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Drawing is a slower, more intense type of perception: travel sketchers use brush and paper to record their impressions

Travel Sketching
Seven things and the discovery of slowness

Travel memories that remain unfazed by the deluge of selfies: while some people bring countless smartphone photos home with them from every vacation, travel sketchers use brush and paper to record their impressions.

False reports, lies and conspiracy theories spread like wildfire, especially on the internet.

Photo (detail): © Adobe

Fake News
“We cannot simply ignore disinformation”

What can we do about the flood of false reports, lies and conspiracy theories that make the rounds on the internet every day? Journalist and head of broadcaster ARD’s fact finder team, Patrick Gensing talks about parallel worlds, new pressures on journalists, and how fake news both poses a threat to and strengthens established media at the same time.

Today’s environmental movement attaches great importance to providing strong images of their activities for the media – a protest against deforestation by Extinction Rebellion in Berlin 2020.

Photo (detail): © picture alliance/AA/Abdulhamid Hosbas

Environmental Movement
The heirs of the environmental movement are dissatisfied

The climate protectors of Fridays for Future have brought the environment issue back to the streets – just like their predecessors in the 1970s. The older generation does not seem radical enough to the young activists. Both movements, however, have a lot in common.

ProjectsTopics and Projects of Goethe-Institut in Cyprus

Plexiglas frame and wooden blocks with quotes

Photo (Detail): Natalia Cheban

European Diversity
Disappearing Wall

The interactive wall installation Disappearing Wall combines quotes from European high and pop culture to demonstrate Europe’s diversity. From October 2020, the striking installations can be seen in Cyprus.

Photo: Freepik

Virtual readings
#WohnzimmerGedichte

Following the translations workshop Crossing with poets from Germany and Cyprus in the first quarter of 2019, we invited them approximately a year later to share one of their poems with us and to take part in our virtual #WohnzimmerGedichte (living room poems) readings.

Contemporary Art
KunstRaumGoethe

New event-series, which hosts exhibitions of artists and curators of contemporary art, who are connected to Germany and Cyprus in different ways and/or deal with this in their work.

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Travel Sketching
Seven things and the discovery of slowness

Fake News
“We cannot simply ignore disinformation”

Environmental Movement
The heirs of the environmental movement are dissatisfied

ProjectsTopics and Projects of Goethe-Institut in Cyprus

European Diversity
Disappearing Wall

Virtual readings
#WohnzimmerGedichte

Contemporary Art
KunstRaumGoethe

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Exhibitionfoam born

ConcertFaidros Kavallaris – 70 years

Travel Sketching Seven things and the discovery of slowness

Fake News “We cannot simply ignore disinformation”

Environmental Movement The heirs of the environmental movement are dissatisfied

European Diversity Disappearing Wall

Virtual readings #WohnzimmerGedichte

Contemporary Art KunstRaumGoethe

Travel Sketching
Seven things and the discovery of slowness

Fake News
“We cannot simply ignore disinformation”

Environmental Movement
The heirs of the environmental movement are dissatisfied

European Diversity
Disappearing Wall

Virtual readings
#WohnzimmerGedichte

Contemporary Art
KunstRaumGoethe