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untitled, architectural fantasy, [1919-1921] © Akademie der Künste, Hans-Scharoun-Archiv

Hans Scharoun. Architecture on Paper

Book Presentation

25 Nov, 6 pm, Hanseatenweg

Hans Scharoun's buildings are well known and widely appreciated. A new publication shows his utopian drawings for the first time, some of which will be presented at the event. Eva-Maria Barkhofen will talk about the visionary works, which are kept in the Architectural Archives of the Akademie der Künste. Welcome: Werner Heegewaldt. In German.  more

Design: Rabih Gebeile. Photo: Salma Chalabi © YAZAN

Transit Tripoli

Theatre Performance

25 Nov – 27 Nov, Hanseatenweg

Lebanese director Caroline Hatem adapts Anna Seghers' story Transit for stage, shifting the setting from Marseille in the 1940s to Tripoli today. At the centre of refugee flows from Syria, we follow the narrator into the streets and cafés where people wait for visas and opportunities to escape. In Arabic and English.  more

Photo © Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk

Third Berlin Encounter. Thoughts on Time

Discussion

3 Dec, 7:30 pm, Hanseatenweg

The third "Berliner Begegnung“ encounter brings together Academy members and their guests to publicly discuss their thoughts and questions about the times. Thoughtful, passionate, controversial and utopian. With Peter Ablinger, Jürgen Böttcher, Friedrich Dieckmann, Heiner Goebbels, Christian Grashof, Kerstin Hensel, Ulrike Lorenz, Björn Melhus, Gustav Seibt, Iris ter Schiphorst, Kathrin Schmidt, Ingo Schulze, Klaus Staeck, Aleš Šteger, Martin Steyer, Manos Tsangaris, Andres Veiel, Jutta Wachowiak et al. In German.  more

Ensemble Proton Bern. Photo © Remo Ubezio

Winter Music. Wavering World View

Concerts and Discussions

10 Dec – 11 Dec, Hanseatenweg

An unusual instrument is at the centre of this festival edition. Curated by Carola Bauckholt and Iris ter Schiphorst, the programme includes "wavering" works that resemble the 16th century upheaval in which Nicola Vicentino invented the "Arciorgano". Ensemble Proton plays works by Caspar Johannes Walter, Arnold Dreyblatt, Peter Michael Hamel, Rolf Riehm, Adriana Hölszky, Annette Schmucki, Thomas Kessler, Sidney Corbett and Anda Kryeziu.  more

Graphic design: Eps51

European Allliance of Academies: The Freedom of Art in Times of War and Crisis

Public Conference

15 Dec – 16 Dec, Pariser Platz

Since its foundation the European Alliance of Academies has been working for artistic freedom in Europe. In view of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, at the fourth joint conference, Alliance members will speak about the effects of the war on artistic freedom. Discussion with Wolfgang Kaleck, A.L. Kennedy, Sergei Loznitsa, Jeanine Meerapfel, Robert Menasse, Iris ter Schiphorst, Andres Veiel et al. In German and English.  more