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Cohabitation
Pandemics and natural catastrophes have laid bare the human-driven crisis of climate change and dwindling biodiversity. In the project “Cohabitation” the central but ambivalent role that cities play in the destruction of our planet’s environment...
Alexander Kluge – The Power of Music
Opera houses are some of the most prominent buildings in European cities even today. Their architecture symbolises a strong and self-confident civil society. At the same time, the opera house is a place where the “strong emotions” that people...
Anything Goes
The Berlinische Galerie is developing a new exhibition that highlights the architecture and urban development of East and West Germany in the 1980s based on the example of Berlin. One can find a unique ensemble of architectural styles from that time...
The Women of Ravensbrück – The Video Archive
Between 1980 and 2008 Loretta Walz spoke with numerous female prisoners of the Ravensbrück concentration camp and recorded their interviews on videotape. She not only asked the survivors to recount their experiences at the camp, but also describe...
Archive of Refuge
The oral history project “Archive of Refuge” intends to create a digital commemorative site dedicated to those who have fled or migrated to Germany in the 20th and 21st century. Initiated by the journalist Carolin Emcke and in collaboration with the...
Berlin Chorus of Women
The Polish director and singer Marta Górnicka gained international fame for her innovative work with choruses. On the Day of German Unity in 2018 she staged a choral performance of the German constitution in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin...
TURN2 – Artistic Co-Creation between Germany and african countries
In 2012 the Federal Cultural Foundation launched the TURN Fund for Artistic Collaboration between Germany and African countries . Over the past eight years, the programme has awarded 12 million euros to fund 101 joint international artistic and...
Closed Borders
The systematic persecution and expulsion of the Jewish population in the German Empire began almost immediately after the National Socialists seized power in 1933. By 1937, the Nazi regime had legally discriminated, financially plundered and socially...
Cevdet Erek Bergama Stereo
The Turkish artist and musician Cevdet Erek has gained international renown for his sound installations. In 2012 he was invited to present his installation “Room of Rhythms” at the documenta, and in that same year, he received the Nam June Paik Award...
Invisible Inventories
Ethnological museums in many European countries are actively involved in the public debate on the restitution of cultural assets acquired during the colonial period. Benedicte Savoy’s and Felwine Sarr’s report in November 2018 and the Berlin...