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Aktuelle Projekte

Goethe-Kino unter den Sternen ©Goethe-Institut Saudi Arabia

#Kino
 Goethe-Kino unter den Sternen

Looking for a unique and unforgettable night out? Join us for our film program at the Institute and immerse yourself in the world of cinema under the stars

PB_OPENING_AZBUKA-STRIKES-BACK_2022 ©photo Rina-Nakono

#OpenCall
 OPEN CALL: In-Practice Residency with Slavs and Tatars 2023

For the second year, Art Jameel and Goethe-Institut Saudi Arabia are collaborating to offer an opportunity for Saudi-based experienced artists and practitioners to join internationally renowned collective Slavs and Tatars as part of an in-practice residency and mentorship programme exploring the confluence of theory and practice, discourse and production.

Art

Theatre and Digitality Lecture performance in interaction © Akademie für Theater und Digitalität

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 Theatre and Digitality Lecture performance in interaction

The Academy for Theatre and Digitality is a globally unique model project for digital innovation, artistic research and technology-oriented education and training for all types of performing arts. The focus of artistic research is the question how digital tools can be used meaningfully and sensually on, in front of and behind the stage: So what can a theatre of the future look like that is open to digital change and its possibilities?
 

Shortfilm klink ©RedSeaFilm

#OpenCall
 Open Call: ShortFilm Klinik

The Goethe-Institut and the Red Sea Film Festival in cooperation with the Film Academy Baden- Württemberg, Ludwigsburg (Germany) call for submissions for a unique three part scriptwriting clinic that leads to a production of three final films in the category Live Action Short Film.

International Cinema: Berlinale 2023 on Ruya© Tobias Scharnk, Goethe-Institut

Ruya

RUYA (Arabic for “vision” or “perspective”) is the multimedia magazine of the Goethe-Institut in the Arab countries in North Africa and the Middle East. RUYA gives voice to the countless perspectives in the region on current cultural and socio-political issues.

Kultur und Gesellschaft

Targmat:na © Targmat:na

Targmat:na

Deutschsprachige Literatur in der arabischen Welt: empfohlene Neuerscheinungen zur Übersetzung ins Arabische, eine Datenbank übersetzter Bücher und Informationen zur Literaturszene.

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Deutschland #Nofilter

Das Magazin für Deutschlernende, Deutschlehrende und alle, die an Deutschland interessiert sind: Geschichten über Alltag, Beruf und Studium, Informationen über deutsche Städte, Tipps und Trends

Architecture

Performeum_umschichten © umschichten

#Challenge
 Cardboard Pavilion Challenge

Ithra Idea Lab partners with Goethe-Institut Saudi Arabia, the German architecture, art and design practice umschichten and Gulf carton factory Carton lab for the Cardbord Pavilion Challenge.

Symposium Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973. ©Goethe-Institut Ramallah

#Symposium
 Symposium Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973.

As a part of the symposium Designing Modernity: Architecture of the Arab World 1945-1973 (Goethe-Institut Ramallah), co-founders of the Bricklab studio, Abdulrahman and. Turki Gazzaz participate in the panel discussion “Knowledge Production for modern heritage - Research” and present the project “Saudi Modern: Jeddah between 1938-1963”. Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz will be joined on the panel by Mercedes Volait (France), Amin Alsaden (Iraq), Mazen Haidar (Lebanon) und Susanne Bosch (Germany).

Music

European Night With Short Movies and Music Long

#EuropeanNight
 European Night With Short Movies and Music

The Goethe-Institut and the EU National Institute for Culture (EUNIC) Saudi Cluster are pleased to invite you to the European Night with Short Films and Music from Europe and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, 25 May 2022. 
Doors will open at 8:00 PM; First movie screening will start at 8:30 PM
Music Concert: Alexandra Ivanova Trio feat. Mazen Lawand Alexandra Ivanova by: Iveta Rysava, Nathan Ott by: Uli Frank

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 Music Concert: Alexandra Ivanova Trio feat. Mazen Lawand

Sensitivity, clarity and captivating rhythms characterize the sound of the Berlin-based Alexandra Ivanova Trio led by the Austrian pianist and composer of Bulgarian roots. With Niklas Lukassen on double bass and Nathan Ott on drums, the trio navigates between Jazz, Oriental and Afro-Cuban music.

Design

Matylda Krzykowski Workshop/Masterclass Image by: Diana Pfammatter

#Workshop #Masterclass
 Matylda Krzykowski Workshop/Masterclass

Matylda Krzykowski plans, designs, writes and talks about physical and digital space. She co-founded Depot Basel, temporary place for contemporary design, Switzerland, which she co- and art directed until its closure in 2018.

Lina Fischer: Product Development in the Sense of the Circular Economy ©Saudi Design Festival

#Workshop #Masterclass
 Lina Fischer: Product Development in the Sense of the Circular Economy

Lina Fischer is an Industrial Designer at Diez Office in Munich, Germany. Diez Office designs and develops products for everyday use, focusing in particular on the potential of the circular economy.  Their practice is characterised by innovation through technical expertise, instinct and a great passion for experimentation.

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