• 40. Jubiläum

La Bonanza

A culinary performance evening for the 40th anniversary of Galerie im Körnerpark

Welcome:

Karin Korte, City Councillor for Education, Culture and Sports
Dr. Dorothea Kolland, Director of the Department of Culture 1981–2012
Dorothee Bienert, Director of the Department of Culture
Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa, Director of the Municipal Galleries Neukölln

On October 19, 1983, Galerie im Körnerpark opened in the middle of idyllic Körnerpark as Neukölln’s first municipal gallery. Numerous exhibitions, events and projects reflect the cultural life beyond the city’s borders. The 40th anniversary of the gallery is a reason to celebrate and at the same time an opportunity to reflect on past projects.

With La Bonanza, we would like to thank all the artists, curators, contributors, supporters and visitors who have shaped Galerie im Körnerpark over the last four decades – into a place of art, creativity and cultural enrichment for everyone.

In collaboration with the collectives LaLoVe’s Kitchen, Soy Division, and African Acid Is The Future, artist Lalo Gomes conceived a performance evening of three acts that translates the gallery’s interdisciplinary and rich history into a contemporary context: through the interplay of interventions, narratives, sound, dance, and food, a communal experience unfolds on the terrace in front of the gallery that also invites us to think about future artistic and social visions. The three culinary performative elements do not succeed each other chronologically, but are dramaturgically intertwined. Everyone is invited to join in at any time and enjoy the numerous dishes:

Soy Division
Inspired by various plants used as culinary ingredients, Ariel W. Orah and his collective Soy Division choreograph movement and sound. The audience is invited to connect with the plants, learn from their wisdom, deepen their own understanding of themselves and the world, and work towards a fairer society.

LaLoVe’s Kitchen
For Lalo Gomes and his collective LaLoVe’s Kitchen, cooking is a communal experience. To this end, the audience is invited to share rice, beans and plantains, cook and eat together, and reflect on food as nourishment in the spirit of a collective consciousness during a time of abundance.

African Acid is the Future
Dauwd Al Hilali and Maryisonacid of the collective African Acid Is The Future fuse an experimental DJ set with fish and seafood delicacies for an aesthetic delight. The music leads into the final part of the evening in which all bodies warm up dancing together, while a birthday cake is served by Vava Dudu.

Concept: Lalo Gomes
Curation: Nina Marlene Kraus

SOY DIVISION
Artistic direction: Ariel W. Orah
Project collaboration: Soy Division Ensemble

LALOVE’S KITCHEN
artistic team: Lalo Gomes, Christina Herrera Gallardo

AFRICAN ACID IS THE FUTURE
Artistic team: Dauwd Al Hilali, Maryama Luccioni, Vava Dudu

Head of production: Siniša Mitrović, Sarah Zeryab
Sound: Deniz Sipahi
Light: Robin Neuschmelting
Video: Vanessa Marino, Nicolas Vargas
Graficdesign: Carlos Luís Sánchez Becerra

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Image for La Bonanza
© Carlos Luis Sánchez Becerra

Participating artists

40th anniversary celebration of the gallery in Körnerpark as a full view Visitors gather together around the performative eating station Visitor fills up food during anniversary opening with participatory cooking and eating performance Inspired by various plants used as culinary ingredients, Ariel W. Orah (the person on the right) and his collective Soy Division choreograph movement and sound Dauwd Al Hilali from the collective African Acid is the Future fillets a fish and a child is watching this scenario A culinary performance evening celebrating the 40th anniversary of Galerie im Körnerpark Performance by the collective Soy Division on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Galerie im Körnerpark Performance by the collective Soy Division on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Galerie im Körnerpark Inspired by various plants used as culinary ingredients, Ariel W. Orah and his collective Soy Division choreograph movement and sound Lalo Gomes from the collective LaLoVe's Kitchen serves the birthday cake Lalo Gomes from the collective LaLoVe's Kitchen serves the birthday cake, while around him visitors are gathered Visitors dance together to the experimental DJ set by the collective African Acid Is The Future Dr. Dorothea Kolland, Director of the Neukölln Cultural Office 1981 - 2012 (right), welcomes visitors and reports on the highlights of the Galerie im Körnerpark over the past 40 years. The collective LaLoVe's Kitchen invites the audience to serve each other with rice, beans and plantains, to cook together, to eat and to reflect on food as nourishment in terms of a sense of community in times of affluence Various visitors watch her do this Dauwd Al Hilali from the collective African Acid is the Future grills a fish over an open fire Maryisonacid from the collective African Acid is the Future makes the musical program, on the right two dancing visitors Opening words by Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa, Director of the Kommunale Galerien Neukölln; Dorothee Bienert, Director of the Department of Culture; Karin Korte, City Councillor for Education, Culture and Sports and Dr. Dorothea Kolland, Director of the Department of Culture Neukölln 1981 - 2012. A culinary performance by the collective African Acid is the Future,Dauwd Al Hilali und Maryisonacid for the 40th anniversary of the Galerie im Körnerpark cooking, close-up