Fete de la Musique :: Groove Session :: Sat 20/06

Doors open at 22:30 – Skizum Studios Groovatorium, Wühlischstr. 12, F-hain MAP

Last party we had over 300 people here…. you could walk up to most anybody and engage in a good conversation while groovin´ out to excellent music all night long…. since this coming weekend is all about good vibes and great music, we´re going to do it again.

LIVE: Matutaia – Brazilian Grooves and Funky Jives….. yes, this is the same band that rocked the last party!  back by popular demand….

Johanna Rörby (Skizum Stockholm/Berlin) Minimal techno

Special Guest Resident dj jaybee (Eclectic Company San Francsco)  – hip-hop, electro, bmore….. a regular at Burning Man

dj skizum – all genre groovy mash up master

Dj Anton – breakbeat

Dj 92 – funk and soul

nick reddel – virtuoso violinist to jam with the dj´s and the band

++++ special guest dj´s and live improv artists

2€ beers, wine & waffles + non-alcoholic drinks + asian snacks and meals available upstairs in Qrazy Ling’s restaurant

“Introducing…” Session #4 :: Art Salon & Soiree :: Interesting Concepts :: Saturday May 30 :: 21.00

“Introducing…”, is an art salon style evening where artists, designers or just clever and active individuals introduce themselves via their creative activities. Each presenter determines the format for their presentation utilizing the beamer, computer slide projector and sound system here at Skizum Studios Berlin. MAP

This week, we salute the computer genius types:

GABRIEL SHALOM
http://gabrielshalom.com/
http://ks12.net
http://quantumcinema.blogspot.com
Gabriel Shalom is an international multimedia producer, interactive designer and videomusician living and working in Berlin. His personal artistic practice focuses on the creation of audiovisual compositions from original electro-acoustic performances. His videos have screened in numerous festivals and art galleries, including the Optronica Festival London, Viper Basel, Club Transmediale Berlin, Vereinigung Bildener KünstelerInnen Wiener Secession, Rokolectiv Festival Bucharest, Museum Ludwig Köln, Gallery Olaf Stüber Berlin, and Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin. Together with Patrizia Kommerell, Shalom is a principal partner in the company KS12, a creative studio for website design, visual identity and audiovisual communication. He lectures on the subjects of motion graphics, film and new media at the Berliner Technischen Kunsthochschule. In 2006 he was an artist in residence at the ZKM | Karlsruhe. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Film and Electronic Arts from Bard College, New York.
He also writes a blog called Quantum Cinema about the future of cinema and his original theories of Hypercubism and Quantinuity.

ROBERT HEEL
http://www.robertheel.com/
http://www.myspace.com/robertheel
Robert Heel studied and worked together with Karl Bartos (Ex-Kraftwerk). Holds a Master of Arts (UdK Berlin) and Bachelor of Media Design (FHSH) degree. Awarded a DAAD-scholarship for the Cleveland Institute of Art.. Robert Heel’s main interest is to define audiovisual relations. Past screenings include “EMAF”,“Todaysartfestival”,“

Amsterdam Film Experience”,
“VJ-Mapping” Geneva, “backup.award”, Bauhaus Uni Weimar , Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki. Exhibitions at “Württembergischer Kunstverein” Stuttgart e.V, “fluctuating images” gallery, Stuttgart, “the LAB” gallery, San Francisco and others. Past VJ und AV-Performances in Berlin at 103 Club, Magnet Club, Gruener Salon (a. d. Volksbühne) und Rosi`s, in Hamburg at Knust Club, Foo Club, Fundbureau und Hafenklang, at the Escobar, Rostock, Polyester Club, Oldenburg, Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg and others. Visual artist for the band .Computer.., the DJ Duo Robosonic, Jan Hertz and for the Label
Diskomafia.

Photo from Scottie’s Bday

our very cool Skizum cellar.

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“Introducing…” Part 3 :: Art Salon :: Party :: Interesting Concepts :: Saturday May 16 :: 21.00

“Introducing…”, is an art salon style evening where artists, designers or just clever and active individuals introduce themselves via their creative activities. Each presenter determines the format for their presentation utilizing the beamer, computer slide projector and sound system here at Skizum Studios Berlin. MAP

Photo By John Howland

I figured my birthday would be the perfect day to host an art salon featuring myself and have a groovy party with all my interesting friends….  This evening we are collaborating with our neighbors to host the event in the Whatever gallery and Lounge, Qrazy Ling’s Restaurant and our underground Groovatorium here at Skizum Studios. There’s a whole lot going on this evening:

Presentation @ 21.00
My presentation is titled ‘Where I’m Coming From’.  I plan on taking you on a time compressed journey that will lead to where I’m at and where I’m going and why this may be of interest to you…

Party @ 22.30
Live – Funk, Rare Grooves, Brazilian Samba-esque vibes from Giovanni Sacchetti and Leonardo Barreto with special guest Nick Reddel

Djs – groovy tunes all night with Michael Gardiner (uk), Incognegro (nyc/berlin) and Johanna Rörby (sweeden/berlin) + special guests

All Night Long…

• Documentary Film Shoot: Maurice Wilkerling is making a documentary film on Skizum Studios Berlin.  He and his film team  will be  on site filming the presentation, the party and making interviews with some of you!

• Potential Renaissance Contest: Use the Concept Catalyzer text animation to come up with ideas and concepts that can lead to inspiring a new renaissance.  Ideas and concepts can be submitted in any format starting Satuday May 16 until June 15th.  The 4 best entries will be invited to  present their ideas at an upcoming “Introducing…” art salon & soiree.

• Special prices on drinks and food all night… 2€ beers and cheap tasty snacks

Peace,

Scottie b

“Introducing…” Art Salon Series :: Part 2 Sunday May 3 @ 19.30

“Introducing…”, is an art salon style evening where 2 artists, designers or just clever and active individuals introduce themselves via their creative activities. Each presenter determines the format for their presentation utilizing the beamer, computer slide projector and sound system here at Skizum Studios Berlin. MAP

The evening will start at 19.30 and run until 22.30 with a half hour break inbetween presentations. Entrance is free and there will be drinks available with smoking outside the studio only please. Part 2 of this series will be curated by John howland (Austrailia) and Abe Pazos (Spain):

John Howland’s artwork ranges across a number of disiplines, including traditional media, photography, digital media installation, public artwork, and most recently interactive digital projections.
John is currently exhibiting ‘Agony/Ecstasy’, a public artwork for the Melbourne City Council as part of their laneways commissions 2008 link1 link2, other recent artworks include: UCICU for EXPERIMENTA, ‘Sketches for the Probabilty of being, parts I to III’ at the Gertrude digital media festival 2008, and ‘98 percent water’ exhibited with hOur factory’s Unwrapped exhibition 2008.
John worked in Australia for the late Geoffrey Mance as a leading designer for 5 years and also for the subsequent Mance Designcreating custom luminaires for a broad range of Australian and international clients.
John offers a range of personalised design services including custom lighting design, and can also facilate the manufacturing ofyour work with such services as laser cutting file preparation, 3D modelling and visualisation, engineering, and photographic documentaion amongst others.

Abe Pazos is a creative software developer interested in technology, society, art and nature. Abe likes to experiment with ideas and media, and does not consider himself an artist. He will be presenting some of his ideas, objects, photography, video and music. Links to some of his creations can be found at his homepage http://hamoid.com/

Part 3 features myself, Scottie B, and is scheduled to take place on Saturday May 16. This event will also feature a Party in conjunction with our neighbors and take place in all 450qm of our combined spaces If you would like to present your work at future events, please contact us at skizum.berlin(at)gmail(dot)com

“Introducing…” Art Salon Series :: Part 1 Sunday April 18 @ 19.30

“Introducing…”, is an art salon style evening where 2 artists, designers and clever individuals introduce themselves via their creative activities.  Each presenter determines the format for their presentation utilizing the beamer, computer slide projector and sound system here at Skizum Studios Berlin. MAP

The evening will start at 19.30 and run until 22.30 with a half hour break inbetween presentations.  Entrance is free and there will be drinks available with smoking outside the studio only please.  Part 1 of this series will be curated by Anna Maria O´Keeffe (Austrailia) and Desmond Shortt (Irerland):

Anna-Maria Okeeffe’s most current work is focused primarily on sculpture as meduim, through which a number of recurrent themes are explored, particularly the landscape panorama. These physical renditions of environments have ranged in size from miniature through to room sized installations at 1:1 scale. Images of some of these works and accompanying texts can be found at the following links:
http://www.blindside.org.au/editions/debut.shtml
http://www.westspace.org.au/discursive/essay-on-arterial-embolism.html
http://www.westspace.org.au/discursive/essay-on-arterial-embolism.html
http://www.lindenarts.org/show/2008/0314/index.php

Desmond Shortt is an Irish painter, “An enthusiastic exponent of contemporary Rococo and Baroque”.  He joins Skizum after a six month tour of India where he began his music studies.

“His paintings are fantasy extravaganzas – preposterously camp pictorial inventions. They feature an eclectic cast of characters, including anthropomorphic, Disney-like cartoonish animals, fairy tale princes and princelings and wildly pneumatic, shapely nudes. “

http://www.artvitae.com/artist_portfolio.asp?aist_id=134
http://thewhiteroom.co.nz/_mgxroot/page_10772.html
http://sprawldesmond.blogspot.com/
http://desmondshortt.nobullart.com

Part 2 of the series is scheduled for Sunday May 3, featuring John Howland (Austrailia) and Ve Magni (America)

Part 3 features myself, Scottie B,  and is scheduled to take place on Saturday May 16.  This event will also feature a Party in conjunction with our neighbors and take place in all 450qm of our combined spaces

If you would like to present your work at future events, please contact us at skizum.berlin(at)gmail(dot)com

Z-day :: Sun 15.03.09 @ 19:00 :: Film Screening :: Discussion + Soiree

Join us for an evening of intense introspective at Skizum Studios as we screen the International Z-Day Event digital slide Presentation and/or 2 important films, “Zeitgeist” and it’s “Addendum” by Peter Joseph, whose goal is to trigger an unprecedented global awareness of a new possibility for humanity.  You can vote on program below…

Click Image For Film Info

Fluid social change can only materialize if two circumstances are met. One, the human value system, which consists of our understandings and beliefs, must be updated and changed through education and thoughtful introspection. Two, the environment surrounding that value system must change to support the new world view. The interaction between a person’s value system and their environment is what influences human behavior.

For example, in our culture, “ethics” is really is a matter of degree, for our social system promotes and rewards competition and self-interest. This perspective doesn’t just “lead” to aberrant behavior… it creates it directly. Corruption is the norm in our society and most people do not see this, for since the society supports this behavior, it is considered right and normal… or as a matter of degree.

After and between the screenings and performance, we invite you to discuss related content, enjoy a beer or wine, some snacks and music.  If you are interested in getting involved in some related projects here at Skizum check out the project links for the Universal Humane Needs Assessment project and the Potential Renaissance project.  In case you are interested in something a bit more political, have fun getting into the edgy My America Too project.

Event Schedule:

Program A

• 19:00 – 21:00 Z-day digital slide show presentation

• 21:00 – discussion and soiree

• 22:00 – Live Performance (work in progress) : Scenes From An Apocalypitic Clown Cabaret featuring Ve Magni accompanied by Michael Gebhart

(people can still watch “Zeitgeist” and “Addendum” in another room on a computer screen)

OR if people want to just watch the films…

Program B
• 19:00 – Zeitgeist screening
• 21:30 – Live Performance (work in progress) : Scenes From An Apocalypitic Clown Cabaret featuring Ve Magni accompanied by Michael Gebhart
• 22:00 – Addendum screening
• 24:00 – discussion and soiree

RSVP to vote on which program you prefer in the comment section of the event blog or by email to: scottie.b.skizum(at)gmail(dot)com

Peace,
Scottie b

Nurbps!

Hello everyone. As you may have heard, we also share our flat with a small, rather silly pink-nosed kitten named Nurbps. I wanted to share some photos of her cute (but rare) quiet moments.

(yes, i know i am a dork. but i <3 kittens!)

Here’s to you, Nurbps.

xo, The Ve

Midnight Poetry 1 Year Anniversary Event and Party :: Coffee Karma – F’hain :: Freitag 13/02/09 @ 23.00 :: Free

Location: Sonntagstraße 30 :: S-bahn Ostkreuz

click image for link to M.P. site info in English and German

Please feel welcome to join us for an engaging evening of provocative prose, tantalizing talk, intelligent insight, delicious drinks, a sexy soiree and a mellifluously mixed music mash up.  I’ll be performing some poetry as well as spinning a healthy dose of groovy tunes ranging from break beats and funk to classic rock and house until the last one standing falls over.  The official program starts at 23.00 but if you want a seat, get there plenty early because it will be standing (or dancing) room only by time the show starts…. Scottie B

Program:

11:15 Welcome & thank you speech
11:20 Kerri Mullen (prose)
11:30 Paul Salamone (prose)
11:40 Talk show with midnight poets:
• Tobias Feldmann
• E.C.M. Tüx
• Adam Collingsworth
• Katya Smeya
12:15 Robert Lewandowski (diary insights)
12:30 Scott Bolden (explorations in multi-perspectivity)
12:45 DJ Skizum & party till break of dawn

The complete session will be hosted by Rasto Lewandowski.  The Midnight Poetry event series is conceived and produced by Katrin Lewandowski.  Please be generous and donate what you can at the event to help keep this free event series alive and growing…

Till Friday! Best, Kat

A New Batch of Cookies

Alright, so we are people not tasty desserts but still there is group of newbies that moved into the apartment over the past couple of weeks.  Check out our new crew’s profiles and see what clever things they are up to…  Stay tuned for our spring line up events and soirees…