Events in November 2011
Press Invitation
Press Release, Thu 20 Oct 2011
We cordially invite you to these cultural events in November:
Program Surrounding the Special Exhibition "How German is it?"
Foreign Contemporaneity: Art Migration in Germany
Talk by Ljudmila Belkin
"Contemporary art" has long been a relative term. During the Cold War, the implicitness of Western art being the only "contemporary" art due to the political and artistic lack of freedom in the Soviet hemisphere was only confirmed. Only art migration presented different ideas about the contemporaneity of art side by side. The desired diversity, however, failed to surface. The unequal balance of power between established "contemporary art" and immigrant art thinking on the one hand and the mutual alienation of the positions on the other determine today’s art in Germany. Ljudmila Belkin’s talk addresses this situation.
When: 3 November 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Admission: free
Through Wedding with Misha Shenbrot
Part of the Series "On Home Territory. Walks with Artists from the Exhibition through their Home Districts"
The Moscow-born artist has lived and worked in Berlin since 1992. On this excursion, he takes visitors through his home district and explains his personal perspective on what he likes, what he finds strange, and the places he frequents in his daily life. He also considers how the area has changed over the last 10 years. For the "How German is it?" exhibition, Shenbrot created a surreal biographical narrative from digital imagery in the shape of a peep-box.
When: 20 November 2011, 11 am
Meeting point: Mauerpark / corner of Oderberger Strasse
Cost: 7 €, reduced rate 5 euros
Bookings for (non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
A further installment in the series "On Home Territory. Walks with Artists from the Exhibition through their Home Districts" is planned with the artist Maria Thereza Alves for January 2012.
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Monday Movies
Mazel Tov
Documentary by Mischka Popp and Thomas Bergmann
(D 2009, 92 mins, German)
Hundreds of thousands of Russian Jews have come to Germany since 1990 – and that not as Holocaust survivors, but in the proud awareness of having liberated the Germans from fascism. The film examines the background to the migration and the problems and opportunities for Germany’s Jewish communities.
When: Monday 14 November 2011, 7.30 pm
Nobody’s Business
Documentary by Alan Berliner
(USA 1996, 58 mins, English original version)
Alan Berliner’s parents came from Eastern Europe to the USA in the first half of the 20th century. The American film director goes in search of traces – despite the clear resistance of his father, who believes it to be "nobody’s business." A story about family memories and the relationships between the generations.
When: Monday 21 November 2011, 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
Cultural Program
Michel Bergmann: Machloikes
Book Presentation with the Author
In the sequel to his successful debut novel "Die Teilacher," Michel Bergmann tells how life continues for the Jewish traders going from door to door eight years after the war. The life-and-soul-of-the-party Robert Fränkel from Berlin has settled down, married, and started his own carpet shop. Suddenly he finds himself summoned by a CIA official to explain why his name crops up in so many SS files. And all Fränkel did in the war was tell jokes….
A cooperation with Arche Publishers
When: Monday 7 November 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Admission: free
Simon Sebag Montefiore: Jerusalem. The Biography
Book Presentation with the Author in English
Jerusalem is the capital city of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths, the site of Judgement Day, and the hot spot of the Middle East conflict. Jerusalem’s is the epic history of 3,000 years of faith, fanaticism, and conflict, but also the coexistence of the most varied cultures. In a gripping narrative, Montefiore describes the numerous epochs of this ever-changing city – its wars, love affairs, kings, prophets, conquerors, saints, and whores. Based in part on unknown archival materials, the author brings the essence of this unique city to life. As only Jerusalem exists twice – in heaven and on earth.
With words of welcome from the British ambassador Simon McDonald.
A cooperation with S. Fischer Publishers.
When: Monday 28 November 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, second level, Great hall
Admission: free
