Berlin Strippers Collective, Melo Börner, Moving Mountains (Fannie Sosa & Navild Acosta) & Sunny Pfalzer

The first group exhibition of the project space Neun Kelche brings together the artistic positions of Melo Börner, the Berlin Strippers Collective, Moving Mountains (Fannie Sosa & Navild Acosta) and Sunny Pfalzer under the title Leisure Lessons, Pleasure Sessions. The exhibition spans between the thematic poles of the physical experience of pleasure and excitement, and physical rest and relaxation. Both are distributed unevenly in social contexts and, despite their universal necessity, are not equally accessible to everyone. The sessions take the form of performances, screenings and gatherings in the exhibition space, wherein socio-political experiences are explored on the basis of individual bodily memories: Which bodies are structurally more challenged than others? Which bodies can move freely? How do we remember our own bodily experiences? The artistic positions are connected by the fact that they create counter-models to normative images of society and invite the audience to think about alternative models of agency in form of leisure and pleasure in a shared experience.