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Televisions. Historical Narratives of New Music on Television
In spring 2019 the MaerzMusik festival focused on the theme of history writing. As part of the festival, the project “Televisions” investigated how Western art music is represented in the medium of television. In what way has New Music become a...
Image Battles / Batailles d’Images
“Image Battles” was the first part of a joint research project by the choreographer Stephanie Thiersch and composer Brigitta Muntendorf on the relationships between music and dance. The artists wished to upset our typical viewing and listening habits...
Voices of Africa
For the past decade, the project “Voices of Africa” has celebrated the diversity of languages and literature on the African continent. The project has made it more apparent than ever how important translation is for understanding other peoples and...
Build!
In 2018 a new international centre for literature opened at Burg Hülshoff, the birthplace of the famous poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Parallel to the ongoing renovation work and planned extensions to the historical building, this project has...
Game of Drones
Drones collect data for security agencies and researchers, farmers employ them to combat pests, and many private people use them as toys. No longer do drones merely serve military purposes. Just in 2017 alone, some 400,000 of these remote-controlled,...
smart as photography
It is hard to imagine life without smartphones. We use them everywhere, on plazas and in public buildings, in museums, cinemas and even our bedrooms. Every minute, smartphones are used to create billions of new photos – images that not only depict...
Up in Arms
This exhibition and research project drew attention to the globally expanding defence industry as the starting point for a critical examination of the arms trade. By combining artistic work, activist practices and scientific research, the curatorial...
Artists & Agents
The communist regimes of the former East Bloc countries regarded performance art to be an especially subversive Western art form and consequently kept it under surveillance by their secret services. These activities became known when the secret...
Bani Abidi: They Died Laughing
The artist Bani Abidi from Karachi, Pakistan is one of the most remarkable artists of her generation. As the daughter of Indian parents, Abidi grew up in Pakistan, lived in the United States for many years, and now resides in Berlin. In her films,...
