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Wilde Lieder
On 5 May 1818, Karl Marx was born in Trier. Two hundred years later, his ideas remain the focus of continued debate and discussion. His analyses on the cyclic nature of crises, on globalisation and the alienation of labour have hardly diminished in...
Im/possible bodies
The “Sexual Revolution” was born fifty years ago this year, and with it came a lasting, fundamental process of liberalisation which continues today – from the introduction of the birth control pill to the legalisation of same-sex marriages. With each...
Happiness Machine
The Austrian political scientist Christian Felber developed a concept for a new economic order, an “economy for the common good” which benefits everyone. Instead of focusing on competition, he calls for an economy based on cooperation, solidarity,...
The Walter Kempowski Project
Walter Kempowski’s (1929–2007) autobiographical novels, “German Chronicals” were responsible for putting the author on the literary map. In this novel series, Kempowski delves into his own family history and depicts scenes which illustrate the...
With Feeling
Puppet theatre productions from 25 countries had been invited to explore the theme of feelings and sensations at the Munich festival. Most theatre pieces rely wholly on sight and hearing, but in these plays, other senses, such as smelling and...
We Have Delivered Ourselves from the Tonal – of, with, towards, on Julius Eastman
The African-American composer, musician and performer Julius Eastman (1940-1990) was a leading figure of American minimal music of the 1970s and 1980s. Following his premature death, he was quickly forgotten, but as of late people have been...
Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts
Post Studio is the name of the now legendary university department, initiated by the artist John Baldessari in 1970 at the then newly established California Institute of the Arts, or CalArts, for short. Post Studio advocated a concept that shifted...
AMBITUS Art and Music in the 21st Century
The fine arts and music have become more and more intertwined in recent years. This has made it increasingly difficult to ascribe one or the other genre to a growing body of works. We are seeing performance and video artists making use of existing...
Wrested from Oblivion
The Ukrainian composer Alexander Weprik was a musical child prodigy who received a professorship at the Moscow Conservatory at the age of 24. In the 1920s and 30s, he was one of the best-known Soviet composers on the international scene. Hermann...
Lorenza Böttner
This retrospective in Stuttgart and Barcelona offered a comprehensive study of Lorenza Böttner’s artistic estate. Böttner was an extraordinary artist in many ways. She was born in Chile to parents of German descent and christened Ernst Lorenz...
