Maggio, Mese della Performance Art a Berlino

DID YOU KNOW THAT MAY IS THE MONTH OF PERFORMANCE ART ϟ BERLIN?

100+ projects – 67 locations citywide in 10 boroughs  – hundreds of participating artists, curators, producers, networks and organisations – a diverse, unique and inspiring programme including indoor and outdoor performances, workshops, lectures, actions, site-specific interventions, talks, performance art marathons, experimental music, unique audience encounters and interactions – a travelling library – an info centre – a performance art prize – national and international partners – a successful crowdfunding campaign and some great sponsors…

ALL IN ONE MONTH, UNDER ONE NAME: MPA ϟ B

The MONTH OF PERFORMANCE ART (MPA-B) is a month-long and citywide platform dedicated to highlighting, promoting and interconnecting the wealth and diversity of independent, contemporary and experimental Performance Art practices thriving in BERLIN. Running for its second year in May 2012 MPA-B brings together artists, curators, producers, venues, networks and organisations, which operate beyond and across the boundaries of institutionalised performing arts structures, with the objective of:

* facilitating connections and developing actions of cooperation amongst hosting venues, curators and other independent players working in the field of Performance Art;
* promoting and drawing attention to a thriving but often overlooked community of artists and Performance Art practitioners whose work challenges, explores and embodies a multiplicity of artistic forms and languages;
* fostering innovative critical discourses and practice-based exchanges and interactions between Performance Art makers and audiences;
* documenting and therefore tracing, as well as enriching, the contemporary history of Performance Art practices existing in the city through the annual Berlin Performance Art Report.

The only Performance Art project of its kind in Germany and beyond, the MONTH OF PERFORMANCE ART – BERLIN reflects the creative force injected by autonomous cultural players into the city’s Performance Art scene with an eclectic programme of indoor and outdoor performances, impromptu happenings, talks, screenings, actions, workshops, lectures, interventions, dinners, discussions and unique audience encounters and interactions.

For more information about the programme and the hundreds of independent artists, curators, producers, networks and organisations involved go to:

www.mpa-b.org

www.facebook.com/MPABerlin