contribution # 1 / (mm) men on mikes (amsterdam – london)

han buhrs, joop van brakel, hans dagelet & guy harries, four improvising men with microphones, avail themselves with wild songtexts, random collected newspaper cuttings & capricious mouth- and throat sounds. _they do their best. “teeth grinding metallic kling klung, like empty trains on iron bridges, and in between there’s these cancan dancing tongues, pretending fun while flip flop flapping along”.

contribution # 2 / dada e neo-dada

(direction: giovanni angella / 16 mm. / colour / dur.: 13 min.) screening of this 1964 movie about the history of the dadaistic movement from its formation by tristan tzara (1916) via the ‘cabaret voltaire’ and the ‘galerie dada’ to john heartfields social critical collages, that mirror the nazi-period and the second world war, - with a preview of pop-art

reception

ocw employs a booking system. _visitors are urgently advised to reserve seats beforehand via arnosch@wxs.nl _your reservation will be confirmed with an e-mail message.

the admission is free. _afterwards, visitors are requested to donate whatever amount they think appropriate for attending the performances. _the participating artists receive a fair proportion of the collected sum after the show (incrowd funding).

about ocw

ocw is a rotterdam non-subsidized small-scale stage initiated by the visual artist arnold schalks. _the objective of ocw is to create the conditions for cross-disciplinary connections by the combined presentations of visual arts, dance, music, literature, theater and cinema, offering a lot of room for the experiment. _’small-scale’ and ‘hospitality’ are the catchwords for the activities of ocw. _its indoor facilities measure up to 41 sqm.. _the theater space -a former classroom- seats a maximum of 30 visitors. _to extend the range of the programme, each series of contributions are repeated on three successive evenings.

about crimmp

crimmp_06 is the sixth of a series of performances in which reduction is interpreted as a surplus value. _’crimmp’ (= shrinkage) not only refers to the modest dimensions of the ocw-stage (w x d: 350 x 195 cm), but is also a declaration of intent to the concentrate. _initially, ‘crimmp’ sounds cranky and frugal. _shrinkage takes. _no matter how inescapable, not a soul wants to shrink. _at best, shrinkage forces one to see further than the end of one’s nose. _the kind of crimmp that ocw wants to accommodate is different: it gives. _this crimmp represents a form of generosity, just as crookedness can be understood as a form of straightness. _the six letters of ‘crimmp’ stand for: ‘creative reduction In the multi media practice’.