The exhibition titled “One man's garden is another man's house”, which will take place on May 31 and June 23, 2013 at 7pm at Kugelbahn/ Kolonie Wedding, aims to explore the notion of appearance and disappearance throughout the surroundings of the Kugelbahn.
Our performance and exhibition location, Kolonie Wedding, is situated near the Berlin Wall, which today is used as a local recreation area.
The building itself, a sort of pavilion, is located near the animated Osloer Straße. In its early years the building was a bar with a bowling alley in the basement. Now it is a café with its own gallery and venue.
The first part of developing this work will happen through silent walks in and around Kolonie Wedding. Residents of the area will be invited to join us. We will capture our surroundings through field recordings, drawings, photos, video recordings and our memory. We will also interview residents in the area on the abstract subject of appearance and disappearance.
These materials will then become the basis for our performances on May 31 (Vernissage) and on June 23 (Finissage) 2013. During this performance we will bring the stories, sounds, movements and textures inside the Kugelbahn, by using documentation, pencil drawings, chalk, watercolor, movements of the body, field recordings, and live music.
The aim of the performance is to transform the appearance and disappearance of lines, sounds, movements and atmosphere from the location.
At the end of the exhibition period, the Kugelbahn will return to its normal form. Overwriting our traces until everything is how it was or perhaps never was.
The memory of the performance, the visited locations, and the past stays…
After the performance at the Finissage there will be a conversation with the audience on the theme of appearance and reappearance.