Arts

Das Wetter: The India Edition

Das Wetter is an independent cultural magazine founded in Berlin in October 2013. Our India special, created in collaboration with their team, features interviews, literary texts, and photos produced during their stay in Delhi. Immerse yourself in India's subculture and artist scene, and discover the fascinating nightlife of the Delhi metropolis.

India © Unsplash / Bhumika Singh

Projects

Empowerment: Art and Feminisms

Empowerment: Art and Feminisms is a South Asian travelling multidisciplinary exhibition, showcasing the work of thirty one feminist artists or artist collectives. It looks at inclusion at all levels and showcases the voices and rights of various gender and social minorities, expecially in the context of South Asia.

© Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
Berlin International Film Festival 2024
Berlinale Bloggers 2024

Germany's biggest film festival ── Berlinale ── took place from February 15 to 25, 2024. Our blogger, Prathap Nair, offered exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpses, mingling with actors, directors, and fellow bloggers worldwide. Dive into the highlights, movie recommendations, and reviews to enhance your next binge-watching adventure!

© Tobias Schrank / Goethe-Institut
In Search of a Common Ground
Critical Zones

The exhibition »CRITICAL ZONES« invites us to deal with the CRITICAL situation of the Earth in various ways and to explore new modes of coexistence between all forms of life.

© Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
Anniversary
Celebrating 100 Years of Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys would have turned 100 in 2021. In celebration, we’ve gathered videos and events on Beuys from our colleagues and partners — and included some 2021 perspectives on the artist’s work.

© Courtesy Video Data Bank of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Where the Wild Tunes Are
Music Festivals in Germany

Music festivals are an integral part of the German cultural landscape, and for many Germans they are among the most enjoyable activities of the year. Get to know some of the most interesting ones acoustically and in pictures!

© Tobias Schrank
Museum of the Future

What is the role of education for the wellbeing of a society? How can museums be catalysts of a move towards emancipated citizenship? Academics, museum professionals and other experts from Germany and India will examine these exciting issues.

Graphik: Goethe-Institut / Aarushi Surana
Refunction

Refunction is a performance series inspired by one of the core principles of Bertolt Brecht’s theatre – Umfunktionierung (refunctioning), in which the composition of a new work is in the movement and tension between material, technique and function. Refunction is an initiative by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi.

© Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
Five Million Incidents

Five Million Incidents was a year-long series of events that had been organized by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi and Kolkata. It was conceived in collaboration with Raqs Media Collective, which had invited experimentation with the possibilities of public space, time, media, communication, and interaction.

© Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan | Aarushi Surana

Articles

Sound Bites | Music
Viral Tongue Twister

Tongue twisters and viral hits - not really a match. But then "Barbaras Rhabarberbar" came along. What did it take? The singer-songwriter Bodo Wartke, a few lucky coincidences and, of course, the internet.

YouTube/Bodo Wartke
Sound Bites | Music
The German Rebirth of 90s R'n'B

A tweet made it go viral: the song “Bist du down?” by Hamburg musician Ace Tee. First in the USA and later in Germany. How did this transatlantic ping-pong come about?

© picture alliance/KEYSTONE | PETER KLAUNZER
Sound Bites | Music
"Monsoon" – The Beginning of an Era

Angela Merkel becomes German Chancellor, "Jamba" gets rich with ringtones and MTV plays 50 Cent's "Candyshop" in a constant loop. It's 2005, and the hype about boy bands seems to be over when four teenagers from the Magdeburg area enter the stage – and for the boys, nothing stays the same.

© picture-alliance / SCHROEWIG/jk | SCHROEWIG/jk
Sound Bites | Music
Staccato Neukölln

It is the soundtrack to the hit series "4 Blocks": "NB4" by Hasan K. and Gringo. But what does the song tell us, which only consists of fragments of words and allusions?

mauritius images / SZ Photo Creative / Jochen Eckel