Since 1985 the group has presented durational collective performances worldwide.
The movement was founded under the name Market project in 1985 in Poznan (Poland) with founders Boris Nieslony, Zygmunt Piotrowski, Tomas Ruller and Jürgen Fritz.
The title Black Market does not designate a group, but rather an idea of working.
The aim is to promote - like in a black market - open and free exchange of ideas, and to achieve an Art of Encounter, or mixed englisch-german “Art of Begegnung”.
[1] Until 2014, the group had twelve regular members: Past Black Market International members were: Several international guest artists have been invited to collaborate in BMI performances throughout the years.