Arts

Sophisticated building technology and wall insulation have for some years been considered a panacea for reducing CO2 emissions in the building industry. But it doesn’t take much to construct houses with a good climate balance. Also in building the truth is: less is more.

A 380-hectare open space in the midst of a major city: since Tempelhof Airport ceased operations in 2008, the grounds have evolved into Berlin’s largest city park.

High quality, utility and sustainability: German architects are internationally successful. The architectural critic Falk Jaeger presents his favourites among Germany's creative architects in short portraits.

Grey, rough, inhuman: Brutalist architecture has a bad reputation. But that is currently changing. Fact is that the concrete monsters that arose from the 1950’s through the 1970’s can also be described in other ways: as engrossing, immediate and bold.

The Hamburg Elbe Philharmonic Hall has opened its doors. From former critics there is now little to be heard. But it remains to be seen whether the Elbe Philharmonic can fulfil the promise its proponents have been making throughout the years. 

Urban developers have long since realised that residential areas with large numbers of disadvantaged families need special attention. This can lead to the atmosphere significantly improving for the residents.
 

David vs. Goliath – who invented Google Earth? Thanks to a Netflix series, the design agency Art + Com is now known to a wider audience, but Art + Com has been regularly winning prizes for 30 years.
 

What form of theater can reflect changed realities? The journalist Katja Petrowskaja and the artist and playwright Mohammad Al Attar discuss Noam Chomsky and the international left, migration and military conflicts as lived experience, and theater as a political tool.

An author, a DJ, and a musician, Thomas Meinecke is a versatile artist. He samples, quotes and deconstructs role models and the concept of what it means to be an author. 
 

Many artists live in precarious conditions, and few can make a living off their art. Initiatives like fair music providers and fair-trade certificates for music labels show how a more equitable value chain could be created. 

We explain the most important terms used in the creative industry, including defining a start-up, what innovation means, and how an incubator differs from an accelerator. 

female:pressure – a network helping to boost the number of female DJs.

Public funding and freedom of art – do the two sit well together? There is no right to state arts funding and cultural establishments face – hypothetically at least – a constant threat of cuts. Labour‑intensive activities like theatre are particularly affected. 

“I never create an image when I want to build a house.“ Thus Mies van der Rohe stated during interview with the Bauwelt magazine in 1964. He did, however, produce a wealth of collages and montages. These spatial compositions are some of the most interesting and most beautiful works of Modernism.

Inspired by the concept of extended cinema, based on art history, the RaumZeitPiraten created a conglomerate of optoacoustic devices and machines, the Exploded Cinema, in March 2019 in Montreal.

The installation "Manifesto" by Julian Rosefeldt could be seen at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal until 20 January 2019. In this project, apart from the opulently staged images, focus is placed on the eloquence of artistic manifestoes.

Anne Imhof occupies the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennial 2017 with her performance "Faust". As with her previous works, the overwhelming images for Faust were developed collaboratively.
 

Imagine climbing to the top of the Acropolis, running along the flanks of the sphinx or balancing on the gable of Cologne Cathedral. Parkour as cultural mediation is the focus of a pilot project.