February/March 2010
cheek by jowl: macbeth

cheek by jowl: 'Macbeth' in Berlin

Macbeth is the great tragedy of the imagination. A man and a woman, bound together in ambition, are destroyed in a welter of blood. Cheek by Jowl's ensemble conjures Shakespeare’s world of witchcraft, ghosts and apparitions in an hallucinatory experience of sound and shadow.
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climate change: 'Impact and perspective for our society' in Berlin
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In our panel discussion on Climate Change we will discuss new scientific insights with leading experts in climatic research, economic science and social science. Topics to be discussed will be climatic changes, in particular in the Arctic, as well as the consequences from the failure of the international negotiations in Copenhagen. Read more


' The age of stupid' in Berlin

The Age of Stupid is a film by Director Franny Armstrong and first-time producer. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? The film will be screened in Berlin on 22 and 23 February.
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Declan Donnellan: The actor and the Target
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Declan Donnellan is the first Director of the Royal Shakespeare Academy and is best known for his work with Check By Jowl, including As You Like It, and the recent production of Homebody/Kabul in New York. "The Actor and the Target" offers a fresh and radical approach to actingRead more


lEIPZIG bOOKFAIR: 'gREEN bRITANNIA'

The British author Fred Pearce, an environment writer and author of The Last Generation: How nature will take her revenge for climate change will be discussing environment protection in the UK with Jenny Friedrich-Freksa, chief editor of the "Kulturaustausch" magazine at the Leipzig bookfair. Read more

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climate Champions wanted - Deadline 7 March
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Our International Climate Champions project gives young people a voice on climate change and an opportunity for positive action to tackle the effects of climate change. In order to develop the ICC network in Germany, we're looking for young people who want to get involved in climate protection locally and internationally. Read more


My City artist in Residency

Commissioning new works by prominent artists from Europe, My City explores art and public space in five cities across Turkey. The cities are Canakkale, Istanbul, Konya, Mardin and Trabzon. In addition, artists from Turkey will be hosted by leading residency programmes in Berlin, Dortmund, Helsinki, London, Vienna and Warsaw. The artist in residency is Caner Aslan. Read more 

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Good cop bad cop: 'Mas O Amser' in potsdam
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good cop bad cop creates artwork for a variety of contexts and locations, combining skills in photography, video, performance, and text. Drawing on both historical and contemporary themes and references, performances frequently push the performers’ physical endurance to its limits. Mas o Amser is a physical and audio performance, performed at dusk in close proximity to the audience. How to behave in the face of ultimate doom. Read more


Tipping point in Brussels

On 25 and 26 January, our Brussels office delivered TippingPoint - an international conference bringing together over 100 participants from climate science, arts and policy. The TippingPoint gathering was delivered in partnership with EUNIC, EESC, Kaaitheater and TippingPoint. German participants included artist Herman Josef Hack, scientists Iris Ehlert, Prof Schellnhuber, Andreas Löschl, Jörg Matschullat, Dirk Notz and Susanne Stemmler (HdK, Berlin). Read more

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