The DOK Leipzig 2021 brings: Israel, escape, digitization

The DOK Leipzig 2021 brings: Israel, escape, digitization

MDR KULTUR: DOK Leipzig 2021 is the second festival edition under your leadership. Does the DOK Leipzig already feel normal to you? – Christoph Terhechte: Normality is difficult to define – especially in these times. I also do not hope that we can now simply speak of a return to normality, even if we can … Read more

Farewell to the treasury: Director of the Green Vault is retiring

Farewell to the treasury: Director of the Green Vault is retiring

MDR KULTUR: When you came to Dresden in 1993, the reconstruction of the castle was already a done deal. The conception was still being wrestled with, including the money. The armory was still in the east gallery of the Alte Meister gallery and the green vault had an appearance in the Albertinum. For a 37-year-old, … Read more

Corona-Aus: Cinema in Halle-Neustadt closes

Corona-Aus: Cinema in Halle-Neustadt closes

One day after the nationwide cinemas reopened, The Light Cinema in Halle-Neustadt announced that it was closing. Managing director Keith Pullinger justified this with the financial pressure caused by the corona pandemic. On the homepage he thanked him for the hard work and commitment of his team in the 20 years of existence. – Eight … Read more

Menstruation as a taboo subject: when you feel like an alien

Menstruation as a taboo subject: when you feel like an alien

A green hairy body, a large purple eye, and pink boots. This is what one of Alma Weber’s aliens looks like. The Dresden animated film artist sits on the flowered vintage sofa in her studio and draws sketches for her current project entitled “Menstrualiens” – a mixture of the words menstruation and aliens. – Aliens … Read more

Blog of the University of Jena starts blog with interviews with Holocaust survivors

Blog of the University of Jena starts blog with interviews with Holocaust survivors

1946. The Second World War is not long over, the coming to terms with the National Socialist crimes is at the very beginning. During this time the psychology professor David summarizes. P. Boder a plan: He wants to know what happened – unadorned and firsthand. He begins to interview displaced persons all over Europe – … Read more

Saela Whim from Dresden – inspired by metal, jazz and world music

Saela Whim from Dresden – inspired by metal, jazz and world music

Gianluca Calivà – from the Altmark to the Dresden Elbe Calivà was born in Salzwedel, then at the age of 15 went from the Altmark in the north of Saxony-Anhalt to the Pforta state school in the south of the state, where he received a sound education in the music show. His instrument is the … Read more

GDR icon Uschi Brüning in conversation: “The world was in a fever”

GDR icon Uschi Brüning in conversation: “The world was in a fever”

MDR KULTUR: “Uschi offered vocal artistry” we read on the cover of the CD – obviously a voice of the concert criticism. What memories do you still have of that concert in Dresden in 1971? – Uschi Brüning: So directly, specifically, I can hardly remember the concert. Very good to the location. But the whole … Read more

Ceiling painter Peter Schubert from Dresden died

Ceiling painter Peter Schubert from Dresden died

Peter Schubert was best known for his ceiling paintings. The artist, who was born in Dresden in 1929, died on Sunday in his Berlin studio, the Peter Schubert Society announced on Wednesday, citing the family. Schubert was 92 years old. – The artist became known, among other things, for his ceiling paintings in the Great … Read more

Music tip: Peter Piek blurs the lines between painting and music

Music tip: Peter Piek blurs the lines between painting and music

Painter, copywriter, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and performance artist, in short: Peter Piek is a creative all-rounder. Born in Chemnitz, the artist’s career began professionally in 2002 when he began studying painting and graphics at the University of Graphic Arts and Book Art in Leipzig – as a student of none other than Sighard Gille. – Composing … Read more

Dresden project Fabmobil awarded with Kulturlichter-Preis

Dresden project Fabmobil awarded with Kulturlichter-Preis

About the Fabmobil project If people cannot get to the offers – because buses no longer run – the offers have to go to the people. This has been done by Fabmobil, the mobile art and digital workshop for rural areas, since 2017, from Constitute eV Fabmobil comes directly to schools or socio-cultural youth centers … Read more