Talk with Tadzio Müller in the Pi32
Screening of Night Soil Trilogy by melanie bonajo
in the context of the exhibition Wir sind nie getrennt gewesen - jenseits von Natur und Kultur we're showing all three parts of melanie bonajos Night Soil Trilogy in original version with German subtitel in a row.
Night Soil is an experimental documentary in three parts showing the huge disconnection most Western people feel to nature. In a semi- documentary style melanie bonajo explores how people today tackle feelings of fragmentation and alienation head-on. The central characters in their videos are in search of new rituals, a different relationship with nature and a reassessment of ideas surrounding gender, with the aim of combating a gnawing sense of emptiness. It is far from rare for this to involve an illegal and alternative way of life that exists outside the established system. bonajo portrays this with passion and elegance, and occasional bursts of absurdism, and they do not shrink from stepping into view themself. Beneath a layer of humour and apparent chaos lurks an ambivalent attitude to all kinds of technological and capitalist developments in modern society. Semi-documentary scenes alternate with hallucinogenic fragments that spring from bonajo’s imagination. They are shaped by an intensive collaboration with the main characters. These are mainly women, because bonajo believes their voices are insufficiently heard even today.
melanie bonajo, Night Soil - Fake Paradise, film still painting (2014)
melanie bonajo, Night Soil - Fake Paradise, film still painting (2014)
melanie bonajo, Night Soil - Nocturnal Gardening (2016)
Lecture and talk with Dr. Boniface Mabanza Bambu
Dr. Boniface Mabanza Bambu
Guided tour and finissage party
ACID SURVIVAL training with a focus on masculinity and violence
some debris of the present, part 3: VIOLENCE/BODY, MASCULINITY, SURVIVAL, SEX, DEATH
members' bar
Dear friends and members of the Kunstverein Langenhagen,
out of the desire to be more in contact with the members of the Kunstverein, we cordially invite you to the first members' bar evening. In a pleasant atmosphere, we would like to get into conversation with you after the members' meeting, to hear how you are getting on with the Kunstverein and, last but not least, sample a glass or two of wine.
We look forward to your visit, meeting you again or getting to know you and exchanging ideas!
Filmscreening at the Kino-im-Sprengel: United in Anger - a history of ACT UP and Finite: the climate of change
I would also love to be a part of the creation of all these new myths
Alessandro Pignocchi
Maje Mellin, Manifests for Future Beings, 2021 (photo: Volker Crone)
Conversation with Maje Mellin about a different way of handling with Fu (her horse)
Photo of Fu: Maje Mellin
Finissage, Release, Talk
of the book published to accompany the exhibition with Alessandro Pignocchi's comics translated into German for the first time, with coffee and cake.
Tour and talk about the production of the exhibition
with Michael Dobrindt, Birte Heier und Sebastian Stein
Block I
art space in the catastrophe
2 pm Discussion frustrated directors with Annette Hans (GAK), Birte Heier & Sebastian Stein (KVL) plus 1 director tba
4 pm Sticky care and curating with Bettina Knaup
6 pm Talk with b_books
During the events and at the end of the day, we provide food and drink and welcome small donations.
The event will take place in German.
Opening
art space in the catastrophe
7 pm Greeting by Veronika Olbrich, Consultant for Visual Arts and Museums, Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture.
~7:15 pm Origins, history and current challenges of Kunstvereine with Meike Behm (Chairwoman ADKV)
~ 8 pm Introductory remarks to the series with Birte Heier and Sebastian Stein.
~ 9pm in the shit with bonk4∞
Animation, shared exercise / 30-45 minutes / (night)dream journey, soft gymnastics] You guys play along - bring what helps you!
The event will take place in German.