Schinkel Pavillon

DISAPPEARING BERLIN, 2021/11/13, Spreewaldbad: 'Unter' by Billy Bultheel and Viviana Abelson. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 'A highlight of DISAPPEARING BERLIN 2021, realized together with the Radialsystem: a performance Billy Bultheel and Viviana Abelson at the Spreewaldbad, that will undergo renovations in 2022. (...) [The artists] transformed the profanity of the Wellenbad into a kind of eerie church of art.' – words by @hannoreads for @berliner_zeitung ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 'Unter', by Billy Bultheel @billyjohnbultheel and Viviana Abelson @vivvaina_ was performed by Alexander Iezzi @alexanderiezzi, Andie Stecher, Rebecca Lane, Adam Sinclaire: @adamsinclaire and Max Murray, and presented by DISAPPEARING BERLIN x radialsystem. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you @radialsystem_berlin Additional thanks to @berliner_baederbetriebe ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Images: Billy Bultheel and Viviana Abelson, Unter (2021), DISAPPEARING BERLIN produced by Schinkel Pavillon, Spreewaldbad. Photos by Thyago Sainte @thyagosainte ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ DISAPPEARING BERLIN 2021 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
Artistic direction by Marie-Therese Bruglacher @m_a_r_e_s_e 
Project management by Anja Lindner @anja_li_de 
 Production assistance by Patrick Kohn @ts_taurus 
 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ DISAPPEARING BERLIN 2021 was funded by @kulturstiftungdesbundes  ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #disappearingberlin #schinkelpavillon #billybultheel #vivianaabelson #radialsystemberlin #spreewaldbad #marietheresebruglacher #performanceart

The Schinkel Pavillon presents a second volume of the exhibition dedicated to HR Giger, this time entering a dialogue with the work of an artist who inspired him throughout his​​​​​​​​ lifetime: the subversive German Surrealist Hans Bellmer. Their provocative aesthetics, depicting at times explicit sexual acts and repulsive creatures, was for both a form of political resistance and rebellion. The exhibition space turns into a forbidden cabinet of nightmares and taboos which seduce the curious viewer with their alluring poetics​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ HR Giger & Hans Bellmer​​​​​​​​ January 22 – March 20, 2022​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Curated by Laura López Paniagua @ourfriendsfromfrolix8​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ The artworks of HR Giger have been selected by curator Agnes Gryczkowska @agnesgryczkowska for the exhibition HR Giger & Mire Lee that was on view at the Schinkel Pavillon from Sept 18, 2021 to Jan 14, 2022.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds #hauptstadtkulturfonds​​​​​​​​ Special thanks to Collection Witzig - Danciu and Collection and Kunstraum, Collection Mario Müller.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Image: HR Giger & Hans Bellmer, exhibition view, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, 2022; Courtesy of the artists and Schinkel Pavillon. Photo: Frank Sperling​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ #gigerbellmer #hrgiger #hansbellmer #lauralopezpaniagua #schinkelpavillon #schinkelklause

DISAPPEARING BERLIN, 2021/08/15, Mäusebunker; with a performance by Julianknxx @julianknxx ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Written and performed by Julianknxx @julianknxx Musical direction by Aron Kyne @aronkyne Drums by Toby Couling @tobycouling Accompanied by Berlin’s Most Finest, curated by Andy Roda @andyroda with Brenda Marie Turner, Daniel Keeling, Dorrey Lyles, Marlin Monroe Williford, Monica Lewis, Raymond Thompson, Shon Abrams, Tayo Awosusi-Onutor Costumes by Harris Elliott Studio @harriselliottstudio ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The event was supported by Arno Brandlhuber @bplus.xyz and Johann König @johann.koenig ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ DISAPPEARING BERLIN 2021 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Artistic Direction by Marie-Therese Bruglacher @m_a_r_e_s_e Project Management by Anja Lindner @anja_li_de Produktion Assistance by Patrick Kohn @ts_taurus ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Images: Video Stills from drone footage by Joseph Kadow @josephkadow ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ DISAPPEARING BERLIN is a performance and music series, organized and produced by Schinkel Pavillon e.V. and is funded by @kulturstiftungdesbundes ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #disappearingberlin #schinkelpavillon #julianknxx #mäusebunker #marietheresebruglacher #performanceart

The figure of the doll in Hans Bellmer’s œvre marks, at once, a schism in between the artist and his father and the artist and 'the system of the father'. Out of protest Bellmer abandoned his established career as a commercial artist in 1933. At the same time he engaged in increasingly obsessive relationships with the dolls he had begun to produce. "The source of my images is scandalous" said Bellmer, "because for me the world is a scandal."​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ HR Giger & Hans Bellmer​​​​​​​​ January 22 – March 20, 2022.​​​​​​​​ Curated by Laura López Paniagua @ourfriendsfromfrolix8​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ The artworks of HR Giger have been selected by curator Agnes Gryczkowska @agnesgryczkowska for the exhibition HR Giger & Mire Lee that was on view at the Schinkel Pavillon from Sept 18, 2021 to Jan 14, 2022.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds #hauptstadtkulturfonds​​​​​​​​ Special thanks to Collection Witzig - Danciu and Collection and Kunstraum, Collection Mario Müller.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Image: Hans Bellmer, La poupée, 1932 bis 1945; Courtesy of Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ #gigerbellmer #hrgiger #hansbellmer #lauralopezpaniagua #schinkelpavillon #schinkelklause

The exhibition brings together iconic sculptures, early paintings, and drawings of the legendary Swiss artist and creator of the Alien creature (from the namesake film) HR Giger (1940–2014), alongside a collection of graphic works and photographs of the subversive German Surrealist Hans Bellmer (1902–1975).​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ HR Giger & Hans Bellmer​​​​​​​​ January 22 – March 20, 2022.​​​​​​​​ Curated by Laura López Paniagua @ourfriendsfromfrolix8​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ The artworks of HR Giger have been selected by curator Agnes Gryczkowska @agnesgryczkowska for the exhibition HR Giger & Mire Lee that was on view at the Schinkel Pavillon from Sept 18, 2021 to Jan 14, 2022.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds #hauptstadtkulturfonds​​​​​​​​ Special thanks to Collection Witzig - Danciu and Collection and Kunstraum, Collection Mario Müller.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Image: HR Giger & Hans Bellmer, exhibition view, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, 2022; Courtesy of the artists and Schinkel Pavillon. Photo: Frank Sperling​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ #gigerbellmer #hrgiger #hansbellmer #lauralopezpaniagua #schinkelpavillon #schinkelklause

This exhibition is a surreal sexual fantasy, a voyage that sheds light on the barely acknowledged historical bond between Hans Bellmer and HR Giger. ​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ HR Giger & Hans Bellmer​​​​​​​​ January 22 – March 20, 2022.​​​​​​​​ Curated by Laura López Paniagua @ourfriendsfromfrolix8​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ The artworks of HR Giger have been selected by curator Agnes Gryczkowska @agnesgryczkowska for the exhibition HR Giger & Mire Lee that was on view at the Schinkel Pavillon from Sept 18, 2021 to Jan 14, 2022.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds #hauptstadtkulturfonds​​​​​​​​ Special thanks to Collection Witzig - Danciu and Collection and Kunstraum, Collection Mario Müller.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Image: HR Giger, Mutanten, 1975. Courtesy HR Giger Museum, Gruyères.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ #gigerbellmer #hrgiger #hansbellmer #lauralopezpaniagua #schinkelpavillon #schinkelklause

Vol. 4 of Human Fly takes us back to a vibrant evening in October 2021 at Café Keese – one of Berlin’s last traditional dance halls. Pianist and composer Hania Rani and cellist and composer Dobrawa Czocher, both at home in the context of classical music, presented their new album Inner Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon). Hania Rani and Dobrawa Czocher have a long-standing personal relationship that first resulted in a musical collaboration in 2015. In their new album they combine their classical musical approaches with an ever-curious interest in other forms of music and art, without restricting themselves to genres. The theme of connectedness, both personal and musical, runs like a red thread through their compositions. Cast: Hania Rani (piano) @haniarani Dobrawa Czocher (cello) @dobrawaczocher, Kornelia Gradzka (strings) @korneliagradzka, Pawel Czarny (strings), Agata Dankowska (sound tech), Deutsche Grammophon (label) @dgclassics DISAPPEARING BERLIN 2021 Artistic Direction: Marie-Therese Bruglacher @m_a_r_e_s_e Project Management: Anja Lindner @anja_li_de Produktion Assistant: Patrick Kohn @ts_taurus With Human Fly, artists Joseph Kadow and Malina Heinemann create an artistic translation of the DISAPPEARING BERLIN 2021 program. Using the immediate aesthetics of phone cameras they capture the emerging synergies between artistic performances, space and architecture as well as the experiences of the audience.

Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) was one of the most uncompromising artists of the twentieth century. An associate of the Dadaists and Surrealists, throughout his work he pursued a profoundly personal, eroticized vision that defies any simplistic categorization. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ HR Giger & Hans Bellmer January 22 – March 20, 2022. Curated by Laura López Paniagua @ourfriendsfromfrolix8 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The artworks of HR Giger have been selected by curator Agnes Gryczkowska @agnesgryczkowska for the exhibition HR Giger & Mire Lee that was on view at the Schinkel Pavillon from Sept 18, 2021 to Jan 14, 2022. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds #hauptstadtkulturfonds Special thanks to Collection Witzig - Danciu and Collection and Kunstraum, Collection Mario Müller. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Image: Hans Bellmer, 1936. Photo: Karin Székessy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #gigerbellmer #hrgiger #hansbellmer #lauralopezpaniagua #schinkelpavillon #schinkelklause

Hans Bellmer understood the body as an erotic landscape probing the limits of sexuality, identity, and social order. His monstrously erotic Doll (Die Puppe, 1934), a fragmentary and lustful sculpture, was his response to the N**i ideal, a neoclassical “Aryan” body. The erotically charged sculpture Machine-Gunneress in a State of Grace (1937) is composed of parts of Bellmer's Doll.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ HR Giger & Hans Bellmer⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ January 22 – March 20, 2022.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Curated by Laura López Paniagua @ourfriendsfromfrolix8⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ HR Giger conceived by @agnesgryczkowska⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds #hauptstadtkulturfonds⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Special thanks to Collection Witzig - Danciu and Collection and Kunstraum, Collection Mario Müller.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Image: Hans Bellmer, The Machine-Gunneress in a State of Grace, 1937. Copyright: 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #gigerbellmer #hrgiger #hansbellmer #lauralopezpaniagua #schinkelpavillon #schinkelklause