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Benjamin and Brecht.
Thinking in Extremes
In 1931, Brecht and Benjamin, together with other artists and scholars, planned to publish a journal called Krise und Kritik (Crisis and Criticism). They established a group intended to realise “a far-reaching production accompanied by results” …
Poetik der Mitte. Walter Kempowski im literatur- und ideengeschichtlichen Kontext
The monumental text collages of Walter Kempowski seek the political and aesthetic middle ground. In them, he brings together narrative tradition and avant-garde. The contributors investigate the literary and historical constellations of the great prose writer. The volume was produced in cooperation with the Akademie der Künste, which preserves the extensive Kempowski archive.
“One can’t learn, not to learn.”
In conjunction with the exhibition "Benjamin and Brecht. Thinking in Extremes", Alexander Kluge is opening his Benjamin Brecht Container with texts, films, music and surprising ideas. Alongside Kluge, Akademie members Friedrich Dieckmann, Durs …
Benjamin und Brecht.
Denken in Extremen
[Thinking in Extremes]
Communication between the well-known Svendborg chess partners recalls the royal game: It employed tiring tactics, surprise attacks, retreat, strategic partnership, checkmate – and a new game. The essays and artistic commentary in the book turn the spotlight on an extraordinary constellation, in which Benjamin and Brecht appear as contemporaries in a century of extremes. They developed models for art, for politics, thought processes and for life itself; sometimes "extreme on a trial basis" and sometimes playful. With texts by Minou Arjomand, Broomberg & Chanarin, Zoe Beloff, Durs Grünbein, Barbara Hahn, Alexander Kluge, Mark Lammert, Bernd-Peter Lange, Burkhardt Lindner, Thomas Martin, Ursula Marx, Frank-M. Raddatz, Jan Philipp Reemtsma, Kristin Schulz, Marcus Steinweg, Steffen Thiemann, B. K. Tragelehn, Edmund de Waal and Erdmut Wizisla.
Exhibition “Children in Exile” in the Werkstatt Exilmuseum
Opening 6 September, runs until 1 November 2024
The Akademie der Künste is showing the documentary exhibition “Children in Exile” starting on 6 September 2024 in the Werkstatt Exilmuseum on Fasanenstrasse in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district. …