Culture

KinoFest 2024

KinoFest is the Goethe-Institut's annual festival in Southeast Asia and New Zealand for contemporary German cinema. This year's curated programme will take place from 2nd to 10th of November at the Vic Devonport in Auckland.

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Artist Residency 2023
An Jay

An Jay (Andreas Chetkowski) is a German hip-hop artist and German teacher. He spent February and March 2023 as an artist in residence in Wellington.

Artist Residency 2022
Clara Ehrenwerth

Clara Ehrenwerth is a writer, game designer and managing director at machina eX. Until end of December 2022, she was our resident artist in Wellington.

Silent film screening Faust
Interview with Erika Grant

The Wellington Film Society was screening the silent film Faust on the 10th October 2022. with a live-score by four local musicians. We had the pleasure of talking to Erika Grant about the project.

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In Focus

Listen Closely
Sound of X

How can we reconnect with the spaces we live in, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic? The artists of Sound of X propose answers as they explored their sonic environment. The resulting video soundscapes offer a unique experience of our cities.

Artist portraits
Art Upside Down

The Goethe-Institut New Zealand and Contemporary HUM present a series of portraits about New Zealand artists who have found a new physical - and artistic - home in Germany. Kunst Kopfüber / Art Upside Down invites writers and curators to look at the practice of six contemporary artists from Aotearoa.

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