Sun. 18.06.2023 | 14:00 - 18:00
with: Marco Montiel-Soto
initiated and organized by: April Gertler, Adrian Schiesser
Exhibition
SONNTAG (doorbell)
Yorckstraße 85 10965 Berlin - Kreuzberg
Marco Montiel-Soto will show a group of works made in recent years that reference the recent history of Venezuela and particularly to the origins of his hometown Maracaibo, a city that during the years 1529-1546, was founded with the name Neu Nürnberg.
In his work and research, he creates an archive and a creolization of architectural structures, collected found objects, sound compositions, videos, photographs, drawings, collages, texts and maps. His work explores the intersections between political and poetic territories, homeland, migration, archaeology, ethnology, religion, myths, death, cosmos and chaos.
For SONNTAG, Marco Montiel-Soto has chosen his grandmother's bread cake “Torta de pan”. In his childhood he remembers this cake had a simple taste of heaven, with a thick texture and a bunch of raisins that almost melted in your mouth, and sometimes in the background there was a slight taste of rum.
SONNTAG is a social sculpture originally conceived by April Gertler and Adrian Schiesser in 2012. SONNTAG showcases work by one artist at a time while serving
the artist's favorite cake along with coffee and tea in a private apartment (which is not the artist's apartment), usually in Berlin and always on a Sunday afternoon.
SONNTAG is always open to the general public and it is the public's presence that completes the social sculpture. Since its inception, there have been 60 SONNTAG events not only in Berlin but also in 5 other international cities including Paris, New York, London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam.
In a descriptive opening text by Catherine Nichols which starts the book about the project, "The dialogue [about SONNTAG] relates the story of this social practice: how cake, memory, social sculpture and art come together in a process that dances between the public and the private, between the discursive and the domestic, between hosting, curation, and collaboration. The conversation proceeds in mnemonic episodes, which, like the sensory event of Proust's madeleine, are activated by tasting different cakes that were chosen by SONNTAG exhibiting artists - and in the process, perhaps interpolating these artist's memories with our own."
Seating: Chairs, maybe some stools
Age groups: Suitable for all ages
Languages: German, English, Spanish
There won't be a speech held and the only speech happening will be small talk so it's not even necessary to speak any of the languages that will be predominantly spoken.
Wheelchair users | Buggies: Not wheelchair accessible, as the event is on the 2nd or 3rd floor. Buggies can most likely be left in the hallway or the back courtyard of the building. This event is taking place in a private apartment.
Hearing impaired | Deaf people: Accessible
Neurodiversity: We create a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere.
Blind people: Are welcome, there will be coffee, cake and conversations.
Further notes: This event will be taking place in a private apartment. There is no official 'moment' the event will be started with no specific speech or anything else necessary. It is open to people during the duration of the event which is 2pm - 6pm.