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Symposium: The West Did Not Have to Arrive in the East!

Symposium: The West Did Not Have to Arrive in the East!

November 8, 2024 14:00 - 18:00

Contact Data

Venue
Address
Invalidenstraße 50-51
10557 Berlin
Germany

Description

During this symposium, contemporary witnesses of the 1990s and cultural actors who are active today will come together to share their experiences and engage in a mediated exchange about continuities and ruptures. Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, it will reflect on how the post 1989/1990 transformations were experienced both individually and collectively.

What was lost? Where was the integration of two systems productive? What influence do the persisting economic structures have? Is there an East German art scene today? And if so, what characterizes it? How is the institutional art scene in the East organized? And how visible are curators and artists with an Eastern biography in institutions? Departing from these questions, the symposium at Hamburger Bahnhof, whose building was located directly next to the Berlin Wall during the division of Germany, aims to create networks and formulate concrete wishes and ideas for the future.

The symposium is public and can be attended for free without registration. The event will be held in German; simultaneous translation into English will be provided on site.

The symposium was conceived by Till Fellrath, co-director Hamburger Bahnhof, Gabriele Knapstein, deputy director Hamburger Bahnhof, and Sven Beckstette, curator Hamburger Bahnhof, with the freelance art historian and journalist Sarah Alberti.

A symposium with the support of Carsten Schneider, Minister of State for East Germany and Equivalent Living Conditions in co-operation with the ifa - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungenin co-operation with the ifa - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for the New Federal State and The Federal Agency for Civic Education

Event Times

When
Veranstaltung: November 8, 2024 14:00 - 18:00

Fees & Opening Hours

Fees

Free entry

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