Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Open Studio at B.L.O. Ateliers

HIER & JETZT: CONNECTIONS
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Thursday, 31.05.18 18:00-21.00 at the B.L.O. Ateliers, Kaskelstr. 55, 10317 Berlin

Open Studio and Artist Talk with Özlem Sariyildiz.

Atopia vs Identity. The virtue of strangeness.
A lecture by Dr. Alexander Wiehart

Strong social identities are often praised and striven for. They are supposed to assure orientation, acceptance, mutual understanding and security, in short: a community that feels like home. On the other hand, social sciences have been recognising identities as the result of social pressure and even violence. Because of this origin, each strong identity itself tend to become violent not only against its surroundings but also against the persons who share this identity. How can this mechanism be avoided? Maybe Socratic “atopia”, a genuinely philosophical kind of self-imposed strangeness, can help …

Latest drawings by Omar Alshaer

U-Bahn – 1st concert in Berlin
Bora Yediel – Bağlama / Mehmet Taşkın – Darbuka / Melih Sarıgöl – Electronics
U-Bahn is a trio based in Berlin founded by three new comers to Berlin from Istanbul. Its sound can be described as an improvisation of live loops of Anatolian melodic patterns accompanied by powerful Anatolian rhythms with noisy electronics and synthesizer. Everything develops and happens during the performance.