Selected Events

Organized by Kathrin Becker for "Meeting Point NBK" and "n.b.k. discourse", NBK, Berlin

2009
May 10, 2009
Egill Sæbjörnsson (Performance / Concert)

2008
November 23, 2008
STUPID GREEN (Jochen Arbeit / Vania Rovisco) (Music performance)
November 13, 2008
Artist /Politician: A California Statewide Artists Collaboration, 1978. Lecture by the artist Lowell Darling
October 16, 2008
Kathrin Becker: Videoscreening of the 2008 acquisitions from the Video-Forum collection
January 23, 2008
Contemporary video art from Hungary, presented by Lívia Páldi, curator, Arthall, Budapest
January 9, 2008
Stirrings Still. A vueltas quietas. Immer noch nicht mehr. Current Spanish video art, selected by Ricardo Echevarria, Madrid, and presented by Avi Feldman, Tel Aviv

2007
December 12, 2007
Das volle Dutzend! Xmas Concert by the Art Critics Orchestra,
almost unplugged, and presentation of its first CD with 12 artists´ songs.
Special Act: Reading by Peter Hein (Fehlfarben)
November 28, 2007
Video-Forum Revisited 4: Hybrid practices: Mixing, Sampling, Blending. Doris Berger presents selected works from the Video Forum collection, and additional works by international artists
October 24, 2007
A lot of light, strong shadows. New video works from the Video-Forum collection, presented by Kathrin Becker
September 26, 2007
Videoart from the Pacific region, selected and presented by Melanie Oliver, New Zealand
June 20, 2007
Applied Social Arts - a theoretical proposal and the artistic practise of Artur Zmijewski. Lecture by Joanna Mytkowska, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw June 13, 2007
Prozeduren der Erkenntnis. Krzysztof Visconti talks about video works by Artur Zmijewski and his collaboration with the artist
May 23, 2007
Video Forum Revisited 3: A Burst of Desire. Dr. Petra Reichensperger presents selected works from the Video Forum collection, and additional works by international artists
May 9, 2007
Presentation of the book by Adi Hoesle (Ed.) and a discussion with Bazon Brock, Else Gabriel, Tynne Claudia Pollmann and Adi Hoesle
April 25, 2007
Video Forum Revisited 2: Picture Perfect? Dr. Petra Reichensperger presents selected works from the Video Forum collection, and additional works by international artists
March 28, 2007
Video Forum Revisited 1: Strange Weather. Michelle Cotton, London-based independent curator, presents selected works from the Video Forum collection, and additional works by international artists
February 14, 2007
Media artist Sandra Becker shows excerpts from her documentary "Lift 01" and examples from the exhibition project "Totalism"
February 21, 2007
Towards an Anthropology of Pop. South-African artist Candice Breitz shows a selection of her new video works

2006
December 13, 2006
7th Werkleitz Biennial "Happy Believers". Selected works from the biennial, presented by Anke Hoffmann and Angelika Richter
November 15, 2005
In and Out of Context. Excerpts from new works by Hannah-Höch-laureate 2006 and Berlin-based US video pioneer, Ira Schneider
November 8, 2006
Performance NL. Video works and documentaries by Alexandra Bachzetsis, Yael Davids, Jeremiah Day and Maria Pask with historical inserts from the archive of the De Appel Stichting, Amsterdam, and the Video Forum, presented by Laura Schleussner
October 25, 2006
Artists vs. Hollywood. Video works, selected and presented by Vicky Clare and Joanna Callaghan, London
October 11, 2006
Sound Scapes vol. 2. On the relation of sound and image. Selected works from the Video Forum, presented by Katja Albers, NBK
September 13, 2006
Purloined Letters. Video works by Lebanese artists Rabih Mroué, Akram Zaatari and Wael Nouredinne, presented by Nat Muller, Rotterdam
May 31, 2006
Artist Maryam Jafri in conversation with Sophie Goltz, Berlin
May 17, 2006
Absolument Nécessaire. Video works by Joëlle de La Casinière and the Montfaucon Research Centre, presented by Astrid Mania
May 10, 2006
Es war einmal - Geschichte wird gemacht. Video works by Uli Happe, presented by Bernd Böhlendorf
April 12, 2006
It's about how people judge appearance. Canadian artist Paulette Phillips, Toronto, presents a selection of international video works
March 8, 2006
Sneak Preview. Kathrin Becker shows new acquisitions from the Video Forum collection
February 15, 2006
Presentation of the new acquisition "Fiction Artists" by Christoph Girardet and Volker Schreiner, Hannover
January 18, 2006
Video art from Brazil, presented by Tereza de Aruda, Berlin

2005
November 23, 2005
Metrosexuell? Stadtraum, Konsumgesellschaft und männlicher Körper in der zeitgenössischen Männermodefotografie. Lecture by Änne Söll, University of Dortmund
November 9, 2005
Mathilde ter Heijne: The invisible Hero, 2005. Premiere of the latest video co-production of NBK, and conversation between the artist and trauma therapist Elise Bittenbinder
October 12, 2005
PIZZA PARTY. Record Release of the ACO´s (Art Critic Orchestra) Picture Disc (a production of NBK in collaboration with Siemens-Kulturstiftung)
September 21, 2005
Excerpts from Willoughby Sharp´s video works (1973-2003). An evening with the US-American artist, producer, critic, and videographer
June 8, 2005
Kleines Affektchen. Performance of the artists´ group "Everything is all right" with the collaboration of Gia Edzgveradze
May 25, 2005
Polish Women Artists' Films from the 1970s and 1980s presented by Lukasz Ronduda, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, in conversation with Berlin-based artist Ewa Partum
March 23, 2005
Gernsehabend. Highlights from the collection of the Video Forum, presented by Katja Albers, NBK
February 16, 2005
Schalten Sie Ihren Fernseher ab! 40 Jahre FLUXUS. Presentation of the film by Hartmut Jahn, Berlin and Mainz
January 26, 2005
Are you ready? Current video art from Hungary, presented by Anikó Erdösi, Budapest
January 12, 2005
Video art from Canada, presented by Marie-Josée Jean, VOX centre de l'image contemporaine, Montréal
2004
December 8, 2004
Drei in einem Boot? Dorothee Bienert, Berlin, presents recent video art from the Baltic countries
November 24, 2004
Die Wachträume von Emmanuelle Antille. Video works, presented by Karinne Vonna, forum itinérant, Strasbourg
October 13, 2004
Sandra Thomas, 235 Media Cologne, presents the Media Art Archive and new strategies for the conservation, restoration, and presentation of media art
September 29, 2004
Lebensraum/Lifespace, Video work by Istvan Kantor, Toronto
May 26, 2004
Konjunktive Beziehungen. Zwischen Bewegtheit, Ton/Musik und Raum. Heiko Daxl and Ingeborg Fülepp present their media works
April 28, 2004
Beyond the Infra-Thin. Francis Gomila, Berlin scholarship holder of the Arts Council England, North East, presents his video works in conversation with Helen Adkins, Berlin
April 14, 2004
Artist Matthias Müller in conversation with Kathrin Becker
March 31, 2004
Migrating Minds. Iranian artists Shahram Entekhabi, Parastou Forouhar and Farkhondeh Shahroudi in conversation with Maryam (Nuschin) Mameghanian-Prenzlow, Free University Berlin
February 18, 2004
Sound Scapes I. Zum Verhältnis von Sound und Bild, presented by Katarina Löfström and mikomikona in conversation with Oliver Baurhenn und Antje Weitzel
February 11, 2004
Greek video art, selected by Manthos Santorineos, director of Fournos, Centre for Digital culture, Athens, and presented by Katja Albers, NBK
January 28, 2004
Taking the Best Deal We Can Find. Presentation of selected projects by artists Johanna and Helmut Kandl, Vienna

2003
October 15, 2003
Der militärische Komplex und das elektronische Bild. Rudolf Frieling presents samples of the ZKM video collection, Karlsruhe, and from the international media award
September 24, 2003
Reisen in die Welt der Popkultur. Selected examples from the documentaries "Pop Odyssey" and "Fantastic Voyages" by Christoph Dreher and Rotraut Pape, Berlin
September 10, 2003
In Search of Identity. Polish video art, selected by Prof. Dr. Ryszard W. Kluszczynski, head of the media class at the University of Lódz
May 28, 2003
Tanja Ostojic, Düsseldorf, presents the development of her "Integration Project"
April 23, 2003
Montages of Sound Atmospheres - Interactions between moving images and music in Finnish film and video art. Lecture by Kati Kivinen, coordinator of the Finnish foundation for cultural exchange, FRAME, Helsinki
April 16, 2003
real fictions – inszenierte Realitäten. Katja Albers, assistant of the Video Forum, presents a selection of new acquisitions
March 19, 2003
Artists Jumana Abboud (Palestine), Jananne Al-Ani (Iraq) and Lamia Joreige (Lebanon) present their latest works (Moderator: Kathrin Becker)
February 19, 2003
Ethnographic Turn. Die Entdeckung der Wirklichkeit in Kulturwissenschaft und Kunst der 90er Jahre, Conversation between Antje Weitzel (Berlin), Mirjam Wenzel and Soren Grammel (Munich)
January 29, 2003
Einige Bemerkungen über den Nutzen methodologischer und wissenschaftlicher Filme, by artist and cultural activist Olga Egorova (St. Petersburg / Berlin)

2002
December 11, 2002
Release 01 - Aktuelle Medienkunst aus Österreich, presented by Manfred Neuwirth, Medienwerkstatt Vienna
October 9, 2002
Paris Suburb of Brussels... (Wiertz). Belgian video art, presented by Hilde Teerlinck, director of the CRAC Alsace, France
April 24, 2002
Lines / Moving. Marc Glöde, Anja Osswald, Berlin, and Gregor Stemmrich, Dresden, in conversation about animation, video, and drawing
February 20, 2002
Artist Annelies Strba presents her video works, related to the Berlin and New York photographic series
February 7, 2002
Big Brother ready-made, lecture by Dieter Daniels, Professor for Art History and Media Theory at the HGB Leipzig
January 16, 2002
Recent Russian video art, presented by curator Anna Matvejeva, St. Petersburg

2001
December 19, 2001
Beaches Around the World, and latest news by Berlin-based US video pioneer Ira Schneider
November 28, 2001
Petra Unnützer, co-founder of Videonale festival Bonn, presents a selection of this year's festival "videonale9", curated by Søren Grammel
November 14, 2001
Björn Melhus: The Oral Thing. Premiere of the latest Video-Co-Production of NBK and conversation between the artist and Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt, curator of the Bremer Video art prize
October 17, 2001
Bildströme, Zeit, Gedächtnis, lecture by artist Angela Melitopoulos, Cologne, with a selection of her works
September 26, 2001
Australian video art, presented by Judith Wright, Brisbane
September 19, 2001
Recent video art form the People's Republic of China, presented by Andreas Schmid
June 27, 2001
First choice, Excerpts from the NBK video collection, presented by new head of Video Forum, Kathrin Becker
June 13, 2001
Zehn Jahre Videokunst im Berliner Fernsehsender FAB. Inventory and analysis by video artist, and editor of the video art magazine "VAMP", Egon Bunne, Cologne
April 25, 2001
Presentation of the new edition of the NBK video collection catalogue and farewell to the Video Forum´s long-time head, Jo Eckhardt