Muros Permeables

Ramiro Ávila | Victoire Barbot | Lucie Droga | Bruno Enciso | Ricardo Harris-Fuentes | Anita Kucharczyk | Alisa Ochoa | Kari Reardon | Marco Rountree | Alma Saladin | Guadalupe Salgado | Anke Völk | Daniel Wiesenfeld | Surge Witrön

OPening: Friday, June 28, 7 – 11 PM

June 28 - July 14, 2024

From Scratch by Elena Sohmen, Friday, June 28, 8.30 PM:

Performance with Amel Baccouche, Raquel Victoria, Keny Chan and Elena Sohmen

rebellion by Howard Katz, Friday, June 28, 9 PM:

Strange sounds & dances, Analog electronic movement music performance

curated by

Guadalajara90210, Mexico City + Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles + HilbertRaum, Berlin

The term 'urban silence' almost sounds paradoxical. The continual swelling and subsiding of noise is as much a part of urban life as the pulse of a body. The sounds of the city are our constant companions, they stimulate and stress us while we usually only perceive them in the background of our consciousness. Silence becomes a luxury good, the experience of which is linked to places of sublime tranquility, such as museums or meditation centers. Creative life in the big city embodies this paradox most strongly, an oscillation between the desire to expose oneself to the urban hustle and bustle, and the need to retreat into the silence of the creative process. The joint exhibition Muros Permeables by three project spaces from the three sister cities of Berlin, Los Angeles, and Mexico City features work by artists who deal with the duality of noise and silence in very different ways. Like a living organism, each of these three metropolises has a unique essence that determines the size and nature of its soundscape and shapes the work of the artists living there. Coinciding with 48 Hours Neukölln, the show is also part of the B-LA-M festival, which takes place from June 27 until July 14, 2024, in Berlin. B-LA-M aims to deepen the connections between the independent artistic communities of Berlin, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. Eighteen art initiatives and collectives from the three cities will collaborate in trios to develop and realize exhibitions together. The city-wide exhibitions will be accompanied by a transdisciplinary program featuring screenings, performances, talks, guided tours, and more.

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Der Begriff "urbane Stille" klingt fast paradox, denn der ständig an- und abschwellende Lärm gehört zum städtischen Leben wie der Puls zum Körper. Die Geräusche der Stadt sind unsere ständigen Begleiter, sie stimulieren und stressen uns, während wir sie meist nur im Hintergrund unseres Bewusstseins wahrnehmen. Stille wird zum Luxusgut, dessen Erfahrung mit Orten erhabener Ruhe, wie Museen oder Meditationszentren, verbunden ist. Das kreative Leben in der Großstadt verkörpert dieses Paradoxon am stärksten, ein Schwanken zwischen dem Wunsch, sich dem urbanen Treiben auszusetzen und dem Bedürfnis, sich in die Stille des kreativen Prozesses zurückzuziehen. Die gemeinsame Ausstellung Muros Permeables von drei Projekträumen aus den drei Partnerstädten Berlin, Los Angeles und Mexiko-Stadt zeigt Arbeiten von Künstler:innen, die sich auf sehr unterschiedliche Weise mit der Dualität von Lärm und Stille auseinandersetzen. Wie ein lebendiger Organismus hat jede dieser drei Metropolen ein einzigartiges Wesen, das die Größe und Art ihrer Klanglandschaft bestimmt und die Arbeit der dort lebenden Künstler:innen prägt. Zeitgleich mit 48 Stunden Neukölln ist die Ausstellung auch Teil des B-LA-M Festivals, das vom 27. Juni bis zum 14. Juli, 2024 in Berlin stattfindet. B-LA-M vertieft die Beziehungen zwischen den Freien Szenen in Berlin, L.A. und Mexiko-Stadt. 18 Künstlerkollektive aus jeder der drei Städte kommen hier zusammen, um gemeinsam Ausstellungen in den Berliner Veranstaltungsräumen zu kuratieren und sich zu vernetzen. Die stadtweiten Ausstellungen werden von einem transdisziplinären Programm begleitet, das Screenings, Performances,Talks, Führungen und vieles mehr umfasst.

About

guadalajara90210 is a gallery dedicated to contemporary art with venues in Mexico City and Guadalajara (MX). It explores new exhibition formats through the organization of projects, with its main objective being to adapt to specific sites. Founded in 2017, guadalajara90210 emerged from the desire to experiment and establish a strong dialogue with architecture. As an exhibition space, guadalajara90210 has four fundamental principles: valuing experimentation, generating collaborative dynamics, adapting to the social context and physical environment of each project, and considering exhibitions in symbiosis with the architecture of the specific place through specific museographies.

Tiger Strikes Asteroid is a non-profit network of independently programmed, artist-run exhibition spaces with locations in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Greenville, SC. Our goal is to collectively bring people together, expand connections and create community through artist-initiated exhibitions, projects, and curatorial opportunities. We seek to build an ethos of cooperative achievement in the visual arts, creating the physical and emotional space for artists to show their work and exchange ideas on their own terms. Our artist-run model expands the artist’s role beyond that of studio practitioner to include the roles of curator, critic, and community developer and provides an alternate model to the conventions of the current commercial art market. 

Participating Artists Links:

Ramiro Ávila | Victoire Barbot | Lucie Droga | Bruno Enciso | Ricardo Harris-Fuentes | Anita Kucharczyk | Alisa Ochoa | Kari Reardon | Marco Rountree | Alma Saladin | Guadalupe Salgado | Anke Völk | Daniel Wiesenfeld | Surge Witrön

B-LA-M is a visual arts festival held over three years, in three cities:

Berlin: Jun 27 - Jul 14, 2024 / Mexico City: Nov 6 - 22, 2025 / LA: Mar 28 - Apr 25, 2026

B-LA-M aims to deepen the connections between the independent artistic communities of Berlin, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. Eighteen art initiatives and collectives from the three cities will collaborate in trios to develop and realize exhibitions together.

B-LA-M Berlin, June 27 - July 14, 2024

The city-wide exhibition openings are spread over several days, with simultaneous openings in neighboring project spaces. Three consecutive Video Art Nights will highlight the independent film production of the three cities. Cooperation partners and sponsors for the video program are the Instituto Cultural De México and the Villa Aurora/Thomas Mann Haus. At B-LA-M, the selection of non-commercial art initiatives reflects the vitality and cultural diversity of the independent art communities in the three sister cities. Each initiative offers a platform for artistic experimentation, visibility and exchange. The city-wide exhibitions will be accompanied by a transdisciplinary program featuring screenings, performances, talks, guided tours, and more.