Second part of our programme, Commissioned Works and day tickets

Dear friends of Pop-Kultur,

The astronaut ice cream is packed, and the space suit fits like a glove. In anticipation of takeoff for the 21st through the 23rd of August 2019, we’re transmitting the next announcement. Next to Mykki Blanco, CocoRosie, Jenny Wilson, Die Goldenen Zitronen and Jungstötter will be Anna Calvi, Planningtorock, Perel, Karies, Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch, Dirk von Lowtzow, Okzharp & Manthe Ribane, One Mother, молчат дома and many others, blasting off into deep space from the Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg. No fewer than 99+ concerts, DJ sets, talks and films are planned – an overview can be found at the end of this newsletter.

This is all bolstered by 15+ »Pop-Kultur Commissioned Works«, taking place across different venues and surveying previously unknown frontiers. ANDRRA, Ilgen-Nur, KlitClique, Lisa Morgenstern & Bulgarian Voices Berlin as well as Rosaceae will be followed by further confirmed names.

Inspired by Dante Alighieri, Magic Island will transform the Gewölbekeller together wie Anatomie Fleur into an immersive installation between hell, purgatory and paradise. Equally ambitious is the house band of the RambaZamba theatre, 21 Downbeat, teaming up with Jens Friebe for a new interpretation of Richard Wagner’s opera cycle »Der Ring des Nibelungen« (trimming it down to a one-hour pop-opera spectacle). In »Picture Me Different,« Janto Djassi Roessner deals with questions of identity, while Masha Qrella offers insight into her work inspired by the output of author Thomas Brasch and Nikko Weidemann becomes a human jukebox offering an autobiographical revue. Jauche, on the other hand, is a project allowing its members Max Rieger, Ralv Milberg und Thomas Zehnle, to improvise for six hours long.

If you can’t commit to a three-day trek through the Pop-Kultur universe, you can still go on a cosmic day-trip. Once again, we’re offering day tickets for 25€ plus fees. They’re valid for every event happening that day, for every venue till they reach capacity.

And of course we can’t forget about our »Pop-Kultur Nachwuchs« programme. With about 45 workshops, it will connect 250 young talents from around the world with artists from the live programme with players from the business world, politics and the music industry. The application period is already in full swing and continues through the 24th of May. More information is available at nachwuchs.pop-kultur.berlin.

We’re also looking forward to the second event from our »Pop-Kultur lokal« series! Weeeirdos welcome you to Fitzroy on the 23rd of May for a concert and performance evening of a different kind. More info is coming shortly.

And since we’ve thrown a lot of info at you at warp speed, here are all of the confirmed commissioned works and the live programme at a glance:

Pop-Kultur 2019
August 21-23, Kulturbrauerei

15+ Pop-Kultur Commissioned Works von: 21 Downbeat & Jens Friebe / ANDRRA / Ilgen-Nur / International Music & The Dorf / Janto Djassi Roessner / Jauche / KlitClique / Lisa Morgenstern & Bulgarian Voices Berlin / Magic Island / Masha Qrella / Nikko Weidemann / Rosaceae / weitere Programmpunkte folgen

99+ Konzerte, DJ-Sets, Talks und Filme von: Adelle Nqeto / Ah! Kosmos / alyona alyona / Anna Aaron / Anna Calvi / ÄTNA / Blu Samu / BNNT / Camilla Sparksss / CocoRosie / Dacid Go8lin / Decibelles / Deerhoof / Die Goldenen Zitronen / Die Heiterkeit / Die Kerzen / Dirk von Lowtzow / Haszcara / IOTAPHI / Jenny Wilson / Jessica Einaudi / Juicy / Jungstötter / Karies / Lali Puna / Léonie Pernet / Little Annie / Maarja Nuut & Ruum / Malonda / Mauvais Œil / Michelle Blades / молчат дома / Mona Mur / Mykki Blanco / Núria Graham / Odd Beholder / Okzharp & Manthe Ribane / One Mother / Oum Shatt / Perel / Planningtorock / Prada Meinhoff / Repetitor / Rosemary Loves A Blackberry / Shabazz Palaces / Shari Vari / Shuma / Someone Who Isn’t Me / Station 17 / SYTË / Teresa Rotschopf / UMA / Voodoo Beach / Xen / weitere Programmpunkte folgen