Events in January 2012
Press Invitation
Press Release, Wed 14 Dec 2011
We cordially invite you to these cultural events in January:
Program Surrounding the Special Exhibition "How German Is It?"
Weimar – the Future Jerusalem?
The art action "Medinat Weimar" by Ronen Eidelman campaigns for the establishment of a Jewish state in Thuringia. The installation in the "How German is it?" exhibition overthrows the distinction between exhibition and public space, between art action and political campaign. "Medinat Weimar" considers itself a solution to political conflicts, be they in Israel or the state of Thuringia.
Moderated by Cilly Kugelmann
When: Saturday 14 January 2012, 3 pm
Where: Old Building, first level, Education room
Admission: free
Through Kreuzberg with Arnold Dreyblatt
Part of the Series "On Home Territory. Walks with Artists from the Exhibition ‘How German is it’ through their Home Districts"
The American artist Arnold Dreyblatt first came to Berlin in 1983 and from here went on numerous journeys in search of his family’s roots in Eastern Europe. What he found on these journeys flowed into the installation "My Baggage," a multimedia work on the history of his family with the stations White Russia, Berlin, and the USA. On this walk, the artist visits spots of particular significance to him and his historical research.
When: Sunday 22 January 2012, 11 am
Meeting point: Mariannenplatz, foyer of the "Künstlerhaus Bethanien"
Cost: 7 €, reduced rate 5 euros
Bookings for (non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
Monday Movies
Neukölln Unlimited
Documentary film by Agostino Imondi und Dietmar Ratsch (D 2010, 96 mins)
Away from the usual clichés about immigrants in problem areas, this documentary tells of the everyday lives of siblings Hassan, Lial, and Maradonna, who fight for their family’s right to stay in Germany.
When: Monday 9 January 2012, 7.30 pm
Deutschland 09.
13 Short Films on the State of the Nation
Series of films with contributions by Fatih Akin, Wolfgang Becker, Sylke Enders, Dominik Graf, Christoph Hochhäusler, Romuald Karmakar, Nicolette Krebitz, Dani Levy, Angela Schanelec, Hans Steinbichler, Isabelle Stever, Tom Tykwer, and Hans Weingartner (D 2009, 152 mins).
"The film ‘Deutschland 09’ unites a good dozen individual cinematic viewpoints on what we see as home now, today – and how we find our way, lose it, and become entangled." (Tom Tykwer)
When: Monday 23 January 2012, 7.30 pm
The following applies to all events in the Monday Movies series:
Where: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Admission: free with seat ticket only (available at the cash desk).
Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
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Long Museum Night
The focus of the 30th Long Museum Night is Frederick the Great’s 300th birthday. The Jewish Museum Berlin is dedicating a new tour to this theme:
Special Public Tour through the Permanent Exhibition:
Frederick the Great "Each after his own fashion ...?"
The tour explores Frederick the Great’s contradictory immigration and religious politics and the ensuing discussion amongst Prussian Jews on ways of bringing their Judaism into line with the requirements of the Prussian state. A concluding look at the work of art entitled "Alien" by Candice Breitz invites examination of the "outsider" theme.
When: Saturday 28 January 2012, 6.30 to 10 pm every half hour
Duration: 30 to 40 mins. Numbers are limited.
The Jewish Museum is open until 2 am on Long Museum Night.
Admission: from 6 pm with the Long Museum Night ticket, 15 €, reduced rate 10 euros
Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) at
www.museumsportal-berlin.de/en/
Cultural Program
Giorgio Sacerdoti: "Falls wir uns nicht wiedersehen…" (In case we never meet again…)
Book Presentation with the Author
Over 100 letters from the years 1938 to 1945 are the focus of this book on the fate of the Klein family from Cologne. The family’s emigration to the Netherlands did not save them – only the daughter, Ilse, who had left for Paris back in 1933, survived. Giorgio Sacerdoti, professor for human rights in Milan, is Ilse Klein’s eldest son. Over a period of many years, he collected letters, documents, and information on the fate of his mother’s family. The letters bear witness to a life of persecution – and they document lives that often ended in annihilation as traps frequently awaited Jewish-German immigrants also in the countries to which they fled.
Moderation and introduction by the historian Ernst Piper.
A cooperation with the Italian Culture Institute in Berlin.
When: Monday 16 January 2012, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, second level, Great hall
Admission: free
Jochanan Shelliem: Begegnung mit einem Mörder (Encounter with a murderer)
Audio Book Presentation with the Author and the Actor Jürgen Holtz
Adolf Eichmann was captured by the Israeli secret service in 1960. In the police interrogation before the trial, he presented himself as a humanist and a philosemite, in Jerusalem as an obedient bureaucrat. Jochanan Shelliem combines previously unreleased live recordings from the Israeli police interrogation with original sounds from Argentina. An audio document of great force and intensity.
With words of welcome by Andreas-Peter Weber (program director at Deutschlandradio) and an introduction by Monika Künzel (managing editor at Deutschlandradio). The actor Jürgen Holtz reads statements of contemporary witnesses.
A cooperation with "Der Audio Verlag," Berlin.
When: Friday 27 January 2012, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Cost: 5 €, reduced rate 3 euros
Bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
