Performance art played a leading role for the first time at documenta 8 (1987): documenta live: Performance - Action - Ritual, a section for which Elisabeth Jappe was responsible, set new standards. It included the performance group Black Market International, initiated by Boris Nieslony together with Jürgen Fritz and Norbert Klassen in 1985. In Kassel's Renthof, the then eight-member group realized the performance Das Brakteatenstück – a 24-hour improvisation on the subject of value setting, barter and circulation.

To mark its 40th anniversary, the documenta archiv Black Market International is now inviting visitors to the documenta Halle for an act lasting several hours during the Kassel Museum Night.

September 6
from 5 p.m.
documenta Halle