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It was weirdly enough the shyest of my artists acquaintances who said it: Suck up Kick Down. (A journalist I admire a lot,  told me last week she never writes scheisse, she writes schlecht- not shit but bad. So let s say not suck but ...duck.) Late night -bar babette – The conversation went like this.
-...I know what you mean Duck up -Kick Down.
- I am sorry duck what?
-It is what they say, you live your life, ducking up- kicking down.
-You mean like you ignore people who want something from you and get ignored from people you want something from?
-Snob and get snobed.
-Get shit- give shit. 
-The Blamestorming!
-The Ass Kissing Pyramid...
-Oh I see, I think I live my life kicking up, kicking down, whoever gets in my way.
-Doesn’t ducking actually imply well you are ducking at...male organs?
-Isn’t that typical...
-So you duck a little bit, what is the big deal? Everybody does it... You duck at first, get famous, then you get ducked.
-You duck up, but you help down, it’s your duty as an artist,and a human being by the way, to help others along the way. You should be doing it already, you are famous enough!
- A Gallerist friend of mine, always told me , stop doing so much for other people, you have to take care of yourself.
- Yep and we saw how well that ended.. you got dumped.
-I say, if it feels like ducking (to you or to them) you are not doing it right...

Since everybody is ducking out of town this week and next, lay back and relax, visit some awesome on going shows, or skip the shows alltogether, watch a movie, have a date.
Sarie Nijboer prepared the tips for you. 

WHERE: Invalidenstr. 115, in the back of the building
WHEN: 8:00 pm
WHAT: Four Weeks Art Critism Workshop
WHO: Martinuez Redwood, via Berlin The Public School
WHY: A four week writing workshop with discussions, methodological experiments and more… Because there is so much going on that's it's important to know how to criticize before you criticize.  
 http://berlin.thepublicschool.org/nl/class/3608

WEDNESDAY    12.10

WHERE: SALON POPULAIRE
WHEN: 20:00 - 23:00
WHAT: If You Were There…Lindsay Anderson's 1985 film of WHAM! in China, rockumentary
WHO: Director Lindsay Anderson about WHAM!
WHY: In 1985 Lindsay Anderson was asked to direct a documentary about the visit of a the first Western Group WHAM! to perform in Communist China. By focussing the edit on Chinese culture and people rather the glamourizing the pop group, Anderson was removed from the project days after the first screening for Wham! and their management.  Andy Stephens, manager for George Michael, claims the film was simply not good enough to be shown in public. To this date Anderson's film has never been publicity screened .
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=290603637617850

THURSDAY 13.10

WHERE: HBC, Karl-Liebknecht-str. 9
WHEN: 19:30
WHAT: Love 1, 2,3!, Speeddating
WHO: Church of Love, co-producers Node Center for Creational Studies, SidebySide Studio, HBC
WHY: If you have the chance to meet 7 unique individuals in one evening with interactive performance, party, dj's tattoos why should you not go? Besides this event will be attended by a series of exciting artists as well as the resident NODE curators.
http://www.sidebysidestudio.net/spip.php?article86=&lang=en

 
WHERE: Gemeinschaftshaus Gropiusstadt
WHEN: 19:00-21:00
WHAT: Stüt - Milch Türkei 2009, film
WHO: From the director Semih Kaplanoglu
WHY: Semih Kaplanoglu is one of the most important representatives of the new Turkish Cinema. He shows us in a high artistic way the mood of the Turkish State. About a guy who prefers daydreams, literature and poems over the morals to his family.
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241117135937956

WHERE: Parizer Platz, Plenarsaal
WHEN: 19:00
WHAT: „Grenzenlos Kunst?“, reading
WHO: Philip Ursprung
WHY: With this reading Philip Ursprung criticize the view on the unrest in the Europian and modern art concepts in the context of the globalization. He wrote books like the 'Grenzen der Kunst' about Allan Kaprow and the happening, Robert Smithson and Land Art (2003). Not so long a go he published the book The Contemporary Art: 1960 till now (2010).
 http://www.adk.de/de/aktuell/veranstaltungen/index.htm?we_objectID=30354

WHERE: Kim Bar Berlin, Brunnenstr. 10
WHEN: 21:00 - 04:00
WHAT: One Night Stand
WHO: Melissa Steckbauer
WHY: The next time of One Night Stand at Kim Bar's Thursday shows the work of artist Melissa Steckbauer. One artist, one work, one night.
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=275100409176692

WHERE: Berghain, Am Wriezener Bahnhof
WHEN: 21:00 - 02:00
WHAT: Planningtorock (live), with support from CREEP (live)
WHO: Planningtorock and Creep
WHY: The new release of Planningtorock's album W's has been a huge success. The Guardian said: Just call her Bolton’s answer to Grace Jones”. With official after party form  00:00 - 04:00 in Kantine am Berghain.
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180487782026700

FRIDAY 14.10

WHERE: TIMES, Hermannstraße 16
WHEN: 22:00 - 01:00
WHAT: MAKE OVER NIGHT
WHO: James Krone
WHY: Makeover analysis and application provided by ex-Sephora employee, James Krone

SATURDAY 15.10

WHERE: Raum 20, Ziegrastraße 11/12
WHEN: 23:00 - 9:00
WHAT: ZIWZIH, ZIWZIH, party
WHO: Sameheads Berlin, John Heckle (Decks & Drums set), Mathematics / Slabs of the Tabernacle, Call Super - Five Easy Pieces / J R Seaton, Bintus *Live* - Power Vacuum / Rixdorf , Emil Doesn´t Drive - Subpreme / Sameheads, dsb - Family Fortunes / Sameheads, Andrew Ingram - Slabs of the Tabernacle.
WHY: They say that on this night, they aim to fuse a tribal beat, with a nasty industrial sting. Besides.. you get 50% discount on your entrance fee when you dress up with head dresses, feathers, magic beads, face paint…
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181713841905156

WHERE: Lido Berlin, Cuvrystraße 7
WHEN: 23:00 - 9:00
WHAT: Architecture in Helsinki, live music
WHO: Architecture in Helsinki
WHY: Happy sounds and broken beats are great to fill up your evenings. This Australian Indie-pop group is being compared with Arcade Fire, they are not from Helsinki and have nothing to do with Architekture. This Australian band has new energy which makes you feel as a happy as a young bird.
 http://www.lido-berlin.de/events/view/1221

ONGOING EVENTS

WHERE: Grimmuseum, Fichte Strasse 2
WHEN: 01.10 - 20.11
WHAT: Never Odd or Even, a text spaced exhibition
WHO: Rosa Barba, Erik Beltrán, Mariana Castillo Deball, Dmitry Vilensky (Chto Delat?) Nanna Debois Buhl & Brendan Fernandes, Simon Evans, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, János Fodor, Lise Harlev, Ferdinand KRIWET, Ján Mančuška, Ciprian Muresan, Henrik Olesen, Adam Pendleton, Pablo Pijnappel, Sebastian Romo,Phillip Zach.
WHY: The exhibition is shaped as a book, formatted in spatial chapters that invites you to become a part of the exhibition. Special tip is the work of Berlin-based artist Mariana Castillo Deball. Her project called 'a book of unwritten books' exists of 30 book covers designed by creative producers selected by the artist and published as one book.
http://www.grimmuseum.com/

WHERE: l'Atelier Kunst(Spiel)Raum
WHEN: 01.10 - 20.11
WHAT: Redestinar, solo exhibition
WHO: Bruno Ollé
WHY: A solo show of the Spanish artist Bruno Ollé, with a lot of minimalistic drawings, a video and a fun, happy, yellow installation of garbage bags filled up with plastic. Go and have a dive!
http://www.latelier-kunstspielraum.com/#!events/vstc1=page-3

WHERE: Soy Captán, Friedelstr. 29
WHEN: 06.09 - 22.10
WHAT: Prequel, exhibition
WHO: Klara Hobze
WHY: For the exhibition, "Prequel", Klara Hobza has developed a signalling device and a simple doorbell installation as part of a nocturnal campaign that uses Morse code to get in touch with the citizens of Berlin. A confrontation with communication, cultural criticism and self-awareness. Includes sculpture, video, photography, drawing and conceptual approaches.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=277212035629478