Lee Ann Brown, Mohamed Zenia. Motto Paris. 15.06.2025

Posted in Events, poetry on June 11th, 2025

Drescher @ Motto Berlin. 13.06.2025

Posted in Uncategorized on June 10th, 2025

Robert Blatt @ Motto Berlin. 14.06.2025

Posted in Art, Events, Motto Berlin event on June 10th, 2025

Saturday June 14, from 4pm @ Motto Berlin

How to Read a Book
Robert Blatt

Books, voice, and miscellaneous musical instruments.
In a performance somewhere between concert and intervention by working continuously with books found on site at Motto Berlin bookstore, Robert Blatt performs scores by the artist experimentally treating books as material and instrument.

Naseej. Book Launch. Motto Berlin. 20.06.2025

Posted in Uncategorized on June 10th, 2025

Friday, June 20, at Motto Berlin, from 7pm

Book Presentation: Naseej: Life-Weavings of Palestine

Pluto Press, 2025

Please join us for the launch of Naseej: Life-Weavings of Palestine—the first book project from Insaniyyat (the Society of Palestinian Anthropologists). Naseej, meaning “tapestry” in Arabic, is a book about diverse forms of life, communities, histories and continuities in Palestine. It compiles essays, short stories, poetry, interviews, and visual art to tell an aspect of the Palestinian story that has not been told: the severing of Palestinians from vast and ancient regional histories, and the stifling of its precious patchwork of languages, ethnicities, cultures, religions and practices.

Arriving at a moment of utter devastation – one of the most difficult in Palestinian history – this vibrant collection celebrates the diversity of life in Palestine. From the trajectories of Romani groups to the formations of religious communities like Ahmadiyya Muslims in Haifa, to the political experience of Black Palestinians and much more, Naseej asks what kind of threads remain of this tapestry after some 150 years of modernity and colonialism.

The evening will feature the editors of the book, Arpan Roy and Noura Salahaldeen. The discussion will be led by Refqa Abu-Remaileh and Alexandra Sophia Handal.

Motto Berlin, Skalitzerstr. 68, 10997 Berlin.

5-6 June Events. Paris

Posted in music, performance on June 3rd, 2025

05.06
márble dolphin hospital
OUEAIAIAIO presents SOUPMentasmicVariation#3
Le Mystérieux Orchestre

06.06
Przemyslaw
Sanecki tim six
church of hate
Psychédélique Punk Machine
agent fuse

Doors 7pm, start 8pm

@ Motto
38 rue du Vertbois
75003 Paris

13.05. Paris. LIC. Dufeu. Fiat. Fraisse

Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2025

COURS DE LITTÉRATURE GÉNÉRALE À LA LIBRAIRIE MOTTO PARIS
31 Mai 2025, 17h

Le Cours de littérature générale, organisé par Lic, accueille Christophe Fiat et Geneviève Fraisse lors de sa deuxième séance, à la librairie Motto, le 31 mai à 17h.

Le Cours de littérature générale invite des auteurs à nous intéresser à un texte ou à un extrait voire à un fragment d’une œuvre littéraire (de l’Antiquité à la fin du XXe siècle) en un format court (entre 15 et 20 minutes).

Dans le cours de Christophe Fiat sur Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra de Nietzsche, il sera question du rire et de ses effets destructeurs (la satire, la raillerie) et créateurs (la bonne humeur, la fête).

Choderlos de Laclos, un an après Les Liaisons dangereuses, publie un bref texte se refusant à « perfectionner » l’éducation des femmes; car seule une révolution permettra de sortir de « l’esclavage ». En effet, la première qui consentit « forgea les chaînes de tout son sexe ». Restent alors stratégies et conquêtes, notamment celles du savoir. Ce que Geneviève Fraisse aime ici souligner, c’est la lucidité de l’auteur.

Christophe Fiat est écrivain, poète et performeur, coanimateur de la revue COCKPIT. Dernier livre publié : Nietzsche (Éditions les Pérégrines, coll. Icônes, 2024), Grand Prix SGDL de la Non-fiction.

Geneviève Fraisse est philosophe, directrice de recherche émérite au CNRS. Elle travaille sur l’épistémologie politique de la pensée féministe (généalogie de la démocratie, concepts de l’émancipation citoyenne et artistique, problématisation philosophique de l’objet sexe/genre). Elle a publié notamment: Muse de la raison, démocratie exclusive et différence des sexes (Folio, 2017),  Du consentement (Points, 2022), L’égalité sans retour (CNRS éditions, 2024)  

Zabo Chabiland. 17.05.2025. Motto Berlin

Posted in Art, Events on May 13th, 2025

Zabo Chabiland – ANATOMS SONORES
Saturday May 17, from 7pm
Performance 8pm (sharp)

MOTTO BERLIN
Skalitzer Str. 68, im Hinterhof
10997 Berlin

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ANATOMS SONORES

During the Cold War in the Soviet Union, bootleg records pressed on discarded X-rays from hospitals were circulating illegally under the name “bones records” or “music on ribs” as an act of cultural resistance. They contained music from the West, in particular rock ‘n’ roll and jazz, but also Russian folk tunes, considered by the authorities to be “low culture”.

The edition “Anatoms Sonores” was inspired by this unique episode in the history of music and merges two essential mediums in my artistic practice: photography and sound performance.

In 1997, analog photography led me to medical imagery, I established a bridge between the two techniques and started using X-ray film as a main support and pursued an exploration that has continued to evolve ever since. For this project, I used analog X-ray films from my own production,pressed with an extract from the performance “Microsillon X” specially conceived to challenge the microgrooves.

The edition of 250 Anatoms Sonores is composed of 20 images, printed in an edition of 12 unique prints with a wide range of variations, depending on the type of X-ray film (for veterinary or hospital use) the brand and the expiration date (ranging from 1997 to 2024). A further 10 records were pressed on blank X-ray films.

www.zabo-chabiland.com

Iliazd. Dorochenkov. 8.5.25 Paris

Posted in Film on May 7th, 2025

Stanislav Dorochenkov
At Motto Paris, May 8, from 8pm

Iliazd
APATRIDE / 2022 / 91’

https://fidmarseille.org/film/illazd/
un film de Stanislav Dorochenkov
Avec Stanislav Dorochenkov, Jeanne Casilas, Vava Dudu, Ekaterina Gavrilova, Olga Dudina, Karaman Kutateladze, Régis Gayraud, Chalva Zdanévitch, François Mairé

Synopsis

Dadaist poet, apatrid artist, creator and publisher of some of the most beautiful books of the 20th century, Ilia Zdanevitch, aka Iliazd, is a little-known but major figure of modern art. Almost half a century after his death, Ilia, a young apatrid, sets out on his trail. Driven by an eccentric energy and a taste for changes of speed and register, in the wake of Ilia, Stanislav Dorochenkov composes an eccentrically disproportionate portrait of their model. From his native Georgia to Marseille, where his archives are kept, each point invents a singular method through which to reactivate Iliazd’s thoughts and life. Artist friends resurface, phrases populate images, film becomes book, patiently fabricated through the rediscovered motions of the lithographer.

Poète dada, artiste apatride et zaoum, créateur et éditeur de quelques-uns des plus beaux livres du XXe siècle, Ilia Zdanévitch, dit Iliazd, est une figure méconnue mais majeure de l’art moderne. Près d’un demi siècle après sa mort, Ilia, jeune provocateur apatride, se lance sur ses traces. Porté par une énergie excentrique et par le goût des changements de vitesse et de registre, Stanislav Dorochenkov compose dans le sillage d’Ilia un portrait à l’excentrique démesure de leur modèle. De sa Géorgie natale jusqu’à Marseille, où ses archives sont conservées, chaque station natale invente un mode singulier d’activation de la pensée et de la vie d’Iliazd. Ressurgissent les amis artistes, des phrases peuplent l’image, le film devient livre, patiemment fabriqué par les gestes retrouvés du lithographe.

#StanislavDorochenkov
#Iliazd #mottoparis #cineclub #parisbookstore

trailer of the film
https://vimeo.com/583871073

Dimitri Venkov. 01.05. Motto Paris

Posted in Uncategorized on April 29th, 2025

Dimitri Venkov – 3 films

Thursday 01.05, from 8pm


Motto 38 rue du Vertbois, 75003, Paris

About the author

Dimitri Venkov is an artist and filmmaker. He has participated in biennials in Moscow,Bergen, Goteborg, Wroclaw, Documenta in Athents, and others. His works have beenshowcased at esteemed galleries such as Whitechapel and Hayward, and he has held personal exhibitions at MHKA, Nassauischer Kunstverein, CCA Winzavod, and Manezh Moscow. Dimitri’s work has been reviewed in Flash Art, Artforum, Senses of Cinema, Kinoart,Séance, and other specialized film and art magazines.


À propos de l’auteur

Dimitri Venkov est artiste et cinéaste. Il a participé à de nombreuses biennales, notamment à Moscou, Bergen, Göteborg, Wrocław, ainsi qu’à Documenta à Athènes, entre autres. Sesœuvres ont été présentées dans des galeries renommées telles que Whitechapel et Hayward,et il a tenu des expositions personnelles au MHKA, au Nassauischer Kunstverein, au CCAWinzavod, et au Manège de Moscou. Le travail de Dimitri a fait l’objet de critiques dans des revues spécialisées telles que FlashArt, Artforum, Senses of Cinema, Kinoart, Séance, et d’autres magazines consacrés au cinéma et à l’art contemporain.

27.4. Motto Berlin. Extraction Performance

Posted in Uncategorized on April 26th, 2025