By day, Pati Hertling is a restitution lawyer who defends families who lost their art works during the Holocaust -- not the sort of job you'd expect from someone whose uniform consists of punk-preppy clothes and dark eyeliner. But by night, Hertling co-oversees "Evas Arche und der Feminist," a monthly salon she started in Berlin with Petr Kisur in 2005. After three years at a community-run theater, the salon found a new home at Gavin Brown's Passerby when Hertling moved to New York. With the new space came a new partner, Dutch artist Marlous Borm, and when Passerby shut down last year, Evas Arche moved yet again to Upstairs at GBE on Leroy Street. Each EA happening is a revolving door that consists of one piece, preferably by one artist and a performer, accompanied by homemade bread and soup, often cooked by the curators themselves. The bread and soup are a symbolic gesture for communal sharing. In December 2007, MoMA invited EA to participate in their PopRally series, for which Hertling and Borm staged a moody, Berlin Alexanderplatz-inspired cabaret night called "schall und rauch" (sound and smoke).
[Clockwise from top left] Evas Arche und der Feminist photographed by Marlous Borm Palms performing; installations by Juliane Solmsdor; the food; Stefan Tcherepnin performing; Marlous Borm
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