Malka Who?
Podcast Series on the Exhibition Yael Bartana – Redemption Now (in English and German)
Malka, Who? – this is the title of the JMB podcast accompanying the Yael Bartana – Redemption Now exhibition.
The podcast focuses on the mysterious protagonist of Bartana’s video installation Malka Germania, which was produced specifically for the major show at the Jewish Museum Berlin.
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Episode 1: Malka Germania: Are Pictures Infectious? – with artist Yael Bartana and the two curators of the exhibition, Shelley Harten and Gregor H. Lersch. Host: Lara-Lena Gödde. After a short introduction in German, the podcast will continue mostly in English (starting at 2'15").
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Episode 2: Malka Germania: One of Many! Because It’s Not a Fairy Tale, If You Don’t Want It to Be… – with Mirjam Zadoff, Director of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism, and Michael Brenner, Professor of Jewish History and Culture in Munich and Chair in Israel Studies in Washington, DC. Host: Lara-Lena Gödde. In German.
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Episode 3: Malka Germania, a Female Messiah? What if Women Ruled the World? – with cultural studies scholar, gender theorist and filmmaker Christina von Braun and exhibition curator Shelley Harten. Host: Lara-Lena Gödde. In German.
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Episode 4: Malka Germania and the Question of Redemption – with Yilmaz Dziewior, Director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and Shelley Harten and Gregor H. Lersch, curators of the Redemption Now exhibition. Host: Tobias Rohe. In German.
Episode 1: Malka Germania: Are Pictures Infectious? – with artist Yael Bartana and the two curators of the exhibition, Shelley Harten and Gregor H. Lersch. Host: Lara-Lena Gödde. After a short introduction in German, the podcast will continue mostly in English (starting at 2'15").
Episode 2: Malka Germania: One of Many! Because It’s Not a Fairy Tale, If You Don’t Want It to Be… – with Mirjam Zadoff, Director of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism, and Michael Brenner, Professor of Jewish History and Culture in Munich and Chair in Israel Studies in Washington, DC. Host: Lara-Lena Gödde. In German.
Episode 3: Malka Germania, a Female Messiah? What if Women Ruled the World? – with cultural studies scholar, gender theorist and filmmaker Christina von Braun and exhibition curator Shelley Harten. Host: Lara-Lena Gödde. In German.
Episode 4: Malka Germania and the Question of Redemption – with Yilmaz Dziewior, Director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and Shelley Harten and Gregor H. Lersch, curators of the Redemption Now exhibition. Host: Tobias Rohe. In German.
The arrival of the androgynous savior figure in the German capital brings forth scenes from an imagined shared unconscious as past and future meld in an alternative present. Along with the theme of collective redemption, the video installation also addresses trauma, hopes for salvation, and desire for change.
Over the course of four episodes featuring well-known figures from culture and academia, as well as the curators and the artist herself, the exhibition podcast takes a closer look at Malka. Is she a redeemer? Is she the Messiah? Is she a fake?
A new episode will be released at the beginning of each month – you'll find them here and on all popular podcastplatforms. If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback on the podcast, please send us an email at podcast@jmberlin.de.
Exhibition Yael Bartana – Redemption Now: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Yael Bartana – Redemption Now: 4 Jun to 21 Nov 2021
- Publications
- Yael Bartana. The Book of Malka Germania: English edition, 2021, with reading sample for download
- Yael Bartana. Das Buch der Malka Germania: German edition, 2021, with reading sample for download
- Digital Content
- Exhibition opening: Video, 2021
- Current page: Podcast series Malka, Who?: Four episodes, 2021, in English and German
- Who is Malka Germania? Yael Bartana in conversation with Shelley Harten and Gregor H. Lersch, 2021
- Artist Talk with Yael Bartana: Video recording, 2021
- See also
- Yael Bartana, Artist