Worldwide Reading – Call of the International Literature Festival Berlin
The International Literature Festival Berlin is asking individuals, schools, universities, cultural institutions, and the media to participate in a worldwide reading of Iranian literature in support of the Iranian uprising on December 10, Human Rights Day. The PalaisPopulaire is participating in this worldwide reading and cordially invites you to take part. The reading will take place in the rotunda of the PalaisPopulaire at 4 pm and 4:30 pm, for 10 minutes at each time. The author Daniel Boente will read poems from the book Jene Tage by Forugh Farrochsād, Sujet Verlag, 2017, translated into German from Persian by Kurt Scharf. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Free admission.
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Photo: Daniel Boente © Daisy Loewl; bookcover: Forugh Farrochsād: Jene Tage, Sujet Verlag, 2017 © Sujet Verlag
Free telephone tour and talk for blind and visually impaired people
On the occasion of the show "ESCRIBIR TODOS SUS NOMBRES", the participants will discuss the background and themes of the exhibition, after the works are explained in detail. The one-hour telephone tour will be led by an art educator. You will receive the telephone access data for the event after you register. Sighted visitors are also welcome!
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You can register at palais.populaire@db.com
Free guided tour in simple language
A guided tour of the exhibition "ESCRIBIR TODOS SUS NOMBRES" in simple language.
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No registration is required for this tour.
Free guided tour for deaf and hearing impaired people in DGS
Joint tour of the exhibition "ESCRIBIR TODOS SUS NOMBRES" and a conversation with the artist Veronika Kranzpiller in DGS. Selected works will be presented and room created for intensive exchange.
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No registration is required for this tour.
Presentation of Catalog for “LuYang: DOKU Experience Center”
LuYang is Deutsche Bank's “Artist of the Year” 2022. Born in Shanghai, LuYang is one of today’s most internationally influential Chinese multimedia artists. LuYang combines universal themes such as death and transience, questions of spirituality and identity with methods of artificial intelligence and digital pop culture. The protagonist of the multimedia installation is the gender-neutral avatar DOKU, who appears as a digital reincarnation of LuYang in six versions.
Britta Färber, curator of the exhibition and Global Head of Art at Deutsche Bank, will present the exhibition catalog and explain the background to the genesis of specific works and their meaning.
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Free admission.
You can obtain a free ticket here.
Concert with the duo Diaz-Fayed
On the occasion of the exhibition "ESCRIBIR TODOS SUS NOMBRES", the duo Díaz-Fayed presents Spectrum, a concert for harp and flute.
The program includes works by Claude Debussy, André Caplet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Béla Bartók, Jules Massenet, Philip Glass and French harpist and composer Bernard Andrès. Rosa Díaz Cotán has been principal harpist of the Neubrandenburg Philharmonie, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2021, since 2013. Reham Fayed was a member of Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Staatskapelle Berlin.
The exhibition could be shown in Berlin thanks to the Spanish Embassy and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).
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Free admission
You can obtain a free ticket here.
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Photo: © Rosa Díaz Cotán
Tour on sculpture in public space around PalaisPopulaire
A one-hour tour of the neighbourhood presents the work of the American artist Bunny Rogers as well as important historical sculptures and memorials around Bebelplatz.
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Free admission
You can obtain a free ticket here.
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Bunny Rogers, Techo Statue (turquoise), 2021
Courtesy the artist, Société, Berlin and Thaddaeus Ropac, London/Paris/Salzburg/Seoul; Photo: Mathias Schormann