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© Brian Catling. Brian Catling (*1948 London, †2022 Oxford) was – and there the writing stagnates. He is an invited artist for the series open the door a window from the very beginning. We were enormously pleased about his confirmation. When he wrote about his cancer and the beginning of his chemotherapy, we postponed his…

JAMES KING: Cumulator project, 2016. Photo: Jordan Hutchings. © Jordan Hutchings & James King. James King (*1942 Larne, Co. Antrim) has lived in Derry for forty years. Since retiring as a lecturer in Drama at the University of Ulster in 2004, King has continued to develop his career as a performance artist and sound poet,…

NIGEL ROLFE: Performance at open the door a window, curated by International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT. Köln-Mülheim, 23. October 2022. Photo: Luise Flügge. © Luise Flügge & BLACK KIT. The artist Nigel Rolfe (*1950 Isle of Wight, UK) is considered one of the pioneering artists of performance art. He has been working in Dublin…

SKIP ARNOLD: Performance at open the door a window, curated by International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT. Köln-Mülheim, 23. October 2022. Photo: Luise Flügge. © Luise Flügge & BLACK KIT. The North American artist Skip Arnold (*1957 Binghamton NY, USA) is known worldwide for his body art performances in the context of the avant-garde West…

SINÉAD O’DONNELL: Performance at open the door a window, curated by International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT. Köln-Mülheim, 25 September 2022. Photo: Luise Flügge. © Luise Flügge & BLACK KIT. In recent years, the call for collectives within the arts has become increasingly stronger: in performance art, collective work has been a practice for a…

KURT JOHANNESSEN: Performance at open the door a window, curated by International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT. Köln-Mülheim, 25. September 2022. Photo: Luise Flügge. © Luise Flügge & BLACK KIT. There are pairs of words that belong together. They produce each other mutually and seem to exist quite “naturally” in the world: “rustle” (german: “rauschen”)…

TOKIO MARUYAMA: Performance at open the door a window, curated by International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT. Köln-Mülheim, 28 August 2022. Photo: Constantin Leonhard. © Constantin Leonhard & BLACK KIT. Tokio Maruyama (*1956 Tokyo, Japan) lives and works in Tokyo. In 1980, while still a student at Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokio Maruyama began…

ROCÍO BOLIVER (La Congelada de la Uva): Performance at open the door a window, curated by International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT. Köln-Mülheim, 28 August 2022. Photo: Constantin Leonhard. © Constantin Leonhard & BLACK KIT. Rocío Boliver, also known as La Congelada de Uva, (*1956 Mexico City, Mexico). Rocío Boliver’s performance art draws from the…

MORGAN O’HARA: Handwriting the Constitution. Performance at open the door a window, curated by International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT. Köln-Mülheim, 26 July 2022. © BLACK KIT. Morgan O’Hara (*1941 Los Angeles, lives and works in Venice) is a multifaceted artist represented in numerous collections worldwide. Her remarkable sensitivity to processes in time, the medium…

JULIE ANDRÉE T. (mit Claudelle T.): Performance at open the door a window, curated by International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT. Köln-Mülheim, 26 July 2022. Photo: Evamaria Schaller. © Evamaria Schaller & BLACK KIT. The performances of the Canadian artist Julie Andrée T. (*1973 Montreal, Canada) are manifold, engaging and involving. The artist, who works…