The Humping Pact
Berlin is the city of sex (mostly cheap and unaffectionate). Already discussed and explained in details here and here and here. So far nothing special about it. But can Berlin become the city of porn? Or maybe better: Can Berlin become the Art Porn Capital of the world? Why not thought curator Cy Iurinic and the Mindpirates inviting us to the Art Porn Week from today until Saturday (June 12-15). Next to several films, performances, workshops, discussions, readings and live music in order to interact with the audience in a pornographic art experience there will be installations throughout the Mindpirates Vereinsheim and Mindpirates Projektraum incorporating drawings, paintings, photography, video and sound. The goal is to seduce the audience to step out mere spectatorship and to engage in learning new ways of sexual understanding. Being open minded Lia and I will try to experience it as good as we can in the following days. Both of us have all ready watched and recommended good porn to our readers (here and here) and are looking forward to find new art porn pearls for future posts. After the jump you find an overview of the upcoming days and some pictures. I would recommend to go there with a new date: it’s the best way to find out if you are the right ones for each other from the beginning.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 12th
VERNISSAGE
19:00 – Projektraum
Festive Grand Opening: the adventure begins here.
CURATED ART PORN SCREENING
20:00 – Film
Our personal selection of the most cutting-edge, thought-provoking and sexy art porn from around the world in a stimulating 90-minute program: Humping Pact, Porno Clown, Acento Frenetico, Shu Lea Cheang, Waska, Pussykrew, INSIDE FLESH, Matt Lambert, Yia Ronson, Katia Sepúlveda, fRancy Fabritz, Christopher Weser.
FEMALE MACHO
22:00 – Music
DJ Female Macho plays her signature mixture of hip hop, soft harmonious sounds and danceable bass.
THURSDAY JUNE 13th
EROTIC LITERATURE – various artists
20:30 – Reading
Performers will read some of their favourite works of erotic literature, comprising a selection by Amsterdam’s Bibliothèque érotique.
DIRTY TALK – AN INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE – Svetlana Pall Mall
21:00 – Performance
An interactive performance about the nature of pornography. Participants will explore pornography whilst co-directing and creating it themselves.
LILITH – Elisabeth Hannah Neid and BecyM
21:15 – Reading
An intimate poetic performance sharing desire beyond the physical. A journey of carnal lust, spiritual magic and expanded consciousness.
I DON’T WANT A PIECE OF CAKE / I WANT THE WHOLE BAKERY – Persson / Kent
21:30 – Reading
Sara Svärtan Persson reads her most naked and filthy poems translated from Swedish to English accompanied by visuals by Claudia Kent.
CASSANDRA’S RIDDLE – Clytemnestra
21:45 – Performance
Tea Hvala retells the story of the mythical Trojan princess in the words of her killer, Clytemnestra, queen of Mycenae.
JUNEsHELEN (LIVE)
22:00 – Music
Electronic and experimental field recordings, warm synths and creative beats blended with soft and tender vocals. soundcloud.com/juneshelen
DJ HUMPSTAR & OVERDOZE
22:00 – Music
Experience continuous musical climax with pornographic tunes by DJ Humpstar & Overdoze.
FRIDAY JUNE 14th
MY SEXUALITY IS AN ARTISTIC CREATION – Lucia Egaña
21:00 – Film
A documentary film about the post-porn movement in Barcelona, based on seven interviews, in which the inseparability of art and political activism become manifest.
.APPROACHING FAILURE. – Liz Rosenfeld, Tomas Hemstad
22:00 – Performance
An experiment in desire by multimedia artist Liz Rosenfeld and writer, DJ and activist Tomas Hemstad.
FEMINIST TENTACLE PORN PREDATOR – THE RECLAIM – Åssie
22:30 – Performance
The art to the porn to the people: learn to create feminist tentacle porn stories with Åssie (Lo-Fi Cherry Porno Pics).
ART BOUND – Steven James
23:00 – Performance
The bound body as a living human installation: DasFalke and Caritia performing as Mr and Mrs Smith, feat. Tête Bruleé and Fiona Vivautrin.
LADY G. & DILDO ORCHESTRA – Lady Gaby, pani k.
23:30 – Performance
An unexpected delightful use of dildos, used as instruments harmonising with provocative spoken word monologues and interjected electronic beats.
CREAMCAKE
00:00 – Music
R&B remixes, classic hip hop and edited trance music for a hot and sexy dance sound selected by Creamcake.
YOU AND THE BLACKOUTS
2:00 – Music
Booty down and dance with a fine selection of tunes by You and the Blackouts.
SATURDAY JUNE 15th
BEDROOM BONDAGE FOR BEGINNERS – Steven James
17:00 – Workshop
A fun and frivolous 2-hour workshop introduction to shibari, Japanese bondage. EUR 20 per couple or single person (incl. authentic shibari rope to keep).
POSSESSIONS – Inside Flesh
21:00 – Film
A video cycle that meets the aesthetic need to participate in an unspecified, perverse ritual of transformation.
FUCKING DIFFERENT XXX – Kristian Petersen
21:00 – Film
Eight short films about sex by Maria Beatty, Bruce LaBruce, Jürgen Brüning, Emilie Jouvet, Manuela Kay, Kristian Petersen, Courtney Trouble, Todd Verow.
POSSESSION – SUKA OFF
23:00 – Performance
A performance dealing with possession, transformation and exploration of the human body, its shape, fluidity and sexuality.
WHERE DOES A BODY END? – Ann Antidote, Lun Ário
Installation
The artists will be available to incorporate anyone willing into their flexible bondage rope sculpture, thus becoming part of the work.
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
00:00 – Party
We bring out the big names to close ART PORN WEEK in style. First, an excursion into dance courtesy of Mother Perera; next up, a special surprise performer will heat up the dancefloor to ecstatic climaxes. Seeing us through to the end of the night is fierce, foxy, fabulous Berlin-based DJ Sarah Adorable. Glitchy visual textures between the synthetic and the organic by Pussykrew.
Mindpirates
Schlesische Strasse 38
10997 Berlin
