10 – 16 June: Cultural Events Online
Don't Stop the Music!

Electronic sounds, contemporary music, sound collages and pop music – you name it: music takes centre stage over the next seven days of online events. But the lineup also includes theatre, literary criticism and crisis talks.

 

Daily till Sunday 14 June
FESTIVAL | IMPULSE THEATRE FESTIVAL
 
ACTING ON IMPULSE? Then you’ve come to the right place at the Impulse Theatre Festival! For thirty years now it’s been the pre-eminent platform for independent theatre in German. This year it’s going online: three of its ten visiting "Showcase" performances will be given in a virtual space. And the festival’s "Academy" section about social backgrounds in independent theatre can be streamed as videoconferences.
Languages: German and English or subtitled in English
>>> Impulse Online Festival


Wednesday 10 June, 8 pm
MUSIC | WEZN
MY BODY, MY SELF. The Wezn duo, namely Paul and Maischa, create an electronic soundscape all their own using nothing but das Wesentliche, i.e. the essentials: synthesizer and acoustic drums. On their debut single "My Body", released in November, they take a stand against body-shaming.
>>> WEZN
 

THEATRE | A TRAGEDY MACHINE

TRAGEDIES ROLLING OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE. The reference here is not to coronavirus casualties to date, but to ZDFkultur’s tragedy machine. The machine lets you choose to watch any of the 23 scenes in Eine griechische Trilogie (A Greek Trilogy), a play performed by the Berliner Ensemble under the direction of Simon Stone. As a result, we, the viewers, become armchair dramaturges ourselves, weaving our way through the labyrinth of scenes to zoom in on aspects of the play worth closer scrutiny.
Language: German
>>> Tragödienmaschine (Tragedy Machine)
 
 
Thursday 11 June, 7.30 pm
MUSIC | ENSEMBLE MODERN – LIVE

LAST CHANCE – for music lovers outside of Germany to experience the Ensemble Modern live, after which the musicians will be quitting the virtual stage to go back to playing regular concerts in physical venues. Based in Frankfurt am Main, the Ensemble Modern rank among the world’s leading exponents of New Music. This contemporary classical ensemble comprises a score of soloists from nine different countries, whose multifarious origins make for the group’s diverse cultural background.
>>> Ensemble Modern live
   
Friday 12 June, 10 pm
RAVE | CLUB QUARANTÄNE

DON’T STOP DANCING! The “Quarantine Club” proudly presents an all-star cast of big-name DJs, including Berghain residents, over a three-day weekend to be streamed in 360-degree video. The music starts Friday evening… and doesn’t stop till high noon on Monday. So don't forget to stay home!
>>> Club Quarantäne
 
 
Friday 12 June, 6 pm
DISCUSSION | LITERATURHAUS BERLIN: "WHAT HAPPENED HERE?"

THREE FAMILIARS will be meeting up on Friday evening to introduce five newcomers: historians and literary critics Jörg Baberowski, Jens Bisky and Elke Schmitter will be discussing five new books. For many years this literary trio have been convening regularly on the podium at the Literaturhaus Berlin to discuss the latest literature. And now, for the first time, they’ll be conversing in virtual space. This week’s lineup features Lutz Riler's Stern 111, Monika Helfer’s Die Bagage, Ernst Lothar’s Das Wunder des Überlebens, Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam's Arkadien, and the correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Dolf Sternberger in Ich bin Dir halt ein bisschen zu revolutionär, all of which came out in 2020.
Language: German
>>> Literaturhaus Berlin
 
 
Friday 12 June, 8 pm
MUSIC, TALK | AB SYNTHESE

SYNTHESIZING THE SYNDROME. The pop band AB Syndrom are launching their own show format, AB Synthese, on the streaming platform Dringeblieben. The show features live gigs, interviews and ever-changing guests. This edition’s special guest is the singer Novaa.
Language: German
>>> AB SYNTHESIS
 
 
Saturday 13 June, 8.30 pm
DANCE | INSOMNIA CLUB BERLIN

SLEEPLESS IN BERLIN? The Insomnia Club in Berlin, a magnet for cosmopolitan freaks, urban night owls, polymorphous partygoers, creatives and sleepless globetrotters, streams Berlin's club culture into the wide-awake world every weekend.
>>> Insomnia Club Berlin
 

Monday 15 June, 7 pm
SOUND COLLAGE | KAMPNAGEL HAMBURG: MATRIX

NON-BINARY CYBORGS, humans and machines report on the state of emergency and their lives before and after, from a decolonial queer-feminist perspective, in MATRIX. MATRIX is an experimental sound collage in which Leyla Yenirce collects and arranges voices: voices speaking, shouting, calling out, protesting together – and falling silent. MATRIX is part of the Kampnagel Live Art Festival under the motto #ZIVILERGEHORSAM (civil obedience), a festival that brings together artistic and activist positions for an analog and digital experience in public and private realms.
>>> Matrix
 
 
Tuesday 16 June, 5–7 pm
DISCUSSION | CRISIS IMAGINARIES: CLIMATE TRANSFORMATIONS

A TALE OF TWO CRISES. The climate crisis and the corona crisis converge at this event. Carola Rackete, a German skipper and climate and human rights activist, and Dutch artist Jonas Staal will be asking crucial questions about both crises: What transformations are necessary at this pivotal point in history? How can they be implemented? Rackete calls for action in the form of civil disobedience and global climate justice against the “slow violence” of the destruction of whole societies and ecosystems in the global South. Staal explores the relationship between art and propaganda.
Language: English
>>> Climate Transformations