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PUNK @ 50
Alle Gegen Alles

This issue of GEGENÜBER presents punk not as a closed chapter in pop history, but as a source of cultural energy that feels surprisingly at home in the present: unruly, creative, sometimes irritating, sometimes inspiring, and still difficult to tame. Punk Is Not Dead. It's 50!

Lectures | Sunday, August 23 + Monday, August 31, 2026 | EISODE
Flat Body Plas-tic Jailbreak

Lecture 1: August 23 at 2:00 pm
Lecture 2: August 31 at 7:00 pm

As part of the installation Paracetamol Overclock

A semi-fictional, pseudo-conference by Diego on neuro-technological rewirings, puppetry as method, and flat bodies as ductile anorganic surfaces for nemocentric anti-sensing.
 

Artist Talk | Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 5:30 pm | Goethe-Institut
Gali Blay & Leila Zelli

Hybrid artist talk with Gali Blay (online) and Leila Zelli, moderated by Erandy Vergara Vargas, curator of the exhibition Collective Forms of Care.

Leila Zelli (from Iran, now living in Montréal, Canada) and Gali Blay (from Israel, now living in Berlin, Germany) are two critical artists and filmmakers who decided to resist the narrative of fear and rivalry created by the governments of Israel and Iran by creating the short animated film About Dam and Hofit, which is being presented as part of the exhibition Collective Forms of Care in Montréal.

Current music from Germany
Popcast #8/2026

This month's Popcast takes you through the current German music scene, from Munich rapper Fatoni's sharp-witted hip-hop to DJ Plead's genre-blurring productions, which weave contemporary electronic textures together with Arab musical traditions. Discover the full lineup of featured artists in the August Popcast edition.

Media art
Collective Forms of Care

In a world increasingly marked by divisive and offensive language amplified by public figures and social media, an important question is how targeted communities respond. This selection of works encourages thoughtful reflection on such hostility.

Translation grant program

Our translation funding programme supports the publication of books by German authors in another language.

Goethe on Demand
SUMMER. SUN. DRAMA.

Achtung Buch! #17 in "Gegenüber" magazine
"Kairos" by Jenny Erpenbeck

Watch Marie-Pierre's take on the novel Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck in the newest episode of our Booktube series, Achtung Buch!

Ingeborg Bachmann in der Onleihe

Eine Auswahl von Werken der österreichischen Schriftstellerin Ingeborg Bachmann, die Sie in unserer digitale Bibliothek entdecken können.

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The German Language Column
Word!

The rules of the language, the origin of new vocabulary and the latest, most important changes in the use of the language - these and other exciting topics are the focus of our column about the German language.