Programm

L’Animal Autobiographique part 1 - Month of Performance Art Special

Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2014, 03:00 bis 05:00 Uhr
2014-05-21 03:00:00 2014-05-21 05:00:00 CoLaboRadio
A COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE BASED ON A READING OF DERRIDA’S TEXT, “THE ANIMAL THAT THEREFORE I AM” IN ENGLISH, GERMAN AND FRENCH.

How to speak Derrida? This collective reading takes its starting point from the ten-hour long lecture held in 1997 by Jacques Derrida at the conference “L’animal autobiographique” in Cerisy, France. His contribution was published in 2006 under the title “The Animal That Therefore I Am.” It focuses on the line of separation drawn between humans and the millions of other species that are reduced to a single word, the “animal.” Derrida’s autobiographical theme intersects with its philosophical analysis through the figures of looking, nakedness and suffering. The opening scene of this reading is framed by Derrida's experience of standing naked in the morning, held by his cat's gaze. The text will be divided among twenty-two readers and the ten-hour long performance will be live streamed.

READERS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: Susann Vogel (DE), Ilya Noe (MX), Henna-Riikka Halonen (FL), Caroline Picard (FR), Katerina Kokkinos-Kennedy (AU), Thomas Kokkinos-Kennedy (AU), Joel Verwimp (DE), Luisa Greenfield (US), Boris Azemar (FR), Christopher Williams (US), Jörn J. Burmester (DE), Carol McGuigan (UK), Ulrike Flämig (DE), Anja Ibsch (DE), Melanie Jame Wolf (AU), Mathilde Walter (FR), Francesca Romana Ciardi (IT), Adrian Brun (AR), Joy Harder (DE), Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt (DK), Lucy Powell (UK) and Anne Kohl (DE)

Curated by: Camilla Graff Junior and Anne Hölck Coordination: Emily Rocher Livestream: Maya Humo / Unusual Project Production: Giraff Graf and Meinblau e.V. In collaboration with Month of Performance Art - Berlin 2014 With the support of: Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH Thanks to: Luisa Greenfield, Frauke Heidenreich, Marialuisa Capurso, Gian Manuel Rau, Detlef V. D. Hülst and Bernhard Draz

L’animal autobiographique is part of we, animals a series of human-animal related projects at Meinblau 2014 with the support of the Kulturamt Pankow and Crossing Contexts, a three-year program on Artistic Research running from 2013 – 2015 supported by the Nordic Summer University.

More Podcasts from the month of performance art here http://www.mpa-b.org/mpandashpodcasts.html