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An evening with raw immaterial – moving paintings by Elisabeth Mladenov. With DJ-sets by Norman Palm, Max Link and Lukas Dubro.
 
Still: A Late Blue Myrrh I, 2017
 
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RAW IMMATERIAL
Raw Immaterial is a series of moving paintings projected on canvas and a soundscape created in unison with the visual work. The paintings are born through the natural movements and interactions of various paints and materials. With this work Mladenov aims to step aside from the focal point of the creative process, rearranging the dynamics between painter and paint as well as between process and result. The artist works the material following as if by musical intuition the autonomy of paint in its movements and ever-changing nature, and so strives to share with the viewer the experience of a painting’s becoming. // Website
 
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ELISABETH MLADENOV
… is a Berlin-based painter whose recent work aims to dismantle the centrality of the artist in her work. Exhibited in solo shows and group exhibitions across Europe, her new immaterial painting technique lends itself well to be presented in connection to an evening with music, drinks and friends. // Website
 
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BACKYARD SUMMER
Every Wednesday throughout the summer, we invite you to our backyard to cool down with music, food, drinks and friends. Summer sounds from DJ’s and performances in the courtyard, plus live sets in the club, a special summer drinks menu and soul food from Glory Box Spicy Soulfood.
 
Spend the early evening hours and welcome the best part of the week with us!
 
ACUD BACKYARD SUMMER 2017
 
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MI 26.7 // 19H // FREE
ACUD COURTYARD // INSTALLATION+DJ+FOOD
BACKYARD SUMMER X ELISABETH MLADENOV
raw immaterial – moving paintings
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Marie Davidson selects tracks along with live sets of ambient drone, experimental pop and abstract electronics.
 
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SELECTION/DJ
 
MARIE DAVIDSON [Selector, Minimal Wave / Holodeck Records]
 

 
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TEXTASY [DJ]
 

 
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LIVE
 
LISA LERKENFELDT
 

 
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MXM
 

 
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SATNA
 

 
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FR 28.7 // 21H30 // 8€
ACUD CLUB // CLUB NIGHT
MARIE DAVIDSON // TEXTASY // LISA LERKENFELDT // MXM // SATNA
marie davidson selects tracks along with live sets of ambient drone, experimental pop and abstract electronics
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The Panotti, who live in the “All-Ears Islands” off of Scythia, have bizarrely large ears that are so huge, that they use them as blankets to shield their bodies against the chills of the night.
 
LINE-UP
 
DJ BEEFI (RAMZi) [Mood Hut, 1080p]
 

 
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DEADLIFT [Berlin Community Radio]
 

 
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PLOUGH
 

 
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SCOTOMA // Soundcloud
 
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SA 29.7 // 22H // 5€
ACUD CLUB // CLUB NIGHT
PANOTTI:
DJ BEEFI // DEADLIFT // PLOUGH // SCOTOMA
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CLUBHOUSE WEEK is the special summer edition of an ongoing collaboration project hosted by Aisha Franz and Colorama.
 
15 artists mainly working in comics and illustration were invited to join an intensive workshop in Berlin to collaborate on a book together with other 15 contributing artists from afar.
 
The participants in Berlin will be creating narrative work responding to poster illustrations which were handed in by the other participants before hand. The book including the work from all 30 artists will be (Riso-)printed, bound and released by the end of that week.
 
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SCHEDULE
 
MO 31.7 – SO 6.8 // opening hours: TBA
POSTER EXHIBITION // ACUD Gallery
 
DI 1.8 // 13H30
LUNCH-MEETING // ACUD GALLERY
Open lunch-table with all participants, come by and eat with us!
 
SA 5.8 // 18H
BOOK RELEASE // ACUD Gallery + Studio
Music by Jon Vaughn
Pop-Up bookstore by Bloc Books (Leipzig)
Tattoos by Juan Echeverri
 
SO 6.8 // 12-18H
FINISSAGE // ACUD Gallery
with Pop-Up bookstore Bloc Books
and DJs all day Special tattoos by special guest Juan Echeverri
drop us a message if you prefer an appointment!
 
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GUESTS
Alpha Rats, Jon Vaughn Tim Romanowsky Jack Taylor Anna Haifisch Lea Heinrich Alice Wietzel Johannes Rodenacker Jan Soeken Burn Björn Jul Gordon Ruo Han Wang Ekaterina Dorokhina Jose Quintanar and Tara Booth
 
POSTER CONTRIBUTIONS
Richard Short + Joe Kessler Andrés Magán, George Wylesol Bettina Henni Marc Hennes Sean Christensen Brie Moreno Antoine Cossé Jack Sachs Lasse Wandschneider Patrick Kyle, Paul Paetzel, Maren Karlson, Liam Cobb and Milena Bassen.
 
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MO 31.7 – SA 5.8
ACUD GALLERY // RISO PRINT WEEK
COLORAMA: CLUBHOUSE WEEK
the special summer edition of an ongoing collaboration project hosted by aisha franz and colorama
EVERYDAY – poster exhibition + lunch meeting
5.8 // 18H – book release
6.8 // 12–18H – finissage
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For their second backyard event Sounding Images will screen C. Spencer Yeh’s video work 2002 (2015) with an introduction by the artist.
 
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2002
… is a “concert film” that collects together footage of approximately forty bands videotaped by artist C. Spencer Yeh during the year 2002 across the continental USA, including Deerhoof, Animal Collective, Sightings, Sudden Infant, Cock ESP, Double Leopards, Caroliner Rainbow, Comets on Fire, and more. Acting as a survey, tribute, and foreshadowing of the contemporary American musical underground, 2002 captures not only the artists, but the audiences, spaces, and networks that remain incredibly formative and influential over a decade later.
 
A handful of the segments were originally posted to Yeh’s personal website, before the coming of YouTube and other media-sharing outlets. The average duration of the edits were kept short due to the storage and bandwidth considerations of that time – a strategy carried over in revisiting the footage years later. In a style similar to Yeh’s Hair Police: 01-02, the accustomed musical documentary talking heads, voiceover meditations, and evocative b-roll were eschewed in favor of a more observational “vérité” approach. A loose narrative was already found in the sequencing of these short glimpses during the span of a year – audience members one moment are then found to be the artists on stage in the next. Some venues iconic in their moment are now long gone, while others were revived in recent times, activating a new history.
 
2002
2015, 60 min, digital video
 
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C. SPENCER YEH
… is recognized for his interdisciplinary activities and collaborations as an artist and composer, as well as his music project Burning Star Core. Recent presentations of work include “Modern Mondays” at MoMA, “The Companion” at the Liverpool Biennial, “Synth Nights” at The Kitchen, “The Daily Show” at Bureau NYC, “Great Tricks From Your Future” at D-CAF in Cairo Egypt, “In Tones From Light to Dark” at Performa 13, “Excursus IV” at the ICA Philadelphia, Borderline Festival in Athens Greece, Kinomuzeum at Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Poland, LAMPO at the Renaissance Society Chicago IL, All Ears in Oslo Norway, Kunsthall Stavanger in Norway, the Pérez Art Museum in Miami FL, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston TX, and a Jerome Foundation Commission from Roulette Intermedium. Yeh also collaborated with Triple Canopy for their contribution to the Whitney Biennial in 2014.
 
Recent recordings include “Solo Voice I-X” published by Primary Information, “Wake Up Awesome,” a collaboration with Okkyung Lee and Lasse Marhaug published by Software Recording Co., and “Transitions” published by DeStijl under the CS Yeh moniker. A new recording by New Monuments, his trio with Ben Hall and Don Dietrich is forthcoming on Bocian.
 
Yeh also volunteers as a programmer and trailer editor for Spectacle Theater, a microcinema in Brooklyn NY. His video works are distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix. He is also a contributing editor to BOMB magazine, as well as contributing to publications such as The Third Rail and Personal Best. // Homepage
 
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The series SOUNDING IMAGES focuses on different approaches to documenting and visualizing musical performances, scenes and movements as well as close collaborations between filmmakers and composers, including soundtracks. The aim of it is to open up a wide range of perspectives on the interrelation of music, experimental filmmaking, and video art, including issues regarding race, class, sexuality and gender. Invited guests will discuss selected works and a short introduction to each screening will provide background information, sometimes a Q&A will follow.
 
SOUNDING IMAGES is organized by Fiona McGovern. // Homepage
 
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BACKYARD SUMMER
Every Wednesday throughout the summer, we invite you to our backyard to cool down with music, food, drinks and friends. Summer sounds from DJ’s and performances in the courtyard, plus live sets in the club, a special summer drinks menu and soul food from Glory Box Spicy Soulfood.
 
Spend the early evening hours and welcome the best part of the week with us!
 
ACUD BACKYARD SUMMER 2017
 
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MI 2.8 // 19-23H // 4-6€
ACUD COURTYARD // SCREENING+TALK
BACKYARD SUMMER X SOUNDING IMAGES: C. SPENCER YEH
screening of the concert film 2002 (2015) with an introduction by the artist
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A summer evening with near field improvisations and Ritualdancemusic.
 
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SUPERCOMBO LOS CAVIARES
Near field improvisations of the universal east side auslaender duo. Like kraut but more sharp, like reggaeton but more femenine, like your mother but with a suit. Mainstream indeed but under the ground.
 

 
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SELTENE ERDEN
… is a merge of energies, a duo by Çaykh, (Circuit Diagram, Golden Pudel) and esclé (Pracht, Wisp Fstvl). Together they focus on organic, percussive, tribal music within contemporary experimental club culture. Ritualdancemusic on the gap between Techno, Ambient and ancient tribe rhythms.
 

 
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BACKYARD SUMMER
Every Wednesday throughout the summer, we invite you to our backyard to cool down with music, food, drinks and friends. Summer sounds from DJs and performances in the courtyard, plus live sets in the club, a special summer drinks menu and soul food from Glory Box Spicy Soulfood.
 
Spend the early evening hours and welcome the best part of the week with us!
 
ACUD BACKYARD SUMMER 2017
 
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MI 9.8 // 17-23H // 4-7€
ACUD COURTYARD // LIVE PERFORMANCE
ACUD BACKYARD SUMMER X SELTENE ERDEN
a summer evening with near field improvisations and ritualdancemusic
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„I stepped closer to the wooden shelve that was build from a couple of planks, barely connected by brass screws, slightly leaned against the wall — scanned the back of the books for yellow covers (i have never been disappointed by a yellow book) – looked further, searched for hints of a logical order – „The shelve collapsed, the books fell to the ground last week, there is none!“, he said — took a book from the shelve, something with a pattern, something on graphic design: Opened the first to read, the last to write: the colofon on the last page — opened the first page, kept blank for dedications: handwritten it said: „ To Billy Bob Thornton…“
 
COLORAMA invites you to:
BOOKS ON BOOKS
one week about publishing as an artistic practic.
RELEASE on Sunday, the 20.08.2017
 
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ABOUT
 
5 design-teams
5 private collections
5 books on books
 
We will explore the systemics of collecting, intellectual value and randomness of those highly charged and personally curated assemblages – collections that create an inner logic, a reference-system and scientificity outside of institutions.
 
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PARTICIPANTS
 
Flemming Ove Bech + TBA
Knock Knock Books
Lieven Lahaye + Ott Metusala
Gloria Glitzer
Richard Rocholl + TBA
 
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MO 14.8 – SO 20.8
ACUD GALLERY // RISO PRINT WEEK
COLORAMA: BOOKS ON BOOKS
one week about publishing as an artistic practice
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Sarah Davachi graces our courtyard with her subtle, meditative drones.
 
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SARAH DAVACHI
… (b. 1987, Calgary, Canada) holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Calgary, and a master’s degree in electronic music and recording media from Mills College in Oakland, California. As a composer of electronic and electroacoustic music, Davachi’s compositional projects are primarily concerned with disclosing the antiquated instruments and forgotten sonics of a bygone era in analog synthesis, with concurrent treatment of acoustic sources – particularly organ, piano, strings, and woodwinds – often involving de-familiarization through processing. Her work considers the experience of enveloped sonic dwelling, utilizing extended durations, psychoacoustic manipulations, and simple harmonic structures that emphasize variations in overtone complexity and natural phasing patterns.
 
Her work as a researcher concerns aspects of experimentalism, organology and archival study, and phenomenology and perception, and has been published and presented within North America and Europe. Since 2007, Davachi has also had the unique opportunity to work for the National Music Centre (formerly Cantos Music Foundation) in Calgary as an interpreter and content developer of their collection of acoustic and electronic keyboard instruments. She has held artist residencies at The Banff Centre for the Arts (Banff, Canada), STEIM (Amsterdam, Netherlands), WORM (Rotterdam, Netherlands), EMS (Stockholm, Sweden), OBORO (Montréal, Canada), and MESS (Melbourne, Australia) and is the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and SOCAN. She is currently a doctoral candidate in musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. // Website
 

 
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JESSICA EKOMANE
…’s practice unfolds around music and sound installations. Her compositions seek a physical and cathartic effect alternating between noise and melody, and playing with our perception of rhythmical structures. Her latest project consists in a quadraphonic performance exploring the way our perception of rhythms is affected by the surrounding space, thereby introducing elements of psychoacoustics and gestalt theory. She is one of the Berlin Community Radio [INCUBATOR] residents for their 2017 edition, as well as one of the two chosen participants of this year’s Open Port Club residency in Sapporo (Japan). // Homepage
 

 
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With music before, between and after the sets from JUNIS, member of the ∑ collective, who have released music by Sarah Davachi. // Homepage
 
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BACKYARD SUMMER
Every Wednesday throughout the summer, we invite you to our backyard to cool down with music, food, drinks and friends. Summer sounds from DJ’s and performances in the courtyard, plus live sets in the club, a special summer drinks menu and soul food from Glory Box Spicy Soulfood.
 
Spend the early evening hours and welcome the best part of the week with us!
 
ACUD BACKYARD SUMMER 2017
 
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MI 16.8 // 19-23H // PWYC
ACUD COURTYARD // LIVE PERFORMANCE
ACUD BACKYARD SUMMER X SARAH DAVACHI
sarah davachi graces our courtyard with her subtle, meditative drones
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NAAMA ARAD
 
OPENING: FRI, 15. SEPTEMBER 2017, 7 – 10 PM
EXHIBITION: 15. SEPTEMBER – 22. OCTOBER 2017
OPENING HOURS: FRI & SAT, 1 – 6 PM
 
Followed by an after party at ACUD Club
 
Curated by Elodie Evers
 
Image: Naama Arad, Handle with Care, 2016
 
 
With kind support by