The Tryptich (Film Still), Alina Gorlova, 2023, © Alina Gorlova
The Tryptich (Film Still), Alina Gorlova, 2023, © Alina Gorlova

The Breath of a House is the Sound of Voices Within
1 Mar – 1 Apr

Exhibition & Events

In an exhibition and events, international JUNGE AKADEMIE scholarship holders will present their new works. The title “The Breath of a House is the Sound of Voices Within” (John Hejduk), emphasises the field of tension between body and space, politics and poetry, but also mysticism and nature, introspection and the outer gaze, in which the participating artists move.

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A man’s eyes in a rear-view mirror
Gundula Schulze Eldowy Robert Frank’s eyes in the rear view mirror, New York, 1990 from the series Keep a Stiff Upper Lip! © Gundula Schulze Eldowy

The exhibition reconstructs Schulze Eldowy's career as she moved from East Berlin to New York, from straight photography to a poetic visual vocabulary. In addition to films and documents, around 230 photographs by Gundula Schulze Eldowy and Robert Frank, with whom she had a close friendship among artists, will be presented. In her film installation, director Helke Misselwitz portrays the photographer.

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European Alliance of Academies: The Climate We Live In. An Alliance Against the Far Right © Eps51
European Alliance of Academies: The Climate We Live In. An Alliance Against the Far Right © Eps51

Two months before the European elections, members of the European Alliance of Academies send a clear signal against right-wing extremism, against antisemitism, against racism - and in favour of artistic freedom. The conference will focus on artists from European countries affected by repression. They will bring their art to the public and pass on their experiences to political decision-makers. In German and English.

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What contributions can artists make to demand a policy that addresses climate change efficiently and expediently? How can art encourage the necessary transformation of society? More than 40 Akademie members call on each and every individual to push for climate protection. Their statements can currently be read on the glass façade of the Akademie der Künste building on Pariser Platz.

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Anna Seghers Museum
Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin Adlershof, photo: © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß

Bertolt Brecht's study, Helene Weigel's conservatory, Anna Seghers' “crow's nest” : Regular tours offer visitors a fascinating insight into the homes and studies of the writer Bertolt Brecht, actress and theatre director Helene Weigel and the writer Anna Seghers. The Brecht-Weigel Museum in Berlin-Mitte and the Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin-Adlershof are both part of the Akademie der Künste.

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Reading Room Pariser Platz
Reading Room Pariser Platz, photo: © Katja Strauß

The Library of the Arts is one of the largest special libraries on culture and the modernist arts. Its holdings are characterised by media from every artistic genre from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, as well as valuable private libraries, which are accessible to everyone free of charge. The voyage of discovery through its treasures begins in the Reading Room and leads into the hidden stacks. Guided tour in German.

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Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz. Photo © Jeanette Gonsior
Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz. Photo © Jeanette Gonsior

The Akademie der Künste is an international community of artists that currently totals 411 members in its six Sections (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Film and Media Arts). It is an exhibition and event location. A key component of the Akademie are its Archives, which collectively form one of the most important interdisciplinary archives on 20th century art.

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Statement by the Visual Arts Section on the proposal for the Berlin Senate's new anti-discrimination clausemore

Statement by the Senate of the Akademie der Künstemore

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Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin Adlershof, photo: © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Tuesday, 19 Mar
Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Anna Seghers in the circle of her friends

Anna Seghers, who often appeared rather shy and cautious, found support among her friends, whom she trusted unreservedly, with whom she exchanged ideas and laughed unselfconsciously. The writer remained close to the actresses Steffie Spira and Helene Weigel, the author Berta Waterstradt and the politician Lore Wolf until the end of her life. Themed tour in German.

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German contribution to the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 © ARCH+/SUMMACUMFEMMER/BÜRO JULIANE GREB
Tuesday, 19 Mar
Lecture and Talk

7 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenarsaal

SUMMACUMFEMMER Berlin Art Prize 2024, Architecture

Anne Femmer and Florian Summa founded their architecture firm in Leipzig in 2015, which is to receive the Berlin Art Prize 2024. The jury writes: “The combination of teaching, academic work and their own practical work as well as collaboration in temporary partnerships with other firms seems to be essential to their success.” With Thomas Auer and Florian Nagler. In German.

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Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 20 Mar
Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

The resting places of famous women in art and culture are the focus of this guided tour of the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery). It tells of the writers Christa Wolf and Annemarie Bostroem, the artists Beatrice Zweig and Doris Kahane, the opera director Ruth Berghaus and many others. Thematic guided tour in German.

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Aleš Šteger © gezett.de
Wednesday, 20 Mar
Book Premiere

7 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenarsaal

Aleš Šteger Logbuch der Gegenwart

For Aufgehen, the third and final part of his Logbuch der Gegenwart series, Aleš Šteger once again exposed himself to four places in four countries for twelve hours respectively and wrote down his impressions. He is interested in surveying, in capturing a fleeting state in a world that is changing and moving ever faster. In German.

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Splitter Orchester, Improvisation and Ethics, photo: Thomas Martius
Friday, 22 Mar
Festival

2 pm

MaerzMusik Festival 2024

MaerzMusik’s guest performance at the Akademie der Künste deepens the collaboration between the two institutions and demonstrates the festival’s interdisciplinary focus; musical explorations dealing with the ethics of improvisation can be experienced. The programme also includes artistic interventions that expand the potential of the voice and search for new forms of co-creation.

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