Culture © Goethe-Institut News from culture and society Illustration (detail): © Goethe-Institut e.V. 2021 Take Me to the River A Living Archive (11 February 2021) In the online exhibition Take Me to the River by the Goethe-Institut and Prince Claus Fund, artists explore the consequences of climate change for indigenous peoples. The curator Maya El Khalil and her assistant Danielle Makhoul spoke about the interface of art and sustainability and the importance of indigenous perspectives in art. 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. Photo (detail): © Adobe Sustainability A world without plastic Plastic bans, disposable dinnerware made of bioplastics, and streets made of plastic waste: countries, companies and private citizens are all pursuing initiatives that show what the world would be like without plastic. In Focus 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. © 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. Service Photo: Goethe-Institut/ Loredana La Rocca eLibrary Foto: © Goethe-Institut Budapest Translation programme © Goethe-Institut │Photo: Loredana La Rocca Reading Room Top