Discoteca Flaming Star

“Jaccouzi of Muddy Tears”

Improvisation, 38 min, recorded on may 1st 2010 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, in the context of the exhibition “On Rage”.

Performing:
> Dagmar Gabler: After actorʼs diploma and engagements in several off theatre productios in Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin, Dagmar Gabler studied American and Cultural Studies at HU Berlin, then changed to film studies at dffb film academy Berlin. For ten years now she has been writing screen plays for German tv and cinema.
> Benedikt Abel: musician.
> Cristina Gómez Barrio: Born 1973 in the Alhambra, Spain. Studied in Madrid, Munich and Berlin, currently living in Berlin.
Cristina works with drawing, studies the color white in performance, takes photographs and dreams.
> Wolfgang Mayer: Born 1967 in Wertach, Allgäu, in Germany as the illegitimate child of Bonnie Tyler and Klaus Kinski.
He works primarly with drawing, shimmering dust, video and performance. He works and lives currently in Berlin.
> Sara Pereira was born in 1983, Leiria (Portugal). Studied Fine Arts - Painting in Fine Arts Porto University. In 2005 co-founded the Marvellous Tone collective for experimental electronic music and in 2008 Piso collective for collaboration residencies. Since 2008 she is living in Berlin, where among others, develops Gentileza, a sound art project with Catarina Miranda.

With them:
> Excerpts from Gertrude Steinʼs “The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Familyʼs Progress”. First published in France by Contact Edition, 1925. First American Edition published by Albert & Charles Boni, 1926.
> White Banner 2
Acrylic paint on fabric. 2004. 315 x 560 cm.
With a slideprojection by Cristina Gómez Barrio.
> Black Banner 3
Thread, sequins, glue on scaffold net (industrial lace),
2009, 4 x 12 m.
> “...”(2) + untitled. (drawings by WM and CGB) ...given away to audience during the performance. mixed media, 2010, palmsize.
> Jaccouzi of Tears, by Muslimgauze, Box Of Silk And Dogs (Disc 9): Hafaz Al Assad, 1999.
> Seasons in the Sun, english translation of `Le Moribond ́ (Jaques Brel, 1961) by american poet, composer and singer Rod McKuen, 1964.

Cover photo by Ines Schaber

Thank You: Altes Finanzamt, Charlotte, Ines Schaber, Valerie Smith, Johanna Zinecker, Alexandra Engel, André Schulz, Hardy Hardenberger, Adrian Pilling, Jason Dorn