Reflections on the public sphere Beyond the screen

From September 2023 to early February 2024, the Goethe-Institut Montreal presents a programme of 20 video works from n.b.k Video-Forum’s extensive video art collection, curated by Anna Lena Seiser.

Videostill Kristina Paustian, Positions, 2018 © die Künstlerin / n.b.k. © Kristina Paustian / n.b.k.

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Bibliothek Zeitschriften/Leseraum im Goethe-Institut Montreal © Jean Guy Lambert

Subjects and Projects

Robot in Residence
Robots & Algorithms

In summer 2023, the Goethe-Institut Montreal hosted a NAO robot and, together with its local partners Milieux, Hexagram and Eastern Bloc, invited young scientists and artists to submit creative project proposals using the robot.

Ritualizing Care © OpenAi/Dall-E © OpenAi/Dall-E

Reflections on the public sphere
Beyond the screen

From September to early February 2024, the Goethe-Institut Montreal, in cooperation with the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), will present a screening programme of 20 video works from n.b.k Video-Forum’s extensive video art collection, curated by Anna Lena Seiser (Head of Collection n.b.k. Video-Forum).

On display are videos by renowned artists from Germany, such as Hito Steyerl, Alicia Kwade and Antje Ehmann, who are no strangers to Quebec - but also video works by international artists, such as Pilvi Takala, Richard Serra and Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.

Videostill Kristina Paustian, Positions, 2018 © die Künstlerin / n.b.k. © Kristina Paustian / n.b.k. © Kristina Paustian / n.b.k.

Monthly film series now at the Cinémathèque québécoise
ACHTUNG FILM !

Beginning in September 2023, the Cinémathèque québécoise (335 De Maisonneuve Blvd. East, H2X 1K1) will showcase the richness and diversity of contemporary German cinema once a month with feature films, documentaries, bold and entertaining productions by established and emerging directors.

AUTUMN/WINTER 2023: MYTHS & MUSIC
This autumn's program highlights music and myths, as well as legendary operas. The films presented are distinguished by their soundtracks, which give these works a driving force, an individual and atmospheric rhythm, and become, through this conceptual quality, tools for creating images and imaginations.

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