After the successful premiere of Dr. Sketchy‘s first artschool event in Berlin last month he is already back again for more. On October 25th Hedoluxe invites you to another evening of bouze, girls and pencils at WirrWarr in Kreuzberg. So if you are interested in practicing your drawing skills with some very unique models you should look after the jump for more infos and photos from the last event.
UPDATE: Note the change of date for this evening. It’s on October 25th now!
If you study art and care for a nude model of a kind you haven’t had the chance to build up your easel in front of, you might want to register for Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. They are having a burlesque live drawing next month at the Bassy Cowboy Club. Looks like fun! Some more photos and details after the jump.
Presented works:
»Pliable« (Djibril Sall)
»NudE NuNs w/BiG GuNs« (Nastja Antonenko, Josephin Hanke, Lucky Hole, Bo Thomas, Laurean Wagner)
»cut me glass | you’re so fucking peinlich« (Fjóla Gautadóttir, Suvi Kemppainen)
»The past« (Else Tunemyr, Liina Magnea)
In 2020, Dirty Debut comes to Ballhaus Ost and continues a four-part series of events that promotes the debut presentation of sketchy, unfinished, in short: dirty performances. Dirty Debut is not only about increasing the visibility of emerging performance artists; it also wants to bring together the entire spectrum of the performance landscape on the same stage. Each evening, four 20-minute performances will be performed. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity to toast the artists* and their work at a joint dinner.
Interested emerging artists apply with a project draft of max. 2000 characters and their curriculum vitae. The application condition is that they are at the starting point of an artistic practice, which should not exceed one professionally prepared production. Further developments of university theses are welcome, but no student project proposals.
A jury will select four drafts from all applications, whose artistic approach and qualitative claim will be judged to be independent and promising. The invited performance makers* will receive a small budget for production, minimal stage design, materials and transportation.
Running time: approx. 3:00 hours with 2 intermissions and a joint dinner.
In English.
Concept, artistic direction: Björn Pätz, Sandra Umathum Dramaturgy: Maxi Wallenhorst, Joshua Wicke
A production by Björn Pätz and Sandra Umathum in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost. Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
photos: Chris Phillips for Pornceptual
Pornceptual – “That’s a party? With that kinda name? In Berlin? – Oh Gosh!” – I know plenty of people who would already pass just knowing these banal facts; driven by an opinion, formed by nothing more but hearsay. Fetish, leather, sex, queers, techno, darkness; the associations are clear. I, on the other hand, seem to be constantly driven by an insatiable fascination for everything that’s outrageous. So, I went, more spontaneous, than elaborately planned. Well, I got everything mentioned above – yet still, my first Pornceptual was far from what I expected. One night in between naked skin, electronic beats and sexual liberation made me philosophize about what’s queer, what’s compliant and that weird thing called “normal”.
“And what piece of clothing are you gonna take off today?”, the skinny bouncer asked, a crooked smile on his face. His outfit consisted of an old Soviet uniform – without anything down below, of course, just tight leather hot pants. I looked around; the line behind me appeared like a collection of bizarre characters. I already felt very entertained by this; Berlin, just like you’d imagine it. Admittedly, at first I had to realize that I was not truly a newbie to this world. I am queer, I have been to many queer parties – but a party that is this kinky and sex oriented was still on the to-do-list. The facial expression of one of my friends reminded me of how deeply this Berlin party scene has already influenced me. While I was showing a broad smile, her face said something like: “What the fuck am I getting myself into?”
Berlin’s beauty is in the details. Yes, despite being a very popular city, it is not exactly known for, let’s say, the typical understanding of beauty. People like this city for more subtle reasons. But we think it’s also a matter of perspective. When you take a few steps back and look at it from a distance – more specifically from above – you see the city in a whole new way. Things that you normally only realize when you spend more time here become very obvious: How green the city is, the massive parks that function as green lungs of the city. How low the city was built, almost devoid of sky scrapers that mostly give cities with skylines a very generic look. From the distance you will see the more iconic constructions of the city and how much they stand-out, details that every other big city would simply swallow in a jungle of concrete.
We should look at Berlin from a bird’s eye view way more often and appreciate this different kind of beauty! To give you an overview of where you can get this perspective, we selected our favorite high viewpoints for you. A little shout-out to some of our Instagrammers from our #berlin exhibition who made a big portion of the photos after the jump.
Rosenthaler Platz, 1999. photo: Michael Lange
The magic about Berlin are not only the rare moments of strange intimacy with strangers or the delicate observations of your surroundings but also the turbulent past this city has gone through. The next strange magic story is somehow a biography with a magical atmosphere by the american Berlin lover Jeff Talton.
Jeff Tarlton has been a denizen of the Berlin music community since re-locating from his home town of Detroit back in 1992. He fell in initially with the Eastern European shamanic music scene. He has put his distinctive stamp either singing or playing guitar as a session musician or featured collaborator, on essential Berlin music labels such as CitySlang, Kitty-Yo and Monica Enterprises, as well as having his own compositions find their way into theatre and film. Indeed, during his more than 20 years in Berlin, Jeff has organized and/or performed at countless local events under his own name & aliases from Columbia Fritz to the most intimate off-the-grid experiments in outer suburbs. As 2013 winds down Jeff is preparing his next live presentation Treason Of The Glitch as well as composing music/sound design for a major German art film due next year. Read his story after the jump.
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Agnes by Daria Marchik
Berlin is a place where people can live out all their dreams. Not just one, all of them. Here you have Burlesque dancer doing a Hip-Hop party, models doing DJ sets, DJs designing books and what not. There is no limit. The events after the jump.
This weekend’s party guide is all about variety, my dearest party people. Because apart from the biggest techno mini-festival Twisted Elements (which we are raffeling off tickets in our iHeartBerlin.de Facebook Group btw.) this weekend we also have a knitting workshop, a burlesque drawing course, a crazy cake baking contest, a scary movie session, a bizzare metal fetish wear performance and the one or other cool party in the offering. Hop after the jump to make your weekend as colorful as possible…
photo: Adrian Buckmaster
For all the burlesque lovers and hobby artists here comes another one of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School event. This time with burlesque ballet dancer Tronicat La Miez as the life drawing model. It will take place on Saturday afternoon at the wonderful White Trash Fast Food. Details after la jump.
Tomorrow night the Ballhaus Ost will turn up the heat when Molly Crabapple comes to town with her Sexy Circus Live Drawing Extravaganza that some of you might remember under the name Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. If you are a fan of sexy Burlesque dancers and would like to practice your drawing skills this is a total must for you. And even if you just want to enjoy the Burlesque show you are welcome to join the circus. Another hot shot from a previous show and the flyer with details about Monday’s event go look after the jump.