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Ausstellungsansicht Lee Bul: Crash, Gropius Bau, 2018 Foto: Mathias Völzke Ausstellungsansicht Lee Bul: Crash, Gropius Bau, 2018 Foto: Mathias Völzke
“A Feeling about Freedom”
Lee Bul in conversation with Stephanie Rosenthal
Ana Mendieta: Beyond Boundaries, in the Midst of Radical Change
A conversation between Stephanie Rosenthal and Clare Molloy
Cooperation instead of cricket
Despite difficult conditions, communication between musicians from London and Berlin has been going strong for decades.
Jazz and the female voice
How female singers search for identity and individual expression
What’s New?
About Attitude, Repertoire and Role Models.
Cloud Studies – Part 4
Beyond the stage with satin curtains – when structures enter structures.
Cloud Studies – Part 3
Art and Enchantment in the Anthropocene.
Cloud Studies – Part 2
In Search of the Other.
Cloud Studies – Part 1
A hyperreal dream about a nomadic imagined community.
The Bomb. Games People Play
Interview with director Smriti Keshari about the immersive cinematic installation
“The viewer never forgets that he is wearing those glasses.”
A conversation about “RHIZOMAT VR” with Mona el Gammal, Kay Meseberg and Thomas Oberender.
Mazen Kerbaj: „Six Drawing Lessons for Mazen Kerbaj", 2017 Mazen Kerbaj: „Six Drawing Lessons for Mazen Kerbaj", 2017
Kerbaj on Kentridge
The work of contemporary artists from the perspective of their colleagues
Music Fund, Workshop © Koen Broos Music Fund, Workshop © Koen Broos
“Music can resolve a lot of things.”
An interview with Christian Bertram, instrument repairer and coordinator of the ateliers at Music Fund.
Catherine Christer Hennix © Laura Gianetti Catherine Christer Hennix © Laura Gianetti
Shaking the foundations
Catherine Christer Hennix: a portrait.
Julius Eastman performing “Piano Pieces I-IV”, 1968; Music Library, University of New York at Buffalo Julius Eastman performing “Piano Pieces I-IV”, 1968; Music Library, University of New York at Buffalo
American Composer
Julius Eastman: a portrait.
This kind of magic
No concert is like the other. What is special about The Necks?
“Why is it that a star, although dead light years ago, keeps shining?”
An interview with Christer Lundahl  
Globe Unity Orchestra in der Berliner Philharmonie, Berliner Jazztage 1966 © Hans Harzheim Globe Unity Orchestra in der Berliner Philharmonie, Berliner Jazztage 1966 © Hans Harzheim
Globe Unity @ 50!
1966: The end of innocence and the year of Globe Unity.
Matana Roberts © Frank Schindelbeck Matana Roberts © Frank Schindelbeck
Multimedia collage in music and dance theatre
Matana Roberts transcends the boundaries of jazz and customary concert events. Just like Pina Bausch, who introduced procedures of improvisation into dance theatre.
Keith Jarrett with Miles Davis and Michael Henderson, 1971 © CC-BY SA 4.0, Photo: JPRoche Keith Jarrett with Miles Davis and Michael Henderson, 1971 © CC-BY SA 4.0, Photo: JPRoche
From a single source
Composition, interpretation and improvisation as a creative cycle.