Museum Night - Black Market International
Performance Sept 6, 2025 starting 5pm
Performance art played a central role during documenta 8 in 1987. The section curated by Elisabeth Jappe, documenta live. Performance – Action – Ritual, provided new impulses. Among the participants was the performance collective Black Market International (BMI), founded in 1985.
For this year's Museum Night, Black Market International – now a globally active artists' association – returns to Kassel and celebrates its 40th anniversary at a location that has had a decisive influence on the group's development.
Participating artists: Julie Andrée T – JAT (CAN), Jürgen Fritz (D), Sandra Johnston (GB), Myriam Laplante (CAN/IT), Ryszard Ługowski (PL), Alastair MacLennan (GB), Boris Nieslony (D), Zygmunt Piotrowski (PL), Nigel Rolfe (IRL), Tomáš Ruller (CZE), Elvira Santamaria Torres (MEX), Jacques Van Poppel (NL), and Roi Vaara (FIN).