GOETHE-INSTITUT LONDON JAN – MAR 2015

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GOETHE-INSTITUT
LONDON
JAN – MAR 2015
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
CONTENTS
2015 kicks off with exciting news as
we launch the Goethe-Kino, a monthly
screening of films in our auditorium.
From popular movies starring German
actors to outstanding German TV
productions shown with English subtitles,
catch a variety of films every last
Wednesday of the month!
2–15
12–13
16–17
18–21
22–23
We also continue our more specialist
film programme with works by acclaimed
directors. A highlight will be a series
of films by the late Harun Farocki.
Having seen a flurry of German art and
artists take centre stage in London’s
museums and galleries, we are pleased
that the trend continues with the famous
Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, which
will shortly be adorned by Hans Haacke’s
Gift Horse. Adventures of the Black Square
at the Whitechapel Gallery brings together
100 works of modern masters including
Rosemarie Trockel, and we present talks,
readings and performances on the work
of ground-breaking German sculptor and
conceptual artist Reiner Ruthenbeck.
Reiner Ruthenbeck, Installation view, Serpentine Gallery
Cultural Events
At a Glance
Language Courses Educational Services Information & Library Services Enjoy getting involved? Then 50 Dangerous
Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
is for you – grown-ups and children alike
get to be brave, explore and experiment in
this interactive play at the Unicorn Theatre.
Make sure to keep an eye on our varied
cultural programme, including further
theatre, dance and literature events.
Our Language Department and Educational
Service also have a lot on offer. Our new
language courses in Kentish Town have
had a successful start and, like every year,
we continue to run intensive exam
preparation for German students at GCSE-,
A-, and AS-level, as well as tailor-made
and corporate language courses for your
specific needs. Moreover, we continue to
promote the uptake of German at primary
schools in the UK.
Last but not least, find us on Facebook
and Twitter for the latest updates,
competitions, and fun facts from Germany.
Stay up to date with German music with
our Spotify playlists run by the Information
Services & Library and ranging from pop
to classics and electronic music.
For more on all our offers and events,
read on…
Angela Kaya
Director, Goethe-Institut London
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Film
CULTURAL EVENTS
FILM
GOETHE-KINO
Goethe-Kino – Our new monthly
screening of popular movies starring
German actors and outstanding German
TV productions. Join us on every last
Wednesday of the month!
ÜBER-ICH UND DU / SUPEREGOS
WED 28 JAN 7PM
When small-time crook Nick Gutlich needs
a hide-out, a stroke of luck lands him the
job of chaperoning Curt Ledig, a renowned
elderly psychologist left alone in a remote
villa by his holidaying family. Soon Gutlich
is secretly selling Ledig’s antiquarian books
while Ledig is covertly analysing Gutlich’s
psyche. The changing dynamics of this
‘mutually beneficial’ arrangement make for
an unpredictable and charmingly erratic
comedy with two irresistible protagonists.
Followed by refreshments provided by the Embassy
of Switzerland in the UK. In collaboration with the
Austrian Cultural Forum London and the Embassy
of Switzerland in the UK.
Austria / Germany / Switzerland 2014, colour,
94mins. With English subtitles. Director: Benjamin
Heisenberg. With André Wilms, Georg Friedrich.
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DIE VERMESSUNG DER WELT /
MEASURING THE WORLD
WED 25 FEB 7PM
Adapted from Daniel Kehlmann’s
international bestseller, the film tells
the story of two men who set out to
explore the world; one by travelling to
South America, the other by conducting
desk research. The explorer Alexander
von Humboldt and the mathematician
Carl Friedrich Gauß meet in old age.
This film is part of Book Club at the Movies.
Germany 2011/12, colour, 119mins. With English
subtitles. Director: Detlev Buck. With Albrecht
Abraham Schuck, Florian David Fitz, Jérémy Kapone,
Vicky Krips, Karl Markovics, Katharina Thalbach,
Sunnyi Melles, Michael Maertens.
ZEIT DER KANNIBALEN /
AGE OF CANNIBALS
WED 25 MAR 7PM
From the safety of luxury hotels in the
mega-cities of the world’s emerging
economies, they shift capital, companies
and jobs. They are three business
consultants and the protagonists of
Johannes Naber’s sharply scripted and
brilliantly acted satire about the neocolonialist outgrowths of gobal capitalism.
Hans Haacke, Gift Horse on the Fourth Plinth
Germany 2013, colour, 93mins. With English subtitles.
Director: Johannes Naber. With: Katharina Schüttler,
Devid Striesow, Sebastian Blomberg.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language
students and library members, booking essential
BOOKING 020 7596 4000
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
Film
DER VERLORENE ENGEL /
THE LOST ANGEL
THU 22 JAN 7PM
The film title refers to Ernst Barlach’s
sculpture The Hovering Angel, which is part
of the exhibition Germany: memories of
a nation at the British Museum. Following the
removal of Barlach’s sculpture from Güstrow
Cathedral by the Nazis in 1937, the film
shows the artist on a day of critical selfanalysis. His reflective mood is mirrored
by the film’s dreamlike style and poetic
imagery. Considered too ‘mystical’, it was
banned by GDR officials in 1966 and only
released in a shortened version in 1971.
There will be an introductory talk by curator
Clarissa von Spee (British Museum).
East Germany 1966-1971, b/w, 60mins. With English
subtitles. Director: Ralf Kirsten.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language
students and library members, booking essential
BOOKING 020 7596 4000
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
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HARUN FAROCKI
ZWISCHEN ZWEI KRIEGEN /
BETWEEN TWO WARS
THU 19 FEB 7PM
Dedicated to the late Harun Farocki
(who died in July 2014), there will be a
number of events at Tate Modern, the
Goethe-Institut London and the Showroom.
They include films relating to the Tate
Modern exhibition Conflict, Time,
Photography and the launch of the book
Brave New Work: A Reader on Harun
Farocki’s Film ‘A New Product’.
BILDER DER WELT UND
INSCHRIFT DES KRIEGES /
IMAGES OF THE WORLD AND
THE INSCRIPTION OF WAR
FRI 30 JAN 7PM
At the centre of Farocki’s famous essay
film are aerial photographs of the German
IG Farben industrial works taken by the
Americans in 1944. That these images
had also recorded the Auschwitz
concentration camps was only found out
years later by the CIA. Farocki shows
how interpretations are conditioned by
what people want or don’t want to see,
especially in times of conflict.
This screening launches a dedicated film series
for the exhibition Confict, Time, Photography at
Tate Modern (30 Jan - 15 Feb 2015).
In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut London.
Germany 1988, colour & b/w, 16mm, 75mins.
Director: Harun Farocki.
VENUE Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, Bankside,
London SE1 9TG
TICKETS £5, £4 concessions
BOOKING 020 7887 8888
INFORMATION www.tate.org.uk
Harun Farocki Between Two Wars
Ralf Kirsten The Lost Angel © Defa Foundation
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SCHNITTSTELLE / INTERFACE
& AUFSCHUB / RESPITE
TUE 17 FEB 7PM
Originally conceived for two monitors and
here shown with two overlapping images
in a single channel projection, Schnittstellte /
Interface shows Harun Farocki at the editing
table, reflecting on his method of work. Using
excerpts from his films, he comments on the
difference between film and video, working
with existing rather than new images and
proceeding from images placed side by
side to putting them into sequence.
Germany / France 1995, colour, 23mins. With English
subtitles. Director: Harun Farocki.
Images of the World and the Inscription of
War includes the analysis of photographs
taken in Auschwitz. In Respite, Farocki
focuses on footage filmed by a Jewish
prisoner in Westbork, Netherlands, a transit
camp for Jews from where they were
transported to the death camps. While
the film is silent, Farocki inserts written
comments and uses repetition and
freezeframes to facilitate a close reading
of the images.
Germany / Netherlands 2007, b/w, video, 40mins.
Silent. Director: Harun Farocki.
In his first full length feature Harun Farocki
inspects the idea of rationalisation by
looking at Germany’s blast furnace industry
between 1917 and 1933. He reconstructs
how the idea was put into practice, became
successful and then failed, eventually
leading to collaboration between the
industry and the National Socialist regime.
It is an analysis of the economic causes of
fascism, which, Farocki said, he pushed to
the extreme to test the limits of his method.
West Germany 1978, b/w, 85mins. With English
subtitles. Director: Harun Farocki.
STILLEBEN / STILL LIFE
MON 23 FEB 7PM
The film analyses 17th century Dutch and
Flemish paintings to explore how objects
have developed into consumer products.
The documentary sections of Still Life,
which observe how products are
photographed for advertising, still show
people carrying out skilled work, while
Farocki’s more recent film A New Product
(2012), screening at the Showroom (see p.6)
focuses on people whose job it is to talk
about work.
Germany / France / Belgium / Austria 1997,
colour, 58mins. With English subtitles. Director:
Harun Farocki.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language
students and library members, booking essential
BOOKING 020 7596 4000
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
Film
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DRAMACONSULT
WED 18 MARCH 7PM
Edited by Nina Möntmann, Brave New
Work features essays by Dirk Baecker,
Diedrich Diederichsen, Mark Fisher,
Anthony Iles, Nina Möntmann, Nina Power
and Andreas Rumpfhuber.
Their essays deal with Harun Farocki’s
film Ein Neues Produkt / A New Product
(2012), which asks how we will work in the
future and who has the power to decide.
The book launch, supported by the Goethe-Institut
London, will be accompanied by a screening of the
film and a conversation between Nina Möntmann,
Kodwo Eshun and Diedrich Diederichsen.
VENUE The Showroom, 63 Penfold Street, London NW8 8PQ
TICKETS Admission free, no booking required
CONTACT Eve Smith, [email protected]
INFORMATION www.theshowroom.org
ROMUALD KARMAKAR
VILLALOBOS
SAT 14 FEB 7PM
In his third film about electronic music and
contemporary club culture, Karmakar
portrays Chilean-born DJ Ricardo Villalobos
at work on stage and in the studio. In
extended interviews, Villalobos explains the
workings of his music equipment, revealing
himself to be a skillful tinkerer with a
unique fascination for music, technology
and how they can best be combined.
Followed by a Q&A with Romuald Karmakar.
Germany 2009, colour, 108 mins. With English
subtitles. Director: Romuald Karmakar.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language
students and library members, booking essential
BOOKING 020 7596 4000
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
DAS HIMMLER PROJEKT /
THE HIMMLER PROJECT
SUN 15 FEB 3PM
Actor Manfred Zapatka reads the threeand-a-half hour speech given by Heinrich
Himmler before 92 SS generals on 4 October
1943 in the Golden Hall of the Posen Palace.
Though Zapatka includes all of Himmler’s
mistakes, his reading is unemotional and the
setting is neutral, allowing viewers to focus
on the wording and content of the text.
The screening in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut
London will be followed by a conversation with
Romuald Karmakar. It is part of the dedicated film
series for the exhibition Confict, Time, Photography at
Tate Modern (30 Jan – 15 Feb 2015).
Germany 2000, colour, 182mins. With English subtitles.
Director: Romuald Karmakar. With Manfred Zapatka.
VENUE Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, Bankside,
London SE1 9TG
TICKETS £5, £4 concessions
BOOKING 020 7887 8888
INFORMATION www.tate.org.uk/film
Jan Wenkel Lagos – Notes of a City
Romuald Karmakar The Himmler Project
BOOK LAUNCH & FILM
SCREENING: BRAVE NEW WORK
WED 25 FEB 6.30 – 8.30PM
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NOTES FROM LAGOS
LAGOS – NOTIZEN EINER STADT /
LAGOS – NOTES OF A CITY
THU 5 MARCH 7PM
Lagos comes to life in all its colour and
contradictions in this unimposing,
beautifully shot documentary. Moving
between panoramic views of the city’s
infrastructure and its buzzing streets, the
film brings us close to six of the over 17
million inhabitants, including a single
mother who is HIV-positive and a well-off
businessman who has his own view of
Nigeria’s rapidly growing economy.
Germany 2009 – 2011, colour, 98mins. In English.
Director: Jan Wenkel.
DramaConsult are two Nigerian business
consultants helping a shoe manufacturer,
an auto parts dealer and a real estate
developer from Lagos to set up business
links with Germany. Together they travel
to Germany to meet potential business
partners. It is a real project especially
created for this film that aims to break
through the standard north-south trajectory
of the global economy.
Germany / Nigeria 2012, colour, digital, 80mins. In
English and German with English subtitles. Director:
Dorothee Wenner. With Dolapo Ajayi, Sam Aniama,
Jude Fejokwu, Femi Ladipo, Biyi Tunji-Olugbodi
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language students
and library members, booking essential
BOOKING 020 7596 4000
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london &
www.dramaconsult.com
STRAUB-HUILLET
TUE 10 MAR & THU 12 MAR 7PM
In their aesthetically rigorous films Danièle
Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub have, since
the 1960s, led an ongoing critical debate
with European history, culture and politics,
often through the use of literary and
philosophical texts. After the death of
Danièle Huillet in October 2006, Jean-Marie
Straub has continued making films, a
selection of which will be shown across
two programmes. Please see our website
for more details from 25 January.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language students
and library members, booking essential
BOOKING 020 7596 4000
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
Visual Arts/Music
VISUAL ARTS / MUSIC
ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK
SQUARE: ABSTRACT ART AND
SOCIETY 1915 – 2015
THU 15 JAN – SUN 5 APR
Bringing together 100 works by 80 modern
masters and contemporary artists including
Carl Andre, Piet Mondrian, Gabriel Orozco,
Aleksander Rodchenko and Rosemarie
Trockel, the exhibition traces a century of
abstract art, shedding new light on the
evolution of geometric abstraction.
VENUE Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High
Street, London E1 7QX
OPENING TIMES Tue-Sun 11am-6pm, Thu 11-9pm,
Mon Closed
TICKETS £11.95 (£13.50 with Gift Aid), £8.85
concessions, (£9.85 with Gift Aid)
BOOKING 0844 412 4309
INFORMATION www.whitechapelgallery.org
Diedrich Diederichsen, Über Pop-Musik, Ki-Wi Verlag
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Jan St Werner © Volker Hormann
Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 – 2015
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SKULPTUR – CONTEMPORARY
NORDIC VIDEO INSTALLATIONS
WED 4 FEB 11AM – 7PM
JAN ST. WERNER – OMÖOHHHNO
PAHTUUONTUDONTHOSE
SAT 7 FEB 8PM
CURATORIAL DIALOGUES:
DIEDRICH DIEDERICHSEN
TUE 24 FEB 7PM
As part of SKULPTUR: Contemporary
Sculpture from Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway and Sweden, the Royal British
Society of Sculptors presents immersive
video installations in collaboration with
the Goethe-Institut London. Icelandic artist
Sigurður Guðjónsson interrogates the
interplay of image, sound and space, while
Mariken Kramer (Norway) explores the
‘creation of division’ and scrutinises
complex questions of inclusion in
contemporary society.
Jan St. Werner is one half of the pioneering
German electronic music duo Mouse on
Mars. Based on one of Werner’s short
poems, omöohhhno pahtuuontudonthose
creates an arc of suspense consisting of
several individual compositions oscillating
between dissolution and rigour. Featuring
musical contributions by Tilman Kanitz,
Thomas Mahmoud and Michael Rauter,
Jan St. Werner will perform this excursion
into the complex language of postinterdisciplinarity as abstract theatre.
Diedrich Diederichsen is an author, music
journalist, cultural critic, and professor at
the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He is
one of Germany’s most renowned intellectual
writers at the intersection of the arts, politics,
and pop culture. A former editor-in-chief of
Spex magazine, his most recent publication
Über-Pop-Musik proposes ‘pop’ as an aesthetic
category, one constructed by the audience.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
CURATED BY Royal British Society of Sculptors
OPENING TIMES Wed 4 Feb 11am-7pm (Private
Event 4.30-5.30pm)
TICKETS Admission free
CONTACT 020 7373 8615 & [email protected]
INFORMATION www.rbs.org.uk/exhibitions/skulptur
VENUE Café OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston,
London E8 3DL
TICKETS £10 members, £12 advance, £14 on the door
BOOKING www.wegottickets.com
INFORMATION www.cafeoto.co.uk
VENUE Dyson Building Lecture Theatre, Royal College
of Art Battersea Campus, 1 Hester Road, London
SW11 4AN
TICKETS Admission free, booking essential
BOOKING [email protected]
CONTACT Fiona Key, 020 7590 4494
INFORMATION www.rca.ac.uk/schools/school-ofhumanities/cca/
Curatorial Dialogues is part of an on-going series in
collaboration with the Royal College of Art’s Curating
Contemporary Art programme.
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Reiner Ruthenbeck, Installation view, Serpentine Gallery, Image © READS 2014
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Hans Haacke Gift Horse
LOOKING GIFT HORSE IN
THE MOUTH: A SYMPOSIUM
ON HANS HAACKE
SAT 7 MAR
HANS HAACKE: GIFT HORSE
ON THE FOURTH PLINTH
THU 5 MAR 2015 – AUTUMN 2016
In March, Hans Haacke’s Gift Horse will be
installed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar
Square. In place of the statue of William IV
astride a horse – as was originally planned
for the empty plinth – Haacke proposed a
skeleton of a strutting horse. Tied to its
front leg is an electronic ribbon which
displays live data from the London Stock
Exchange, completing the link between
power, money and history. The piece
attempts to make a number of hidden
substructures visible – tied up with a bow
as a gift to all.
Gift Horse has been commissioned by the Mayor of
London as part of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning
Programme and will be the tenth sculpture to be
unveiled on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth.
VENUE Trafalgar Square
INFORMATION www.london.gov.uk/priorities/
arts-culture/fourth-plinth
Gift Horse on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar
Square constitutes a searching reflection
on the politics of its site and continues
Hans Haacke’s critical engagement with
British culture, which he began with A
Breed Apart (1978), an investigation into
British Leyland’s links with apartheid in
South Africa.
This symposium, co-organised by Jon Bird
from Middlesex University and Luke
Skrebowski from the University of
Cambridge, includes a conversation with
Haacke and presentations by international
speakers on various aspects of the artist’s
work and art in the public domain.
In partnership with Middlesex University and the
Institute of Contemporary Arts. Supported by the
Terra Foundation for American Art.
VENUE ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
TICKETS £12, £10 concessions, £8 members
CONTACT 020 7930 3647
INFORMATION www.ica.org.uk
REINER RUTHENBECK
A BRIGHT NIGHT:
TECHNOLOGIES OF AFFECT
THU 5 FEB 7PM
Inspired by Reiner Ruthenbeck’s 1977
installation Zwielicht / Entre chien et
loup currently showing at the Serpentine
Gallery, this evening of screenings, readings,
talks and performances addresses light,
happiness, affect and productivity in
contemporary culture. Participants include
Chris Kabel, Sidsel Meineche Hansen,
Levack Lewandowski and Gil Leung.
The event is programmed by the Serpentine
Galleries in collaboration with LUX and supported
by the Goethe-Institut London.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS £5, £4 concessions
BOOKING 020 7402 6075
INFORMATION www.serpentinegalleries.org
PUBLIC TALK: KASPER KÖNIG
ON REINER RUTHENBECK
WED 11 FEB 7PM
Curator and academic Kasper König
presents a lecture on Reiner Ruthenbeck’s
works and his exhibition at the Serpentine
Gallery. Professor König is the former
Director of the Museum Ludwig, Cologne
(2000-2012) and was Chief Curator of
Manifesta 10, which took place at the
State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg
in 2014.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS £5, £4 concessions
BOOKING 020 7402 6075
INFORMATION www.serpentinegalleries.org
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AT A GLANCE
JANUARY
THU 15 JAN –
SUN 5 APR
VISUAL ARTS
ADVENTURES OF
THE BLACK SQUARE:
ABSTRACT ART AND
SOCIETY 1915 – 2015
Whitechapel Gallery
SAT 17 JAN –
SAT 14 MAR
1.15 – 5.15PM
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
BLENDED LEARNING:
A-LEVEL (A2-LEVEL)
EXAM PREPARATION
Goethe-Institut
London
WED 21 JAN 7PM
PANEL DISCUSSION
GERMANY – A
CONTEMPORARY
NATION
Goethe-Institut
London Library
THU 22 JAN 7PM
FILM
DER VERLORENE
ENGEL / THE
LOST ANGEL
Goethe-Institut
London
SAT 24 JAN –
SAT 21 MAR
1.15 – 5.15PM
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
BLENDED LEARNING:
AS-LEVEL EXAM
PREPARATION
Goethe-Institut
London
MON 26 JAN
11AM – 3PM
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
JUNG SEIN IN
DEUTSCHLAND
– PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT DAY
FOR SECONDARY
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Goethe-Institut
London
WED 28 JAN 7PM
GOETHE-KINO FILM
ÜBER-ICH UND DU /
SUPEREGOS
Goethe-Institut
London
FRI 30 JAN 7PM
FILM
BILDER DER WELT
UND INSCHRIFT DES
KRIEGES / IMAGES
OF THE WORLD AND
THE INSCRIPTION
OF WAR
Tate Modern
FEBRUARY
TUE 3 FEB –
FRI 13 FEB
MON-FRI
10AM – 3PM
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
MATHEMATIK ZUM
ANFASSEN
GLIC Gloucester
WED 4 FEB
11AM – 7PM
VISUAL ARTS
SKULPTUR –
CONTEMPORARY
NORDIC VIDEO
INSTALLATIONS
Goethe-Institut
London
THU 5 FEB 7PM
VISUAL ARTS
A BRIGHT NIGHT:
TECHNOLOGIES
OF AFFECT
Goethe-Institut
London
SAT 7 FEB 8PM
CONCERT
JAN ST. WERNER –
OMÖOHHHNO
PAHTUUONTUDONTHOSE
Café OTO
WED 11 FEB 7PM
VISUAL ARTS
PUBLIC TALK:
KASPER KÖNIG
ON REINER
RUTHENBECK
Goethe-Institut
London
SAT 14 – SUN 22 FEB
11AM & 1.30PM
THEATRE
50 DANGEROUS
THINGS (YOU
SHOULD LET YOUR
CHILDREN DO)
Unicorn Theatre
SAT 14 FEB 7PM
FILM
VILLALOBOS
Goethe-Institut
London
SUN 15 FEB 3PM
FILM
DAS HIMMLER
PROJEKT / THE
HIMMLER PROJECT
Goethe-Institut
London
TUE 17 FEB 7PM
FILM
SCHNITTSTELLE /
INTERFACE &
AUFSCHUB / RESPITE
Goethe-Institut
London
THU 19 FEB 7PM
FILM
ZWISCHEN ZWEI
KRIEGEN / BETWEEN
TWO WARS
Goethe-Institut
London
SUN 22 FEB 5PM
LITERATURE
JENNY ERPENBECK
AT JEWISH BOOK
WEEK
Kings Place
MON 23 FEB 7PM
FILM
STILLEBEN /
STILL LIFE
Goethe-Institut
London
TUE 24 FEB 7PM
VISUAL ARTS
CURATORIAL
DIALOGUES:
DIEDRICH
DIEDERICHSEN
Royal College of Art
WED 25 FEB 7PM
GOETHE-KINO FILM
DIE VERMESSUNG
DER WELT /
MEASURING
THE WORLD
Goethe-Institut
London
WED 25 FEB
6.30 – 8.30PM
BOOK LAUNCH &
FILM SCREENING
BOOK LAUNCH:
BRAVE NEW WORK
The Showroom
MARCH
THU 5 MAR 2015 AUTUMN 2016
VISUAL ARTS
HANS HAACKE:
GIFT HORSE
Trafalgar Square
THU 5 MARCH 7PM
FILM
LAGOS – NOTES
OF A CITY
Goethe-Institut
London
SAT 7 MAR
VISUAL ARTS
LOOKING GIFT HORSE
IN THE MOUTH: A
SYMPOSIUM ON
HANS HAACKE
ICA London
TUE 10 MAR 7PM &
THU 12 MAR 7PM
FILM
STRAUB-HUILLET
Goethe-Institut
London
TUE 17 MAR 6.30PM
LITERATURE
FREE WORD
PRESENTS WEATHER
STATIONS:
CLIMATE CHANGE
- THE STORIES
WE TELL
Goethe-Institut
London
WED 18 MARCH 7PM
FILM
DRAMACONSULT
Goethe-Institut
London
18-31 MARCH,
17-30 APRIL &
18-31 MAY
THEATRE
RESIDENCY:
SIBYLLE PETERS
Unicorn Theatre
FRI 20 MAR –
SAT 21 MAR
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
LANGUAGE
WORLD 2015
Newcastle University
SAT 21 MAR –
SAT 2 MAY
1.15 – 4.45PM
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
BLENDED LEARNING:
GCSE-LEVEL EXAM
PREPARATION
Goethe-Institut
London
WED 25 MAR 7PM
GOETHE-KINO FILM
ZEIT DER
KANNIBALEN /
AGE OF CANNIBALS
Goethe-Institut
London
CONTINUING
EXHIBITIONS
WED 1 OCT 2014 –
SUN 25 JAN 2015
CONFLICT AND
COLLISIONS: NEW
CONTEMPORARY
SCULPTURE
The Hepworth
Wakefield
THU 9 OCT 2014 –
SUN 8 FEB 2015
ALIBIS: SIGMAR
POLKE 1963–2010
Tate Modern
THU 16 OCT 2014 –
SUN 25 JAN 2015
EXHIBITION:
GERMANY –
MEMORIES OF
A NATION
British Museum
FRI 24 OCT 2014 –
SUN 22 FEB 2015
EXHIBITION & PRIZE:
ARTES MUNDI 6
National Museum
Cardiff
THU 13 NOV 2014 –
SUN 8 FEB 2015
FACT: TYPEMOTION
FACT Liverpool
SAT 15 NOV 2014 –
SUN 1 MAR 2015
CHAOS COMPUTER
CLUB EXHIBITION
BOM Birmingham
TUE 25 NOV 2014
– SUN 15 FEB 2015
SERPENTINE
GALLERY: REINER
RUTHENBECK
Serpentine Gallery
FRI 5 DEC 2014 –
SUN 25 JAN 2015
IMT GALLERY:
ALTERNATIVE 23
IMT Gallery
LOOKING
AHEAD
SAT 16 MAY –
SAT 27 JUNE
1.15 – 4.45PM
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
BLENDED LEARNING:
COURSE FOR
TEACHERS AT
C1 LEVEL
Goethe-Institut
London
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Sibylle Peters, Nigeria School Workshop © Ludovic des Cognets
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THEATRE/LITERATURE
Have you ever cooked a meal in the
dishwasher or licked a 9 volt battery?
No? Well then this is the show for you!
Celebrated German theatre-makers Fundus
Theater give you the chance to do things
you always thought were ‘verboten’. Face
your fears and take some risks, because
bravery means knowing the danger –
whatever your age!
VENUE Unicorn Theatre, 147 Tooley Street,
London SE1 2HZ
DURATION Approx. 50mins
TICKETS £16 (adults), £13 concessions,
£10 (under 21s)
BOOKING 020 7645 0560 &
[email protected]
INFORMATION www.unicorntheatre.com
Jenny Erpenbeck © Katharina Behling
50 DANGEROUS THINGS
(YOU SHOULD LET YOUR
CHILDREN DO)
SAT 14 FEB – SUN 22 FEB
11AM & 1.30PM
JENNY ERPENBECK AT
JEWISH BOOK WEEK
SUN 22 FEB 5PM
Hear award-winning German author Jenny
Erpenbeck (described by Michel Faber as
“one of the finest, most exciting authors
alive”) and acclaimed novelist Doron
Rabinovici at this year’s Jewish Book Week.
Erpenbeck’s novel The End of Days is a
story of the 20th century explored through
the various possible lives of one woman.
Elsewhere, Doron Rabinovici’s funny,
fast-paced and moving novel set between
Vienna and Tel Aviv, addresses themes of
identity, belonging and anti-Semitism.
The two authors will be talking to New Statesman
lead fiction reviewer Leo Robson.
VENUE Hall 2, Kings Place, 90 York Way,
London N1 9AG
DURATION 60mins
TICKETS £9.50
BOOKING 020 7520 1490 &
[email protected]
INFORMATION www.jewishbookweek.com &
www.kingsplace.co.uk/jbw
FREE WORD PRESENTS
WEATHER STATIONS: CLIMATE
CHANGE – THE STORIES WE TELL
TUE 17 MAR 6.30PM
SIBYLLE PETERS RESIDENCY
AT THE UNICORN THEATRE
18–31 MAR, 17–30 APR &
18–31 MAY
Assessing the current political temperature
and social climate, Weather Stations is
an international project that places
literature and storytelling at the heart of
conversations about climate change. Hear
Weather Stations Writer-in-Residence Mirko
Bonné in discussion with Tony White, artist
and former Writer-in-Residence at
the Science Museum, and Chris Rapley,
Professor of Climate Science at University
College London, previously Director of the
Science Museum.
After performing 50 Dangerous Things
(You Should Let Your Children Do) at the
Unicorn Theatre in February, Sibylle Peters
of Fundus Theater will remain in London
for a three-month residency. During this
time, she will run workshops and master
classes, as well as undertake research
with British artists and two of the Unicorn
Theatre’s partner schools, sharing and
testing new ideas, experiences and tools.
The project was initiated by Free Word (London)
together with internationales literaturfestival (Berlin),
Krytyka Polityczna (Warsaw), Tallaght Community
Arts (Dublin) and the Wheeler Centre (Melbourne)
with the support of the Culture Programme of the
European Union.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
TICKETS Admission free, booking essential
BOOKING 020 7596 4000
INFORMATION www.globalweatherstations.com &
www.freewordcentre.com
VENUE Unicorn Theatre, 147 Tooley Street,
London SE1 2HZ
INFORMATION www.unicorntheatre.com
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Language Courses
LANGUAGE COURSES
WANT TO START A NEW
PROJECT, LEARN A NEW SKILL
OR ACQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL
QUALIFICATION IN 2015?
WHY NOT LEARN GERMAN
WITH US IN SOUTH KENSINGTON
OR KENTISH TOWN!
Our teachers have excellent academic
and professional qualifications and
our high-quality language courses are
conducted in bright classrooms equipped
with the latest technology.
Live in North London? Since September
2014, our language courses have also been
available in Kentish Town, where they
are held at the Collège Français Bilingue
de Londres. In addition to general language
courses, we will be offering an exciting
new Conversation & Literature class for
higher levels (B2 and higher).
If you prefer to learn at your own pace
or need more flexibility, we can tailor a
course to your specific needs – either at the
Goethe-Institut London or at your home or
workplace. We also offer corporate courses
and can conduct these for one or more
employees on company premises.
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Young people studying for their German
A- or AS-level exams can join one of our
Blended Learning Examination Preparation
Courses. These start in January and use
a combination of classroom and online
sessions. Blended learning harnesses
the best aspects of the web and enables
students to study together online using
blogs, forums, YouTube, Wikis and chat
rooms. Working in small groups and under
the expert guidance of our teachers,
this truly is 21st century learning!
Make the most of learning German and
give your career a boost. If you want to
gain an internationally recognised language
certificate, we offer examinations in
February, April and June.
New courses start: February and April
Main enrolment: Saturday 7 February
to Thursday 12 February 2015.
For more information, visit our
website, stop by or just call us at the
Language Office.
Whatever your reasons for learning
German, let us support you in reaching
your goals!
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Educational Services
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
A NEW YEAR IS A GOOD TIME
TO START PLANNING FOR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
The Goethe-Institut London kicks off with
Jung Sein in Deutschland, a professional
development day for German teachers
in secondary schools. The workshop offers
recent, authentic material for use in the
classroom, including short films, songs and
music clips. The day also offers a great
networking opportunity to exchange ideas
and projects with other German teachers.
We are also very pleased to present our
Mathematik zum Anfassen exhibition at the
Global Languages Immersion Centre (GLIC)
in Gloucester. Teachers will find the
exhibition very useful for their students
in combining aspects both from CLIL and
STEM teaching in a truly high tech venue.
© Goethe-Institut London
Furthermore, there is the Goethe-Institut
London’s Blended Learning Course for
Teachers at C1 Level. This course is aimed
at professionals who teach German as a
Modern Language in schools or other
learning environments. They have the
opportunity to enhance their language
and communication skills as well as to
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improve their knowledge of current
cultural issues so that they can feel
confident interacting with students at
higher levels. Blended learning courses
are also available for students at GCSE-,
A- and AS-level.
Language World in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
is a superb chance for German teachers
from the North to come together for talks
and events on the latest about German
language teaching and learning. Join us
to find out more about the new networks
of schools supporting German, including
The Smart Choice: German and Schools:
Partners for the Future, as well as the
Think German network of universities
created by the German Embassy and its
partners. The Goethe-Institut team would
love to meet you at our stand to tell you
more about our campaigns, services
and materials.
Last but not least, we award grants to
German teachers for selected language
courses in Germany. These courses run
from one to three weeks and the grants
cover accommodation and training
costs. We look forward to receiving
your application!
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BLENDED LEARNING: A-LEVEL
(A2-LEVEL) EXAM PREPARATION
SAT 17 JAN – SAT 14 MAR
1.15 – 5.15PM
Our blended learning exam preparation
course offers an excellent way to prepare
for the A-level exam at British schools or
colleges. Previous students were able to
improve their examination results, gained
the desired marks and could study the
subject of their choice or were able to
obtain an Erasmus grant to study on an
exchange programme in Germany.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London and online
FEE £270, application by 14 January 2015
CONTACT [email protected]
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
BLENDED LEARNING:
AS-LEVEL EXAM PREPARATION
SAT 24 JAN – SAT 21 MAR
1.15 – 5.15PM
VENUE Goethe-Institut London and online
FEE £270, application by 21 January 2015
CONTACT [email protected]
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
Educational Services
JUNG SEIN IN DEUTSCHLAND
– PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DAY FOR SECONDARY
SCHOOL TEACHERS
MON 26 JAN 11AM – 3PM
Besides being a great opportunity for
teachers to exchange ideas, this workshop
provides material to integrate into German
lessons, including short films, songs and
music clips.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London
FEE Free, registration essential
CONTACT [email protected]
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
MATHEMATIK ZUM ANFASSEN
TUE 3 FEB – FRI 13 FEB
This exhibition aims to create a new
approach towards mathematics. It handles
the abstract science in a way that can be
understood using our senses, making the
subject easier to understand. Experiments
include puzzle games, bridge building and
jigsaws. The exhibition is suitable for all age
groups and does not require preparation.
VENUE GLIC, Gloucester, 4-6 Commercial Road,
GL1 2EA
ENTRY Free, registration essential
CONTACT [email protected]
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
OPENING TIMES Mon–Fri 10am–3pm
LANGUAGE WORLD 2015
FRI 20 MAR – SAT 21 MAR
Language World is the UK’s major event
for language teachers and education
professionals to come together to learn
from each other and to share, discuss
and celebrate the best in language learning.
There is a real creative buzz at this event
where exciting learning opportunities are
developed through partnership and
collaboration across sectors, subjects
and countries.
VENUE Newcastle University, Student Union
Building, NE1 7RU
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
BLENDED LEARNING: GCSELEVEL EXAM PREPARATION
SAT 21 MAR – SAT 2 MAY
1.15 – 4.45PM
Previous students who took this course
improved their predicted grade and gained
the A/A* exam result they wanted. This
course will improve your listening and
reading comprehension, the accuracy of
your writing and speaking skills and boost
your confidence in dealing with the GCSE
exam papers.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London and online
FEE £130, application by 18 March 2015
CONTACT [email protected]
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
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BLENDED LEARNING: COURSE
FOR TEACHERS AT C1 LEVEL
SAT 16 MAY – SAT 27 JUNE
1.15 – 4.45PM
This course is for professionals teaching
German as a Modern Language at C1 level.
It gives teachers the opportunity to enhance
their language and communication skills
and to increase their knowledge of current
cultural topics.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London and online
FEE £100, application by 14 May 2015
CONTACT [email protected]
INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london
GRANTS FOR GERMAN TEACHERS
Each year the Goethe-Institut London
awards grants to German teachers to
attend selected language courses in
Germany. The courses run for one to
three weeks and the grants cover
accommodation and training costs.
INFORMATION AND CONTACT
[email protected]
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Information Services & Library
INFORMATION SERVICES & LIBRARY
GERMAN POP, THE GOETHEINSTITUT LONDON’S PLAYLIST
ON SPOTIFY, LETS YOU ACCESS
CONTEMPORARY GERMAN
POP MUSIC ANYTIME AND
ANYWHERE (NOT JUST IN
THE LIBRARY!)
German pop music has been part of our
Library’s collection for a while now, and
we’re pleased to say that our selection of
CDs provides a comprehensive overview
of how German music has developed in
recent years. This CD selection is now
complemented by a digital playlist available
on the online music service Spotify.
Every two weeks, new releases and new
discoveries can be downloaded from the
German Pop playlist. Listen to artists and
bands including Clueso, CRO, SAM, Chima,
Neonschwarz, and many more.
German Pop is part of the Goethe-Institut’s
worldwide Spotify channel. Other playlists
available include Popcast – New Sounds
from Germany and Milestones in German
Electronic Music.
© Goethe-Institut London
You can find our Spotify playlists at:
www.goethe.de/spotify
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GERMANY – A
CONTEMPORARY NATION
WED 21 JAN 7PM
This panel discussion led by David Marsh
CBE marks the publication of The Routledge
Handbook of German Politics and Culture.
Its editor, Professor Sarah Colvin, together
with journalists and the book’s contributors,
will explore questions around Germany’s
global significance and international
relations as well as its national and cultural
priorities. The event is held in cooperation
with the German-British Forum.
VENUE Goethe-Institut London Library
TICKETS Admission free, booking essential
CONTACT 020 7596 4000 & [email protected]
INFORMATION www.gbf.com
LIBRARY OPENING TIMES
MON – THU 1 – 7PM
SAT 1 – 5PM
Closed on Fridays and Sundays
www.goethe.de/london/library
Detlev Buck Die Vermessung der Welt
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Goethe-Institut London
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Exhibition Road
London SW7 2PH
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Über-Ich und Du
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