fake or feint

Series of events

Performer Stammtisch
Monday, May 18, 8 p.m.

The first event within the current scenario is a co-operation with Performer Stammtisch Berlin. In the context of fake or feint Performer Stammtisch will be a guest in the exhibition spaces in Berlin Carré and will present three performances of the Berlin and international female artists Carola Lehmann, Dovrat Ana Meron und Dana Sederowsky (detailed info see below). Subsequently, there will be a panel talk o Performer Stammtisch’s development and future perspectives by the organisers and hosts Jörn J. Burmester, Janine Eisenächer and Florian Feigl. The artists as well as the organisers of fake or feint will be involved in the discussion.

What is Performer Stammtisch?
Performer Stammtisch shows artistic practices and live performances from the international Live Art and performance art scene. Besides the live events, Performer Stammtisch is a network of artists, critics, scholars, curators and an interested public. The aim is to establish a place dedicated to performance art and Live Art in Berlin. Performer Stammtisch is a forum for the professional international exchange of artistic practices and strategies. Additionally, Performer Stammtisch aims to be a platform to facilitate the exchange of information regarding the organizational, financial and administrative side of professional artistic work in the fields of performance art and Live Art.Between fifteen and fifty artists and professionally interested guests come to the monthly meetings in Berlin (every second Monday of each month). Since its beginning in 2005, Performer Stammtisch has become a regular meeting point for Berlin based and international artists from a variety of artistic practices.
www.performerstammtisch.de

Programme of Performer Stammtisch on May 18th

Carola Lehmann [DE] - Wo ein Wille ist (live performance and video) / Tone Avenstroup [NO / DE] - Spießfragmente
"Until 1997 I tried to find out how the female body is represented in images. Also, I was investigating the meaning of women defining themselves as "female" throughout clothing and make-up. Men as well mark their bodies, but here only moustache and polo-neck sweaters are used. What happened to my motivation of gaining knowledge? How came I read less and less books, and practised cross-dressing in Muslim countries instead? Wo ein Wille ist traces back the questions and new thoughts of my former performance actions."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Mw1b9-nis
In connection Tone Avenstroup shows her work Spießfragmente on two sound tracks together with a pomegranat. Two speakers serve loops of Spießfragmenten, while statements on exclusion are repeated.

Dovrat Ana Meron [ISR/DE] - The nature of a red dot (live performance)
The nature of a red dot is a site-specific performance that Meron developed for existing exhibition spaces such as museums or galleries. It refers to the convention of marking a piece of art that is sold in art exhibitions, galleries and art fairs. The text she uses relates to the inter-relation between live performance, documentation, art as a product to buy, originality, limited editions, reproductions, repetitions and artistic thievery.
www.arte-misia.eu

Dana Sederowsky [SE] - Special Announcements (video performance)
Dana Sederowsky works with video performance. As an artist she works solely with herself and her own body. It is her determined choice to be autonomous and solitary. Nothing in her work is accidental. It is calculated and strictly directed. Sederowsky investigates language through linguistic exercises, speech-acts and phonological experiments, focusing on the process of using speech and on how words are delivered directly in the face of the viewer. She investigates language not simply as a means of communication but also as a poetic and formal device. Sederowsky will be showing parts of the ongoing project Special Announcements, which started in 2006 and has been part of several exhibitions and screenings in galleries and festivals across Europe.
www.danasederowsky.com

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