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Brass PopBrass is beautiful

La BrassBanda, pioneers of brass pop Photo © Stefan Bausewein Looking at the figures, eighteen per cent of music listeners in Germany feel comfortable with brass music, while about twice the number can’t do anything with it. Nevertheless, brass bands performing pop pieces have long been filling big halls. Because it doesn’t always have be traditional. [more …]

Women Writers and WarClose to the horror

War scenery Photo: © AbdukadirSavas/iStockphoto War is no longer the exclusive domain of male authors – three books by German-speaking women writers about guilt, repression and omnipresent fear. [more …]

Top Ten German Film FestivalsBeyond the mainstream

Hofer Filmtage: Heinz Badewitz and Wim Wenders are testing the new ceiling cinema Weisse Wand Photo (detail): © Evelyn Kutschera Germany prides itself in having film festivals dedicated to almost every genre and region in the world. The scene is unique worldwide – and so diverse that one tends to almost lose track of them all. Film critic, Michael Kohler, presents his ten favorite festivals. [more …]

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Picture Politics

The Rise of Ireland's Right-Wing © Fergal McCarthy Comic artists and illustrators confront prejudices, fears and fake news about the refugee crisis.
 

Fading Memories

Fading Memories © Joseph Carr Photography Fading memories is devoting a year of international events to the themes of privacy and data ownership in the digital age against the backdrop of developments in the countries of north-western Europe.

Voices of Memory

Irish National War Memorial Gardens Photo: Goethe-Institut/Eugene Langan Voices of Memory. A Riverside Sound Art Installation at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens by Christina Kubisch is a contemporary remembrance of the more than 49,000 Irish people who died in the First World War.

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