On October 7, 2023, Hamas' horrific terrorist attack on Israel, on a music festival, villages and kibbutzim, shook the world. We dedicate this day to the memory of the victims and all hostages who are not yet back home. Instead of continuing with our program, we invite you to participate in (commemorative) events organized by […]
A white line across the Berlin Wall. An art action that ended with an arrest in 1986.
The Belarusian musicians Olga Podgaiskaya (organ) and Vitali Appow (soprano saxophone) investigate in their program "Bach is walking", how Johann Sebastian Bach might have experienced the city, had he been in Minsk between 2020 and 2022.
The project emerged as a reaction to the terrible situation in Kharkiv, which is located just 50 km from the Russian border and has been under daily attact since the beginning of the war. nze entfernt liegt und täglich unter Beschuss steht. The authors reflect on the ambivalence of "safety" and on how the sense of safety mutates depending on why and how long you stay in Kharkiv.
In the 1970s, Iranian Zahra is studying medicine at the University of Bucharest. There she forms a deep friendship with her fellow student Maria. When the Iranian revolution overthrows the Shah in 1979, Zahra returnes to her country in the hope of political change. She and Maria continue to write each other letters.
After the film screening of ‘Between Revolutions’ and the subsequent audience discussion, we want to bring the festival to a close with chats, laugther and shared time with everybody who participated.
German workshop: In dem Training lernen wir die Hintergründe, Mechanismen und “Logiken” von Verschwörungstheorien und darauf aufbauend kurz- und mittelfristige Handlungs- und Interventionsmöglichkeiten.
„Contemporary History of Ukraine #18“ (CHU) is an installation by the Ukraininan film maker Oksana Kazmina. Starting with a history of Kyiv's underground scene, the project developed into an open collection of material that tells of crisis-ridden life in contemporary Ukraine.
Based on a map of former uranium mining areas in Saxony and Thuringia, the film Sonne Unter Tage (Sun Underground) embarks on a dizzying journey through time, beneath the earth, above the earth and into space. In doing so, it traces the sedimented narratives that surround the element uranium materially, geopolitically and metaphorically. ‘How can […]
Vortrag von Karolina Uskakovych mit Filmscreening "Boots on the ground, hands in the soil"
