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Open Doors

17th of October 2026,
4 PM–8 PM

Francesco Muzio will be "holding the space" on this day. It is an empty space, and it is allowed to be uneventful. That means: Francesco Muzio simply remains there, speaks if someone comes in and wants to talk, remains silent if someone just wants to sit quietly or if visitors also only want to sit still. Or he encourages someone if they want to start singing or do somersaults. Much is possible and permitted, nothing is required.

Valerian Maly and Klara Schilliger are simultaneously realizing their multi-day "InstallAction" Still Life / Nature morte at the "lAbyRinT" festival in the German-Polish border city of Frankfurt an der Oder (DE) and Slubice (PL).
This will be broadcast live via video in front of
the P e r f o r m a n c e S p a c e 3 6 9.

The term still life/nature morte derives from the Dutch stil leven 
(stil = unmoving and leven = existence) and refers to paintings that primarily depict inanimate objects (flowers, fruit, dead animals, instruments, glasses, etc.).
These depictions developed into an independent genre of painting
at the beginning of the 17th century. Many still lifes, through the encoding of certain messages via symbols, can be understood as "memento mori/vanitas," that is, as allegories of transience and/or vanity. During this "installation action," they create—similar to a scenic stage set/tableau vivant—such a Baroque memento mori: a crying pause, comparable to the pause over which Beethoven placed a crescendo sign. 

(Op. 81a, 1st movement, bar 253)

P e r f o r m a n c e S p a c e 3 6 9
PROGR Center for Culture Production
Room 369 is located on the 3rd floor in the middle of the building, Waisenhausplatz 30, 3011 Bern