Check out the details of our monthly program in the Vereinsheim and Projektraum during August 2012.
Wednesday / August 1
Wendy and Lucy
Film Night / 9pm / Film 10pm
Old Joy director Kelly Reichardt crafts this intimate tale of Wendy, an alienated Indiana woman who packs up her car and sets her sights on Alaska. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-raging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Outdoor screening weather permitting.
Wendy And Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people’s duty to each other in tough times.
Friday / August 3
Soma (God for Gods)
Living Room / 10pm
Celebrate the release of up and coming band Suns of Thyme’s music video Single Soma (God for Gods) followed by a live performance. You don’t want to miss this! Stay late for a night filled with psychedelic rock tunes.
Wednesday / August 8
Pacha
Film Night / 9pm / Film 10pm
In the context of our ongoing project Global Revolutions / Local Contradictions, we are screening a film part of Berlinale 2012. Héctor Ferreiro’s Pacha is a radical, visually powerful and poetic appeal for change. The film is based on demonstrations that took place in 2003 when Bolivia’s indigenous majority protested against the sale of their gas resources to American companies. During the uprising sixty people were killed by government forces. Outdoor screening weather permitting.
Thursday / August 9
Citizens Reporting, A Collective Memory
Presentation / 4–11pm
Presentations by Tarek Atia, Marisa Katz, Mohamed El Tanahy, Sarah Wali and other guests. Read more at mindpirates.org/revolution
Friday / August 10
Citizens Reporting, A Collective Memory
Presentation / 4–11pm / Screening / 10pm
Presentations by Karim El Hakim, Jasmina Metwaly, Stefan Winkler and other guests. Read more at mindpirates.org/revolution
Saturday / August 11
Citizens Reporting, A Collective Memory
Presentation / 12–7pm
Presentations by Kaya Behkalam, The Silent Collective, Azin Feizabadi and other guests. Film screenings include La Jetee by Chris Marker and First Case, Second Case by Abbas Kiarostami. Read more at mindpirates.org/revolution
Saturday / August 11
Alphawesen
Gathering / 11pm
The last edition of Alphawesen in June was so great we had to do it all over again! Featuring music by Alphawesen residents and some very special guests.
Sunday / August 12
Citizens Reporting, A Collective Memory
Presentation / 12–6pm
Presentations by Iara Lee, Orwa Nyrabia and other guests. Read more at mindpirates.org/revolution
Wednesday / August 15
Jazz On A Summer’s Day
Film Night / 9pm / Film 10pm
Outdoor screening weather permitting. Cool Man Cool! Blow Man Blow! Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, this beautiful concert film features Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Dinah Washington, Sal Salvador, Anita O’Day, Chuck Berry, and Mahalia Jackson. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It’s a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place. Come relax, drink, listen and be reminded that it was jazz that invented cool!
Thursday / August 16
Citizen Kino
Exhibition / 9pm / Screening 10pm
An expanded cinema to liberate us from flat screens… to turn viewing into dialogues… to turn passive downloading into active engagement and embodied experimentation. Hosted with Dr. Podinski from San Francisco and special guests to crack the spectacle. Featuring rare archive footage from the global front. €5 entrance.
Friday / August 17
Hangin’ Wit Betül
Living Room / 10pm
Betül, the lovely new Mindpirate and first lady of Alphawesen, is hosting Living Room. Don’t expect a party. Expect lots of smiles, good drinks and maybe even some cartoons instead. If the weather is good we may even play some foursquare in the courtyard. Booyah!
Saturday / August 18
Film Jockeys
Film Night / 10pm / Show 11pm
With such a successful first night we decided to do it again. Be part of a visual trip in the Vereinsheim courtyard. Mindpirates will experiment to create new ideas and meanings out of selections of great moments from films by combining cinematic material like DJs mix music. Expect cinema but don’t think you will see a film.
Wednesday / August 29
Planet of Snail
Film Night / 9pm / Film 10pm
Young-Chan comes from the planet of Snail. Dwellers on this tiny planet are deaf and blind, and call themselves snails because they rely only on their tactile senses and communicating by touch. Young-Chan was not happy with such a lethargic life on his home and came to Earth. Once he meets Soon-Ho his life begins to change. Winner of Silver Docs, IDFA and Tribeca Film Festival.
Friday / August 31
The Lovers Wrap
Living Room / 10pm
Mindpirates celebrate The Lovers. Drinks, music and courtyard chilling hosted by Lynn.
