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Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde - An 80th-birthday retrospective
The painter and documentary filmmaker Jürgen Böttcher is regarded as one of the most outstanding artists of the GDR. The Lindenau Museum in Altenburg presents an exhibition containing his cinematic and graphic works.
Artistic Area: Image and Space Film and New Media
transmediale.12 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin
The transmediale.12, titled “in/compatible”, examines the artistic dimension of network culture. On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, the festival will also feature a review of Berlin’s media art and cultural history.
Artistic Area: Film and New Media
Yüksel Arslan – Exhibition tour
With shows in Zurich, Düsseldorf and Hamburg, this exhibition is the first to display the works of the Turkish-born artist Yüksel Arslan in Western Europe. Some 240 illustrations and paintings on paper, called "Artures", present an overview of Arslan’s artistic development throughout the years.
Artistic Area: Image and Space
Shrinking Wood, Expanding Iron
The KUR project exhibition at the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection in Munich and the Romano-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz is the first of its kind to examine the problems of conserving excavated wood and iron in a way that even laypeople can understand.
Theme: Restoration
Yvonne Rainer – Space, Body, Language
This exhibition project presents works by the San Franciscan artist Yvonne Rainer, one of the world’s leading choreographers, dancers and filmmakers. The exhibition will provide a complete overview of Rainer’s body of works with an accompanying programme of film retrospectives, performances and lectures.
Artistic Area: Image and Space
Five world premieres commemorating the 800th anniversary of the St. Thomas Choir
The St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig will commemorate its 800th anniversary in 2012. The city of Leipzig commissioned five internationally renowned composers to produce new works which will premiere at St. Thomas’s throughout the commemorative year.
Artistic Area: Music and Sound
Living Archive at cinema Arsenal in Berlin
The Arsenal collection represents a half century of international film art. The project Living Archive has invited curators and artists to develop projects based on works stored at the association’s archive. Public viewing takes place once a month.
Artistic Area: Film and New Media
The other view - The early Berlin Wall
The exhibition in Berlin, France and Poland presents a collection of yet unreleased photos of the Berlin Wall in its early construction phase. The exhibition is designed to allow visitors to walk the entire length of the former wall and experience Berlin as never before.
Artistic Area: Image and Space
Further Informations
Under this heading you can find descriptions of all the projects currently receiving funding from the Federal Cultural Foundation. Each artistic area also includes an archive containing a large number of projects which have already been completed. Several programmes feature websites of their own (International Museum Fellowship, Culture Agents for Creative Schools, Wanderlust – Fund for International Theatre Partnerships, Will We Save the Earth? – Conversations about the Future of Technology and the Planet) where you can find more information about individual projects and events.
