Guided tour and discussion with Dr. Bernd M. Scherer, Director of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Valerie Smith, Head of the Visual arts Department.

The project ON RAGE puts up the question whether there is a new "culture of rage" in the current economic and political crises. How can this rage be tapped for positive future developments? The artists, among them Regina José Galindo, Klara Liden and Michael Rakowitz, examine the impulse of "rage" in trans-cultural and trans-historical perspectives. It will be thematized how rage erupts under specific living conditions and in communities.                                                                                           

ÜBER LEBENSKUNST - THE ART OF SURVIVAL: CALL FOR FUTURE; The Kulturstiftung des Bundes and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt are jointly launching a two-year program entitled ÜBER LEBENSKUNST, initiative for art and sustainability. The program takes up the “ecological revolution” as an individual and cultural challenge. It proceeds from the thesis that fundamental cultural change can only be achieved if new alliances are sought within the domains of civil society, science, business, politics, education and culture. Central to the project is the conviction that spaces must be created which are both close to people’s everyday realities and generate a “global awareness” for researching and practicing sustainable activities. To this end, the project is inviting outstanding international actors from the fields of art and culture, the sciences, social practice, politics, civil society, the business world and the sphere of education to examine individuals’ experience of the ecological crisis and the sustainability of our civilization. We are looking for ideas, people and projects that seek to create and test ecologically sustainable and globally equitable lifestyles. Andrea Peschel, co-ordinator of the program, and one of the curators will present and discuss key elements and ideas of the project.

Language: English
Genre: exhibition project guided tour and discussion