Karl’s Perfect Day von Rirkrit Tiravanija

In the organizer's words:

As part of the first Long Evening and as part of the public program for the exhibition THE HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUNNY by Rirkrit Tiravanija, the artist's film Karl's Perfect Day will be shown in the Gropius Bau cinema. The focus is on Karl Holmqvist - an artist, poet and friend of Tiravanija.

As part of the public program accompanying the exhibition THE HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUNNY by Rirkrit Tiravanija, the Gropius Bau invites you to a monthly series of long evenings. In addition to the film screening, a book presentation with Josephine Apraku, Eric Otieno Sumba, Sharonda Quainoo and Nadine Nzambisa Ngolo, a performance by Petra Hermanova, a cooking show by Luiza Prado De O. Martins and a DJ set with Ayzon will take place on the same evening.

In the film, Tiravanija accompanies Holmqvist for a day through Berlin: from getting up in the morning and brushing her teeth, across the city to a meeting with friends and reading aloud on the balcony. Since the 1990s, Holmqvist has been crossing different types of text in his work - from poetry to advertising slogans - and reassembling them. The film is a detailed portrait of a day with Holmqvist, which adapts completely to his rhythm.

Karl Holmqvist lives and works in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions by Holmqvist have been shown at Laxart, Los Angeles, Fridericianum, Kassel, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva and Indipendenza, Rome (with Klara Liden). He has participated in several editions of the Venice Biennale and Performa in New York.

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