The Digest is a new format of Pickle Bar with a reading room and scenography bringing together the unlikely bedfellows of fermentation and books: including a selection of research material and bibliographies collected over several years of public programs at Pickle Bar in Berlin as well as abroad. Within the Slavic equivalent of an aperitivo bar,  Pickle Bar extends its reading list for the first time in a physical space at Memphis Kunstraum. The Digest not only shares a part of its growing library, dedicated to the exploration of language amidst the communities and diasporas in the Eurasian space, but also aims to delve into the contemporary literary and cultural landscapes to explore the performative potential of readership, the essence of reading, our reading methods, and preferred reading locations. In a time when new technologies are reshaping our approaches to reading, and encounters with books,The  Digest suggests reading as a collective practice where tastes and texts are being consumed altogether.

Exhibition Dates:
29.5.2024 - 28.6.2024
Opening 28.05.2024 7:30 pm

Performance:
Zishi Han and Wei Yang,  “Hairpin Beneath 钗之后”, 28 May, 2024 at 20:30