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 60 Years Goethe-Institut Bangladesh

Logo Jubiläum 60 Jahre Goethe-Institut Bangladesch

The Goethe-Institut has been working in Dhaka since December 20th, 1961. We celebrated the past 60 years with the Goethe Pop Up Festival​, expanding our partner network and laying foundations for the future.
 

Vorschaubild Teaser © Goethe-Institut Bangladesch

Impressions from our anniversary 2021
 60 Years Goethe-Institut Bangladesh

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Goethe Pop Up Festival

Goethe Pop Up provides a platform for hybrid initiatives that engage local public spheres beyond the cultural centers of Bangladesh. This is in line with the Goethe-Institut's goals of promoting creative and empowering ways of transnational exchange to reflect and expand knowledge. From numerous concept submissions reflecting diverse artistic discursive expressions and methodologies, the Goethe-Institut selected eight curators or artist collectives to integrate their work into an ecosystem of various Goethe Pop Ups across Bangladesh - celebrating our 60th anniversary. 

Kahichal’s logo, in the background Bahadur Bazar at Dinjapur Town © Kahichal

Goethe Pop Up Festival
 Kahichal

Thirteen artists produced pieces for an art collaboration in Dinajpur titled ‘uproar’ in a local dialect
Excerpt of an art piece by Orchid Chakma © Sheikh Mehedi Morshed

Goethe Pop Up Festival
 In the Terrains of Fear

An inclusive group show by Ghartera in Lalmatia, the ‘under-construction township’, makes art accessible to everyone
© Snighdha Sultana I Hill Film Festival

Goethe Pop Up Festival
 5th Hill Film Festival

Organised by Jum Film Forum at the Rangamati Cultural Institute to examine language and identity
Video still from the teaser by Johan Angermann © Once there were rivers

Goethe Pop Up Festival
 Once there were rivers

A discursive project, emanating from a documentary film about the deteriorating conditions of the Shitalakshya river
Exhibition Opening, Seminar Library © Zakir Hossain I Book Bakery

Goethe Pop Up Festival
 Book Bakery

Collaboration to produce art book recipes, focusing on material, process, and form, exhibited in Chittagong
Open air workshop exhibition at Singra © Arifur Rahman

Goethe Pop Up Festival
 Floating Dream comes Home.

An internationally renowned artist goes back to her roots to conduct photography workshops for children in Singra
Excerpt © Arfun Ahmed (2021)

Goethe Pop Up Festival
 Bhati-scape

A radio covering interviews and songs from Netrokona, seeking to create Bengali poetry soundscapes throughout history
Still from the video documentary Mro Cho Plong Hon Plai, a music and dance performance of the Mro community in Bandarban, recorded in Ramri Para © Syed Mehedy Hasan

Goethe Pop Up Festival
 Native Roots

Through an open approach the Mro culture unfolds itself in a documentary about musical performances in Bandarban

JISR // BRÜCKE

JISR // BRÜCKE: From the Isar to the Padma is a Munich music collective, led by Dr Mohcine Ramdan. In 2022, they toured Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India to exchange about musical cultures as part of the project The Sound of Faraway Lands. Local artists joined the ensemble on their way. In Dhaka JISR enthralled the audience at the National Theater Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to celebrate the 50 years of Bangladesh, our 60th anniversary, and 50th anniversary of Germany-Bangladesh bilateral relations.
 

  • Dancer and choreographer Ariful Islam Arnab performing “Manush” (beng. human being) with his co-star Snata Shahrin. © Goethe-Institut Bangladesh | Paddmini Chakma

    Dancer and choreographer Ariful Islam Arnab performing “Manush” (beng. human being) with his co-star Snata Shahrin.

  • The entire staff of the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh pose for a photo together, ​​Celebrating 60 Years of Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, 1961-2021 © Goethe-Institut Bangladesh | Paddmini Chakma

    The entire staff of the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh pose for a photo together, ​​Celebrating 60 Years of Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, 1961-2021

  • Band Sharkar ended the evening with their wonderful performance. © Goethe-Institut Bangladesh | Paddmini Chakma

    Band Sharkar ended the evening with their wonderful performance.

  • Guests enjoying themselves at the dance floor. © Goethe-Institut Bangladesh | Paddmini Chakma

    Guests enjoying themselves at the dance floor.

  • Guests enter their names at the reception of the DrikPath Bhaban. © Goethe-Institut Bangladesh | Paddmini Chakma

    Guests enter their names at the reception of the DrikPath Bhaban.

  • Speakers at the reception: Dr. Kirsten Hackenbroch, director Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, Luva Nahid Chowdhury, Director General Bengal Foundation, His Excellency Achim Tröster, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Bangladesh, Nadia Samdani, Co-Founder and President of the Samdani Art Foundation and Director of the Dhaka Art Summit (from left to right) © Goethe-Institut Bangladesh | Paddmini Chakma

    Speakers at the reception: Dr. Kirsten Hackenbroch, director Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, Luva Nahid Chowdhury, Director General Bengal Foundation, His Excellency Achim Tröster, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Bangladesh, Nadia Samdani, Co-Founder and President of the Samdani Art Foundation and Director of the Dhaka Art Summit (from left to right)

  • Ruxmini Reckvana Q Choudhury (middle) curated ‘Weaving Stories’ an exhibition that brings together the narratives of eight different projects realized through Goethe Pop Up in 2021. © Ahadul Karim | Goethe-Institut Bangladesh

    Ruxmini Reckvana Q Choudhury (middle) curated ‘Weaving Stories’ an exhibition that brings together the narratives of eight different projects realized through Goethe Pop Up in 2021.

  • Native Roots screened at DrikPath Bhaban © Syed Mehedy Hasan

    Native Roots screened at DrikPath Bhaban

  • All Goethe Pop Ups re-presented their work on one floor for their audience in Dhaka © Syed Mehedy Hasan

    All Goethe Pop Ups re-presented their work on one floor for their audience in Dhaka

  • Artist Himan Murmu from Dinajpur (left) and photographer Snighdha Sultana (right) © Syed Mehedy Hasan

    Artist Himan Murmu from Dinajpur (left) and photographer Snighdha Sultana (right)

  • The celebration and exhibition took place at the interim premises of the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, at DrikPath Bhaban in Dhanmondi, Dhaka © Syed Mehedy Hasan

    The celebration and exhibition took place at the interim premises of the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, at DrikPath Bhaban in Dhanmondi, Dhaka

  • Many visitors came to the exhibition that took place from 21-23 March 2022 © Syed Mehedy Hasan

    Many visitors came to the exhibition that took place from 21-23 March 2022

  • Dr. Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, ended the night with her thank you speech to the audience. © Syed Mehedy Hasan

    Dr. Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, ended the night with her thank you speech to the audience.

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