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Talk | Wed, 09/18, 6PM | Goethe-Institut How to Do Things With Landscape

W. J. T. Mitchell has long been fascinated with the human desire to “look at the view.” With a central focus on Caspar David Friedrich’s “Wanderer Above a Sea of Clouds,” he will survey the great variety the things we do with landscape, from contemplation to conquest.

W T J Mitchell Banner © Goethe-Institut

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09/21/2024|6:00 PM Goodbye, Lenin!

Goethe-Institut Chicago, Chicago | Film Screening

At the time one of the most successful German films ever made, Wolfgang Becker’s tragicomedy celebrates both the absurdity and poignancy of life during a tumultuous era. With a playful exploration of nostalgia, social change, and the fall of the Berlin wall, Goodbye, Lenin! offers unique insight into the aftermath of the Berlin Wall's collapse and the breakdown of the GDR's societal structures.

Goodbye, Lenin! © Goethe-Institut

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Gegenüber Festival | September/October 2024
Longing / Belonging

Stories of migration characterize our modern societies, in which people from different cultural backgrounds search for belonging. Cultural diversity is celebrated on the one hand, but at the same time new social boundaries are emerging. The Goethe-Institut's “Longing/Belonging” festival presents artistic contributions and social discourses from Germany and North America.

Gegenüber-Festival “Longing Belonging”: Keyvisual in Red and Blue © Tobias Schrank / Goethe-Institut

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