ping-pong salon: Whirl of Doom (Ant Mill)

ping-pong salon: Whirl of Doom (Ant Mill)

An audio visual performance

Sunday, 27th July, 2025

The term whirl of doom, or ant mill, is a phenomenon in which ants, trailing one another, become ensnared in a self-perpetuating circular motion. This occurs when these colony insects lose their pheromone trail, the chemical map that normally anchors their direction. Exhausted by the futile repetition, they ultimately perish, one after another.

Join us for the next ping-pong salon with @‌jason.kunwar!

Jason is a Nepalese musician, artist and film composer. Drawing from Nepalese and Himalayan folk traditions, contemporary philosophy, experimental text Jason highlights the challenges of village life, labourers, and migrant workers. His award winning film scores include The Black Hen, Talakjung vs Tulke and the animated short Marionettes - and the Virtue of a Lotus Flower.

During the residency he has been developing an audio-visual story depicting El Niño's impact on lives in Nepal's mid-western region in 1952. It forms part of the book Treasure Hoard, which he continues to work on.

Date: Sunday, 27.07.2025

Location: Friedenstraße 16 3 OG, 10249

Program:

19:00 – Doors open at Ping-Pong
19:30 – Performance begins followed by discussion