Jan Theiler, alias Pastor Leumund (born 1967) is a

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artist, musician and political activist. In the 1990s, he was an influential curator, performance artist and musician on the underground scene organising large-scale music and performance events at various venues in East-Berlin including the Duncker14, K77, Prater, Kule,

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and many more. In 1997, he took part in the Labyrinth festival, in the Torpedo Hallen,

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. In 1999, he exhibited at the Rich and Famous gallery,

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. He was one of a number of artists including

Mark Divo Mark Divo (born 1966) is a Swiss-Luxembourgish conceptual artist and curator who organizes large-scale interactive art projects incorporating the work of underground artists. His work involves painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and in ...

, the Mikry Drei,

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and Dan Jones to have squatted the

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in the February 2002, in an attempt to revive the

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movement. He became well known in Zurich as a spokesman for the neo-dadaists. He curated the second (Sihlpapier 2003), third (Toilethouses 2004) and fourth (Pornokino 2005) Dada festival together with Mark Divo in Zurich. In 2005, he was included in the Real Biennale at the Kinsky Palace,

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in the summer of 2005. In 2005, he also attempted to set up a political party known as the Berg Party during the struggle for the Palast der Republik. In 2011, the Party merged with the

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party, becoming

Bergpartei, die "ÜberPartei" Bergpartei, die ÜberPartei, stylized as bergpartei, die überpartei () and shortened as B*, is an anarchist, dadaist party in Germany. It is known for the holding of a vegetable battle between two rival districts of Berlin and the video activi ...

. Jan Theiler remaines chairman of the party.

External links

Pastor Leumund at The Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich

Pastor Leumund at The Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich

Pastor Leumund at the Dada Festival 2004

Berpartei

The berg party organised by Jan Theiler

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Postmodern artists Neo-Dada German performance artists German conceptual artists German art curators German experimental musicians Musicians from Berlin Politicians from Berlin Living people Squatters 1967 births {{Germany-artist-stub