Heimat, Herz, Orte w/ Katharina Ernst @ Galerie Bernau / Saturday, 18.09.2021

We are happy to present our first musical project in Brandenburg. Just north-east of Berlin, by the gates of the beautiful Naturpark Barnim. In collaboration with the Galerie Bernau, musicians based in Berlin are invited to perform on the annual topic Heimat, Herz, Orte at each of six different exhibitions. Join us for a live concert from Austrian drummer Katharina Ernst who performed two years ago at our MADEIRADiG festival, followed by a DJ set from German composer, director and music producer Sven Helbig, plus art exhibitions from Emerita Pansowova & Ofri Lapid.

Katharina Ernst is a Vienna-born fine arts/painting graduate. She started playing the drums at age nine and has since developed an artistic practice that is richly varied, taking in various forms of performance, choreography, and visual art along the way. Ernst unites abstract composition and polyrhythmic solo performance on her absorbing 2019 debut solo album, Extrametric.

Sven Helbig is a composer for choir, orchestra and chamber music. He combines classical composition techniques, with a deep knowledge of electronic sound synthesis and his skills on various musical instruments.

The Gallery Bernau is a municipal space for contemporary art, located in the heart of the historic centre of Bernau north-east of Berlin. It was opened in September 1989 by the initiative of artists and art lovers, making it the last non-commercial gallery to be founded during GDR. In collaboration with Digital in Berlin, musicians based in Berlin are invited to perform on the annual topic, “Heimat, Herz, Orte” at each of the six exhibition openings. The S2 S-Bahn line can take you from Berlin to Bernau within 35 minutes. The concerts and exhibitions are free of charge.

In the spirit of our Kiezsalon series, the stylistically coherent concerts will last 30 minutes and will take place inside of the gallery sharing space with the exhibited artworks. This is intended to create new artistic forms, open spaces and synergies. The aim of the joint project is to initiate a creative and constructive exchange that will appeal to an audience both from Brandenburg and Berlin and to start a dialogue between two cities that are regionally close to each other and yet have noticeable differences of a cultural, social and economic nature.

Heimat, Herz, Orte w/ Katharina Ernst @ Galerie Bernau

Saturday, 18th September 2021 | Doors 19:00 | Concert 20:00 | DJ set 20:30 CET
Galerie Bernau | Bürgermeisterstr. 4 in 16321 Bernau bei Berlin

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Heimat, Herz, Orte ist ein Projekt der Galerie Bernau mit Unterstützung von Digital in Berlin. Gefördert vom Musikfonds e. V. mit Projektmitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen des Sonderprogramms Neustart Kultur.