German Content: German Impressionist Art in Canada and Film Fest Party in Yorkville
Ort: Kanada
Ereignis: Zum Launch des Goethe-Institut Webprojekts "Expressionismus im Klassenzimmer" sowie zur europäischen TIFF-Empfang.
There is more and more German content in our Canadian cultural landscape to be found. In the arts there has been for a long time a strong presence of famous artists of longstanding disciplines like composers and painters, as well as those of newer artistic endeavours, like in the entertainment and film making industry. In manufacturing technology/engineering and design German content has always been rated highly and the appreciation is still growing, often due to the merging of companies from across the ocean with North American firms. (…)
German Impressionist Art in Canada
Seeing Dr. Arpad Soelter standing under a huge, very Canadian piece of banner-like art in the McMaster Gallery in Hamilton’s university of the same name touched a cord in many peoples mind. Who knew that the museum has such a large collection of Impressionist German art? And how grateful we should be, because many of these artists were certainly not allowed during WWII. Their work fell later under the label of "Entartete Kunst". It is hard to believe that someone like Kaethe Kollwitz would be on such a list. But the work of these artists reflects what was going on in Germany, how much the people suffered from hunger, lack of work, displacement, and just generally the trend of industrialisation before and after WWI.
This exhibit, put together by McMaster University Hamilton in conjunction with the Goethe Institute Toronto is meant to be a teaching tool for students, teachers and laymen alike. For one year an interactive website will discuss this remarkable collection and be available to all who are interested. You find the interactive website at www.goethe-mcmaster.com . And by the way, the gallery/museum is always worth a visit. It has a few extraordinary treasures to offer. Go to www.mcmaster.ca/museum for details.
The unveiling of this event drew an interesting mix of a crowd. There were art students, teachers from as far away as Waterloo University, Kitchener and Toronto. Curators spoke, as did German Vice Consul Christoph M. Fabis and Dr. Soelter from the Goethe Institute. Greg Rennick, an Education Officer at the university, thanked all the individuals who helped make this project a reality, and the list is quite long.
(…) Anyone who is interested in German culture should check out the Goethe Institute. Never before have there been so many interesting projects. The team at the institute under Dr. Arpad Soelter has done wonders for our image and the forwarding of German culture. The cooperation between European consulates and cultural institutions is at an all time high, as is evidenced again and again with the now annual EU Film Fest, a Nuit Blanche event of Euro Night ‘06, which was kicked off at the Harbour Castle Hotel Toronto by invitation of the Instituto Italiano di Cultura together with the Consulates of Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands; and the many other happenings.
Film Fest Party in Yorkville
The International Film Fest Toronto is undisputedly one of the best and biggest in the world now and has quite a bit of clout in the Oscar nod department. Many a film that went on to win the big honour has been shown here first. Toronto is sort of the hand on the pulse of the industry, and big celebrities love coming here. Every year there are also many German films being shown, and this year was no different. (…) (A) group of consulates also got together this year to throw a party in honour of their country’s contributions to the film fest. A fashion agency, featuring Versace and other Italian lines, with a posh Yorkville address, was the location chosen for this event.
Rubbing elbows with the celebs was easy there; in fact it was unavoidable, because of space limitations.
We spotted Margarethe von Trotta, again in red boots, the kind she seems to have a penchant for as we discovered 2 years ago, when she was here with Rosenstrasse, and Sandra Huetten, star of Requiem, a disturbing film about exorcism in Germany. (Report in the next issue of Echo Germanica) and then there was Dr. Arpad Soelter again, always near the entrance, greeting people, helping them to find someone, smiling, directing traffic. People naturally gravitate towards him. He has got to be the most extrovert ambassador of German culture we had in a long time. Together with his wife Beata, who is liaised with the Polish Consulate, he turns up at any cultural affair Germany is represented.
A great time was had by all who were invited and, I dare say, all who crashed the party, which went on for much longer than anticipated.
Ereignis: Zum Launch des Goethe-Institut Webprojekts "Expressionismus im Klassenzimmer" sowie zur europäischen TIFF-Empfang.
There is more and more German content in our Canadian cultural landscape to be found. In the arts there has been for a long time a strong presence of famous artists of longstanding disciplines like composers and painters, as well as those of newer artistic endeavours, like in the entertainment and film making industry. In manufacturing technology/engineering and design German content has always been rated highly and the appreciation is still growing, often due to the merging of companies from across the ocean with North American firms. (…)
German Impressionist Art in Canada
Seeing Dr. Arpad Soelter standing under a huge, very Canadian piece of banner-like art in the McMaster Gallery in Hamilton’s university of the same name touched a cord in many peoples mind. Who knew that the museum has such a large collection of Impressionist German art? And how grateful we should be, because many of these artists were certainly not allowed during WWII. Their work fell later under the label of "Entartete Kunst". It is hard to believe that someone like Kaethe Kollwitz would be on such a list. But the work of these artists reflects what was going on in Germany, how much the people suffered from hunger, lack of work, displacement, and just generally the trend of industrialisation before and after WWI.
This exhibit, put together by McMaster University Hamilton in conjunction with the Goethe Institute Toronto is meant to be a teaching tool for students, teachers and laymen alike. For one year an interactive website will discuss this remarkable collection and be available to all who are interested. You find the interactive website at www.goethe-mcmaster.com . And by the way, the gallery/museum is always worth a visit. It has a few extraordinary treasures to offer. Go to www.mcmaster.ca/museum for details.
The unveiling of this event drew an interesting mix of a crowd. There were art students, teachers from as far away as Waterloo University, Kitchener and Toronto. Curators spoke, as did German Vice Consul Christoph M. Fabis and Dr. Soelter from the Goethe Institute. Greg Rennick, an Education Officer at the university, thanked all the individuals who helped make this project a reality, and the list is quite long.
(…) Anyone who is interested in German culture should check out the Goethe Institute. Never before have there been so many interesting projects. The team at the institute under Dr. Arpad Soelter has done wonders for our image and the forwarding of German culture. The cooperation between European consulates and cultural institutions is at an all time high, as is evidenced again and again with the now annual EU Film Fest, a Nuit Blanche event of Euro Night ‘06, which was kicked off at the Harbour Castle Hotel Toronto by invitation of the Instituto Italiano di Cultura together with the Consulates of Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands; and the many other happenings.
Film Fest Party in Yorkville
The International Film Fest Toronto is undisputedly one of the best and biggest in the world now and has quite a bit of clout in the Oscar nod department. Many a film that went on to win the big honour has been shown here first. Toronto is sort of the hand on the pulse of the industry, and big celebrities love coming here. Every year there are also many German films being shown, and this year was no different. (…) (A) group of consulates also got together this year to throw a party in honour of their country’s contributions to the film fest. A fashion agency, featuring Versace and other Italian lines, with a posh Yorkville address, was the location chosen for this event.
Rubbing elbows with the celebs was easy there; in fact it was unavoidable, because of space limitations.
We spotted Margarethe von Trotta, again in red boots, the kind she seems to have a penchant for as we discovered 2 years ago, when she was here with Rosenstrasse, and Sandra Huetten, star of Requiem, a disturbing film about exorcism in Germany. (Report in the next issue of Echo Germanica) and then there was Dr. Arpad Soelter again, always near the entrance, greeting people, helping them to find someone, smiling, directing traffic. People naturally gravitate towards him. He has got to be the most extrovert ambassador of German culture we had in a long time. Together with his wife Beata, who is liaised with the Polish Consulate, he turns up at any cultural affair Germany is represented.
A great time was had by all who were invited and, I dare say, all who crashed the party, which went on for much longer than anticipated.
von Sybille Forster-Rentmeister, Echo Germanica, Oktober 2006
info@toronto.goethe.org
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