I II I

I II I

A RADICAL READING ROOM

15. November - 15. Dezember 2024
Freitag / Sonntag 16 -20h
(andere Zeiten auf Anfrage)

VIDEOLAND IS RESISTANCELAND
Donnerstag, 5. Dezember, 19h 

Ein Filmabend mit Videoclips ausgewählt von Reine Chahine, Simon Faithfull, Yixin Wang, Hind Mezaina & Alex Tapia
(Die Filme werden in einer Endlosschleife gezeigt)

Weitere Veranstaltungen

Freitag, 6. & Sonntag 8. Dezember, 16h: Videoprojektion von
Ryts Monet

Samstag, 7. Dezember, 19h: Lesung und Filmabend mit Abdullah al-Qaseer & Stefan Maneval

Sonntag, 8. Dezember, 16h: Mahjong Workshop mit 
Faye Dudukovich

(DE)
WIRWIR verwandelt sich für einen Monat in ein Lesezimmer. Zu sehen ist eine kuratierte Auswahl von Künstlerbüchern und Texten zu den Themen Widerstand, Imperium, Exil, Utopie und russische Invasion in der Ukraine.
Dazu gibt es ein Begleitprogramm mit Lesungen, Videopräsentationen und Abendessen.
Während der Öffnungszeiten wird auch ‘Historical Records’ ein Multimedia Project von Dani Gal zugänglich sein. Eine Sammlung von über 700 LPs mit Ansprachen und Interviews derer, die an der Macht waren, und anderer, die sich dieser Macht widersetzten.

I II I wurde von Andriy Bozhok & Stefan Klein initiiert und sollte eigentlich in Kyiv, Ukraine stattfinden. Da es dort zur Zeit so nicht realisierbar ist, geht das Projekt auf Wanderschaft.
WIRWIR ist die erste Station von I II I und wir laden alle herzlich ein, bei uns vorbeizuschauen, in den Büchern zu blättern und ukrainischen Tee mit uns zu trinken.

Chaina tseremoniya
Der Kräutertee stammt aus dem ukrainischen Dorf Potutory und beinhaltet Zitronenmelisse, Melisse, Majoran, Minze, Kamille, Schlüsselblume, Kornblume, Rose und Malve.

Der Tee wird in Porzellangefäßen der Künstlerin Uli Aigner serviert. Die unterschiedlichen Gefäße sind Teil von ‘Territorial Claim’ ein Unterprojekt von ‘One Million’.

(EN)
WIRWIR transforms into a reading room for a month.
On display is a curated selection of artists' books and texts on the themes of resistance, empire, exile, utopia and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There is also an accompanying programme of readings, video presentations and dinners.
During the opening hours Dani Gal's multimedia project 'Historical Records' can be accessed.
A collection of over 700 vinyl records of speeches and interviews of those who were in power and others who objected to this power.

I II I was initiated by Andriy Bozhok & Stefan Klein and was supposed to take place in Kyiv, Ukraine. Due to the war the project cannot take place as planned and is now travelling instead.
WIRWIR is the first station of I II I and we cordially invite everyone to stop by, browse through the books and drink Ukrainian tea with us.

Chaina tseremoniya
The herbs in the tea were grown in the Ukrainian village of Potutory. The herbs in this tea are: lemon balm, fragrant marjoram, mint, camomile, primrose, cornflower, rose and mallow.

The tea is being served in porcelain vessels by the artist Uli Aigner. The vessels are part of ‘Territorial Claim’ a subproject of ‘One Million’.

I II I

"In April 2022 we wanted to start the project I II I (Один два один)* an exhibition format for artist books that would be hosted in a private apartment in Kyiv (located in Konovaltsia, 44a, apt 121).
It’s build around a site specific installation that hosts curated artists books dealing with a specific topic. For the first session - due to current circumstances - the topic is the Russian invasion of Ukraine, empire, exile, and forms of resistance.
We would like to think of the project as a more intimate and durational model that gives time and space to spent time with the publications and appreciate them in a contextualized environment with a radical idea of hosting that involves the resident of the apartment as caretaker of the project.
Since the project can not happen as planned due to the invasion and destruction of Ukraine, we would like to make it happen as an exile project for the time being.
We want to develop a site specific setting for the presentation of the books. We consider this project in exile as a nomadic setting hosted by different venues each with unique setups, until the project can relocate to its original destination.
Continuing with the private hosting session there will be intimate moments of drinking tea together (Chaina tseremoniya), collective readings, translation workshops, performances and artworks that respond to the individual artist books.
The books are curated by a variety of artists, researchers, curators and friends with different backgrounds and perspectives as well as random discoveries."

- Andriy Bozhok & Stefan Klein

* The name of the project derives from the street address and visually symbolizes an abstract form of books placed next to each other.

Künstler*innen & Autor*innen
Kateryna Aliinyk & Natashа Chychasova
Sitara Thalia Ambrosio
ateliernormalno
Vic Bakin
Pierre Boggio
Ania Brudna
Lesha Berezovskiy
Hakim Bey
Care Collective
Reine Chahine
Faye Dudukovich
Cynthia Enloe
Simon Faithfull
Freefilmers
The Information Front
Dani Gal
Ailton Krenak
Gustav Landauer
Sergiy Maidukov
Stefan Maneval
Hind Mezaina
Piotr Pietrus
Abdullah al-Qaseer
Wu Qin
Dmytro Shandra
Alex Tapia
Yu Yu Myint Than
Yixin Wang


Co-Curation
Bogomir Doringer
Pauline Doutreluingne
April Gertler
Alona Karavai 
Sofia Baldi Pighi
Valus Sonov
Adrian Schiesser
Stas Turina 

a casual corridor

zeigt // presents

1. - 23. Dezember

a casual corridor ist eine monatlich wechselnde Ausstellungsreihe in unserer Vitrine im Außenbereich von WIRWIR.
//
a casual corridor is an outdoor vitrine exhibition space at WIRWIR with a monthly changing show.

WIRWIR

The project space is located in former shop premises in Berlin-Neukölln. The name WIRWIR, connects to the history of the 49m² space. Amongst its many iterations of use, it was once a brothel catering specifically to a Turkish clientele. The word vır vır means brothel in Turkish street slang and by changing a few letters, but not the pronunciation, the name WIRWIR, meaning we we, was born. 

WIRWIR is part of DÉRIVE UG - which is an umbrella organization that has hosted a wide variety of projects over the years such as; SONNTAG, PICTURE BERLIN, DETLEF, and IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS. The concept of WIRWIR was and continues to be developed by Adrian Schiesser and April Gertler. Over the years they have recognised a need to experiment with varying formats for artistic presentation and creation and in doing so, create multiple access points. Those formats have included collaborative artist walks, a parade/demonstration, an art bar, lecture/baking performances, and exhibitions in other people's homes.

WIRWIR hosts ongoing projects, and will also develop new projects along the way which will continue to shift formats by offering varying platforms for art works and artists.

Have a listen to April and Adrian talk about WIRWIR for ART NEXT DOOR - a podcast by Tuce Erel.

TERRITORIAL CLAIM

by Uli Aigner 

Back in 2015, Adrian and April met the Austrian artist Uli Aigner. They invited her to participate in SONNTAG in 2016. She showed the first 250 vessels from her (then) new project EINE MILLION. The premise of the project was to make one million ceramic vessels for the rest of her life.
We were thrilled to work with her and she was equally happy to have a chance to show the new project in Berlin for the first time.

Since then, conversations, collaborations, apple strudels and much more have been shared. After telling Uli about WIRWIR she offered to lend WIRWIR her project TERRITORIAL CLAIM for a longer period of time.

TERRITORIAL CLAIM is a project within EINE MILLION created in 2016 - it includes 206 vessels of all shapes and sizes. Every vessel has a country written on it and every country is a member state of the United Nations. Uli's TERRITORIAL CLAIM is a collaborating vessel and has already found its way
into many projects taking place at WIRWIR.

It is with incredible thanks to Uli Aigner and Michal Kosakowski for entrusting WIRWIR with this amazing work.

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