Kultursymposium Weimar 2019 | 19-21 June
Recalculating the Route
Artists, authors, and intellectuals from the unrivalled network of the Goethe-Institut […] An event at which a writer from Zimbabwe might discuss land reform in Bolivia with a Turkish constitutional lawyer in the shade of the ginkgo trees. (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
This was KSWE19
The second international Kultursymposium Weimar, organized by the Goethe-Institut, took place from the 19th to the 21st of June 2019 under the title "Recalculating the Route". More than 500 participants from all over the world came to Weimar to discuss the great upheavals of our time.
All around the world, future pathways are being recalculated. Rapid technological development is producing fundamental changes in society, culture, and the economy, and is introducing unforeseen possibilities and posing many new questions. At the same time, the desire for manageable and easily understandable circumstances seems to be increasing worldwide. Straightforward answers to an increasingly complex world are in high demand, and not only in the political sphere.
Who was there?
Impressions of the opening
Opening of the KSWE19 in the Weimarhalle on 19.06.2019
Opening of the KSWE19 in the Weimarhalle on 19.06.2019
Panel discussion between Anab Jain, Nanjira Sambuli, Daphne Halikiopoulou and Immanuel Hermreck at the opening of the KSWE19
Key Note Speaker Anab Jain at the opening of the KSWE19
Panel discussion between Anab Jain, Nanjira Sambuli, Daphne Halikiopoulou and Immanuel Hermreck at the opening of the KSWE19
Opening of the KSWE19 in the Weimarhalle on 19.06.2019
Opening of the exhibition "Datafiction | I think I saw her blink" in the Galerie Eigenheim
Opening of the exhibition "Datafiction | I think I saw her blink" in the Galerie Eigenheim
Reception at the E-Werk site
Reception at the E-Werk site
Aftershow party on the E-Werk site
Aftershow party on the E-Werk site
Aftershow party on the E-Werk site with Lotte Meret Effinger
The DUNDU dolls at the Aftershow Party
Programme Highlights
In an interdisciplinary programme of lectures, discussions, participatory discussion formats and artistic interventions, experts from all over the world discussed the four main themes of the Kultursymposium across fifty events:
The ORIENT//ATION theme revolves around the question of how not to lose sight of the big picture in the face of major changes. As part of the focus on AUTO//NOMY the participants discuss the relationship between humans and machines. In RE//GRESSION, academics and experts address the rise of nationalism in many countries around the world. And finally, the invited panellists explore the economic dimension of digital transformation under the heading DIGI//NOMICS.
Programme Overview
An overview of all events, topics, speakers* and formats of the Kultursymposium Weimar 2019 is available for download:
Auf dem E-Werk Gelände
EXIT VR BOX im Kesselsaal
Future Lab im Oberlichtsaal der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Future Lab im Oberlichtsaal der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Cesy Leonard (Vortrag) "Zentrum für politische Schönheit. Kreative Strategien gegen Rechtspopulismus"
Cesy Leonard (Vortrag) "Zentrum für politische Schönheit. Kreative Strategien gegen Rechtspopulismus"
Pause auf dem E-Werk Gelände
doublelucky productions (Lecture Performance) "True You (we know how you feel)"
Tilo Jung, Juan Carlos Rincón (Talk) "Politik für Digital Natives. Neue Formate der politischen Bildung"
Rapper Blumio fasst zum Abschluss das KSWE19 zusammen
