Berlin
TSF’16 X Weleda
Nicht nur unterstützt die Naturkosmetikfirma Weleda in diesem Jahr das Torstraßen Festival, auch hat sich das Weleda Shop Atelier in der Brunnenstraße 5 zum Fetivaltag etwas Besonderes ausgedacht: »Gratis Handmassagen, Produkte für die Sinne, Entspannen? – Beste Naturkosmetik, Elexiere, Verkostung und Säfte von Rabenhorst stehen für Euch bereit.« Also natürliche Entspannung und Wellness zwischen den Konzerten!
Wir sagen Vielen Dank!
Schaut vorbei im…
Weleda Shop Atelier Berlin
Brunnenstraße 5
10119 Berlin
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Natural cosmetics company Weleda does not only support Torstraßen Festival this year, Weleda Shop Atelier on Brunnenstraße 5 has also come up with some specials for the festival day: »Free hand massages, products for all senses, relaxations – top of the line natural cosmetics, elixirs, tastings and Rabenhorst juices await the festival goers.«
Check in at…
Weleda Shop Atelier Berlin
Brunnenstraße 5
10119 Berlin
Till Kreische
Als Tontechniker seit einigen Jahren vorrangig durch die kleineren Clubs der stadt tingelnd – gegenwärtig regelmäßig z.b. für Antje Öklesund, Acud Macht Neu, About Blank… daneben Tourbegleitung für Bands und Studio-Recording/Mixing…
TSF’16 Warm-Up #3 – The Seth Bogart Show
The Seth Bogart Show
+ Miserable Lesbians
Monday, May 16th, 8pm
Privatclub Berlin
Tickets: powerline.tickets.de/de/events/7235-Seth_Bogart
Is it getting hot in here or is that just me? It’s hot, right? Am I feeling the Bern or is this another Torstraßen Festival 2016 warm-up show? The later, the former, any, all. Point is, Torstraßen Festival, Powerline Agency and Shameless/Limitless are teaming up to proudly present weirdo ripper Seth Bogart (aka Hunx And His Punx) perform THE SETH BOGART SHOW.
Support comes in the form of Miserable Lesbians, a stoner garage project of 19 year California transplant Lafayette Vanderkin-Jus. Tickets on sale now.
BURGER RECORDS is excited to announce the official debut album from Seth Bogart, the former frontman for iconic DIY acts Hunx And His Punx and Gravy Train! The genre-twisting pop homage features guest appearances from Kathleen Hanna, Tavi Gevinson, Clementine Creevy (Cherry Glazerr), Chela and is co-written and produced by long-time friend Cole MGN (Julia Holter, Ariel Pink, DâM FunK etc).
Following years of creating and touring with his punk projects, Seth’s reinvention began when he moved to Los Angeles in 2012 and started to focus on his visual art. Amongst other things, he opened his Wacky Wacko store, based on his extremely popular clothing line, collaborated on a special limited edition collection with Saint Laurent and had installations at various galleries and museums, including 356 S. Mission Road and MoCA Geffen Contemporary, all the while still working on new music.
With new surroundings and inspiration, a laptop, guitar, microphone, a $50 keyboard and help from Cole MGN, Seth’s new sound was born. Inspired by music he grew up loving – Radio Disney, Broadcast, 80s French Pop like Lio and Plastic Bertrand, Le Tigre, Nina Hagen and Kraftwerk – the new sound is a welcomed adventurous step in a completely new direction. Previously, Seth shared the first single „Eating Makeup“, featuring a vocal assist from the legendary Kathleen Hanna. The song is based on an episode of „My Strange Addiction“ in which the subject is literally addicted to eating makeup. The tongue-in-cheek video directed by JJ Stratford (Telefantasy Studios) shows off Seth’s friends eating makeup but also acts as a Pee Wee’s Playhouse-meets-Liquid Television-inspired social commentary on the effects of the beauty industry. Today, Seth shares new track „Forgotten Fantazy“ that shows his more somber and contemplative side.
Finally! Line-up round #3.
Ha! Nochmal zehn. Alte Liebhaber, neue Bekannte, Freunde von Freunden, alles dabei. Die letzte Runde Line-Up bringt: Buenos-Aires-via-Warschau-Gesamtkünstlerin Pictorial Candi, the artist formerly known as Touchy Mob, Squat-Ikone V, Rhytmus-Diktator Alex Cameron, Teilzeit-Swagger Heimer, Thrashcore-Trio Piss, DIY-Millennial Helen Fry, Post-Raver Scott Hardware, die Boys von Girlie und den internationalen Meditations-Zirkel Dawn Mok.
Tickets? – Lieber jetzt, als nie!
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Guess what! Here come another ten artists, old lovers, new acquaintances, friends of friends. Please meet Buenos-Aires-via-Warsaw allrounder Pictorial Candi, the artist formerly known as Touchy Mob, squat icon V, dubious crooner Alex Cameron, part-time swagger Heimer, thrashcore trio Piss, DIY-millennial Helen Fry, post-raver Scott Hardware, the boys called Girlie und an international meditation circle named Dawn Mok.
Tickets? – Better safe than sorry!
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