Karaoke | Rirkrit Tiravanija: DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG

demo station: Karaoke with mandhla.

Photo: Katrina Singleton

As part of the opening week of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s exhibition DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG, mandhla. will host a karaoke session on Tiravanija’s demo station in the Gropius Bau’s atrium.

At the Gropius Bau, mandhla. will host a karaoke session on a demo station by Rirkrit Tiravanija. The stage-like sculpture invites people to “demonstrate” something. Tiravanija plays with the different meanings of the term “demonstration” as both a political protest and a presentation of someone’s talent or hobby. For the duration of the exhibition, the demo station provides a space for daily public performances.

mandhla. is a 27 year old trans-feminine body born and raised in Zimbabwe, Africa. As a current resident in Berlin, she brings a blend of experimental R&B and Soul music intertwined with visual projections and performative dancing. Her music speaks of the daily trials that Trans*, enby and femme* immigrant bodies experience daily with love, identity, sex and acceptance.

 

As part of Berlin Art Week

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