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Hi,

Here I am.

I´ve been in Africa.

It was amazing.

I´m still alive.

The vacation is over.

Thanks Malin and Joel for taking care of the Gallery!

The fantastic exhibition "Ride the Lightning" by Pär Strömberg is still up and rockin.
Don´t miss it it´s hanging to the end of July.

Pictures of Lions, Giraffs and Zebras is coming up soon also a interview with Pär Strömberg about his exhibition.

Thank you.

// Martin Bengtsson

Morning

Morning Berlin! How are you today?

Today´s clip - Anna Terheim

Isabel Raposo

Tony Dreannan - great divide

...more pictures...

Glenn Miller-box.


Nash with the trumphet and who´s the great musician on the floor? Let us know and you win a LP with Heino.



Sofia Nilsson posing.


Tony Dreannan & Martin Qvarfordt.


Hannes Früh to the right with two friends.

Video from the open-mic...

Another insane night at the Black Jim Gallery.

coffee break

Black Jim crew takes a brake,our friendly neighbour Dursun came by with cookies.

Chapter one: " A nice neighbour donate his Vinyl collection to the Black Jim Gallery & the crew opens a second hand store as a reaction"

So this is the story...

Marty goes out to throw away the trash in a can on the backyard but when he open the container guess what he see? A whole collection LP´s...



Soon the neighbour that throw it away comes out and find Marty in the container.
He asks what he´s doing in there. "I´m collecting records..." Marty says.
"Oh" the neighbour says. "I just throw them away. But do you want them? They work perfectly". Marty says yes and jump down in the container again to pic up a whole Glenn Miller box, the soundtrack to Sound of Music and more obscyre records like Reigel with Pommefritz.



The neighbour later took us to the van where he had collected all kinds of stuff that he donated also to the Gallery. For example it was a air-cleaner, a clock, cups & also some Agatha Christie books in german and one book about Kung-Fu...



When everything was collected...and yes, some things thrown away again, Marty and Sofia started to put together a second hand store and also decorate the entrance with a new theme. "German schalger".



They put up a table and suddenly everyone started to check out the Gallery and the LP collection looking for there favourites.



After a couple of hours Sofia turned to Marty. "We´ve had people here the whole day. The hippsters where here. The turkish families. The hippies. The drunks. The nuns. The neighbours. Even a dog came in for a quick look and went out again. What is happening?"

It´s the "German Schlager" Marty says. We got a crazy nisch. Art and Schalger. It´s never been done before...



When the Gallery closed at 22 Marty got a new idea. He started to decorate his studio with not usuable LP´s.



Today the succes continues. Right now a german women looking at the Heino singles for her next DJ-set...

Open-Mic, Mustach-Marty-Birthday-Party & "Bringing Back Black" exibition by Sofia Nilsson, 14/3

Here comes yesterdays birthday-party and open-mic in pictures. Thanks everyone for coming, and next open-mic/improv is at the 27th of March!



19.48: On the walls art by Sofia Nilsson who have here exibition "Bringing Back Black" til the end of the month .







21.03: People enter the Black Jim Gallery. The die-hard fans had been hanging on the lock since 20.



Winta Yohannes, Gellert Tamas and Paula Guidugli hanged out in the Gallery.



New people had find Black Jim and the stage-builder Ryan Nash entertained them.



Gellert Tamas & Paula Guidugli with a friend.



More people comin in...



Ryan Nash and Marin Bengtsson a.k.a Waldemaar started the night as usuall with a toy-organ intro and a trumphet solo.



Ryan on the trumphet.



The audience. Noemi Gonzalez had a front seat while Tony Dreannan and Gellert Tamas took the once in the background.



Martin a.k.a Waldemaar performing "Neverland".



Waiting for the main-act...



Tony Dreannan & his orchestra.



The crowd sang a long to the improv songs "The spanish clap", "23", "Joi the lavyer" & "Don´t fuck my daughter" and of course poems by Ryan Nash.



Tony Dreannan tell his musicians to play faster.



Paula (to the left) played the homemade maracas and found a brasilian sound.



Noemi Gonzalez & Ryan Nash ended the night with some spanish tunes.

Black Jim Gallery - TV Commercial take 1, 2 & 3.

Take 1.



Take 2.



Take tre.

Building a gallery

When the floor was ready the hard work started.

Her we see Martin building a "Hyllis" from IKEA.

The jeans are from a second hand store at Lautsitzer Strasse.

25 euro.

Tight budget...

Because of a tight budget "The Black Jim"-crew had to find people interesting at working for free when they bulit the gallery.

Her you see a young kid, found at the street, who just wanted two fresh pears and a transistor-radio, to paint the floor.

Meeting at Oberholtz...

The Black Jim-crew is still not "Connected" with the outside world at the Gallery. Til then they hold there meetings at Oberholtz by Rosentaler Platz where the internet works perfectly.

Her you see gallery owner Sofia Nilsson update the myspacepage www.myspace.com/blackjimstudio by her side you see a man from France.

At the meeting today several things were disscused.

1. What is art?

2. How does a "Galleristé" dress?

3. Who killed Laura Palmer?

If anyone got a answear on one, or all, of these questions please don´t be afraid to contact us.

Martin enjoy his new gallery and thinking of how he will dress as a "Galleristé".

At this picture:
Carpet from Myrorna, 5 euro.
Chair from Pony, 34 euro.
Candles from IKEA, 3 euro.
Little Buddha from Thailand, unknown prize.
Table and lamp from a dead man, free.
Clock from Karlssons, 35 euro.
Sofia Nilsson painting, 620 euro.

Martin himself wear a shirt from Weekday, 10 euro.
Cheap Monday jeans, 40 euro.
Shoes from Suberga, 100 euro.
No under-wear, free.

New Year

New years eve outside Black Jim Studio at Waldemarstrasse.