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documenta 14
Learning from the South

Quinn Latimer, Editor-in-Chief of documenta 14 Publications, speaks about the South as a learning process, documenta’s public programme taking place in Athens and language as a liberating act. [more …]
NUTS konrad on pedals© Goethe-Institut Namibia Music

Music is a universal language
Namibians are open to explore

Music is an international language that everybody can speak because it breaks the cultural barriers and brings people together.
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Double housing unit Le Corbusier | Weißenhofsiedlung | StuttgartPhoto (detail) © gonzález/weissenhofmuseum Architecture

World Heritage Le Corbusier
Modernist icons in Stuttgart

Two avant-garde residential buildings by architect Le Corbusier in Stuttgart have been designated as World Heritage. A late triumph for the achievement of modernism. [more …]
Gabi Ngcobo, curator 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary ArtPhoto: Masimba Sasa Visual Arts

Gabi Ngcobo
“We are all postcolonial“

The appointed curator of the Berlin Biennale 2018, Gabi Ngcobo, speaks about postcolonialism and the importance of revisiting history. [more …]
Hall of Fame, Mauerpark – different artistsPhoto (detail): © Karo Krämer Modern Life

Graffiti and Street Art
Berlin Not for Sale

Multi-coloured lettering on high-rise buildings, gigantic figures painted over in black out of protest, advertising with wall paintings – graffiti in Berlin has many faces. Goethe.de invites you on a special walk through the city. [more …]
“Pulse of Europe” founder Daniel Röder at one of the demonstrations for Europe, surrounded by blue balloons and flags in Frankfurt am MainPhoto (detail): © Tim Wegner Society and Current Affairs

Initiative “Pulse of Europe”
Politics is what you make of it

Tens of thousands have been demonstrating for months in Germany – for example, at the “Pulse of Europe” rallies. They want to send a signal: Europe is important to us citizens. [more …]
Apartment house | Ho Chi Minh Stadt | Vo Trong Nghia ArchitectsPhoto (detail): Hiroyuki Oki Architecture

Social Architecture in Vietnam
Trees that grow from houses

Social engagement and climate-adapted construction are central topics in international architectural discourse. Anh-Linh Ngo, architect and co-editor of the journal ARCH+, was born in Vietnam and has lived in Germany for many years. He elucidates current developments in Vietnam on these issues and what we can learn from Vietnamese architects. [more …]