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Culture

The Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka encourages cultural collaboration across Sri Lanka, Germany and the South Asian region by organising programmes of events and making contributions to various festivals and exhibitions in the fields of film, dance, music, theatre, literature and translation. We aim to paint a contemporary portrait of Germany, while promoting international discourse on the key concerns of what is becoming an increasingly global society.

Focus

The Routes we Take - GI Banner © Good Life X

EUNIC Project
 The Routes we Take

This project aims to collect and map out local creatives, organisations and businesses whose practices center around circularity and symbiotic relationships with people and the planet.

Techno Worlds (Gi Banner) © Vinca Petersen. Techno Worlds No System from A Life of Subversive Joy (Section 1992-2002

Techno Worlds

As a global phenomenon, techno has not only shaped music history, but has also set impulses that have impacted contemporary culture, art, pop culture, media consumption and technologies.

The Goethe-Institut's exhibition TECHNO WORLDS approaches this multi-layered phenomenon through the works of international artists. The exhibition will be on display at Rio Hotel & Cinema Complex in Colombo from 13 - 28 September 2024. The Colombo display of TECHNO WORLDS will feature an additional section on the history of Pettah Interchange (2012 -2016) in Sri Lanka.

Arts and Exhibitions

Colomboscope 2024 Save the Date © Colomboscope

Way of the Forest
 Colomboscope 2024

The eighth edition of Colomboscope was held from 19 to 28 January 2024, bringing together interdisciplinary artistic approaches from around the island, South Asia and beyond in characteristic venues of Colombo.

Critical Zones © Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka

In Search of a Common Ground
 Critical Zones

For a long time the reactions of Earth to our human actions remained unnoticed, but in recent times with the protest movement Fridays for Future climate crisis has moved into public consciousness. The thought 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.

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Film, Media and Digital Culture

Goethe on demand - header picture © Bandenfilm

Film Streaming Platform
 GOETHE ON DEMAND

OnGoethe on Demand, the streaming platform of the Goethe-Institut, we present a variety of online film programs, film festivals and film series that can be streamed from home.

Agenda 14 - Watch Short Films - Teaser © Agenda 14

Film Production
 Watch Agenda 14

Agenda 14 produces films since 2014 with a focus on female participation in digital storytelling, short film production and screenings.

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Music

Thattu Pattu Website Banner © Fold Media

Music from the fringes of Sri Lanka
 Thattu Pattu

Like knocking stones together to spark a flame, “Thattu Pattu” derives its meaning from two loan words between Sinhala and Tamil — the languages predominantly spoken in Sri Lanka. Thattu Pattu intends to spark a renewed interest in music from the fringes of Sri Lanka.

Literature and Knowledge

Illustration zu "Being Kafka" © Goethe-Institut, Illustration: Roberto Maján

Kafka 2024
 Being Kafka

Children`s Book Project © EL BOUM

Diversity
 DRIN – Vision's for Children's Books

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