Photo (detail): © Unsplash: Mathilde Pée

Chat Debate“I like to be a choreographer of mistakes”

How does a good artist deal with errors? Illustrator Emanuelle Dufour and performance artist Amitesh Grover chat with Verena Hütter from the Goethe-Institut Washington about how mistakes can be an unexpected force in shaping a work of art. Every other week, our chat debate deals with innocent blunders and unforgivable faux pas in various areas of society.

Digital ConferenceShaping the Past

How does the past take shape? What happens in the process of coming to terms with the past? What social repercussions are associated with the rooting of history in monuments and memorials? We invite you to our “Memory Month,” which kicks off on October 8th with a digital town hall.

©Screenshots: Flo P Schmidt

Subtitle Mash-up“Hopefully the pantyhose hold up!”

When the special broadcast programming of the formal swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected government of Austria claimed the regular schedule slot of a telenovela on January 7, 2020, the consequence was one of the most charming mistakes in recent television history.

Design: Tobias Schrank

MagazineFehler

How do we innovate and make progress? Our answer: often by mistake. We’re celebrating mistakes and their innovative power in this collection of big and little mistakes in art, language, technology, and society.