NOWs: Muscle Memory curated by Ece Pazarbaşı

01. April - 11. Juni 2017 / Nows

MUSCLE MEMORY

Opening Fri 31 March at 7 pm

at

Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Artists: Adel Abidin, Jenny Baines, Maja Bajevic, Marcio Carvalho, Cevdet Erek, Ingo Gerken, Gözde İlkin, Marisa Maza, Ahmet Öğüt, Sophia Pompery, Svenja Schüffler and Vahit Tuna. Curator: Ece Pazarbaşı

For public programme, see: www.fieldkitchen-academy.org

The exhibition “Muscle Memory” is a multi-layered investigation into the notion of muscle memory, which is defined in neuroscience as a type of movement that becomes familiar to the muscles through repetition over time. It gives a metaphorical approach to how structures of power create and manipulate the memories of individuals through the biological mechanisms of their very own bodies. In doing so, the exhibition revisits the historical background of the Bethanien Hospital building as the ‘body’ of the project, incorporating the building and its vicinity into the exhibition as an embodiment of the muscle memory.

FIELD KITCHEN ACADEMY PROGRAMME

Doctors, Nurses and Artists – Artists talk with the participation of Adel Abidin, Jenny Baines, Marcio Carvalho, Ingo Gerken, Göde İlkin, Marisa Maza, Ahmet Öğüt, Sophia Pompery, Svenja Schüffler and Vahit Tuna.

Moderation: Ece Pazarbaşı

Sat 1 April at 7 pm

LOCATION: FORMER OPERATION WING (KUNSTRAUM KREUZBERG/ BETHANIEN)

Muscle Testing Workshop — an Introduction to Kinesiology by Heike Brunner, Alternative Medicine Practitioner

Wed 5 April at 7 pm

LOCATION: FORMER WASHHOUSE

Talk: Medical Neighborhoods — Healing Architecture by Álvaro Valera Sosa, Architect

Tue 18 April at 7 pm

LOCATION: FORMER OPERATION WING (KUNSTRAUM KREUZBERG/ BETHANIEN)

Talk: Fractals in Action: From procedural memory to motor hierarchies by Mauricio Dias Martins, MD PhD, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt University zu Berlin/ Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Thu 20 April at 7 pm

LOCATION: FORMER OPERATION WING (KUNSTRAUM KREUZBERG/ BETHANIEN)

Bethanien Parkour Workshop by Franz Schönberger, Headcoach at ParkourONE Berlin

Sun 7 May at 11.30 am

LOCATION: FORMER THE VICINITY OF THE BETHANIEN BUILDING

Symbol Body Workshop by Tugce Tuna, mover, body reader, choreographer, interdisciplinary performance and contemporary dance artist and academician.

Sun 21 May at 11:30 am

LOCATION: FORMER MORGUE

Releasing Repetition in Mind, Body and Soul Workshop by Sun Woo + Ji Woo, Zen Masters

Sun 4 June at 11:30 am

LOCATION: FORMER INFECTION UNIT

Guided Exhibition Tours with the Curator Ece Pazarbaşı

Sat 8 April at 12 pm; Sat 20 May at 12 pm; Sat 10 June at 12 pm

LOCATION: OPERATION WING (KUNSTRAUM KREUZBERG/ BETHANIEN)

Klein Technique™ Workshops by Hanna Hegenscheidt

Every week from Monday to Friday, 9.30–11.15 AM

Studio 142, 1st Floor, Kunstquartier Bethanien

Movement Training for Performers by Mime Centrum

Every week from Monday to Friday, 10–11.30 AM

Studio 2, Mime centrum, Kunstquartier Bethanien

* Meeting Point for all events: Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien. All events will be in English.

Der Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien ist eine Einrichtung des Stipendium. Unterstützt wird das Projekt durch das Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen IFA und dem Kulturinstitut Finnlands.