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Goethe im Garten

In cooperation with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, our community garden located at the Goethe-Institut in Sydney, has been designed to promote gardening, sustainability and positive food habits.
Kaldor Public Art Projects: Thomas Demand "The Dailies" (Detail) 2012 © Photo Paul Green

Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects

Kaldor Public Art Projects celebrates its 50th anniversary and takes over the Art Gallery of NSW with the exhibition Making Art Public.
The Goethe-Institut has frequently collaborated with Kaldor Public Art Projects, and this partnership continues in the current program.
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Kinder Uni

The digital Kinder University is an innovative educational project for children aged 8-12. A key aspect of the Kinder University is its online platform which is accessible to everyone free of charge.
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Antenna Documentary Film Festival

Australia´s international documentary film festival is back to present a brand new program of the most talked-about films on the circuit, with its usual focus on independent and cutting-edge movies. This 9th edition will open with the Australian premiere of the new Werner Herzog film Nomad: in the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Foto: Tillmann Franzen, 2018 / © Tillmann Franzen / © VG Bild-Kunst

Celebrating 100 Years of Bauhaus

To commemorate the global influence of the Bauhaus school of design, architecture, and applied arts, we collaborate with our Australian partners to present a string of exciting projects.

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Culture

Sydney Underground Film FestivalThe Uwe Boll Story: Controversy, criticism and a chaotic career

"The Uwe Boll Story" screen shot © F*** You All: The Uwe Boll Story. There’s little to say about Uwe Boll that hasn’t already been said. Fiercely opinionated and forcefully determined to let everyone know it, the German director has uttered much of it himself.

250 years of Alexander von HumboldtCracks in the memorial

Critical voices are chipping away at the monument to scientist Alexander von Humboldt. Photo (detail): © picture-alliance/dpa-Zentralbild/Heinz Krimmer Alexander von Humboldt has many enthusiastic supporters, but also some critics. On the science superstar’s 250th birthday, experts warn that his greatness as a person has been exaggerated, though no one disputes his accomplishments as a researcher.

Bicultural Urbanite BriannaPaddling and pickles in Spreewald

Spreewald © Brianna Summers About an hour outside Berlin lies a magical, swampy forest. The ancient growth is dissected by a series of picturesque streams and canals, making it irresistible to otters, dragonflies and tourists in fibreglass watercraft.

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On the road in Germany

© Omar Sotillo Franco/Unsplash, edited by Goethe-Institut What’ll I cook when the fridge is empty at the end of the month? How will I save the world in the process? And how will I survive University? At goethe.de/nofilter you can find tips, curiosities and funny stories about living in Germany.

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