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Filmmaker Persiel

“I Want to Work with Genuine Content”

The German film scene has gained a new luminary since career changer Marten Persiel’s film This Ain’t California became a sleeper hit. The skateboarding documentary is only the beginning, the director is certain. A portrait of a generalist. By Lisa MayerhöferMore ...
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Picturing German Learners
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Early Music for Later Days:

As Sweet as Ice Cream
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Football and Culture:

A Love Story

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Tatiana Trouvé: Untitled, from the series Intranquillity, 2012 | Photo: Fabrice Gousset © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2013

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Troublemakers in the Art World


Through 26 January 2014, a double exhibition is presenting collages by artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

  • Coming and going – Edgar Reitz about his new film

    The new film from Edgar Reitz, Die andere Heimat. Chronik einer Sehnsucht comes out in German theaters on October 4th 2013. We spoke with the director about how the cycle of leaving and returning has influenced his life.
  • History is Made – the Heritage of Dance

    For some years, there has been growing interest in the cultural heritage of dance – and funding policy, artistic practice and the New Media are playing together.
  • Mapping the information jungle

    How can design be used to enhance the people’s understanding of an entire country, the European Union or the respective legislation? Different projects are working on the visualisation of huge amounts of information and complex matters.

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