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Listen Closely
 Sound of X

How can we reconnect with the spaces we live in, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced people all over the world into isolation?

The artists of Sound of X propose answers: using sounds, noises, and acoustics as the basis for their urban re-imaginations, they have explored their sonic environment. The resulting videosoundscapes offer a unique experience of our cities. 

Nine videos from Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand mark the start of Sound of X, now to be seen and heard on the project website.

News from culture and society

Source code is like a recipe: algorithms shape our day-to-day lives. Photo (detail): © Adobe

Artificial Intelligence
 Algorithms are like recipes

But the ingredients have to be carefully selected to ensure that a dish tastes good: Algorithm expert Sebastian Schelter talks about artificial intelligence, how it takes decisions off our hands, and how this impacts our lives.

Talking in coloured pictures: “Queer Comic Conversations” Photo (detail): Anna Heger and Sam Orchard

Web Comic Series: “Queer Comic Conversations”
 Together in Colour

The artists Anna Heger and Sam Orchard send their avatars to various places in New Zealand and Germany for the comic series “Queer Comic Conversations”. They talk about their experiences as queer people, encounters with hatred and violence and about support systems.

Bad Berleburg in North Rhine-Westphalia received the German Sustainability Award for Small Towns in 2020. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Norbert Probst/imageBROKER

Sustainable Towns
 Digital villages, green towns

Germany’s most sustainable towns and cities rely on the participation of their residents. Quite a lot can be achieved even with comparatively few financial resources.

In Focus

Drawn picture; 2 people sit next to each other, inbetween them plays a radio Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

Time to listen

The current situation has forced many people around the world to stay at home and follow the news. In this isolation they hear the news of a global crisis and threat. As in Boccaccio's “Il Decamerone” and many other myths and books of other cultures, the description of the disaster is followed by stories. The project “Time to listen” presents a collection of stories - told by storytellers from all genres of art, from all over the world.

Queer Comic Conversations banner © Illi Anna Heger + Sam Orchard

Comic
 Queer Comic Conversations

Queer Comic Conversations is a webcomic series by artists Illi Anna Heger and Sam Orchard where they discuss similarities and differences about queer and trans lives.The series stretches from July to December 2020; every month, a new episode will be released.

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