【招募】今年9月底德国荷兰艺术之旅(英文版）
INTRODUCTION
MIN ART TOUR is iniciated by MIN Project and aims to build bridge between projects in China's countrysides and oversea designers/artisits/institutions.
The first ART TOUR from Sep 24 to Oct 6 is non-profit,each member covers own acommendation and travel, but have rare opportunities to experience interviews or workshops not open to public.
AGENDA
Gathering in Berlin (Lunch or Dinner)
Plan A: If the weather is not good
Visit Studio Wu around 10 AM, then go to one of the famous fleamarket - Boxhagener Platz. Lunch together and have an interview afterwards.
Plan B: If the weather is fine
Visit Studio Wu around 11 AM, lunch together nearby and have an interview afterwards.
Exploaring farming in Berlin with Yimeng ( it takes around 50 mins by local transportation)
http://www.meine-ernte.de/gemuesegarten-in-berlin-sued/
Designer, artist and cultural mediator. Having grown up in Germany & China, she feels most comfortable living between the cultures. Since her studies in Berlin (University of Arts) and in Paris (École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs), she has gained more than 8 years of experience in intercultural design projects as a designer and free artistic director for renowned german agencies such as MetaDesign and Tamschick Media + Space.
Awards & Recogonization
2015 GoldenPin Award Taiwan (Category: Typography)
2015 BronzeAward: Hiii Typography China – Chinese Type Design
2014 WINNER:German Design Award – German Design Council
2014 WINNER:Joseph Binder Award (Bronze) – Design Austria
Exhibition
Boutique Gegenalltag Museumsquartier(Vienna)
Museum of Applied Arts Francfurt
Confucius Institute Berlin and Leipzig
Museum der unerhörten Dinge (Berlin)
Shanghai Graphic Biennale
Center for Contemporary Art (Plovdiv)
Studio Wu
Studio Wu is a design studio based in Berlin that focuses on intercultural design between China & Europe. In collaboration with partners and experts from different creative fields, the sudio is specialised in the art of book design, illustration & multilingual typography as well as intercultural design consulting.
http://studiowudesign.com/
Time: 19:00-22:00(approx.)
$$:10-20euro by donation for the ticket
You will be given a brief talk (1 hr) about the unique non-profit classical music concert venue in Wedding, Berlin - Piano Salon Christophori by the owner andorganizer Christoph Schrieber before enjoying the rare Jazz intepretation of Bach’s masterpiece Goldberg Variation by the young and talented American Jazz pianist Dan Tepfer.
↓ Venue outside
Piano Salon Christophori is not only a workshop where pianos are repaired and restored but also a concert venue where internationally renowned musicians perform in an incredibly intimate and beautiful environment. The workshop/venue takes its name from Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, the patron of piano lounges. The atmosphere of the salon is warm and inviting and you can never find elsewhere in the world. When you walk into the salon, you feel it’s isolated from the outside world by all the pianos and their secrets surrounding you.
↓ venue inside
Because of its intimacy, when the concert begins, the entire room is silent, completely enraptured by the music. It is nothing like being in a major and grand concert hall. There is nothing to distract you from the concert. It’s rare to be in an environment where everyone is completely present in the moment.
↓ owner of the venue
The venue has enough room for 100-200 audiences. Reservation is required for the concert but it won’t secure you a seat there. It’s important to arrive a bit early and choose your seat as the room fills up quickly on a first come first serve basis. At the end of the concert, on your way out you are suggested to make a donation for your “ticket”, the recommended amount ranges from about $10-20.
https://www.facebook.com/pianosalonchristophori/
http://www.konzertfluegel.com/
Born in Paris to American parents, “tremendously gifted” (LA Times) pianist-composer Dan Tepfer has translated his bi-cultural identity into an exploration of music that ignores stylistic bounds. His 2011 Goldberg Variations / Variations, whichpairs his performance of Bach’s work with improvised variations of his own, has received broad praise as a “riveting, inspired, fresh musical exploration” (NewYork Times). He has worked with the leading lights in jazz, including extensively with saxophone luminary Lee Konitz, while releasing seven albums asa leader.
time:18:00 onwards
$$: 5-10euro by donation for the entry fee.
Two groups of the Berlin-based musicians will provide you a tour in their studios to show where and how they work with their talents. After that, there will be an interview about their creative process on experimental music and the Berlin-based independent music record label Aut Records. Moreover, in order to experience the true underground music scene in Berlin, you will enjoy an experimental music gig at night (there’s always something happening every night) with these musicians. Or luckily, you might even see a gig performed by themselves.
The Akvariet Trio is formed by pianist Rieko Okuda(Japan), bassist Antti Virtaranta (Finland) and drummer Wieland Möller (German). The trio is deeply rooted in jazz and in free improvisation and presents music full of melodic beauty, rhythmic intensity and exuberant enthusiasm for playing. The unconventional variety of forms, bubbly rhythms and lyrically flowing tunes of their compositions reflect natural causes, travel experiences, meeting people, landscape impressions and dreams.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RanlTB6nTR4
Born in Florence, Stefano is an electronic music producer now resident in Berlin. He is a collaborator of AUT Records. He is constantly interested in exploring new approaches, in terms of creating atmospheres, listening and understanding the nature. His recent projects: "Raccoglimento Parziale" with Andrea Giachetti define as the result of the quest forharmony between shapes and personalities apparently incompatible which arebelonging to the same timeless and spaceless structure;"Silent People" with the drummer Giampaolo Camplese, a research about the imaginary underground silence.
Solo project: https://soundcloud.com/amsphere
Silent People: http://silentpeoplemusic.tumblr.com
Aut Records is a record label dedicated to experimental and research music. Founded in 2010 by saxophone player Davide Lorenzon, Aut Records is now directed by hima longside electronic musician Bob Meanza. It aims to describe a musical environment that cannot be assigned to a particular genre, and is removed from any specific musical language. The main goal is to promote projects concerning unusual sonorities. The founders and their musicians believe that any positive result derives from a research off the beaten tracks, deviations from the mainstream, which is often a sterile environment if conceived as the onlypossible solution.
http://www.autrecords.com/
第一届城市创者聚会
(Sponsored by Robert Bosch Stiftung)
Two day's work/walkshop & Forum
Free Tour
Oct 1 - Oct 6 ( Tue. - Thur.) Netherland (to be updted)
The tour is not open to public because of deep communication with local artists/designers/insitutions/communities. If you really would like to apply, please email your bio ( age, gender, work or pressional) and contact information (email address, mobile, wechat) . Any thoughts or advice, it is also welcomed.
tour@minproject.org
We will select three applicators and inform through email and call on Aug 15. If flight ticket information could not be submitted on Aug.21, we will give the opportunity to other candidates immedidately (people have valid passport with Schengen Visa record are prioritized). All expense will be self-funded or shared.If you miss this tour, please join us next time and welcome to offline exhibitions and sharing events in China.
ACCOMMENDATION
Maisonette Remise Xberg/Neukölln
(Airbnb)
The Apartment is in the rear courtyard of a small Apt block, which is located on the street joining Kreuzberg and Neukölln. What it means? You are literally going to stay at the most hip(Kreuzberg) and the second most hip(Neukölln) areas BOTH in Berlin right at your doorstep.2 min walk to the Canal,extremely close to Landesdreieck, Panierstr, Reichenbergerstr, Goerlitzer Park, Maybachufer, Chalet, Club der Visionaire, Arena, IPSE, library...There are plently of affordable and stylish bars and restaurants you will never get tired of exploring and even the kebab store is playing the coolest Berlin techno. All of that ensure you have the best time in Berlin.
Hotel Kastanienhof
Kastanienallee 65, 10119 Berlin - Mitte
or other Apartment/Hotel (optional)
TRANSPORTATION
Sep 24 flight from cities of China to Berlin
Sep 24 - Sep 30 public transportation in Berlin
MIN Project由来自各行业不同背景的志愿者组成,调研落后地区乡村,结合当地自然和文化遗产,搭建和外界资源合作的平台,开发农业、手工业、建筑、民俗等方面的项目,帮助当地居民改善物质和文化生活,尽力使村庄免遭破坏和遗弃。
Supported by the volunteers from different backgrounds, MIN Project explores local natural and cultural heritages in the underdeveloped countryside by establishing a platform for integrated resources. By relying on this platform, MIN Project initiates long-term activities in the fields of agriculture, handicrafts, architecture and local customs to improve the local residents' life quality to finally avoid the destruction and abandoning of these local towns.