The World According to Gert Jan Kocken
Lecture performance on the Religious Struggle with Images – Somewhere Between the Iconoclastic and the Iconophilic.
Kategorien Archives Performing Books
The Capitalist doesn’t Want to Know Anything about Things to do with Love
A dialogue between Sonia Arribas and Howard Rouse. Organized in Cooperation with Subjektile (Felix Ensslin, Marcus Coelen); Published by Diaphanes.
Shifting the Index: Discussion on the Themes of the Publication “Kunst einer anderen Stadt”
A talk with Ute Vorkoeper and Andrea Knobloch.
Anthem for the People’s Tomorrow
A Living Room Suite Presentation with the Master of Fine Arts graduates of the Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, 2011, and Bernd Krauß
Lost Once More. Writing in the Place of Painting?
An evening on the practice of writing in contemporary art
On the Psychotheology of Everyday Life
Conversations with Eric Santner An evening organized by Felix Ensslin / subjektile; a series published by diaphanes Eric L. Santner (professor in Modern Germanic Studies and Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago) in conversation with Luisa Banki (translator of „On the Psychotheology of Everday Life“ and of the Subjektile publication „Why Psychoanalysis?“ by A. […]
New Releases by argobooks
Perform a Lecture! magazine. Publication reflecting on the eponymous series by THE OFFICE.
Solutions 196-213: United States of Palestine-Israel
A book presentation and conversation with Joshua Simon and Ingo Niermann in collaboration with Sternberg Press.
Singular (Dream-)Experiences. On the Borders and Limits of Communication.
Book launch and a conversation between Barbara Breitenfellner, Inke Arns and Ute Vorkoeper (in German).
Komma (After Dalton Trumbo’s “Johnny Got his Gun”)
Screening, book launch, and a conversation between Ellen Blumenstein, Antonia Hirsch, and Maria Muhle
Gabriel Kuri: Join the Dots and Make a Point
Buchvorstellung / Book launch
Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want
A book presentation and conversation with Jan Verwoert in collaboration with Sternberg Press and Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy.
The Trujillo-Syndrom
Cordula Daus will present her research and the soon to be published booklet „The Trujillo-Syndrome“ (Maas-Media Verlag).
Given: 1. The Book, 2. A Stage
A Conversation with Spector Books (in German).
PERFORMING BOOKS
The series Performing Books explores possible models to present, introduce and/or talk about books. The evenings attempt circumventing the recount or mere doubling of the respective book’s content and intentions. The book here is used as an object or starting point from which to traverse individual experiences to engage in a discussion with the audience.