Queer Ping Pong is coming to the Gropius Bau: combining table tennis with queer club culture, the participatory project creates a social space that overcomes the supposed contradiction between play and discourse. Accompanied by DJ sets, newcomers, pros, artists and children can come together in a playful way in the Gropius Bau. As part of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s solo exhibition, eight table tennis tables are set up in the atrium – free of charge and accessible to all. Rackets and balls are provided so that everyone can play. FLINTA* and allies are especially welcome.
Queer Ping Pong adapts to the respective location and integrates movement, music and post-migrant discourses. In doing so, the normative setting of club culture is reinterpreted: the events take place during the day and are free of charge. Everything is relaxed, the only thing that counts is enjoying the game and the community – from early afternoon until sunset – including the obligatory round-the-table.
12:00 – 14:30 Tmnit
14:30 – 17:00 Bad Puppy
17:00 – 20:00 MINQ
Bad Puppy is a trans femme entity originally hailing from Iztapalapa, Mexico, residing in Berlin. Within the realm of their artistic sets, she skillfully crafts diverse musical landscapes inspired from the global south ready for dancefloors all over the world.
Sexy and infectious booty-bounce rhythms are always present in her sets with hidden gems and surprises. Beyond her musical prowess, Bad Puppy is an active participant in various ongoing collective initiatives, focusing in empowering QTBIPOC folks.
MINQ is a sound artist, DJ, performer, radio host, mentor, story teller, shapeshifter and local baddie currently pursuing an MA in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at UdK Berlin. They are curious about community-building, transformative justice and abolition and are exploring ways to use mindfulness, sound, poetry and sci-fi to create new futures.
Tmnit Ghide is Eritrean, born and raised in southern Germany, co-founder and operator of the Berlin label and platform ALVOZAY and works as a DJ and music curator herself. House, rap, ghetto tech, footwork, disco, zouk – you name it – Tmnit aka DJ T.Total believes genres are a myth and combines genres that supposedly don’t fit together. As a member of various collectives such as Munich’s Afrodiaspora2.0, Vienna’s Bad&Boujee and BlackMovementAustria, she devotes herself to socio-political issues and challenges in various forms – artistically and activistically. She always strives to build a bridge between the African continent and the diaspora.
