Placemaking - The Migration of Spaces
An Art Project by Stefanie Bürkle

Migration is not only the movement of people; it’s also the movement of spaces. The rural and urban spaces migrants bring with them form the basis of new spaces and places, which in turn are shaped as residents of one space seek to differentiate themselves from those of another. Berlin not only contains many such “migrated” spaces; the city itself is dynamic, filled with a variety of changing environments. The speed of these movements and transformations has increased since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
How have migrant groups perceived the dual territorial boundaries of their neighborhoods, on the one hand, and the Wall, on the other? How do these groups move in the politically unified, but spatially divided, city? The interdisciplinary art project “Migration of Spaces” sheds light on the spaces Berlin’s migrants import and produce anew. In particular, we investigate the tensions of placemaking between reconstruction, which tends to reinvent the city, and the spaces of migration, which tend to conserve the past. Marc Weiser contributed the sound to the installation.

Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jakobstr. 124 - 128, 10969
6th of Nov. 2009 - 31th of January 2010
for video documentation click here!

CTM Concerts organises quality music shows and special events at various venues in Berlin all year round. It was founded in the summer of 2009 to give the DISK/CTM activities more continuity and to intensify relations to artist we enjoy working with. Next to organising the annual club transmediale festival and to curating program elements for other festivals and initiatives, CTM Concerts forms the third pillar in the overall efforts to contribute to a lively, experimental and independent music culture. More on DISK/CTM, it’s organisational structure and aims can be read here.

CTM Concerts is operated by DISK/CTM co-founder Marc Weiser.

26 feb. 2010, berlin, volksbühne
legendary CAN - drummer jaki liebezeit and highly acclaimed producer burnt friedman on an inspiring journey through the world of secret rhythms.

marc weiser aka rechenzentrum and robert seidel (video) present recent works on the fmx 2010 festival in stuttgart at the kunstmuseum. the festival celebrates its 15th conference on animation, effects, games and interactive media.

23.01.2010 - germany - cologne - st. aposteln
debut presentation of the audioplay “ecstatic confessions” for deutschlandradio kultur 2009.
rechenzentrum feat. nicolas t. weiser
more infos here !

achim szepanski, leftwinged theorist, inventor of the musical term “clicks and cuts” and founder of the labels “mille plateaux, force inc, ritornell” etc. presents excerpts from his new book “pole position” published by edition mille plateaux. supported by the berlin writer, artist and musician thomas kapielski, known for his books pubished at merve and suhrkamp. live acts by mille plateaux artists “rechenzentrum aka marc weiser” and “boris polonski” from cologne. innovative dj set by debug co - publisher bleed.
brothers in mind!
achim szepanski (edition mille plateaux, merve)
thomas kapielski (suhrkamp, merve, zweitausendeins)
live: marc weiser aka rechenzentrum (weiser:music) & boris polonski (mille plateaux)
dj: bleed (debug)

20.02.2010 / roter salon / volksbühne / berlin
www.volksbühne-berlin.de

marc weiser is developing an audioplay for deutschlandradio kultur / klangkunst together with the german soundartist and art theologian nicolas t. weiser. workingtitle: “ecstatic confessions - the heart of mysticism”. it is based on the anthology of martin buber with the same title, published 1909. beginning with buber’s seminal essay on mysticism, the book offers texts down the centuries from oriental, pagan, gnostic, eastern orthodox, catholic, jewish and muslim sources. it aims to convey some quality of an experience that is essentially beyond the power of words to capture.

marc marcovic is going to contribute one of his heartbreaking lovesongs for the 10th anniversary of the grand prix d`amour at festsaal kreuzberg in berlin 22nd of may 2009. the first part of the festival is in belgrade / serbia the 21st of may 2009. the festival is curated by nicholas bussmann (kapitalband eins) and relja bobic (dispatch festival belgrade).

zeitkratzer records releases a 3-cd-box to document zeitkratzer’s cooperations with electronic musicians over nearly a decade. zeitkratzer has not only produced these collaborations but also played these new compositions all over europe. the recordings were made in germany, spain, france, italy, austria. carsten nicolai, terre thaemlitz, keiji haino: three heroes of electronic music. all the three are presented here for the first time ever with compositions for an instrumental ensemble. zeitkratzer worked with carsten nicolai now for almost an decade, the same with terre thaemlitz and played different concerts with keiji haino.
the 3-cd-box includes a special textbook with extensive texts in german and english:
- diedrich diederichsen writes about authorship
- elliott sharp: zeitkratzer and the myth of the end of instruments
- michael iber about zeitkratzer’s unusual way of musical notation.
three essays about the consequences of the ensemble’s radical work!
this box has been made possible by deutscher musikrat.
the 3-cd-box is available via zeitkratzer records mailorder.