Benjamim Maack wrote an interesting article on the work of Heinz Rühmann during Nazi Germany, to be read at SPIEGEL online from January 28th 2009. Continue reading “How to happily perish”
Month: January 2009
Memorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism
Since 1996, Germany has a memorial day for the victims of National Socialism on the day the Concentration Camps in Auschwitz had been liberated by Sowjet troops. Continue reading “Memorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism”
Berlinale – Berlin Film Festival Programme online
The Programme of the 59th Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival, February 5th – 15th 2009) is online from today. Continue reading “Berlinale – Berlin Film Festival Programme online”
Anti-Semitism? Anti-Zionism? Criticising Israel? (Berlin
Eröffnung der Ausstellung “Antisemitismus? Antizionismus? Israelkritik?” im Deutschen Bundestag Continue reading “Anti-Semitism? Anti-Zionism? Criticising Israel? (Berlin”
Embedded Art – Art in the Name of Security
On January 23rd 2009 at 1900h, the exhibition Embedded Art – Art in the Name of Security in the Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) will open in Berlin.1 The exhibition’s concept was designed by the artists’ group BBM (Beobachter der Bediener von Maschinen, Observers of Operators of Machines) that exists since 1989, together with the Akademie der Künste. Continue reading “Embedded Art – Art in the Name of Security”
- Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin, Tel. +49-30/200 57-1000 ↩
Michel Valentino: Valkyrie – Return of a Myth
Michel Valentino’s disturbing Works on “Valkyrie – Return of a Myth”
Reading on the current coverage of today’s German release date of the movie Valkyrie,1 I came across the both impressive and disturbing works of Michel Valentino.
Continue reading “Michel Valentino: Valkyrie – Return of a Myth”
- See the Wartist entry on the German movie title; the European premiere of Valkyrie was on 20 January 2009. ↩
For my Father (German release date)
The Israeli-German movie “For my Father” (Sof Shavua B’Tel Aviv; German: Alles für meinen Vater) about a Palestinian suicide bomber is getting released today in Germany. Continue reading “For my Father (German release date)”
Zhang Huan – Memory Doors (Zurich)
Zhang Huan’s Solo Exhibition at Haunch of Venison Zurich Continue reading “Zhang Huan – Memory Doors (Zurich)”
Valkyrie (European Premiere)
Another excellent German film title (not): The Hitler errr Stauffenberg Assassination. “Valkyrie” already rocked the media boot a little bit: how could the bloody American dare to picturise a thoroughly German hero’s epic like that of the conspirators of 20 July 1944, while there are already quite some German films about it? But there were even more signs of the Occident’s doom, as its leading actor is not even a proper Christian! Now, the film premieres in Europe. Continue reading “Valkyrie (European Premiere)”