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Over three days, “Latitude” presented artistic contributions and debates. Illustration: © EL BOUM

“Latitude” Festival Media Library
 Messy, Painful, and Long Overdue

What role does the colonial era play in the cultures of remembrance in Namibia, Germany, or India and how does that era influence the present? Urvashi Butalia, Nelago Shilongoh, Mark Terkessidis, and René Aguigah discussed this at the “Latitude” festival. 

Das Logo des Projekts Earth Speakr © Olafur Eliasson

A participatory, Europe-wide work of art

“Earth Speakr” is an artwork created by Olafur Eliasson with his studio, kids, creative partners, researchers, and experts. The open-ended artwork launches officially 1 July and will evolve over the course of 2020 with the active participation of kids across the EU. It is funded by the Federal Foreign Office on the occasion of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2020 and realised in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut.

Tell me about Europe Collage (Detail): © privat/TEMPUS CORPORATE

New Issue "das goethe"
 Tell me about Europe

The first issue of 2020 launches the fifth publication year of "das goethe". So it’s practically an anniversary issue, which, this time, is devoted entirely to Europe. Based on the project "Tell Me about Europe", in five interviews two generations talk about European lives, opinions, and ideals.