Multilingualism and the arts

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In 2009, awards were given for the media competition “Languages through Lenses”. Accolades went to young filmmakers who created videos focused on the multilingual landscape of Europe.More ...

African schoolchildren are learning German through play: drama exercises are the focus of the “Sprachfluss” (Language Flow) project, which was developed by applied drama specialist Edda Holl. An interview about fruit, large school classes and learning German in Namibia.More ...

Over the past few years Migrantenliteratur (literature written by immigrants living in German-speaking countries) has attracted more and more attention and recognition from readers, critics and academics alike.More ...

Natalie Czech was born in 1976 in Neuss and lives today in Berlin. Since graduating from the Düsseldorf Art Academy, the artist has made a name for herself with exhibitions in Germany and many other countries.More ...

Babak Saed places value on realizing his installations in public spaces. His works are either temporary - or as public art - permanent installations; art in real space. He is a conceptual artist who works with language as his medium.More ...

The second and third generation of immigrants behind the camera has given German cinema a new lease of life and goes way beyond depicting what it is like to be a foreigner in another society, as was the case in the 70s, 80s and 90s.More ...

For roughly two decades now, an unmistakable intercultural diversity has been leaving its mark also on contemporary German-language literature.More ...

Living Multilingualism – Authentic European Writing – An Experiment by Marco PautassoMore ...

The writer and journalist talks with Klaus Hübner about his linguistic homeland, multi-lingualism and ‘literary patchwork identity’.More ...