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Newsletter 7 / July 2025
Lady with a yo-yo, 1791
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GAMES AND PLAY IN THE “JOURNAL OF LUXURY AND FASHION”: LECTURE
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Straße 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission
Published between 1786 and 1827 by Friedrich Justin Bertuch in Weimar, the Journal of Luxury and Fashion was not only Germany’s first illustrated magazine but also its first regularly appearing fashion periodical. Yet its scope extended far beyond fashion. In a groundbreaking blend of text and image, it reported not only on the latest women’s and men’s fashions from Paris, London, Vienna, Italy, and major German cities and spa resorts, but also served as a lifestyle magazine.
Illustrated evening lecture with Dr. Barbara Steingießer, curator at the Goethe Museum Düsseldorf / Anton and Katharina Kippenberg Foundation.
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CHRISTA WOLF AND ROMANTICISM: LECTURE BY TABEA LAMBERTI
AND OPEN STUDIOS
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Open Studios from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission
Like many of her colleagues, the writer Christa Wolf engaged with German Romanticism and its authors in the 1970s. The literary scholar and Wiepersdorf fellow Tabea Lamberti is working on her current research project on this reception of Romanticism and will present Wolf's examination of Romanticism. The lecture will be accompanied by selected text passages that make Wolf's “projection space of Romanticism” tangible.
The public will also have the opportunity to see works of art by Paula Müller and Frauke Eckhardt in the open studios.
The café in the Orangery is open as usual on Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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SEEN FROM AFAR: LITERATURE FESTIVAL IN BUCKOW
Saturday, 19 July 2025, from 2:00 p.m.
Brecht-Weigel-Haus
Bertolt-Brecht-Straße 30, 15377 Buckow (Märkische Schweiz)
Free admission
As part of the two-year residency program ‘Seen from afar - Encounters in Brandenburg’, ten authors from different backgrounds and with diverse realities of life were invited to Brandenburg, Berlin and Lower Silesia to draw attention to diverse stories that are not part of the mainstream literary canon. The Schloss Wiepersdorf Cultural Foundation also took part in this program. The crowning finale of the residency program is the literature festival “Seen from afar”.
Readings by Hatice Açıkgöz, Inés Burdow, Şehnaz Dost, Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus, Matthias Nawrat, Veronika Patočková, Tanasgol Sabbagh, John Sauter, Mbakumua Tjaveondja and Saskia Warzecha.
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Group fellowship: MUSETHICA
In June, the Musethica project visited Brandenburg for the first time. The Beija-flor String Quartet from Austria and the Ensemble Finale from Israel spent an intensive week in Wiepersdorf and throughout the region. They were accompanied by tutors Konstanze von Gutzeit (cello) and Avri Levitan (viola). During the week, the musicians gave 19 concerts in social institutions and three public concerts. Musethica writes about it: „All of the institutions visited—including integrated daycare centers, senior residences in Jüterbog and Herzberg (Elster), the Luckau-Duben correctional facility, a hospice, and a transitional residential home in Luckenwalde—became Musethica concert venues for the first time and welcomed the artists with great openness and enthusiasm.“ (Musethica-Newsletter #6/25)
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FELLOWSHIPS
Stories from Schloss Wiepersdorf
In July, Ursula Knoll (Literature) has started her residency in Wiepersdorf. A warm welcome!
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RELEASE
RE:WILDING: CD BY YING WANG
Five works by composer and Wiepersdorf fellow Ying Wang have been recorded by various ensembles and musicians – including the SWR Symphony Orchestra and ensemble reflektor – and released on the KAIROS label.
The Label writes about it: “Ying Wang’s RE:Wilding presents five works shaped by sonic precision, cultural awareness, and political urgency. Acoustic instruments and electronics coexist without hierarchy, exposing noise, fragility, and quotation as structural elements.”
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CAFÉ, MUSEUM AND PARK
The café in the Orangery and the museum at Schloss Wiepersdorf are open on 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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By attending the events at Wiepersdorf Castle, you agree that the recordings made there may be used for public relations purposes.
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