Le Journal de Tokyo, 
Evangeline LafourcadeWednesday, July 9 — 7pm to 10pm

Motto Books, 38 rue du Vertbois, 75003 Paris
Installation / Performance / Short Film.

A long immersion in Tokyo gave rise to this project, which began as a diary, a space to record fleeting impressions of the city. From this written practice emerged an object, then an installation, and finally, a performance.
Through the lens of Barthes’ Le Neutre, a short film shot on Super 8 intertwines with the diary and a philosophical lexicon exploring described gestures of Japanese savoir-vivre. What started as a personal exploration evolved into a shared sensibility, intimate, collective. By entering the installation, the artist invites you to share a part of this experience and intimacy. 
The installation includes the prototype of a lamp, which marked the beginning of her experimentation with washi paper and its potential at the scale of space and lightweight architecture. 

Please join us for the vernissage and live performance on Wednesday evening. 

Performance at 8pm and 9pm

MICROINTERNATIONAL  
Book Release and panel discussion

with Diedrich Diederichsen, Jan Tumlir, Jonathan Kroll and Kevin Hanley
Hosted by MOTTO
Wednesday, July 2, from 7pm

 
Microinternational is a comprehensive catalogue documenting a performance project that emerged from the interactions of a shifting group of artists in Los Angeles. Active between 1993-1999 and organized by Kevin Hanley and Jonathan Kroll, Microinternational included Kai Althoff, Casey Cook, Francesca Gabbiani, Michael Krebber, Anja Medved, Carlos Mollura, Dave Muller, Frances Stark, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Cosima Von Bonin among its many participants. This book chronicles an otherwise forgotten “art group” and their projects within the nascent art scene of 1990s Los Angeles.

Includes historical texts by Kevin Hanley and Jonathan Kroll, complemented by new texts from Diedrich Diederichsen, Kevin Hanley, Frances Stark, and Jan Tumlir.
2nd Cannons Publications 037 2025, 1st printing, edition of 400

Motto Berlin
Skalitzer Str. 68
10997 Berlin

Eldon Garnet
Impulse Magazine
Saturday June 28 from 6 to 9 pm

Eldon Garnet in conversation with Olaf Nicolai and Alexis Z.

The book and magazine work of artist
writer and editor of Impulse magazine
Eldon Garnet

Launching the novel This man, Adam
(Motto Books 2025)

In the screening room a selection of
Garnet’s films and videos

Winning 10:21
Michael Snow 2:15
The Political Error 8:54
Category of Disappearance 67 11:54
Toiling 6:50
If Only for a Moment 1-3 9:58

Motto Berlin
Skalitzer Str. 68
10997 Berlin

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

Book Launch: 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.

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.

Sunday 20 April, 6pm sharp (1h duration approx)

Easter Evening @ Motto Berlin

With Puppet Theater, Sound, Dance performances

Featuring:
Ana Nikolskaia,
Nikita Proshkin, Anton, Andrey Karbonenko
And Malena Grilli

The Deception of Reality, The Truth of the Document
Varun Sasindran, Paul Heintz
28.03 from 8pm

Our next screening as part of de:talks will explore the reality of documentary cinema—where its boundaries of authenticity lie and whether it can truly capture reality.

In his first major work, The Deception of Romanticism and the Truth of the Novel, French philosopher René Girard argues that our desires stem from the desires of others: I long for what my neighbor possesses, I feel envy and resentment, I harbor bitterness. As a result, people turn to the simplest way of resolving accumulated contradictions—violence. In fiction, violence serves as an outlet for energies born from an underlying conflict. But how does a documentary use violence?

Documentary cinema convinces us that violence has truly happened—it is real. And from this, it seems to follow that real violence carries more weight than fictional violence. But can we, through the reality of the document, uncover the true causes of violence? Perhaps its source lies within us and our desires.

This Friday, we are screening two documentary films: Character (Paul Heintz) and Omarska (Varun Sasindran). Orwellian dystopian figures in contemporary London and a shocking document—interviews with former prisoners of a Bosnian concentration camp erased from the face of the earth.

Omarska – Varun Sasindran 19’
Character – Paul Heintz 38’

28.03, from 8pm
Motto
38 rue du Vertbois
75003 Paris

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