Refugee Protest and Other Strategies of Resistance Schedule- Berlin Calling Lampedusa

June 30, 2011 Museo Marino Marini, Villa Romana and déjà.vu presentTHOMAS KILPPERLearning from the Maghreb. How to get rid of unwanted presidents? featuring Emanuela Ascari, Astrid Auberger, Giulia Cenci, Eva Geatti, Maria Gleu, Ozan Erme Han, Cemile Kaptan, Daniela Spagna Musso, Alia Scalvini, Dominique Vaccaro, Eugenia Vanni, Johannes Wagenknecht. Curated by Lelio Aiello ——  30.06.2011, … Continue reading Learning from the Maghreb @ Museo Marino Marini, Villa Romana and déjà.vu →

June 24 -25, 2011 Thomas KilpperRevolutionary Free Speech – a workshop with lectures and performances on the occasion of Speech Matters, a group exhibition curated by Katerina Gregos in the Danish Pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia workshop flyer  [PDF] Friday, June 24 2:00 – 3:00 pm Regina Wamper … Continue reading Revolutionary Free Speech – a workshop →

A invitation to a live concert Thursday July 9, 2009, from 8 pm Former Ministry for State Security of the GDR Normannenstraße 19 – 10365 Berlin-Lichtenberg Erste Stufe Haifisch – Katrin Plavcak, Rudi Fischerlehner, Bihn and R. Ockstroh – from Berlin Victim – Pub Fight, Car Crash & Iron Fist – from London

Tuesday, July 16, 5pm – Meetingpoint: Entrance to the Exhibition “State of Control“, former Ministry of State Security, Normannenstr.19, 10365 Berlin-Lichtenberg. We will first visit the Stasi-Museum next door and subsequently have a guided tour with Thomas Kilpper (artist) and Sophie Goltz (head of communications at n.b.k.) through the exhibition State of Control.

State of Control – Out of Control – (Arbeitstitel) In Normannenstraße 19 – a building of the former Ministry of State Security – an oversized ‘linoleum cut’ will be made in the floor covering; 800 m2 PVC floor covering will be the starting material. I cut into the found substance of this charged place in … Continue reading State of Control @ former Ministry of State Security – Normannenstraße 19 →

Tuesday 18At 4.30pm Andrea Sassi the director of dispari&dispari project and I leave Reggio Emilia and drive to the Airport of Parma.We have booked Parma to Palermo. Queing up for the saftey check before boarding… the loudspeakers call “Mr. Andrea Sassi…please come to the luggage-control office…” oh oh, I think we get a problem… – … Continue reading Diary Part II / November 18 to 23, 2008 →

September 29, 2008 Flight: Berlin-Milano-Palermo-Lampedusa Checked in at Berlin-Tegel, reading the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, loudspeakers shout: “last call for passenger thomas kilpper…” I run to the gate, discover that my boarding-pass and ID are missing, running back to the table where I was sitting… lucky me: my jacket with all the money, ID and stuff… … Continue reading Diary Part I / September 29 to October 5, 2008 →

Concept for an art project in the building Normannenstraße 19 in Berlin Lichtenberg, former Ministry for State Security of the GDR In Normannenstraße 19, an oversized “linoleum section” is being created in the floor covering of the building; two large halls with over 800 m2 PVC floor covering form the starting material for this. I … Continue reading State of Control (working title / concept) →

Fuck your Landlord Field Work in the Streets of London, 2003 knowing that the lease expires and my landlord is going to rise the rent (from £700 to £900) I move with a minimal house on wheels through the streets: the drastic rising rents force to unorthodox measures. a (failed) field-test to survive in the … Continue reading fuck your landlord | london | 2003 →

Al Hissan – The Jenin HorseArt in Public Space Under Conditions of Occupation By invitation of the Goethe Institute Ramallah, I led a several week long workshop with Palestinian youths in Jenin in the summer 2003. Together we built a 5 meter tall horse out of scrounged metal taken from destroyed houses and cars. The … Continue reading al hissan – the jenin horse | 2003 →