Posts Tagged ‘Haus der Kulturen der Welt – HKW’

Über Lebenskunst: The Art of Sustainable Living

Blog entry by Amee Lê – in Berlin; Friday, Aug. 19, 2011.

One thing I like about the German language is that it demonstrates the possibility of being both logical and fun. This week much-publicized festival initiated by the German Federal Cultural Foundation in cooperation with the House of World Cultures is titled, Über Lebenskunst, which can be read and interpreted as either “About the Art of Living” or “The Art of Survival”.

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The Week, August 8-14

TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2011 NEUE NATIONALGALERIE “Self-portraits in the Graphic Arts” – MAX BECKMANN Exhibition: Aug. 9- Oct. 3, 2011 Potsdamer Straße 50 (click here for map) THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2011 KUNSTRAUM KREUZBERG BETHANIEN Book presentation and curators’ talk Thursday, Aug. 11, 7 pm “Nomadic Settlers – Settled Nomads” – GROUP SHOW Exhibition: Jul. 2-… Read more »


The Week, July 25-31

TUESDAY, July 26, 2011 GALERIE OPEN “Object of Play” – GROUP SHOW Exhibition: Jul. 26 – Aug. 31, 2011 Opening Reception: Tuesday, Jul. 26, 8-10 pm Legiendamm 18-20 (click here for map) WEDNDESDAY, July 27, 2011 DEUTSCHE GUGGENHEIM “On Journeys to the Moon and When Faith Moves Mountains: Visual Narrations of the Fantastic“ – NICO… Read more »


The Week, July 18-24

MONDAY, July 18, 2011 BASED IN BERLIN “Fitness for Artists” – HELGA WRETMAN Performance: Monday, July 18, 5 pm Exhibition: June 8 – July 24, 2011 Atelierhaus Monbijoupark, Oranienburger Straße 77 (click here for map) TUESDAY, July 19, 2011 BASED IN BERLIN “Culture of valorization: on the interrelation of cultural production and urban deelopment” –… Read more »


transmediale.11 – Response:Ability

by Mikhel Proulx // Feb. 15, 2011
The first week of February saw the latest incarnation of transmediale: Germany’s preeminent meeting-ground for art and technology. Like it’s institutional big-brother…[read on]