Humboldting #10 Social Muscle Club
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| Free admission |
| 14 years and older |
| German |
| Hall 1, Ground Floor |
| Part of: Humboldting! |
35 students from Thomas Mann Gymnasium will come together with the australian artist group The Farm and take the reins of Social Muscle Club, transforming the Humboldt Forum into a living, breathing communal feast — designed by young minds, and open to absolutely everyone.
Social Muscle Club is powered by two radically simple questions:
What can you give?
What do you need?
These questions unfold as a game played at intimate tables spread throughout the hall. Guided by the students, you will share food, stories, skills and unexpected offers, witnessing generosity moving freely across your table. Throughout the evening, short performances will ripple through the space — music, movement, interventions — before the night opens into a celebratory party for those who wish to stay and continue the exchange.
Engage with the Humboldt Forum as a forum, as a feast, and as a party.
Social Muscle Club was first held in Berlin in 2012, conceived by Jill Emerson and Till Rothmund in collaboration with Berlin-based artists, and has been touring worldwide ever since.
This edition of Social Muscle Club is part of Humboldting! A School Research Project, a long-term project of the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss at the intersection of education and art. Artistic direction: Alice Fleming and Darren O’Donnell.
Participating students:
Solaf, Ceylin, Kaan, Elli, Hamid, Duru, Julina, Ecem, Bao Chau, Zara, Nahla, Evelina, Ceylin, Havin, Buse, Eylül, Sarina, Selina, Enzo, Solange, Mehmet, Hanna, Ariya, Varvara, Aylin, Kira, Soraya, Iman, Dayaa, Laia, Cinzia, Pia, Asya, Princess
Artistic Team
Based on the Gold Coast, The Farm has been pushing the boundaries of contemporary performance practice for two decades: What is dance, where can it be performed, and what preconceptions exist in this regard? From a drive-in screening of a B-horror movie at an exhibition site to a 48-hour improvisation on a sandbar to a dance documentary about siblings living with Down syndrome—they boldly blaze new trails to show how contemporary performance can influence the lives of ordinary people.
In his artistic practice, Manuel Ahnemüller creates both large-scale installations and stage productions, but he also works on a smaller scale with artifacts and objects. In his creative processes, he primarily explores the themes of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and identity.
He studied Visual Communication at the Berlin University of the Arts, where he was awarded the artistic distinction of “Meisterschüler” in 2019 for his participatory installation Memoria.
During his stays abroad, including in Australia (2010/11), Los Angeles (USA, 2015/16), and Toronto (Canada, 2017/18), he acquired intercultural skills that today form an important part of his work on diversity and anti-discrimination, as well as his practice as an art and culture educator.
Since 2022, he has been investigating the design and impact of commercial graphics on plastic bags as part of his doctoral research in media theory.
Steve Heather is a freelance musician, composer, performance and installation artist based in Berlin. He is interested in the repetitive acoustic territories of everyday life that influence both his own and others’ sonic actions. His research revolves around the physicality of sound boundaries and how they influence compositional methods, materials, and structures, as well as the listener’s physical interpretation. His music is a collision of captivating simplicity and fleeting, subtle complexity—hypnotic and compelling. Steve’s current music projects and bands range from avant-garde and free jazz to noise, drone rock, and progressive fitness disco, and include: Stiff Leather, The Still, Booklet, Y, and The Splitter Orchestra. Steve’s music is interwoven with noise and transcendence, sudden connections, resonances, offers of help, and conflicts of interest.
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