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The Swiss Hermann Hesse and the “Third Reich”
While most are aware that Thomas Mann’s role during the Nazi years was one of moral authority in the face of National Socialist transgression, few are familiar with Hermann Hesse’s role. This exhibition at the Literaturhaus Berlin wished to change...
Werkleitz Festival 2018 – Fetch and Deliver
Not only is logistics a rapidly growing business sector; it also dictates the pace and rhythm of our time. Based on the motto “Holen und Bringen” (Fetch and Deliver), the Werkleitz Festival 2018 aims to investigate the advent of modern logistics...
Writing in Migration
There are many who regard Berlin as Germany’s capital of diversity. Countless cultural events are proof of the internationality of the city’s art scene. African writers play a central role in this, though they are only seldom acknowledged for their...
Queering Holocaust History
For years, researchers and historians of commemorative culture had marginalised the persecution of gay men during the Holocaust, as well as that of other gender-oriented or sexually transgressive people. It was only in the mid-1980s that the memorial...
Why we forget
“Why we forget” was the second temporary exhibition to be presented at the newly constructed Historical Museum Frankfurt, completed in 2017. The exhibition set the tone for the museum’s new orientation, i.e. to address the challenges of urban society...
Exil Ensemble
The subject of escape and the engagement for refugees are increasingly leaving their mark on the daily operations of theatres in Germany. Not only are theatres opening their doors to immigrants, but they’re also trying to present the current social...
africologneFESTIVAL 2017
The africologne Festival was initiated in 2011 as a biennial festival at the Bauturm in Cologne. In 2017 it took place for the fourth time and significantly expanded its international contacts.For the first time in 2017, africologne collaborated with...
A Tale of Two Worlds
The MMK Museum für moderne Kunst was cooperating with the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA) in Argentina on what has been one of the largest exhibitions in its history. Entitled “A Tale of Two Worlds” and financed through the Federal...
Talking about Sahel
Since Muammar al-Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011 during the Arab Spring uprisings in Libya, the Sahel region has struggled to regain stability. It has become the scene of assassinations and hostage-takings, a centre of the weapons and drug trade, and...
The Congo Tribunal
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is rich in natural resources valued at an estimated 300 billion dollars. In light of the rising demand for raw materials around the world in past decades, this wealth in gold, diamonds and coltan has thrown the...