In a series of monthly evenings, Florian Wüst seeks to contextualize SALON POPULAIRE spatially: by showing and commenting on selected film references and excerpts, he reflects on the history and the present of West Berlin – as the ‘storefront of the free West’, as a site for the squatting movements of the early 1980s, as well as a current ‘virgin land’ for galleries and art spaces.?Other than the previous Film City Berlin events, this evening presents one feature length film and little known gem of its time: Horst Markgraf’s Pochmann from 1989, starring Oskar Roehler and Isabelle Stever: a ghostly film noir set in a desolate West Berlin void of hope and human empathy. In presence of Horst Markgraf and in cooperation with Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art.
SALON POPULAIRE is a meeting point for conversations on art and neighboring topics, for the convergence of different ideas, positions and contexts. Conceived as an informal social space with bar and kitchen it can actively be re-defined and used by and with its guests according to the respective needs.
SALON POPULAIRE is a project by The Office (Ellen Blumenstein / Fiona Geuss) and Arthur Berlin (Tanja Schomaker); spacial conception in collaboration with raumlaborberlin (Markus Bader)
SALON POPULAIRE: Pochmann – Film City Berlin #4
A series of mises-en-scène by Florian Wüst (in German, donation: 3 €)
Tomorrow, November 10, 2010, 8 p.m.
Bülowstrasse 90
10783 Berlin
