Soldiers returning home have already been pictured in several movies, such as Ted Kotcheff’s “First Blood” or Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker”. Usually, the actual return to home and thus to a completely different reality, is just a small part. Andrew Kavanagh’s short film “Welcome Home Allen” (Australia 2016, 11′) focusses on this issue, with an approach that is both surprising and convincing. Read more…
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On 24 February 2016, the documentary
“Kriegsfotografinnen: Der Kampf um Bilder, Leben und Tod” (women war photographers: fighting for pictures, lives and death) by
Sigrid Faltin will have its premiere at Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin. After the screening,
Pascale Hugues (Le Point) talks with
Christine Spengler, one of the film’s photographers.
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On 12 January 2013, the exhibition
“Alois Nebel – Graphic Novel by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromir 99” will open on two parallel locations:
Akademie für Illustration und Design Berlin (AID Berlin) and
Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin (Czech Centre Berlin). Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír “Jaromir 99” Švejdík show the origination process of their successful three-volume
graphic novel about the life of train director
Alois Nebel (2003-2005), that has been made into a
film in 2011 by
Tomáš Luňák (and was awarded the
European Film Award 2012 as best animated feature film.
“Alois Nebel” addresses the issue of the
forced displacement of Sudeten-Germans from Czechoslovakia after the end of the
Second World War.
Jaromir 99 (* 1963) lives in Prague as comic artist, painter and musician. Jaroslav Rudiš (* 1972) works as author, screenwriter and playwright; he writes in Czech and German and lives in the Czech Republic and Germany. Read more…
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From 17 October 2012 to 10 February 2013, the
Deutsche Historische Museum (German Historical Museum, DHM) Berlin presents the 30th
Council of Europe Art Exhibition
“The Desire for Freedom – Art in Europe since 1945”. Not the least it is most interesting that the tradition of
Enlightenment is the centre of reference instead of the two-bloc confrontation between the East and the West
Cold War, as one might have assumed. Thus, multifaceted approaches towards freedom by 113 artists from 28 countries can be seen; paintings, drawings, photos, videos and installations by e.g.
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Gerhard Richter, René Magritte, Richard Hamilton, Tadeusz Kantor, Erik Bulatov, Aurora Reinhard and
Christo, to name a few
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Soon, THE art event of 2011 is about to begin: on 4 June, the 54th Biennale di Venezia, curated by Bice Curiger with this time’s title “ILLUMInazioni” will be opened. Again this year, critics will point out how very outdated national pavillons are in the time of globalisation. And again this year, the many national pavillons will demonstrate the different ways of (re)presenting art.
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In 1988, the media art festival transmediale was founded under its name “VideoFilmFest” in the periphery of the film festival Berlinale; in 1998, it recieved its current name. There is not only a conference, but also an open competition, an exhibition and various side events. This year’s subject is called “RESPONSE:ABILITY”. In 2011, too, several works address war.
Aesthetics of Disappearance by Jananne Al-Anis (2010) Read more…
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