Iranian Parliament nationalizes Oil Industry © Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad, 2011

Kolkata: February 5th – 28thGames and Politics

The interactive exhibition with and on Video Games, on display at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata, encourages the visitor to try out sixteen significant politically-ambitious video games and examine how they each unfold their unique political potential.

Poster design (Ausschnitt): Anuja Ghosalkar © Anuja Ghosalkar

Bangalore: January 25 - 27Documents-Fiction-Falseness

The workshop Documents-Fiction-Falseness by German dramaturge Kai Tuchmann flags off the global series of Starting Realities, curated by Anuja Ghosalkar & Kai Tuchmann, and designed to build audiences, pedagogy and new practitioners for documentary theatre in India.

Photo (detail): © picture alliance/dpa-Zentralbild/Klaus Grabowski

Algorithmic GovernanceTotal surveillance

Algorithms that reward or penalise the citizens of a country on the basis of collated data – in places like China and India, “algorithmic governance” has long been a reality. But even in Germany, computer software already takes decisions that have consequences for many people’s lives.

Photo (detail): picture alliance/dpa/Stefan Jaitner

Provenance researchThe long arm of colonialism

Scheduled to open in 2019, the Humboldt Forum with its collection of objects of non-European origin was conceived as a space of cultural encounter and understanding. But serious questions have arisen about how German and European cultural institutions are responding to critical questions about the restitution of artefacts brought in by colonialism.

KlassikcastCurrent from the classical scene

Our first Klassikcast went online a year ago, in November 2017. Month for month we have been showcasing artists, their music and their stories. It’s been an eventful year covering the opening of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, the Bayreuth Festival, up-and-coming talents and established stars, as well as a number of jubilees and premieres. And now we’re celebrating our own first anniversary!