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In addition to their creative authorial work, the company’s activities have more recently turned towards the organisation, facilitation and curation of events. This not only contributes to the strengthening of connections among Berlin-based artists and their better mutual understanding of different working methods and practices, but also to the strengthening of a community which can respond to social challenges and articulate demands. They can stand strong together in relation to the issues that they most often encounter as artists.
So far they have realised three curatorial projects: 3AM, Flutgraben Performances and Montag Modus Klimata. 3AM was launched in December 2014, along with Dmitry Paranyushkin, with the intention of testing art processes and sharing them with the audience in an informal atmosphere. This accounted for a much-needed space, as in Berlin there were no venues where artists could try out their work outside the institutional setting and the obligations it imposes.
The production of events inevitably requires artists to engage in project funding and production organisation, instead of committing themselves to solely creative and exploratory artistic work. 3AM made it possible for artists to present their work in progress or excerpts without the pressure of completing or presenting a finished piece. It enabled artists to test their working processes or works with an audience in different presentation formats. Within the scope of the project 14 events were organised, with over 200 artists participating. The curatorial team invited one or more artists to plan and coordinate each event, hereby seeking to connect the performance scene and the Berlin clubbing scene. In opposing the notion of artistic work as the manufacturing of consumer goods, the focus was on the importance of sharing and joint deliberation between artists and audience.
The 3AM concept in 2019 gave birth to the project Flutgraben Performances, organised by Sandra Man, Moritz Majce, Clément Layes and Jasna Vinovrški. The Flutgraben Performances included a series of four events at which, throughout the year, ten artists presented their work before or after the premiere. They were given the freedom to decide in what way their work would be presented, be it in a conversation about the piece or even a visit to another event they deemed relevant to their process. They hereby sought to challenge the notion of a work of art as a finalised and unchangeable product. Flutgraben Performances advocates for artistic work as an ongoing process evolving through time, which is why the project envisaged that ten artists keep a constant dialogue throughout the year and that a residency precedes the events.
Montag Modus Klimata was realised in 2019 as a one-year interdisciplinary project of the Montag Modus series, curated by Léna Szirmay-Kalos, Dániel Kovács and Jasna Vinovrški, who together make up the MMpraxis curatorial platform. Establishing this platform enabled them to continue the Montag Modus series, launched by curators Kata Krasznahorkai and Léna Szirmay-Kalos in 2015 at Collegium Hungaricum
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