Discoteca Flaming Star


May 1 – May 31, 2012





Discoteca Faming Star, Anger and Depression, 2004

Biography
Discoteca Flaming Star was founded it 1998 by Cristina Gómez Barrio and Wolfgang Mayer. Throughout its existence, the group has incorporated various other individuals into its performance-based artistic praxis. In its stagings as well as its objects Discoteca Flaming Star are actualizing an idea of Camp, which they reintroduce into different contexts. The have worked at u.a. the Whitney Independent Study Program (2006/07) and have received grants from the DAAD and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. In the last years, their works have been shown at u.a. CAAC Seville (2011), Villa Romana (Florence) (2011), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin) (2010), Temporäre Kunsthalle (Berlin) (2010), Performa (New York) (2009), MACBA (Barcelona) (2009) and Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (2010). Discoteca Flaming Star hold a professorship at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart.

Video Of The Month
In 2010, the series Video Of The Month, curated by Kathrin Becker, presented international artists from outside the collection. In 2011, selected works of the
n.b.k. collection can be seen online here. The emphasis is placed on young video art from Berlin that reflects the international art scene, and thematically underscores the emphases of the collection. Parallel to the presentation on the website, Video Of The Month will also be screened in the space of Video-Forum.


Preview
Rabih Mroué (June 2012)
Claudia Aravena Abougosh (July 2012)

Archive
Barbad Golshiri (May/June 2010)
Nira Pereg (July/August 2010)
Reem Al-Ghazzi (September/Oktober 2010)
Wael Shawky (December 2010/January 2011)
Annika Eriksson (März 2011)
Marina Naprushkina (April 2011)
Marc Aschenbrenner (May 2011)
Nevin Aladağ (June 2011)
Gabriele Stellbaum (July 2011)
Niklas Goldbach (August 2011)
Ina Wudtke (September 2011)
Patrycja German (October 2011)
Erik Schmidt (November 2011)
Trine Lise Nedreaas (December 2011)
Michel de Broin (January 2012)
Karolin Meunier (February 2012)
Katya Sander (March 2012)
Elise Florenty (April 2012)