Saturday, 9 November 2019 at 12:00 pm – Saturday, 9 November 2019 at 3:00 pm
Mauerstadt 30: Stories From The Berlin Wall
Date: Saturday 9th November 2019
Time: 12pm - 3pm
Location: YES, Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester
Tickets: Free - Available on Eventbrite
Saturday November 9th 2019 marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. This free afternoon event celebrates that anniversary through live music, conversation and film, as part of the ESRC Festival of Socail Science and the HOMOBLOC festival.
Mark Reeder & Dr Beate Peter: in conversation
Manchester-born, Berlin-based producer, filmmaker and cultural catalyst Mark Reeder (B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989) talks to Dr Beate Peter about Berlin's underground music scenes in the years leading up to the fall of the Wall, and how he risked his freedom to bring punk to the East.
Dr Beate Peter is Senior Lecturer in German at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is a member of the Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences at Manchester Met and the Project Lead on The Lapsed Clubber Audio Map.
Abigail Ward with Howard Jacobs & Mandy Wigby: live music
Queer curator, DJ and co-founder of Manchester Digital Music Archive, Abigail Ward, debuts new live material in response to the theme of the Berlin Wall, with percussionist Howard Jacobs (808 State/Architects of Rosslyn) and synth torturer Mandy Wigby (Sisters of Transistors/Architects of Rosslyn).
Wes Baggaley & Margo Broom: live music
Toast of London's queer underground, DJ Wes Baggaley (Fabric, NYC Downlow, Robert Johnson) and producer extraordinaire Margo Broom (DiY Soundsystem, Fat White Family, Meatraffle, Big Joanie) play a set of exclusive electronic music inspired by the Berlin Wall.
We are grateful to the following organisations for their support: Homobloc, YES, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Digital Music Archive, Arts Council England, Economic and Social Research Council, RAH! Research in Arts and Humanities and The Lapsed Clubber.
This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. The ESRC's Festival of Social Science 2019 will run from 2-9 November 2019, with events over 450 events being held across the UK. Events will cover a wide range of topics - AI, mental health, sexuality, parenting, weather, gender, ageing, love, death, economics and education, to name but a few. Find out more here.