FIRST FRIDAY, February 3rd 2012
$5 Doors at 8PM
little berlin | 2430 Coral Street, Philadelphia 19125
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About the Artists

Alexander Trust is an electronic music producer living in Baltimore. Drawing inspiration from the skewed beats of early Warp Records artists, an interest in medium format photography, and a fascination with found sound Trust produces tracks that inhabit a world driven by hectic percussion and ethereal melodies.
NARC is a guitarist living in Baltimore interested in the instruments sonic possibilities and directions. Many of these directions are less innocent, but they’re pursued with abandon, with brio; they’re studies that feel unstudied.
redHat has been producing for 7 years different genres of music such dubstep, electro, hip-hop, idm, and breakcore. Always to be expected is a heavy chopping of the beat at fast rates making it a very glitched out experience while being accompanied with heavy ass beats and odd sampling that will move your feet and fuck your ears.
Mr. Manic creates sound with abstract, thought-provoking lyrics over glitchy IDM-inspired trip-hop and psychedelic soundscapes.
There will also be a laser light show and visuals performed by Countervulture.

Curated by Augustus Depenbrock, Marshall James Kavanaugh, and Jon Shapiro

Plato’s Porno Cave

SATURDAY January 21st from 8PM – 1AM

little berlin gallery
2430 Coral Street, Philadelphia 19125
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Plato’s Porno Cave

The inspiration for the exhibition is derived from the speech of Aristophanes in Plato’s Symposium. Aristophanes talks of the Greek myth of the creation of love. The myth suggests that when humans were first formed there were three genders, each having eight limbs, two heads and two sets of genitalia. There bodies were large, powerful and round like the sun,earth and moon. When the humans challenged the gods by climbing Olympus they were split into two weaker halves. The halves exist as we do today and are on a constant search for each other. This exhibition explores the sublime emotions of finding and losing your other half
and the surreal images conjured up by exploring this myth.

Performances

Keys of Lightning
This performance is inspired by Zeus’ punishment to split the human race for challenging the gods. While a piano is being played it will be dismantled until the only music coming from it are the electric whirl of power tools cutting through its sound board.

Heads of the Table
This exhibit contemplates the complications of a two headed human. The heads of the performers will be isolated to the top of the table looking either way trying to convince visitors to help work objects around them. It is up to the visitor who they will listen to, or what side of the relationship they will take.

Wandering Half Gaints
The performers will meander around in extremely oversized clothes with twelve foot long empty limbs. These emotionally lost giants physically evoke the state of emptiness that occurs from losing your other half. They will impart this state upon visitors through a series of Aristotelian questions.

And many more…

GIVE Gifts | COLLECT Artwork

Support alternative artwork in Philadelphia by coming to the Art Dash at little berlin.  The Annual Art Dash is an artist-supported fundraising event that helps get artwork out into the community while raising money to support another year of undefined exhibitions in our gallery space.

ALL WORK IS HUNG ANONYMOUSLY
we will reveal the artist’s information at the time of purchase
All pieces $25 EACH

CA$H ONLY

SATURDAY, December 17th 4-8PM
little berlin in the Viking Mill Courtyard
2430 Coral Street, Philadelphia 19125
DASH from  4-8PM
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ARTISTS!!! SUPPORT little berlin

Artist support of our annual fundraiser is crucial to another year of undefined exhibitions in our space. All original artwork is accepted, dropoff or get in touch and we’ll come pickup your work! Participation in the Art Dash is a great way to get your artwork into personal collections, while supporting little berlin.

Submit work ONLINE: Drop-off work every Saturday November 12th to Saturday December 12th at little berlin or indicate on your submission that you would like a little berlin member to come pickup your work.

COME SEE:

Reading Rainbow
http://readingrainbow.bandcamp.com/

Nothing
http://www.bandofnothing.com/

Rain Season
http://rainseasonband.tumblr.com/

TANK ( From NY)
http://tankmusic.bandcamp.com/

Little Big League
http://littlebigleague.bandcamp.com/

OH MAN whatta line up, right? Plus we will be serving our very own signature cocktails – the kind that’ll get you feelin REAL fuzzy, REAL quick.
THIS IS gonna be SO good….

Curated by Tyler Kline

Closing Reception on First Friday, December 2nd 6-10PM
Little Berlin At Viking Mill
2430 Coral St. 19125

Artists:  Tim Eads  |  Jennifer Lingford  |  Conor Fields  |  Brian Dunn  |  Sedakial Gebremedhin  |  Lucia Thomé  |  CIPRO  |  Jim Huebotter  |  Tom Yurkovic  |  Danielle Payne  |  Marek Danielewski  |  Salvatore Cerceo  |  Skirmantas Pipas  |  Justice League of Adversaries

An ongoing experiment in serendipity inspired by the last three novels written by William S. Burroughs II, The second in a trilogy of non-linear exhibitions, The Western Lands takes its name from the third book in William S. Burroughs’ cataclysmic “Cities” saga. Ciphers, kinetic machines, hallucinatory projections, and home spun environments mark the break down and reformation of linguistics, symbolic thought, and ritual.

This collaborative installation is based on the interaction of individual vision and communal practice; the braiding of sign, signifier, and symbol will draw a thread linking visionary practice, rhythmic interpretation, and cultivation of chance.  The First exhibition, staged in 2010, of the Trilogy was “Cities of the Red Night“, images can be found here and here.

“Terrible scandal: a big pop star, in a jealous rage fueled by cocaine, grabbed his girlfriend’s Yorkshire terrier and threw it into the piranha tank. As the piranhas attacked the floundering dog, the hysterical starlet threw a heavy bronze ashtray which shattered the tank, spilling snapping fish and bloody water across the patrons as the disemboweled, screaming dog dragged its intestines across the floor. Quite a scene it was, and of course there were plenty of cameras to freeze-dry this edifying spectacle for posterity and export. It’s the little touches that make a future solid enough to be destroyed.”

— William S. Burroughs, The Western Lands, p. 37

Most of the installation was created by the artist on site, working together on their individual spaces and collaborating at porous boundaries, allowing overlap and infiltration. Skirmantas Pipas painted a Lego Last Supper Mural, overlapping with Brian Dunn’s printed security seal pasted wall installation. Danielle Payne projected video and lights with peep holes leading to Jennifer Lingford’s room of disquieted, Lynchian/Cronebergian Domestic Decay. Sedakial Gebremedhin, Mike Schultis, and Scott Cooper installed raw earth to enact a mining/Goldshlager drenched performance. Tim Eads unleashed his painting machines to build the foundation of his wind and light installation. Marek Danielewski created the interior of a crypto-sociographic Sarcophagi. Lucia Thomé pierced the space with a tilted and deformed geometric structure that dominates a surrounding workshop, and Tom Yurkovic built an illuminated stairway confronting the viewer with interior, exterior, and reflective views. Salvatore Cerceo and Jim Huebotter brought in manually propelled kinetic sculptures, Conor Fields unleashes his motor driven Das Boot madness and The Justice League of Adversaries performed original electronic composition and video project in the courtyard, where CIPRO‘s street art stream of consciousness has transformed the exterior area of the gallery.

Please join on First Friday Dec 2nd from 6-10 PM for the closing reception of this exhibition, with new music and performance.

There is an additional exhibition within the installation, bring stickers and markers to decorate the cardboard walls of the installations labrynth. Confirmed sticker and poster artist: Astrotwitch, RERIBS R, CTHULHU, JR, EBEN HOLZ, iwillnot, ZELCH, T.M., R.I., Alex Lilly, TCK, NAT, SARO, IWN, Damon Ayers, CIPRO, ALL ONE

Curated by Tyler Kline

Closing Reception on First Friday, December 2nd 6-10PM
Little Berlin At Viking Mill
2430 Coral St. 19125

Artists:  Tim Eads  |  Jennifer Lingford  |  Conor Fields  |  Brian Dunn  |  Sedakial Gebremedhin  |  Lucia Thomé  |  CIPRO  |  Jim Huebotter  |  Tom Yurkovic  |  Danielle Payne  |  Marek Danielewski  |  Salvatore Cerceo  |  Skirmantas Pipas  |  Justice League of Adversaries

An ongoing experiment in serendipity inspired by the last three novels written by William S. Burroughs II, The second in a trilogy of non-linear exhibitions, The Western Lands takes its name from the third book in William S. Burroughs’ cataclysmic “Cities” saga. Ciphers, kinetic machines, hallucinatory projections, and home spun environments mark the break down and reformation of linguistics, symbolic thought, and ritual.

This collaborative installation is based on the interaction of individual vision and communal practice; the braiding of sign, signifier, and symbol will draw a thread linking visionary practice, rhythmic interpretation, and cultivation of chance.  The First exhibition, staged in 2010, of the Trilogy was “Cities of the Red Night“, images can be found here and here.

“Terrible scandal: a big pop star, in a jealous rage fueled by cocaine, grabbed his girlfriend’s Yorkshire terrier and threw it into the piranha tank. As the piranhas attacked the floundering dog, the hysterical starlet threw a heavy bronze ashtray which shattered the tank, spilling snapping fish and bloody water across the patrons as the disemboweled, screaming dog dragged its intestines across the floor. Quite a scene it was, and of course there were plenty of cameras to freeze-dry this edifying spectacle for posterity and export. It’s the little touches that make a future solid enough to be destroyed.”

— William S. Burroughs, The Western Lands, p. 37

Most of the installation was created by the artist on site, working together on their individual spaces and collaborating at porous boundaries, allowing overlap and infiltration. Skirmantas Pipas painted a Lego Last Supper Mural, overlapping with Brian Dunn’s printed security seal pasted wall installation. Danielle Payne projected video and lights with peep holes leading to Jennifer Lingford’s room of disquieted, Lynchian/Cronebergian Domestic Decay. Sedakial Gebremedhin, Mike Schultis, and Scott Cooper installed raw earth to enact a mining/Goldshlager drenched performance. Tim Eads unleashed his painting machines to build the foundation of his wind and light installation. Marek Danielewski created the interior of a crypto-sociographic Sarcophagi. Lucia Thomé pierced the space with a tilted and deformed geometric structure that dominates a surrounding workshop, and Tom Yurkovic built an illuminated stairway confronting the viewer with interior, exterior, and reflective views. Salvatore Cerceo and Jim Huebotter brought in manually propelled kinetic sculptures, Conor Fields unleashes his motor driven Das Boot madness and The Justice League of Adversaries performed original electronic composition and video project in the courtyard, where CIPRO‘s street art stream of consciousness has transformed the exterior area of the gallery.

Please join on First Friday Dec 2nd from 6-10 PM for the closing reception of this exhibition, with new music and performance.

There is an additional exhibition within the installation, bring stickers and markers to decorate the cardboard walls of the installations labrynth. Confirmed sticker and poster artist: Astrotwitch, RERIBS R, CTHULHU, JR, EBEN HOLZ, iwillnot, ZELCH, T.M., R.I., Alex Lilly, TCK, NAT, SARO, IWN, Damon Ayers, CIPRO, ALL ONE

***NOVEMBER ONLY**** our opening is late this month, so the crit group will be held on the THIRD Thursday (November 17th) from 7-10PM

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Feel free to bring in work, or if it is a hassle you can just bring images on a flash drive. This is not limited to visual art, anything goes!

Get feedback on your work before you show it to the public. Even if you don’t have any current projects, everybody is welcome to come just to participate in the discussion, and meet other artists.

Feel free to send questions, inquiries to berlin.little@gmail.com

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Monday, November 7th 2011

6-9PM at IndyHall
20 N. 3rd Street, Second Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106

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Laura Parnes, Still of Jonestown from Blood and Guts in High School, 2004/06

Little Berlin presents an exhibition of work that refers to the condition of not meeting the desired objective of a big idea.

Curated by Maria Dumlao

Opening reception
Saturday, October 1, 2011, 6-10p

Chris Forsyth
Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib
Elaine Kaufmann
Ken Montgomery
Kristen Neville Taylor
Laura Parnes
Marissa Perel and Oliverio Rodriquez
Fabio Roberti
Fritz Welch

*The opening reception includes performances:

Never meant to change the world (Cocksucker Blues) by Chris Forsyth
The Big Idea Lamination Ritual with Egnekn, The Minister of Lamination and Andrea, The Enchantress of Bioluminosity
Untitled (Surrender) by Marissa Perel and Oliverio Rodriquez
and Fritz Welch’s installation “was it something someone said? no, it was something in my head…”culminates with a monolog

The show runs from October 1 until October 29, 2011
Gallery hours are Saturdays from 12-5PM.

Chris Forsyth performs Never meant to change the world (Cocksucker Blues),  an audio commentary/accompaniment to the ultimate document of the vacancy of the hippiedom, Robert Frank’s Cocksucker Blues.

Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib’s 1967 is equal parts film essay, performance, live teleconference and animated text, during which Veronique (the Mao-­‐adoring protagonist of Godard’s film La Chinoise) heads to Montreal with the intent to  disrupt Expo’67 is some unspecified manner and winds up witnessing an experimental film that simultaneously depicts past, present and future revolutions (from her vantage point circa ’67).

Veronique narrates this string of events, shifting between polemic and meditations on the nature of cinema and filmmaking.

Elaine Kaufmann’s Your Mother Country Appeals to You explores how contemporary advertising articulates a utopian vision as a means to further an agenda of profit and corporate power.  This project combines the imagery of Soviet posters   with the text of contemporary advertising, juxtaposing text and image to expose the emptiness of flowery corporate promises.

Ken Montgomery a.k.a. Egnekn, The Minister of Lamination performs Laminating Ritual which celebrates the transformation of the mundane into the realms of OFFICIALDOM, of ordinary into extraordinary.  Lamination is completely participatory and accessible to everyone.

Kristen Neville Taylor examines human attempts to replicate nature, specifically qualities of earth for space, inspired by the 1972 film Solaris.
Aphorisms, poetry and etc. is about the contention between science and mysticism and the challenge for technology to influence our sense perception.

Laura Parnes’ Blood and Guts in High School re-­‐imagines punk-­‐feminist icon Kathy Acker’s book of the same title.  Each video-­‐chapter presents a typical scene in the life of Janie bracketed by U.S. news events from the time period in which   the book was written.  As the viewer looks back at pivotal historical events (Jonestown Massacre, Moral Majority, Three Mile Island, etc.) connections are drawn in relation to our current political situation.

Mutually generated texts on the limitations of the body and the failures of intimacy, identity and death are the basis of Untitled (Surrender), where Marissa Perel and Oliverio Rodriguez enforce constraints on one another that elicit performative submission.

Fabio Roberti’s A Litany of Failure is a selection of archived shows of his weekly radio broadcast Strength Through Failure with Fabio in WFMU.  The broadcast is preserved and played through an 8-­‐track player.

Fritz Welch has created a sculptural installation that approaches the issue of failure in creative practice as well as in life.  He questions the validity of failure through an analysis of childhood experience and its relationship to making and  showing art.

On the night of the opening the piece, “was it something someone said? no, it was something in my head…“, will be occupied by an actor who will deliver a monologue.

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Drop off your work Saturday, October 29th from 5-8pm or Sunday, October 30th 12-5pm. Haunted House opens at 8pm.