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Newsletter 2 / February 2024
Performance "The closeness of distance" by Nezaket Ekici © Andreas Dammertz
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DIE NÄHE DER FERNE (THE CLOSENESS OF DISTANCE)
– A film by Nezaket Ekicis
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 6:30 p.m. (admission from 6:00 p.m.)
Representation of the State of Brandenburg to the Federal Government,
In den Ministergärten 3, 10117 Berlin
With Nezaket Ekici, Dr. Phil. Andreas Dammertz, Branka Pavlovic, Roswitha Karbaum
Moderation: Pia Kollonitsch
"The closeness of distance" - this is the title of performance artist Nezaket Ekici's one-hour filmic reflection on long-distance relationships. Based on the relationship between Bettina and Achim von Arnim around 200 years ago, the artist embarks on a journey by carriage from Schloss Wiepersdorf to Berlin.
The film, which is being shown in Berlin for the first time, was made in 2021 as part of a fellowship at Schloss Wiepersdorf. Accompanied by quotes from the partners' letters, Ms. Ekici traverses the landscapes and places that repeatedly separated the lovers.
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PAINTING WORKSHOP with Małgorzata Sztremer
Saturday, 17. February, 3:00 p.m. to approx. 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, 18 February, 3:00 p.m. to approx. 6:00 p.m.
Saarländische Galerie, Charlottenstraße 3, 10969 Berlin
Participation is free of charge, materials will be provided.
Registration at: sztremer@gmx.de (Limited number of participants)
Małgorzata Sztremer received a fellowship from the Saarland Ministry of Education and Culture at Schloss Wiepersdorf in 2022. The exhibition ENTKREUZUNG (DECROSSING) of Małgorzata Sztremer's works, which can be visited until 24. February, 2024, Tuesdays to Saturdays, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m., was created in cooperation with the Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf.
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FELLOWS 2024
In 2024 we welcome the following fellows!
Literature: Attila Bartis, Dilek Mayatürk-Yücel, Bernd Nixdorf and Konrad H. Roenne
Visual arts: Ewa Finn, Zora Janković, Klaus Jörres, Fides Becker, Bahzad Sulaiman, Darja Linder, Jonas Mayer, Anna Cherepanova and Vitalii Cherepanovy
Composition: Manami Nagahari, Manuel Zwerger and Anna Arkushyna
Science/Romanticism: Shira Miron and Avishek Ray
Science/Topics focusing on the previously divided Germany: Barbara Schnalzger, Dorothea Horas and Rocco Thiede
The application documents for scholarships in 2025 can be found here between February 15 and April 15, 2024.
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LICHT.24 – Interactive concert performance
9 -11 February, 2024
LOFFT - DAS THEATER Leipzig, Spinnereistraße 7/Halle 7, 04179 Leipzig
Artistic direction: Ilka Seifert and Anja-Christin Winkler
The interactive concert performance LICHT.24 for soprano, piano, electronic music, light and a tracked audience invites the audience to take control of the play with light and sound and explore their own light field. In doing so, they move in the field of tension between self-determined playful experience and digital heteronomy.
The performance was developed during a residency at Schloss Wiepersdorf in 2022.
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SAVE THE DATE
UNESCO-Welttag der Poesie
Thursday, 21 March, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Maschinenhaus at the Kulturbrauerei, Schönhauser Allee 36, 10435 Berlin
Admission 6/4 Euro
Reading with Leila Hekmatnia, Oleksandr Irwanez, Dilek Mayatürk-Yücel and Amen Feizabend, John Sauter, Kinga Tóth
Moderation: Marie Kaiser, journalist, Berlin
A joint event of the Haus für Posie and the German UNESCO Commission, the Akademie Schloss Solitude, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme, the Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf and the International House of Artists Villa Concordia Bamberg
Dilek Mayatürk-Yücel will be fellow at Schloss Wiepersdorf in 2024.
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RELEASE
ICH WÄRE GERN EIN BAUM (I WOULD LIKE TO BE A TREE)
An illustrated book by Andrea Hensgen and Hannah Brückner
The illustrated book "Ich wäre gern ein Baum" by author Andrea Hensgen and illustrator Hannah Brückner has been published by Peter-Hammer Verlag.
Andrea Hesgen was fellow at Schloss Wiepersdorf in summer 2022. The book was written during her stay.
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CAFÉ, MUSEUM AND PARK
The Café in the Orangery and the Museum in Schloss Wiepersdorf will open this year on May 19, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. on International Museum Day. Opening hours during the summer months are Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The castle park can be visited all year round. Thanks to our open air “Kosmos Wiepersdorf” you can walk a tour on your own and get information via QR Codes.
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