Few things harmonize as well as hot summer evenings, art, cinema and icy drinks. Of course, friends of the Berlinische Galerie and their association “Jung und Artig” have known this for a long time and have been organizing just that for several years with the “Mobile Kino”: contemporary video art under a starry sky (free of charge). On 30.08.2024 it’s that time again. From 6:30 pm, the event will kick off in the courtyard of the museum with a relaxed get-together with DJ sounds by Pvssy Divx and refreshing drinks. At 8 pm, the artist of the evening, the German-Colombian Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, born in 1982, will talk to Sophie Angelov from the Berlinische Galerie about her:his cinematic works “Mila Caos”, “Las Hermosas Invisibles” and “Trying to Forget You”, which will be on display afterwards. Paetau’s entire body of work examines queer cultures and decolonial themes. For example, “Mila Caos” is about the transformation of teenager Sébastian into the eponymous drag queen and his longing for maternal recognition for his performances in illegal drag shows in suburban Havana. While “Las Hermosas Invisibles” revolves around the post-mortem, autobiographical connection between Paetau and his*her recently deceased trans sister. Finally, in “Trying to Forget You”, a broken heart finds music in the night-time streets of Berlin and in the open arms of the strangers it encounters. There couldn’t be a better way to end the month in the pulsating center of our favorite city.
Text: Alina Herbel / Photo: Pauline Ruther; Stills: Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau “Trying to Forget You” & “Mila Caos”
Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jakobstr.124–128, 10969 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Open Air Video Art & Artist Talk with Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, 30.08.2024 18h30–23h
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