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Newsletter 9 / September 2025
“Three East German Women Get Drunk and Establish the Ideal State”
Peggy Mädler, Annett Gröschner, Wenke Seemann © Andreas Rost
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ART WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
On the Sundays 7 and 14 September 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Straße 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission / Registration is not required
The Schloss Wiepersdorf Art Workshop is for children aged 7 to 11. Here, they can paint, draw, model and get creative. The workshop will be run by Nick Crowe (Galerie Jägerschere, Wiepersdorf) and Kaj Osteroth (former Wiepersdorf fellow).
On the last date, September 14, there will be a joint exhibition.
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WELTALLTAGE (SPACE DAYS)
Reading and talk with Paula Fürstenberg (in German)
Sunday, 7 September 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission
Paula Fürstenberg, Wiepersdorf fellow from Brandenburg, reads from her second novel, "Weltalltage" (Space Days). With a great deal of humor and warmth, Paula Fürstenberg tells the story of a friendship of two young people from East Germany. She writes about what it means not to function in a world where everything has to be functional, about the body and how we treat it, and about where empathy begins—and where it must end.
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MI-MI-MI NEUNTE
Concert with Manami Nagahari
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Duration: ca 10 min. each
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission
In “Mi-Mi-Mi Neunte,” the composer and former Wiepersdorf fellow Manami Nagahari explores the cultural perception of sound between Japan and Germany, based on a famous quote from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: “O friends, not these sounds!”
Funded by Musikfonds e.V. and Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.
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THREE EAST GERMAN WOMAN GET DRUNK AND ESTABLISH THE IDEAL STATE
Reading and performance with Annet Gröschner, Peggy Mädler and Wenke Seemann (in German)
Sunday, 21 September 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission
Annett Gröschner, Peggy Mädler, and Wenke Seemann talk about themselves as East German women, whatever that label might mean, about the joy of unconventional résumés, about the present with its past that keeps pushing its way in. There will be drinking, laughing, and debating. This reading is a performance with images, drinks, and lots of fun.
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100 YEARS OF WOLFGANG HEISE: THE FORGOTTEN THINKER OF THE GDR
Lecture by Lukas Zittlau (in German)
Sunday, 28 September 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission
“For me, Wolfgang Heise was part of that network of friendships that will never appear in future history books, but that stretched across the country and helped us to live,” recalled writer Christa Wolf about him. The now almost forgotten philosopher led a fascinating life in the GDR, shaped by the tension between communist belief and the sobering reality of socialism.
Former Wiepersdorf fellow Lukas Zittlau marks Wolfgang Heise’s 100th birthday with an introduction to his life and thought.
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DESIRE
Concert with Ying Wang at Vocations – open space
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 7:00 p.m.
silent green
Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin
Tickets: 9 € / 7 €
As a meeting point for Berlin’s international contemporary poetry and music scene, the event series “Vocations – open space” offers a stage for artists exploring a wide range of musical and vocal practices that are based on or deeply rooted in poetry. The edition on September 30 will feature the composition “DESIRE” by former Wiepersdorf fellow Ying Wang.
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GROUP FELLOWSHIP: INTERNATIONAL ARNIM-GESELLSCHAFT
From July 17 to 20, the International Arnim Society (IAG) held a colloquium on “Play and Playing in the Romantic Period”. It was organized by Prof. Dr. Christof Wingertszahn and Prof. Dr. Roswitha Burwick (IAG) together with the Schloss Wiepersdorf Cultural Foundation.
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GROUP FELLOWSHIP: HUMBOLDT-RESIDENCY PROGRAM
From August 4 to 15, the eleven participants of the Humboldt Residency Program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation gathered at Schloss Wiepersdorf. The program’s goal is to bring together people from science, the arts, journalism, and politics to jointly develop ideas and share them with audiences beyond academia. In 2025, the program focuses on the theme “The Future of Food.”
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FELLOWSHIPS
In September, the following artists and writers will start their residency in Wiepersdorf: அவ்ரீனா AVRINA (Literature), Motty Fogel (Literature), Paula Fürstenberg (Literature), Netalie Gvirtz (Literature), Gala Hernández López (Visual Arts), Gerhardt Müller-Goldboom (Composition) und Dorothee Schabert (Composition). A warm welcome!
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CAFÉ, MUSEUM AND PARK
The café in the Orangery and the museum at Schloss Wiepersdorf are open until September 28 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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