BLACK MARKET INTERNATIONAL
is a collective of 10 artists from 7 countries (as of 2020) that has been performing, conducting seminars and lectures since 1985 and continuously building a worldwide network of performance art through close contacts with cultural leaders and associated artists. This network, in accordance with the geographical and artistic origins of the participants, builds the model of a temporary community oriented towards integrity and constructive artistic collaboration. As the group’s name suggests, a “black market” is created here: the goods to be exchanged are cultural values. The “exchange” and the “negotiation” of “value” and “countervalue” are the contents of the performances. The actions construct a laboratory situation in which the participants can experience the competence and functioning of a communication structure that BLACK MARKET INTERNATIONAL calls a mental network. This mental network can be seen as a blueprint for a utopia of social relations.
Boris Nieslony, Zbigniew Warpechowski, Nigel Rolfe, Black Market International, Poland Tour 1992, Photographer Jürgen Fritz
Boris Nieslony, Jürgen Fritz, Black Market International, Bern 1997, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Lee Wen, Jürgen Fritz, Black Market International, EXPO 2000, Hannover, Photographer unknown
Jacques van Poppel., one man from audience, Black Market International, Centrum Sztuki - Galeria Laboratorium Warszawa, Poland, 1992, Photographer unknown
Jacques van Poppel, Black Market International, Sandomierz, Polen, 1992, Photographer unknown
Boris Nieslony, Janet Haufler, Jürgen Fritz, Black Market International, Bern 1997, Foto Martin Rindlisbacher
Boris Nieslony, Das Brakteaten Stück, Black Market International, documenta 8, 1987, Kassel, Foto Thomas Rosenthal
Helge Meyer, Julie Andrée T., Jacques van Poppel, Black Market International, Performance Konferenz, Podewil Berlin, 2005
Jacques van Poppel, Roi Vaara, Black Market International, Performance Konferenz, Podewil Berlin, 2005
Julie Andrée T., Roi Vaara, Black Market International, Performance Konferenz, Podewil Berlin, 2005
Norbert Klassen, Black Market International, Performance Konferenz, Podewil Berlin, 2005, Photographer unknown
Miriam Laplante, Roi Vaara, Black Market International, Performance Konferenz, Podewil Berlin, 2005, Photographer unknown
Jacques van Poppel, Black Market International, Neue Galerie Kassel, 1991, Photographer Thomas Rosenthal
Jürgen Fritz, Elvira Santamaria Torres, Roi Vaara, Black Market International, Bone 18, Bern 2015, Photographer Sanja Latinovic
Helge Meyer, Julie Andrée T., Esther Ferrer, Black Market International, National Review of Live Art, 2007, Photographer unknown
Helge Meyer, Wen Lee, Miriam Laplante, Jürgen Fritz, Black Market International, National Review of Live Art, NRLA, 2007
Black Market International, Bone 8, Schlachthof, Bern, Schweiz, 2005, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Black Market International, Bone 8, Schlachthof, Bern, Schweiz, 2005, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Elvira Santamaria Torres, Black Market International, Bone 8, Bern, Schweiz, 2005, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Julie Andrée T., Black Market International, Bone 8, Bern, Schweiz, 2005, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Jürgen Fritz, Marco Teubner, Julie Andrée T., Black Market International, Bone 8, Bern, Schweiz, 2005, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Elvira Santamaria Torres, Helge Meyer, Black Market International, Performance Konferenz, Podewil Berlin, 2005, Photographer unknown
Roi Vaara, Jacques van Poppel, Alastair MacLennan, Black Market International, Bern, 1997, Foto Martin Rindlisbacher
Wen Lee, Black Market International, Acciones en Ruta, Mexico City, 2003, Photographer ANTONIO JUÁREZ CAUDILLO
Helge Meyer, Marco Teubner, Black Market International, Hildesheim 2000, Photographer unknown
Nigel Rolfe (links), Janet Haufler (rechts), Black Market International, Neue Horizonte, Empedokles, Alte Reithalle, documenta 9, Kassel
Miriam Laplante, Wen Lee, Black Market International, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporaneatheater, Rom,Italy, Photographer Dunia Mauro
Wen Lee, Julie Andrée T., Black Market International, Bone 8, Bern, Schweiz, 2005, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Lee Wen, Roi Vaara, Black Market International, National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, 2005, Photographer unknown
Jacques van Poppel, Jürgen Fritz, Urs Peter Schneider, Boris Nieslony, Schlachthaus Bern 1997, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Alastair MacLennan, Boris Nieslony, Roi Vaara, Black Market International, Hellerau, Dresden, 1993, Photographer Jürgen Fritz
Jürgen Fritz, Nigel Rolfe, Black Market International und Neue Horizonte, Empedokles, alte Reithalle Kassel, Documenta 9, 1992, Photogtrapher Thomas Rosenthal
Janet Haufler und Roi Vaara, Black Market International und Neue Horizonte, Empedokles, alte Reithalle Kassel, Documenta 9, 1992, Photogtrapher Thomas Rosenthal
Urs-Peter Schneider, Black Market International und Neue Horizonte, Empedokles, alte Reithalle Kassel, Documenta 9, 1992
Alastair MacLennan, Miriam Laplante, Black Market International, Bone 8, Bern, Schweiz, 2005, Photographer Martin Rindlisbacher
Roi Vaara, Marco Teubner, Black Market International, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporaneatheater, Rom, Italy, Photographer Dunia Mauro
Black Market International, Belfast, 2006, Photographer unknown
Helge Meyer, Wen Lee, Black Market International, Bone 18, Bern 2015, Photographer Sanja Latinovic
Roi Vaara, Jürgen Fritz, Helge Meyer, Black Market International, Kulstof 15, Aalborg 2015, Fotograf Peter Lind
Jürgen Fritz, Black Market International, Relikte & Sedimente, Offenes Kulturhaus Linz, Photographer unknown
Zbigniew Warpechowski (im Hintergrund), Jürgen Fritz, Norbert Klassen, Black Market International, Projekt Menschen, Galerie Lydia Megert, Bern, 1986, Photo Martin Rindlisbacher
Boris Nieslony, Black Market International, Acciones en Ruta, Mexico City, 2003, Photographer ANTONIO JUÁREZ CAUDILLO
Marco Teubner, Elvira Santamaria Torres, Bone 18, Black Market International, Bern 2015, Photographer Sanja Lationovic
Myriam Laplante, Alastair Maclennan, Helge Meyer, Boris Nieslony, Elvira Santamaria Torres, Roi Vaara, Jacques van Poppel, Jürgen Fritz, guest artist: Petra Strahovnik, Photographer Christine Biehler
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Myriam Laplante, Alastair Maclennan, Helge Meyer, Boris Nieslony, Elvira Santamaria Torres, Roi Vaara, Jacques van Poppel, Jürgen Fritz, guest artist: Petra Strahovnik, Photographer Christine Biehler
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Myriam Laplante, Alastair Maclennan, Helge Meyer, Boris Nieslony, Elvira Santamaria Torres, Roi Vaara, Jacques van Poppel, Jürgen Fritz, guest artist: Petra Strahovnik, Photographer Christine Biehler
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Myriam Laplante, Alastair Maclennan, Helge Meyer, Boris Nieslony, Elvira Santamaria Torres, Roi Vaara, Jacques van Poppel, Jürgen Fritz, guest artist: Petra Strahovnik, Photographer Christine Biehler
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Myriam Laplante, Alastair Maclennan, Helge Meyer, Boris Nieslony, Elvira Santamaria Torres, Roi Vaara, Jacques van Poppel, Jürgen Fritz, guest artist: Petra Strahovnik, Photographer Christine Biehler
BMI Exploring 2021- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Myriam Laplante, Alastair Maclennan, Helge Meyer, Boris Nieslony, Elvira Santamaria Torres, Roi Vaara, Jacques van Poppel, Jürgen Fritz, guest artist: Petra Strahovnik, Photographer Christine Biehler
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ASSOCIATED ARTISTS (in random order)
FORMERLY ASSOCIATED ARTISTS
