Claus Boesser-Ferrari & Elliott Sharp with Rudij Bergmann

Born in Russia in 1924, artist Boris Lurie survived the Buchenwald concentration camp and founded the NO!art movement in New York as an alternative to Pop Art. For his art piece “Immigrant’s NO Suitcase (Anti-Pop),” he covered and inscribed the suitcase he had with him when he emigrated to America in 1946, transforming this personal item into a memorial object through art. In 2016, Mannheim-based filmmaker Rudij Bergmann, commissioned by the Boris Lurie Art Foundation, made a moving film about the life and art of his friend Lurie—whom he had met in New York in 1996—and spoke with friends and colleagues of the Fluxus and NO!art artist for the project. The film’s soundtrack was composed by Claus Boesser-Ferrari and Elliott Sharp, who will perform it live during the screening. With an introduction by Rudij Bergmann.