• Ira Karp playing the piano Photo (excerpt) © Erica Heilman

    THE BIG PONDER #40The Farm

    Ira Karp lives on a farm in northern Vermont, surrounded by music, puppets, and a family of incredible storytellers. Over his brief lifetime, he has become a ‘story keeper’ himself, collecting epic tales from his everyday life that he recounts with relish.

  • Farmers protest at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border against the new farm laws in India. © Shutterstock

    Conscious PauseStandstill as Protest

    Those who speak of standstill must address time. In a physical world, defined by time and matter, standing still is a subjective phenomenon: We are overcome by spiritual, physical, or aesthetic experiences that make us stop and stand still, beyond time and space. As an act of will, a standstill becomes a form of resistance, protest — against the power of time, against the world’s rulers, and against the universal exploitation of people and nature.

  • A television photographed in 2006, still from “Germany’s Most Beautiful Railways” Photo: Goethe-Institut

    Digital ZineStillstand

    The earth rotates, everything is in constant motion, change is a necessity. It’s high time for a magazine dedicated to stillness: a collection of pieces from international artists and writers in homage to standstills and their poetic beauty.

  • A kitchen countertop with preserved goods on it Photo: Aphra Adkins © Goethe-Institut

    Five Recipes for Canning and PreservingSavor the Flavor

    There is a lot of downtime in the kitchen: waiting for meat to marinate, bread to rise, and vegetables to pickle. These five recipes require long wait times — and plenty of patience. After all, good things can’t be rushed. Each dish includes an introduction and recipe by Britta Gädtke, accompanied by Aphra Adkins’s creative food photography. Enjoy!

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    Diverse Perspectives on Techno Techno Worlds

    As a global phenomenon, techno has not only shaped music history, but has also set impulses that influence contemporary culture, art, pop culture, media consumption, and technologies. After the summer, this exhibit will travel south via Houston, New York, Boston, and Los Angeles.