THE
BEAUTIFUL
FORMULA
COLLECTIVE
–
DUO
WITH
STEVE
COLEMAN
AND
KOKAYI
+
SPECIAL
GUEST:
ALINA
SOKULSKA
LIVE
PAINTING
MUSIC
WORD
DANCE
PERFORMANCE
LOTHRINGER 13 HALLE
NOVEMBER 11 2022
20:00
Daniel Geiger (painting)
Oleksiy Koval (painting)
Thomas Rieger (painting)
Veronika Wenger (drawing)
Steve Coleman (alto saxophone)
Kokayi (wordsmith)
Alina Sokulska (dance)
“ The purest rhythm must be the purest expression of life … all expressions of rhythm are true. ”
– Piet Mondrian
The Beautiful Formula Collective is a group of international artists who produce and stage group works not only in the studio, but also as live painting performances in front of an audience. The Beautiful Formula Collective deals with painting and creates collective works, in a combination of spontaneity, improvisation and the logic of rhythm. www.thebeautifulformulacollective.com
Steve Coleman is an American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, bandleader and music theorist. Since 1994 Steve has done a series of performance and educational residencies around the United States and in many other countries (Cuba, India, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Brazil, France) through his non-profit, M-Base Concepts, Inc. This non-profit also has a an online music community website; m-base.net, which promotes educational activities through various multimedia formats and interactive media events. www.m-base.net
Kokayi the Grammy nominated artist, preeminent improvisational vocalist, producer, educator and CEO/Creative Director of Less Talk More Walk LLC. Pronounced “Ko-Kah-Yee” his name is taken from the Swahili word meaning “to summon the people”. Kokayi keeps busy on multiple fronts with several solo and side projects. www.kokayi202.com
Alina Sokulska is an international dance artist, choreographer, performer, instructor and researcher. She has elaborated on her dance language through the inspiration and deep research and more than 12 years of practice of social dances, in a mix with contemporary dance techniques and movement research concepts. www.alinasokulska.com
Lothringer 13 Halle
Lothringer Str. 13
81667 Munich
Free admission
Funded by
Bezirk Oberbayern, Munich
Stiftung van de Loo, Munich
Creaventis, Munich
ViniNocco, Munich
Special thanks to
Luzi Gross and Lothringer 13, Munich
Sooya Arts and Sophia Wong, New York
Saudades Tourneen GmbH, Jenbach
Keil composition by Oleksiy Koval The Beautiful Formula Collective Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright 130 x 230 cm, ink on synthetic textile Platforms Project, Athens 2022
Keil composition by Oleksiy Koval The Beautiful Formula Collective Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright 130 x 230 cm, ink on synthetic textile Platforms Project, Athens 2022
Epigonal composition by Daniel Geiger The Beautiful Formula Collective Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright 130 x 230 cm, ink on synthetic textile Platforms Project, Athens 2022
Epigonal composition by Daniel Geiger The Beautiful Formula Collective Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright 130 x 230 cm, ink on synthetic textile Platforms Project, Athens 2022
Französischer Wein composition by Veronika Wenger The Beautiful Formula Collective Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright 130 x 230 cm, ink on synthetic textile Platforms Project, Athens 2022
Französischer Wein composition by Veronika Wenger The Beautiful Formula Collective Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright 130 x 230 cm, ink on synthetic textile Platforms Project, Athens 2022
Low Tide composition by Oleksiy Koval The Beautiful Formula Collective Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright 130 x 230 cm, ink on synthetic textile Platforms Project, Athens 2022
Low Tide composition by Oleksiy Koval The Beautiful Formula Collective Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright 130 x 230 cm, ink on synthetic textile Platforms Project, Athens 2022
Not to be confined by the greatest, yet to be contained within the smallest is a definition, which declared the enterprise of the artists group Rhythm Section.
The substantive trait, which linked the artists of the group Rhythm Section in their works is the commitment to a hyper reflexivity in dealing with the rhythm, not as a compulsion, but as an original constant. The clear handling of the rhythm allows an endless variety of individual variations.
Rhythm Section is a platform for artists, who are interested in an exchange on the subject rhythm in the visual arts.
Rhythm Section consists not only of visual artists representing installation, drawing, video, sculpture, painting, digital art to name a few, but also of art critics and theorists, philosophers, teachers for rhythm and movement.
Parallel to the group shows, Rhythm Section organizes artist talks, lectures and symposiums on the subject rhythm in visual arts.
The objective of Platforms Project is to map artistic action as it is produced in the context of collective initiatives by artists who decide to join forces in seeking answers to artistic questions by creating the so-called platforms.
Platforms
Project
Athens
Booth 54
October 13 – 16
2022
Daniel Geiger
Dmytro Goncharenko
Oleksiy Koval
Paul Langemann
Thomas Rieger
Johannes Selmayr
Veronika Wenger
Michael Wright
Curated by
Sophie-Charlotte Bombeck
A project on the subject rhythm in visual arts
October 13 2022
19:00 The Beautiful Formula Collective
Daniel Geiger
Oleksiy Koval
Thomas Rieger
Veronika Wenger
Michael Wright
Live Painting Performance
19:30 Έδαφος
Dmytro Goncharenko
Performance
October 14 2022
18:00 Έδαφος
Dmytro Goncharenko
Performance
19:00 The Beautiful Formula Collective
Daniel Geiger
Oleksiy Koval
Thomas Rieger
Veronika Wenger
Michael Wright
Live Painting Performance
October 15 2022
14:00 Έδαφος
Dmytro Goncharenko
Performance
19:00 The Beautiful Formula Collective
Daniel Geiger
Oleksiy Koval
Thomas Rieger
Veronika Wenger
Michael Wright
Live Painting Performance
20:00
Paul Langemann
Thomas Rieger
Johannes Selmayr
Live Painting and Sound Performance
October 16 2022
12:00
Paul Langemann
Thomas Rieger
Johannes Selmayr
Live Painting and Sound Performance
13:00 The Beautiful Formula Collective
Daniel Geiger
Oleksiy Koval
Thomas Rieger
Veronika Wenger
Michael Wright
Live Painting Performance
“Arcobaleno Bianco Nero” The Beautiful Formula Collective 2021 Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich
Not to be confined by the greatest, yet to be contained within the smallest is a definition, which declared the enterprise of the artists group Rhythm Section.
The substantive trait, which linked the artists of the group Rhythm Section in their works is the commitment to a hyper reflexivity in dealing with the rhythm, not as a compulsion, but as an original constant. The clear handling of the rhythm allows an endless variety of individual variations.
Rhythm Section is a platform for artists, who are interested in an exchange on the subject rhythm in the visual arts.
Rhythm Section consists not only of visual artists representing installation, drawing, video, sculpture, painting, digital art to name a few, but also of art critics and theorists, philosophers, teachers for rhythm and movement.
Parallel to the group shows, Rhythm Section organizes artist talks, lectures and symposiums on the subject rhythm in visual arts.
The objective of Platforms Project is to map artistic action as it is produced in the context of collective initiatives by artists who decide to join forces in seeking answers to artistic questions by creating the so-called platforms.
Karina Bugayova
Daniel Geiger
Oleksiy Koval
Thomas Rieger
Veronika Wenger
Michael Wright
ep.contemporary
Berlin
22.07. – 27.08.
2022
Live
Painting
Performance
22.07.2021
19:00
Artist Talk
23.07.2022
14:00
Kuratiert von
Albert Coers
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE setzt sich auseinander mit Malerei und schafft kollektive Werke, in einer Kombination aus Spontaneität, Improvisation und der Logik des Rhythmus. Das internationale Ensemble, dessen Mitglieder u.a. aus München, Kiew, Berlin und London kommen, produziert Gruppenarbeiten auch als Live-Painting-Performance vor Publikum, an Kunsthochschulen, Galerien und Museen, bisher z.B. in München, Zürich, Istanbul, Teheran und London – und jetzt bei ep.contemporary in Berlin.
Ziel ist ein Austausch, wie er pandemiebedingt vermisst wurde, auf sozialer, medialer und künstlerisch-ästhetischer Ebene: über Begriffe wie Malerei, Bild, Schönheit und Rhythmus. Ist so etwas Subjektives wie Schönheit in Formeln zu fassen – und wenn ja, wie? Welches sind die Zugriffe, auch aus anderen Disziplinen wie der Musik, dem Tanz, der Mathematik? Wie ist das Verhältnis von Planung und Improvisation, zwischen Individuum und Kollektiv, zwischen Regeln und künstlerischer Freiheit? Welche Rolle spielt der Prozess, welche das Ergebnis? In einem Künstlergespräch werden solche Fragen diskutiert. Die entstandenen Arbeiten bieten Anlass zur weiteren Auseinandersetzung.
Anknüpfen lässt sich ein Austausch darüber, wie sich Künstlergruppen organisieren, wie sie interagieren. Während bei der Gruppe um die Berliner Produzentengalerie ep.contemporary der gemeinsame Raum im Mittelpunkt steht und die Mitglieder recht unterschiedlich arbeiten, geht es bei The Beautiful Formula Collective mit Schwerpunkt in München um einen Prozess der Interaktion, die gemeinsame Arbeit im Medium der Malerei, an wechselnden Orten und Räumen.
DrDDr composition by Thomas Rieger The Beautiful Formula Collective Karina Bugayova, Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright Tape on wall, ep.contemporary Berlin, 2022
Epigonal composition by Daniel Geiger The Beautiful Formula Collective Karina Bugayova, Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright Tape on wall, ep.contemporary Berlin, 2022
Choleriker composition by Oleksiy Koval The Beautiful Formula Collective Karina Bugayova, Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright Tape on wall, ep.contemporary Berlin, 2022
Tau composition by Oleksiy Koval The Beautiful Formula Collective Karina Bugayova, Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright Tape on wall, ep.contemporary Berlin, 2022
The Beautiful Formula Collective Karina Bugayova, Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright Tape on wall, ep.contemporary Berlin, 2022
