The Funeral

Black Jim Gallery is closing down.

At the 5 th of December the famous venue in Kreuzberg dies.
There for we have a party, a "Funeral Party", to celebrate everything Black Jim Gallery ever was and wasn´t.

Gallery owner Martin Bengtsson says;

"The desicion to close the Gallery is based on Black Jim Gallery herself.
She has become a grown up now, ready to move on, see the world & maybe find another Gallery that she can get kids with or just have as a random fuck til she get experienced enough to settle down. I mean I know she´s just one year but this little girl has grown up so fast that she´s getting hard to handle. Our fights has been harder & harder. Yeah, we´ve even tryed "Father & Daughter" therapy for a while but nothing seems to work on this rebellious child. To celebrate that she´s crazy, just like everyone else of us, we will have a party.
Some of us might see this "Funerl Party" in one way, some other will see it differently, but the important thing is that we´re there. To support & celebrate the Gallery, ourselfs, Berlin & most important - The Art we have given & shared with each other and others during the last year in Black Jim Gallery."

Everyone. Bring your lyrics, instruments, poems and so on and feel free to perform at the hand made "Ryan Nash"-stage for the last time. Send an e-mail to blackjim@live.de or write in the guestbook down here if you´re interested in your own, short, slot. There will be a couple of performances and after that the famous Black Jim - Open Mic.
Welcome to write your last words to the Gallery aswell & share memories from this era in the guestbook or during the night at the 5 th.

See you, friends & family at the 5 th of December.
Til then;
"Everywhere we go, everywhere we go, everywhere we go, they say Damn!"

Confirmed performances:



Waldemaar
http://www.myspace.com/waldemaarmusic



Paula Varjack
http://www.myspace.com/paulavarjack



Joe Czarnecki
http://www.myspace.com/theinstrumentalguitarmassacre



Tom Rakete



Ditto



Ryan Nash
http://www.myspace.com/ryannashpoetry



Victor Bengtsson



Michael Haeflinger
http://www.myspace.com/molotovhepcatandtheholyspiritcommittee
More performances to come...



Lady Gaby
http://www.myspace.com/ladygaby

15.00-16.30 Exhibition - ”One year in Black Jim Gallery” - contributions from The Black Jim Family & Friends.
16.30 Funeral begins. Organ Intro by Preast Martin Bengtsson
16.35 Speach by the Preast
16.45 Rose (or cigarett) cermony. Share a few words by the grave.
17.15 Tory Lichterman
17.35 Van Ly
17.50 Free slot
18.00 Tom 25
18.20 Open -Mic
19.00 Tory Lichterman
19.10 Paula Varjack
19.30 Lady Gaby
19.50 Waldemaar
20.00 Ditto
20.20 Van Ly
20.30 Ryan Nash
20.50 Joe Czarnecki
21.20 Ziggy Bratwurst & Iggy Snop
21.30 The Facebookplay
21.45 Open-Mic
22.30 Christian Augrell
22.40 Party

Workshop at Black Jim Gallery

Come join Berlin’s newest writing group. Held October 3rd and 4th (Sat. and Sun.) at Black Jim Gallery, from 3-5pm. Focus will be on craft and style. Workshop format, so bring one work-in-progress (10 copies) to share with the group. Your host will be Ryan Nash, a poet from San Francisco. All are welcome.

Madame Claude 6/9-09

Isabel Raposo

Tony Dreannan - great divide

27/3 - Black Jim Open-Mic & Party

Sara Johansson & Martin Qvarfordt just before the opening.


Berliners.


Sofia Nilsson was taking pictures. In this picture aswell: Lotti, Hannes, Norma & Julia.


Tony Dreannan and Martin Qvarfordt performing.


Swedish Berliners Ronnie Sandahl, Annika Marklund, Gellert Tamas, Emeli Theander and Lotti where there.


Jam-session.


Ronnie Sandahl.


Tony Dreannan sings while two Black Jim "first time´rs" try to understand what´s going on.


Emeli Theander with entourage.


Tony Dreannan with the mic. Julia & Norma Torrens on the floor. Sofia Nilsson & Lotti in the background and two unidentified men in the corner.


Ryan Nash with Isabel Raposo on stage.


Tony works between his performances.


Sara Johansson och Ronnie Sandahl.


Ronnie Sandahl and Martin Bengtsson performing.


Jam.


...more pictures coming up...

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.

Last night