Perera Elsewhere and others
Curated by Melissa Perales
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| Free admission |
| Seats: ticket booking required. Advance booking: 21 days in advance. Feel free to drop by even without a ticket – the Schlüter Courtyard offers many opportunities to linger! |
| The event will also take place in case of bad weather. If necessary, rain ponchos will be distributed. Please comply with the hygiene rules below. |
| Doors open: 19:00 |
| English, German |
| Accessible for wheelchairs |
| Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard |
| Belongs to: Airing Out. Open Air in the Schlüter Courtyard |
A diverse programme with live concerts, DJ sets, discussions, video art and performances offers the spotlight on artists whose work is a statement for a polyphonic, hybrid, and interconnected idea of culture, history and identity, regardless of their musical genres or countries of origin.
Together, they aim to create an interdisciplinary and cross cultural stage which intersects with a local and global community, inviting the audience to celebrate their talents and be part of a dialogue. The Berlin-based music curator Melissa Perales has created a programme of events on the main stage to invite a diverse community of musicians, artists, performers, thinkers and activists into the Schlüter Courtyard. Melissa Perales said of her programme: “The audience is invited to join us on a journey: Over the course of six weeks, the programme will bring together a group of talents who claim space, through their music and words for a critical dialogue. Who bring forth their individual stories, ask difficult questions, and give a voice to their ancestors. Our hope is that this spark will continue beyond the summer in discussions inside the Humboldt Forum spaces, and resonate beyond.”
BFAN is a Berlin-based DJ dedicated to electronic sounds and rhythms that explore African grooves and variations from across the continent. These include Tribal, Funk, Disco, Afro Latino, Gnawa, and hypnotic blends with Techno and house.
Why do we still talk about ‘Colonizing’ in regards to space travel? How did our ancestors relate to the universe? What are the consequences of the “overexploitation” of our natural resources, and how these traces of colonialism continue to shape the uneven power structures of the 21st century and to define the causes and consequences of climate change until today. This conversation focuses on postcolonial humanism and reshaping our relationship to Earth and space. Discussing these important topics with the Mexican Performance artist Nahum and the Chilean Interdisciplinary artist Michelle-Marie Letelier, moderated by artist and activist: GOTOPO. All three artists are coming from Latin America.
The Mexican born, Berlin Based multi-disciplinary artist & thinker, Nahum’s work goes deep into the human experience by challenging our perceptions through unusual perspectives. His work produces events that re-frame the way we understand the world. By employing outer space technologies, illusionism, hypnosis and music he guides audiences into otherworldly journeys to raise critical dialogues about the politics of existence.
Michelle-Marie Letelier born in Rancagua, Chile now Berlin based. Her multimedia installations, photographs, videos, drawings and objects embrace orchestrated transformations of natural resources, alongside extensive wide-ranging, interdisciplinary research into the landscapes where their exploitation and speculation take place. The work of Michelle-Marie Letelier carries heavy socio-political overtones; it is eloquently reflective especially in times of unveiled globalisation, the increasing scarcity of raw materials and the crisis of the neoliberal model.
GOTOPO are the Latin American soundtrack of the future. Their debut single Malembe takes listeners from pre-Hispanic times to post-colonialism, in a stunning expression of female-indigenous and Afro-Latino elegance. As an artist at the intersection of academia and pop culture, GOTOPO are also part of the Resident Music Collective, among others, which has already produced sound installations in the portals for the Humboldt Forum.
For her live performance at the Humboldt Forum, Perera Elsewhere collaborates with the artist group NUANS. In this performance, the visual “elsewhere’s” cosmos reacts to the history of the venue. The Humboldt Forum holds within the Ethnologisches Museum, some important cultural assets that do not belong there. The institution and architecture have been extremely controversial, as have the golden cross and the banner attached to the dome. The production RE PE RA deals with this criticism by means of the return of cultural objects. The basic structure for the new video work is provided by a typographic letter bingo with the syllables PE RE RA; the RE in particular plays an important role here, since it is at the same time the prefix of various verbs that express a return or a return.
REACT, REFUSE, RETURN
Born in London and living in Berlin, Perera Elsewhere, a.k.a. Sasha Perera, is a musician, producer, songwriter and DJ. Perera works with sombre sounds and her own distorted vocals and trumpet, billowing synthesizers and fearsome bass, to create haunting, melancholic soundscapes that underpin what some have dubbed her ‘doom-folk’ songs. She will be performing a live show in the Schlüter Courtyard, accompanied by the artists group NUANS, visuals by Hugo Holger.
The Schlüter Courtyard is being turned into a giant projection screen for a series of video art presentations. The Humboldt Forum has invited artists living in Berlin to produce their perspective on the new building and the questions it poses. The series launches with Interlinked by Sucuk and Bratwurst, which will be shown as part of the Festival of Lights. (tbc)
Hygiene rules
- Visitors are required to complete the accreditation process before attending the event using the Robert Koch Institute’s “Corona Warn-App” (available via the Apple App Store and Google Play), which requires each visitor to submit their personal information.
- All visitors who are within the premises are required to carry along a medical mask that covers their nose and their mouth.
- Home-made coverings, scarves, cravats and non-medical masks are not considered acceptable replacements for medical masks.
- Visitors are required to wear their masks in all areas of the event where it is not possible to maintain a minimum social distance of 1.5m from other visitors. Masks may be removed when visitors are seated.
- There is no requirement for visitors to be tested for Covid-19 before visiting the daytime or evening events.