Fri. 05.09.14 - 22:00 until Sat. 06.09.14 - 05:00
Kookoo
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Kookoo
"you can be someone if you grow with me..."
On July 31st, 1914, a young fanatic nationalist assassinated Jean Jaurès in Paris. The youngster believed that Jaurès, who was one of the most prominent socialist activists of the time, and his strong devotion to pacifism would play into the hands of the German Reich in the war that was just about to start.
One hundred years later, once again in belligerent times, we can finally celebrate the return of JAURES. This time, convictions and aspirations take on the form of richly textured sounds rising from the fumes of history: Tsoyberbarg, an EP full of sonic predictions that has just been released on Live At Robert Johnson's sublabel Die Orakel.
The two enigmatic figures responsible for JAURES's resurrection, self-professed ingenious dilettantes, like to keep a low profile. They might have learned a lesson from history or two... Still, their music has already resonated prominently on a mix CD Roman Flügel put together exclusively for Groove Magazine as well as on a Resident Advisor podcast by Oliver Hafenbauer. KOOKOO is very proud to present one of the first ever reappearances of JAURES, on September 5th at OHM Gallery in Berlin.
If you want to find out more about JAURES's history and destiny you could probably still migrate to Delphi and consult the most famous oracle of ancient times – or you choose to experience their convictions and aspirations first-hand at KOOKOO, along with DJ sets by the hosts MIEKO SUZUKI & ARA as well as some amazing art created uniquely for this evening.
Through a specially developed light sculpture, visual artist NAOMI TAKAKI from Osaka will transform all the sonic inputs of this KOOKOO night into dots glowing in space, continuously blazing up and blown out just like the endless succession of unique moments in time we have learned to call history.
NAOMI TAKAKI will be joined by VESSELIN ATANASSOV from Bulgaria and YUKIHIRO TAGUCHI from Japan, both presenting video installations that in part will be created live on the spot. The paper scultpure shown on the flyer is the work of CARLY FISCHER from Melbourne and will also be presented in a big light box at OHM Gallery.
Oracles are thought to be portals through which entities from some other world speak directly to the people. In 1983, French duo Deux spoke and sang as follows: You can be someone if you grow with me...
Text by Arno Raffeiner (Spex)
Line-Up:
:: music
Jaures (Die Orakel), Mieko SUZUKI (Kookoo), ARA (Kookoo)
:: art
NAOMI TAKAKI (light sculpture), VESSELIN ATANASSOV (video installation), YUKIHIRO TAGUCHI (video installation), CARLY FISCHER (flyer artwork, light box)
Eintritt:
Abendkasse: 5€
