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Upcoming SALONS

Come by for an open studio evening with the ABA resident Tereza [removed];The evening will include a new video screening, unfinished work reveal & goodbye drinks.

Please RSVP via email here.

Open Studio with Tereza Glazova
Tuesday 13 February, 6 pm
Supported by Pro Helvetia

Visual by Aksels Bruks

Julia Nusser is inviting you to a fabulous birthday exhibition on 14 [removed];

The show is brought together with a nod to the book 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 ( by Andrea Lawlor) where a shapeshifter named Paul can modify his bodily features to be more masc or fem presenting. In the story, Paul enters environments that are heavily binary-coded, from a female-only music festival to a gay leather club. Paul constantly feels included and excluded based on his appearance. His inner monologue is soaked with imposter syndrome and an inexhaustible desire of belonging. His fluidity in gender and sexuality leads him through a deep archive of queer struggle and [removed] artists showing and performing are friends who had a shoulder for Julia to cry on, took part in philosophising about further plans in life, and were visitors at the residency flat that has become so dear to [removed];

With:
Julia Nusser, Aksels Bruks, Billie Bling, Alba Hiedras, Michelle Stutz, Tanita Carol, Luca Büchler, Irem Güngez 

Doors open at 18:00
Performances will begin at 19:00 and 19:30

It’s Julia’s birthday. Let’s celebrate together! [removed] – bring flowers! <3

Taking the Form of a Mortal Girl
Uqbar, Schwedenstraße 16, 13357 Berlin
Wednesday 14 February, 6 pm
Supported by Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Embasy in Germany

Whisper me this

There were some voice notes, or it might as well have been some whispers in the dark. I sleep light, so I wake up again at 3:35, and this is what I see: the white sound machine is red, and my oil diffuser is violet. The LED strip combines magenta (magenta doesn’t exist) and orange—y—a high pitch of a broken-down fridge from upstairs. Only I can hear it. Flashback to: He laughs while blasting the radio – speakers wonky about to explode my [removed];I can whisper you this, and only [removed];

Whisper me this
Elif Özbay Satanaya
Tuesday February 20, 4 pm–5 pm
 

Broadcasted through Colaboradio via Freies Radio Berlin/Brandenburg 88,4 MHz in Berlin 90,7 MHz in Potsdam or listen online here.

*Every third Tuesday of the month from 4-5pm you can listen to ABA’s Air Salon Radio produced by artists in residence, hosted by fr-bb Freie Radios – Berlin Brandenburg

For her project, current ABA resident Dóra Benyó is looking for stories from people who have asked to access their records at the Stasi Records Archive.

If it’s you or if you know someone who has, please drop a message directly to