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This year’s Autumn Literature Season includes WW1 poetry, the latest translations, and an evening of murder mystery in our library.

With our language courses in South Kensington and Kentish Town we offer everything from general to special courses, as well as sessions tailor- made just for you!

We work with schools networks across the UK to promote the German language in primary and secondary schools and we offer a variety of teacher training workshops and online tools.

For more information you can find us online, tweet us, Facebook us, or tell us what you want included on the next German Pop Spotify playlist. Looking forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to our events!

Angela KayaDirector, Goethe-Institut London

Get ready for an exciting season of film, music, art, theatre, literature, talks and more…

To celebrate the tube running all night from 12 September, we will take you on a journey into the murky underworld of Berlin’s Russian mafia with a Late Night Cinema Special showing Dominik Graf’s In The Face of Crime. Among other film highlights and dedicated series, we will explore R.W. Fassbinder’s influence on European cinema.

The music lovers among you will not want to miss this year’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, including the world premiere of composer Jakob Ullmann’s newest work.

We have been focusing extensively on digital culture - an increasingly all-encompassing aspect of our everyday lives - also through our work in the visual arts, with exhibitions, events, talks and two residencies with the Delfina Foundation and [SPACE].

Fierce Festival in Birmingham is again the place to catch boundary-pushing, experimental performance art from Germany, including choreographed wood-chopping on a hot pink terrain (Supernatural).

WELCOME!CONTENTSEvents 2–25At a Glance 14–15 Language Courses 26Educational Services 26–27About Us 28

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GOETHE-KINO We continue our series of popular German films and TV productions every last Wednesday of the month!

VENUE Goethe-Institut LondonTICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language students and library members, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000 or via EventbriteINFORMATION www.goethe.de/london

DIE GELIEBTEN SCHWESTERN / BELOVED SISTERSWED 30 SEP 7PMWhen the aristocratic sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Beulwitz both fall for the young rebellious poet Friedrich Schiller, they swear to share their love. Dominik Graf’s direction brings a fresh, light touch to his depiction of the emotional turmoil of this unusual ménage à trois.

Germany 2014, colour, 139 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Dominik Graf. With Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Claudia Messner, Anne Schäfer.

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ALS WIR TRÄUMTEN / AS WE WERE DREAMINGWED 28 OCT 7PMFriends Dani, Mark, Rico and Paul are growing up in Leipzig’s suburbs, shortly after the collapse of East Germany. Everything is in a state of flux, everything seems possible. Andreas Dresen proves that he knows his craft with this hard-hitting adaptation of Clemens Meyer’s novel about hope and crushed dreams.

Germany 2015, colour, 117 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Andreas Dresen. With Merlin Rose, Julius Nitschkoff, Joel Basman, Marcel Heuperman.

EIN GESCHENK DER GÖTTER / A GODSENDWED 25 NOV 7PMAfter losing her job, actress Anna starts teaching drama to eight long-term unemployed people. Initially reluctant, they slowly find their roles in the project – a production of Antigone. Told with much compassion for its characters, the film makes a humorous plea for solidarity and a collective restoration of lost self-respect.

Germany 2014, colour, 102 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Oliver Haffner. With Katharina Marie Schubert, Adam Bousdoukos, Marion Breckwoldt, Paul Faßnacht, Katharina Hauter, Rainer Furch, Canan Kir, Maik Solbach.

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WANJATUE 8 SEP 7PMAfter former bank robber Wanja is released from prison, she meets troubled teenager Emma. Wanja is immediately drawn to the girl and a tentative friendship develops between them. When Emma slips deeper into drug abuse, Wanja decides to take control and rescue her.

Followed by a Q&A with the director. In collaboration with the 35th Cambridge Film Festival.

Germany 2015, colour, 87 mins. With English subtitles. UK Premiere. Director: Carolina Hellsgård. With Anne Ratte-Polle, Nele Trebs, Viktor Minich, Marko Dyrlich, Michael Baderschneider.


FASSBINDER – LIEBEN OHNE ZU FORDERN / FASSBINDER – TO LOVE WITHOUT DEMANDSTHU 10 SEP 7PMNever before seen interviews which director Christian Braad Thomsen conducted with his friend Rainer Werner Fassbinder in the 1970s are incorporated into a fascinating portrait of the famous auteur’s boundless energy and creativity, showing his provocative views from close-up.

Followed by a Q&A with the director TBC.In collaboration with the 35th Cambridge Film Festival. See also our Fassbinder and European Cinema series, p.10-13.

Denmark 2015, 109 mins. UK Premiere. With English subtitles. Director: Christian Braad Thomsen. With Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Irm Hermann, Harry Baer, Andrea Schober, Lilo Pempeit.


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LATE NIGHT CINEMA SPECIALIM ANGESICHT DES VERBRECHENS / IN THE FACE OF CRIMESAT 12 SEP 4.30PM – 2.20AMThe tube will be running all night long! Let’s ‘binge-watch’ together and descend into Berlin’s Russian mafia circles with policeman Marek Gorsky. Of Russian Jewish origin himself, with a sister married to a mafia boss and revenge for his younger brother on his mind, he struggles to do the right thing as the rivalry between two clans escalates.

We will show all 10 episodes of Dominik Graf’s highly acclaimed TV series and provide some sustenance to keep you going. Maybe bring a pillow for comfort, but we guarantee you won’t fall asleep.

To get to know another side of Dominik Graf, see our Goethe-Kino screening of his Beloved Sisters on 30 September, p.3.

Germany 2010, colour, 490 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Dominik Graf. With Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Mišel Matičević, Marie Bäumer, Katharina Nesytowa.

VENUE Goethe-Institut LondonTICKETS £12 (including snacks), free for Goethe-Institut language students and library members, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000 or via EventbriteINFORMATION www.goethe.de/london

HEDI SCHNEIDER STECKT FEST / HEDI SCHNEIDER IS STUCK FRI 4 SEP 7PMHedi, Uli and their son, Finn, have their lives sorted. Then, suddenly, Hedi gets stuck. The lift she’s travelling in breaks down – and her mind soon follows. She starts developing panic attacks, bringing her life to a halt. Director Sonja Heiss tackles the topic with wit without making light of its seriousness.

Followed by a Q&A with the director. In collaboration with the 35th Cambridge Film Festival.

Norway/Germany 2015, colour, 92 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Sonja Heiss. With Laura Tonke, Hans Löw, Leander Nitsche.


CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CINEMA AT THE 35TH CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVALTHU 3 SEP – SUN 13 SEPShowcasing 15 features and documentaries plus 5 shorts, the festival has once again assembled a strong programme of German films. These include many great picks from this year’s Berlin Film Festival, three of which we will show at the Goethe-Institut London.

VENUE Arts Picturehouse, 38-39 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge CB2 3ARBOOKING 0871 902 5720INFORMATION www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk

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WALTER BENJAMINWED 16 SEP – WED 30 SEPWalter Benjamin’s uniquely multifaceted writings have been a major influence on 20th and 21st century thinking. To commemorate his death in September 1940 during his escape from the Nazis in a small Spanish border town, Carroll/Fletcher Gallery, the Goethe-Institut, Institut Ramon Llull, the London Review of Books Bookshop, Reaktion Books, the Royal College of Art, Verso Books, and the Whitechapel Gallery present a series of events dedicated to Benjamin’s complex life and work.

TRACING WALTER BENJAMIN – TWO DOCUMENTARIESWED 16 SEP 7PM

THE PASSAGES OF WALTER BENJAMINCombining spoken quotations from Benjamin’s writings and correspondences, as well as interviews with scholars and a wealth of photographs of manuscripts, notes, and letters, this film presents ‘The Arcades Project’ and some of Benjamin’s central ideas in the context of his life and times.

USA 2014, colour, 55 mins. In English. Director: Judith Wechsler.

WRITING THE IMAGE, READING THE ARCHIVETHU 24 SEP 7PMTo mark the publication in paperback of Walter Benjamin’s Archive (Verso Books) and Walter Benjamin on Photography (Reaktion Books), author and critic Brian Dillon and scholar and commentator Esther Leslie will talk about Benjamin’s literary example, his understanding of photography and his ongoing influence.

In association with Reaktion Books and Verso Books.

VENUE London Review of Books Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL TICKETS £10BOOKING 020 7269 9030INFORMATION www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events

WALTER BENJAMIN NOWSAT 26 SEP 11AM – 6PMA day-long celebration of the life, work and legacy of the great essayist and philosopher with screenings, readings and discussions. Guests include critic Brian Dillon, Esther Leslie, Sophie Mayer, artist Jeremy Millar and Kenneth Goldsmith (via Skype) plus a live performance of Citation City by People Like Us.

VENUE Whitechapel Gallery, Zilkha AuditoriumTICKETS £15 / £12.50 concessionsBOOKING 020 7522 7888 & www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/walter-benjamin-nowINFORMATION www.whitechapelgallery.org

BERLIN. DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSSTADT / BERLIN. SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITYTUE 22 SEP 7PMThis kaleidoscopic portrait of Benjamin’s native city set to a dynamic score by Edmund Meisel captures life in the modern metropolis in the mid-1920s. With its virtuoso montage, changing camera angles, and superimpositions, it exemplifies what Benjamin saw in the new medium of film – an ability to reflect, expand and deepen the way the new mass audience experiences reality.

Germany 1927, b/w, 65 mins. No dialogue. Director: Walther Ruttmann.


QUIÉN MATÓ A WALTER BENJAMIN… / WHO KILLED WALTER BENJAMIN…Questioning whether Walter Benjamin committed suicide on his flight from the Nazis in the small Catalan town of Portbou, the film painstakingly retraces the circumstances of his death. The many interviews with locals show the elusiveness of past events and simultaneously summon up the ghost of fascism in Spain’s history.

In collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull.

Spain/The Netherlands 2005, colour, 73 mins. With English subtitles. Director: David Mauas.

VENUE Goethe-Institut LondonTICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language students and library members, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000 or via EventbriteINFORMATION www.goethe.de/london & www.whokilledwalterbenjamin.com

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EIN FREUND VON MIR / A FRIEND OF MINEWED 14 OCT 7PMWhen shy, depressed insurance employee Karl crosses paths with the energetic Hans, he finally realises what it means to enjoy life. Making excellent use of his two stars, Daniel Brühl and Jürgen Vogel, Schipper explores male friendship and what cars may or may not add to it.

Germany 2006, colour, 84 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Sebastian Schipper. With Sabine Timoteo, Jürgen Vogel, Daniel Brühl.

MITTE ENDE AUGUST / SOMETIME IN AUGUSTTHU 15 OCT 7PMInspired by Goethe’s Elective Affinities, the film sees a couple’s plans to spend an intimate summer together upset by the arrival of Thomas’s brother Friedrich and Hanna’s goddaughter Augustine. With the new constellation, relational dynamics also change.

Followed by a Q&A with Sebastian Schipper.

Germany 2009, colour, 92 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Sebastian Schipper. With Marie Bäumer, Milan Peschel, Anna Brüggemann, André Hennicke.

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SENSORIA B-MOVIE – LUST AND SOUND IN WEST BERLIN 1979–1989FRI 25 SEP 6PM Shown as part of Sensoria, Sheffield’s unique film and music festival, this is an insider view of Berlin’s music scene in the late 70s and 80s – a mesmerising collage of personal film collection and recollection.

Germany 2015, colour, 92 mins. Written and directed by Jörg A. Hoppe, Klaus Maeck, Heiko Lange. With Mark Reeder, Blixa Bargeld, Gudrun Gut, Nick Cave, Annette Humpe, Westbam, Nena, Tilda Swinton.

Supported by the Goethe-Institut.

VENUE Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BXTICKETS £5.90 – £8.10, booking essentialBOOKING www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/b-movie-lust-and-soundINFORMATION www.sensoria.org.uk

DEADLOCKSUN 27 SEP 7.30PM A man stumbles into a decaying desert town with a suitcase of cash, soon followed by his tall black-clad ex-accomplice. As the sun burns down we sweat and wait for the inevitable standoff. Featuring a score by seminal Krautrock legends Can, Roland Klick’s cult western has influenced directors from Jodorowsky to Tarantino.

West Germany 1970, colour, 88 mins. Written and directed by Roland Klick. With Mario Adorf, Marquard Bohm, Anthony Dawson, Mascha Elm Rabben, Sigurd Fitzek, Betty Segal.

In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut.

VENUE Picture House Social Mini Cinema, 387 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield S7 1FSTICKETS £3, booking essentialBOOKING www.sensoria.org.ukINFORMATION www.sensoria.org.uk

SEBASTIAN SCHIPPERFRI 9 – THU 15 OCTAt this year’s Berlinale actor-director Sebastian Schipper surprised audiences with his film Victoria, which won a Silver Bear for best camera and a further six German film awards. Shot in one single exhilarating take, it follows a night clubber who gets caught up in a robbery through night-time Berlin. Leading up to the screenings of Victoria on 16 and 17 October during this year’s BFI London Film Festival, we will show Schipper’s films to date and welcome him at the Goethe-Institut for the screening of Sometime in August on 15 October.


ABSOLUTE GIGANTEN / GIGANTICFRI 9 OCT 7PMSchipper’s affecting debut follows long-time friends Walter, Ricco and Floyd as they spend their last night together before Floyd leaves for Singapore the next morning. It will be the night of their life celebrating their friendship and the spirit of the nineties.

Germany 1999, colour, 90 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Sebastian Schipper. With Antoine Monot Jr., Florian Lukas, Frank Giering, Julia Hummer.

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WARNUNG VOR EINER HEILIGEN NUTTE / BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE TUE 20 OCT 7PMWith this satirical study of a film cast and crew stranded in a Spanish hotel awaiting the arrival of the director and star, Fassbinder reflects on his experience of filmmaking. The jealousies and infighting among the group and the volatile behaviour of the frustrated director indicate Fassbinder’s lost faith in a collective creative process, which is similarly questioned in Olivier Assayas’ Irma Vep.

West Germany/Italy 1971, colour, 103 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, R.W. Fassbinder, Werner Schroeter, Marquard Bohm.

IRMA VEPTHU 22 OCT 7PM This film about the making of a remake of Louis Feuillade’s silent crime serial Les Vampires directly evokes Fassbinder’s Beware of a Holy Whore in its satirical depiction of personal and professional jealousies on and off-set and the struggle for artistic integrity. Maggie Cheung stars as herself, imported from Hong Kong to revive European cinema.

In collaboration with the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni.

France 1996, colour, 99 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Olivier Assayas. With Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Lou Castell.

FASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMAWED 23 SEP – FRI 4 DECRainer Werner Fassbinder would have been 70 this year, giving us occasion to take an eclectic look at his legacy within the context of European cinema. The five pairings of films by Fassbinder with films by directors from France, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, and the UK are meant as an invitation to discover thematic or formal affinities but also to detect differences and transformations.

You may also be interested in Fassbinder – To Love Without Demands on 10 September, p.5.


KATZELMACHERWED 23 SEP 7PMSet in suburban Munich, the film has us observe the social rituals and relational dynamics of a group of supposed friends whose bourgeois narrow-mindedness, jealousies, and hypocrisy turn into outright xenophobia and violence when a Greek guest worker enters their circle. The film’s alienating effect and deadpan tone resurface in Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg.

West Germany 1969, b/w, 88 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With R.W. Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar.

ATTENBERGTUE 29 SEP 7PMMarina’s life in a Greek factory town is divided between caring for her dying father and being instructed in sexual matters by her best friend Bella. A fan of David Attenborough, she observes the human species, finding it strange – not least its sexual rituals. Her observant attitude is conveyed through distancing devices partly borrowed from Katzelmacher and given a comedic twist.

Greece 2010, colour, 97 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari. With Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou, Yorgos Lanthimos.

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EINE EINSTELLUNG ZUR ARBEIT / LABOUR IN A SINGLE SHOT SAT 7 NOV TIME TBCIn workshops initiated by Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki and realised with local branches of the Goethe-Institut in 15 cities worldwide, participants explored the subject of ‘labour’ through video by filming one single uninterrupted shot lasting just one to two minutes. From the resulting 400 films we will show a selection in a single-channel projection.

Curated by Antje Ehmann, who will attend the screening.

VENUE Goethe-Institut LondonTICKETS £3, free for Goethe-Institut language students and library members, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000 & [email protected] www.labour-in-a-single-shot.net

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INTO FILM FESTIVALWED 4 NOV – FRI 20 NOVFormerly known as the National Youth Film Festival, Into Film Festival aims to help educators bring learning to life for pupils aged 5 to 19 by inspiring young people to watch, make and understand film in new and creative ways. German titles shown include Sputik, Scherbenpark and more.

VENUE Cinemas nationwide TICKETS FreeBOOKING & INFORMATION www.intofilm.org/festival

DIE BITTEREN TRÄNEN DER PETRA VON KANT / THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANTWED 4 NOV 7PMAfter two marriages with men, the fashion designer Petra falls in love with a woman for the first time; the younger, less sophisticated Karin. Their unequal relationship is jealously observed by Petra’s devoted assistant Marlene. The highly stylised world exclusively inhabited by women is reminiscent of Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy.

West Germany 1972, colour, 124 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Katrin Schaake.

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDYFRI 6 NOV 7PMStrickland’s exquisitely designed, often humourous film discretely follows the subtle power shifts within the sadomasochistic relationship between the older Cynthia and her younger disciple Evelyn, who was partly inspired by Marlene in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.

UK 2014, colour, 104 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Peter Strickland. With Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna.

CHINESISCHES ROULETTE / CHINESE ROULETTEWED 18 NOV 7PMIn this icy drama set in a large country house, 12-year-old crippled Angela forces her parents, their lovers and everyone else present to partake in the titular game to bring out hidden truths. A similarly heightened formal rigour is detectable in Béla Tarr’s Almanac of Fall.

West Germany 1977, colour, 86 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira.

ŐSZI ALMANACH / ALMANAC OF FALL FRI 20 NOV 7PMIn an old woman’s decaying mansion five people are caught up in a nightmarish psychodrama of greed, jealousy, and lost hope. The confinement to one location and the high degree of stylisation bring to mind Fassbinder’s Chinese Roulette.

In collaboration with the Hungarian Cultural Centre London.

Hungary 1984, colour, 119 mins. With English subtitels. Director: Béla Tarr. With Hédi Temessy, Erika Bodnár, Miklós B. Székely.

IN EINEM JAHR MIT 13 MONDEN / IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONSTUE 1 DEC 7PMDistraught after being left by her lover, the transsexual Elvira embarks on a journey confronting her past. But rather than helping her to come to terms with her body, the encounters she has deepen her loneliness and despair. One of Fassbinder’s most personal and moving films of which many resonances can be found in João Pedro Rodrigues’ To Die Like a Man.

West Germany 1978, colour, 124 mins. With English subtitles. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John.

MORRER COMO UN HOMEM / TO DIE LIKE A MANFRI 4 DEC 7PMLike Elvira in A Year With 13 Moons, Tonia, a middle-aged drag queen in Lisbon, struggles with her transsexual identity and aging male body. While her younger boyfriend wants her to have a sex-change operation, her estranged son hates her for living as a woman.

Portugal 2009, colour, 133 mins. With English subtitles. Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues. With Fernando Santos, Alexander David, Gonçalo Ferreira de Almeida.

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AT A GLANCESEPTEMBER WED 15 JUL – TUE 15 SEP VISUAL ARTSSPACE: PERLIN NOISE RESIDENCY – CLAIRE TOLANSpace Studios

WED 2 – SAT 12 SEP THEATREHAMLET IS DEAD. NO GRAVITY BY EWALD PALMETSHOFERArcola Theatre

FRI 4 SEP 7PM35TH CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVALHEDI SCHNEIDER IS STUCKGoethe-Institut

MON 7 SEP 6.30PMLITERATURE NEW MONTHLY BOOK CLUB

TUE 8 SEP 7PM35TH CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVALWANJAGoethe-Institut

TUE 8 – SUN 13 SEP VISUAL ARTSADAM LINDER – CHOREOGRAPHIC SERVICE NO. 3: SOME RIDINGInstitute ofContemporary Arts

THU 10 SEP 7PM35TH CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVALFASSBINDER – TO LOVE WITHOUT DEMANDSGoethe-Institut

SAT 12 SEP 4.30PM – 2.20AMLATE NIGHT CINEMA SPECIALIN THE FACE OF CRIMEGoethe-Institut

WED 16 SEP 7PMWALTER BENJAMINTRACING WALTER BENJAMIN Goethe-Institut

TUE 22 SEP 7PMWALTER BENJAMINBERLIN. SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY Goethe-Institut

WED 23 SEP 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMAKATZELMACHERGoethe-Institut

THU 24 SEP LITERATURE EUROTOOLBOX – EUROPEAN CHILDREN’S BOOK EXHIBITIONPimlico Library

THU 24 SEP 7PMWALTER BENJAMINWRITING THE IMAGE, READING THE ARCHIVELondon Review of Books Bookshop

FRI 25 SEP 6PMSENSORIA B-MOVIE – LUST AND SOUND IN WEST BERLIN 1979–1989Showroom Cinema, Sheffield

SAT 26 SEP 11AM – 6PMWALTER BENJAMINWALTER BENJAMIN NOWWhitechapel Gallery

SUN 27 SEP 7.30PMSENSORIA DEADLOCKPicture House Social Mini Cinema, Sheffield

MON 28 SEP – FRI 30 OCT & MON 30 NOV – TUE 22 DECVISUAL ARTSDELFINA FOUNDATION: THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RESIDENCY – MARIANNA LIOSIDelfina Foundation

TUE 29 SEP 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMAATTENBERGGoethe-Institut

WED 30 SEP 7PMGOETHE-KINOBELOVED SISTERSGoethe-Institut

OCTOBER FROM OCT 2015VISUAL ARTSPOWERPOINT POLEMICSFrom Oct 2015: Goethe-Institut Library. From January 2016: The Photographers’ Gallery Media Wall

FRI 2 OCT 4PMTHEATREREADING: WINTER SOLSTICE BY ROLAND SCHIMMELPFENNIGUnicorn Theatre

SAT 3 OCT 2.30PMTHEATRETWO MONSTERS Ermysteds Grammar School, Skipton

SUN 4 OCT 10.30AMTHEATREBIG WOLF & LITTLE WOLF Skipton Girl’s High School, Skipton

FRI 9 OCT 7PMSEBASTIAN SCHIPPERGIGANTICGoethe-Institut

FRI 9 OCT 8PMTHEATREFIERCE FESTIVALSUPERNATURAL DanceXchange, Birmingham

FRI 9 – SUN 11 OCT MUSICTUSK FESTIVAL: SLEEPARCHIVEGateshead Old Town Hall

FRI 9 – THU 22 OCT 12PM – 5PMVISUAL ARTSOBSOLESCENCE, OR THE POST-NOSTALGIC USE OF JOURNALISTIC IMAGERYRCA

SAT 10 OCT 5.30PM & 6.30PMTHEATREFIERCE FESTIVALCULTURE, ADMINISTRATION & TREMBLING Lakeside Gallery, Birmingham

SAT 10 OCT 9PMTHEATREFIERCE FESTIVALCLUB FIERCE The Old Print Works, Birmingham

WED 14 OCT 7PMSEBASTIAN SCHIPPERA FRIEND OF MINEGoethe-Institut

WED 14 OCT – SAT 14 NOVVISUAL ARTSANNIKA ERIKSSON: ADVENTURE AHEADUniversity of Lincoln

THU 15 OCT 7PMSEBASTIAN SCHIPPERSOMETIME IN AUGUSTGoethe-Institut

FRI 16 OCT 3PMVISUAL ARTSINSTITUTIONALISING THE DIGITAL – PLATFORMS, FORMATS AND INFRASTRUCTURESGoethe-Institut

SAT 17 – SUN 18 OCTVISUAL ARTSSERPENTINE GALLERIES: TRANSFORMATION MARATHON Serpentine Sackler Gallery

TUE 20 OCT 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMABEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE Goethe-Institut

THU 22 OCT 7PM FASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMAIRMA VEPGoethe-Institut

SAT 24 OCT 12PMLITERATURE MICHAEL KRÜGER READING POETRY FESTIVAL 2015 University of Reading

MON 26 OCT 7PMLITERATURE MICHAEL KRÜGER Goethe-Institut Library

WED 28 OCT 7PMGOETHE-KINOAS WE WERE DREAMINGGoethe-Institut

NOVEMBERTUE 3 – THU 5 NOVLITERATURE THOMAS KLING – POETIC BATTLEFIELDSLondon, Cambridge, Oxford

WED 4 NOV 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMATHE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANTGoethe-Institut

FRI 6 NOV 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMATHE DUKE OF BURGUNDYGoethe-Institut

SAT 7 NOV 8PMDANCE IMAGE BY NATALIE RECKERT The Place

SAT 7 NOV TIME TBC FILMLABOUR IN A SINGLE SHOTGoethe-Institut

TUE 10 NOV 7PMLITERATURE IN THE LIBRARY WITH THE LEAD PIPINGGoethe-Institut Library

WED 11 NOV 7PMTALKS & DISCUSSIONSGERMANY FROM THE OUTSIDEGoethe-Institut

TUE 17 NOV 6.30PM VISUAL ARTSTHE ART OF POP: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVESTate Modern, Starr Auditorium

WED 18 NOV 7PM VISUAL ARTSPUBLISHING AS PROCESS – ON THE RELATION BETWEEN ART, TEXT AND TECHNOLOGYGoethe-Institut

WED 18 NOV 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMACHINESE ROULETTEGoethe-Institut

FRI 20 NOV 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMAALMANAC OF FALL Goethe-Institut

FRI 20 – SUN 29 NOV MUSICHUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVALHuddersfield, various venues

FRI 20 NOV 2015 – SUN 14 FEB 2016 VISUAL ARTSAN IMAGINED MUSEUM: WORKS FROM THE POMPIDOU, TATE AND MMK COLLECTIONSTate Liverpool

WED 25 NOV 7PM GOETHE-KINOA GODSENDGoethe-Institut

THU 26 – FRI 27 NOV IN TRANSIT – URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMAKING LONDON: BUILDING CIVIC ECOSYSTEMS

FRI 27 NOV 9.30AM – 4PMLITERATURE SOCIAL MEDIA IN LIBRARIES – EUROLIS SEMINAR 2015 Institut Français

DECEMBER TUE 1 DEC 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMAIN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONSGoethe-Institut

FRI 4 DEC 6PM MUSICCELEBRATING HESPOSUniversity of Leeds

FRI 4 DEC 7PMFASSBINDER AND EUROPEAN CINEMATO DIE LIKE A MANGoethe-Institut

THU 10 DEC 2015 – SUN 21 FEB 2016VISUAL ARTSFACT: FOLLOWFACT

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TUSK FESTIVAL: SLEEPARCHIVE FRI 9 OCT – SUN 11 OCTRoger Semsroth (Sleeparchive) has been producing minimalist techno for over a decade. As part of this year’s TUSK Festival, he will perform tracks from earlier records as well as more recent releases such as A Man Dies In The Street.

VENUE Gateshead Old Town Hall, West St, Gateshead NE8 1HEEVENT TIMES Fri 5pm-1am, Sat 12pm-1am, Sun 12pm-1amTICKETS Weekend passes £55 / Day passes £20BOOKING www.tuskfestival.com/buy-ticketsCONTACT [email protected] www.tuskfestival.com

HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL FRI 20 NOV – SUN 29 NOV The UK’s largest festival of new and experimental music brings an international mix of composers and performers to Huddersfield. This year’s programme features the world premiere of German composer Jakob Ullmann’s newest work, as well as outstanding performances from the Berlin Splitter Orchester, Marco Blauuw, Ensemble Interface and Erik Drescher.

INFORMATION Full programme available online at www.hcmf.co.uk

CELEBRATING HESPOSFRI 4 DEC 6PM A week-long celebration of the German avant-garde composer Hans-Joachim Hespos’ music including workshops and talks culminating in a performance of his pieces by University of Leeds’ new music student ensemble LSTwo.

VENUE Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds LS5 3JNTICKETS Admission freeCONTACT [email protected] http://concerts.leeds.ac.uk

VISUAL ARTS

SPACE: PERLIN NOISE RESIDENCY – CLAIRE TOLANWED 15 JUL – TUE 15 SEP The Goethe-Institut London and [SPACE] welcome Berlin-based Claire Tolan as the inaugural PERLIN NOISE sound artist in residence at The White Building. The PERLIN NOISE programme supports practitioners working with sound, sonic experience and experimental music within the context of emerging technologies and digital networked culture. A public programme accompanying the residency will be presented at the Goethe-Institut London and [SPACE].

VENUE Space Studios, The White Building Unit 7, Queen’s Yard White Post Lane, London E9 5ENINFORMATION www.thewhitebuilding.org.uk & www.cst.yt

ADAM LINDER – CHOREOGRAPHIC SERVICE NO. 3: SOME RIDINGTUE 8 SEP – SUN 13 SEP Adam Linder’s Choreographic Services are hired at an hourly rate, underwriting the economic principles of choreography. For Some Riding, dancers Linder and Frances Chiaverini will recite two commissioned texts examining ‘choreographic embodiment’ and ‘economies of performance’, choreographically riding the language’s flow.

VENUE Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AHVENUE OPENING TIMES Tue-Sun 11am-6pm, except Thu 11am-9pmPERFORMANCE TIMES Tue 8, Wed 9, Sat 12, Sun 13 11.30am-1.30pm and 3.30pm-6pm; Thu 10 12pm-2pm and 4.30pm-7.30pm; Fri 11 2.30pm-6pm TICKETS Entry with day membership £1INFORMATION www.ica.org.uk

DELFINA FOUNDATION: THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RESIDENCY – MARIANNA LIOSIMON 28 SEP – FRI 30 OCT & MON 30 NOV – TUE 22 DECCurator Marianna Liosi will spend two months in residence at Delfina Foundation taking part in the programme The Public Domain developing her project Regarding Spectatorship, which examines the effects of digitalisation on the public sphere.

VENUE Delfina Foundation, 29/31 Catherine Place, London SW1E 6DY INFORMATION www.delfinafoundation.com & http://marianna-liosi.tumblr.com/

POWERPOINT POLEMICSFROM OCT 2015On the 25th anniversary of Microsoft’s release of PowerPoint, the public screens of the Goethe-Institut Library and The Photographers’ Gallery will be taken over by a specially co-commissioned series of PowerPoint presentations by artists, theorists and technologists speculating on the future of images.

VENUE From Oct 2015: Goethe-Institut London LibraryFrom January 2016: The Photographers’ Gallery Media Wall, 16-18 Ramillies St, London W1F 7LWOPENING TIMES Goethe-Institut Library: Mon-Thu 1pm-7pm, Sat 1pm-5pm; Photographers’ Gallery Media Wall: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Thu 10am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pmTICKETS Admission freeINFORMATION www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk

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OBSOLESCENCE, OR THE POST-NOSTALGIC USE OF JOURNALISTIC IMAGERYFRI 9 OCT – THU 22 OCT 12PM – 5PMA---Z presents a selection of films by several contemporary artists including Harun Farocki, Omar Fast Martha Rosler, and Anri Sala looking at the adoption of broadcast media within current art practice and their critical and political impact.

VENUE Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, School of Fine Art, 1 Hester Road, Battersea, London SW11 4AN EVENT TIMES Private View: Thu 8 Oct 6.30pm. General admission: Mon-Sun 12pm-5pmTICKETS Admission freeINFORMATION www.abc-z.org

ANNIKA ERIKSSON: ADVENTURE AHEAD WED 14 OCT – SAT 14 NOVAdventure Ahead is a new project by Annika Eriksson which is derived from film footage from the Media Archive of Central England creating a time warp of propositional projection from and reflection on the future.

VENUE Project Space Plus, Room AAD0E01, Architecture & Design Building – East Wing, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS and public sitesOPENING TIMES Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 11am-4pm, see website for opening times of the public sitesTICKETS Admission freeCONTACT Jeanine Griffin [email protected] www.gymnasium-projects.org & www.projectspaceplus.org

INSTITUTIONALISING THE DIGITAL – PLATFORMS, FORMATS AND INFRASTRUCTURESFRI 16 OCT 3PMRecently, a number of initiatives have surfaced that are dedicated to presenting the work of artists in an online environment. In collaboration with Opening Times, the Goethe-Institut London invites artists and organisations to discuss the question of how established formats of presenting art are translated into new digital settings and what consequences such a transition might have.

VENUE Goethe-Institut LondonTICKETS £6, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000 or via EventbriteINFORMATION www.goethe.de/london & http://otdac.org

SERPENTINE GALLERIES: TRANSFORMATION MARATHON SAT 17 OCT – SUN 18 OCTAn annual festival of ideas focusing on the topic of transformation through talks, performances and screenings, accompanied by an online radio station broadcasting sound works, debates and talks from the Goethe-Institut London. The Transformation Marathon addresses historical, biological, cultural and physical change.

VENUE Serpentine Sackler Gallery, West Carriage Drive, London W2 2ARTICKETS £20, £15 concessions, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7402 6075 & ticketweb.co.uk CONTACT [email protected] www.serpentinegalleries.org

THE ART OF POP: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVESTUE 17 NOV 6.30PM Coinciding with The World Goes Pop at Tate Modern, this event brings together artists including Ulrike Ottinger and Martha Rosler to critically explore how pop art of the 60s and 70s became a global language of subversion, considering its legacy today. Chaired by Frances Morris.

VENUE Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, Bankside, London SE1 9TGTICKETS £13 / £8 concessionsBOOKING 020 7887 8888 & [email protected] www.tate.org.uk

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PUBLISHING AS PROCESS – ON THE RELATION BETWEEN ART, TEXT AND TECHNOLOGYWED 18 NOV 7PM This event, organised in collaboration with Banner Repeater, addresses how publishing is affected by digitalisation and the distribution channels the internet provides, and how these ideas in relation to the history of publishing may lead us to better understand current modes of art production.

VENUE Goethe-Institut LondonTICKETS £6, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000 or via EventbriteINFORMATION www.goethe.de/london & www.bannerrepeater.org

AN IMAGINED MUSEUM: WORKS FROM THE POMPIDOU, TATE AND MMK COLLECTIONSFRI 20 NOV 2015 – SUN 14 FEB 2016 An Imagined Museum brings together over 60 major artworks from Centre Pompidou, MMK and Tate with the support of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. The ‘imaginary museum’ contains works by artists including Marcel Duchamp, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol and Rachel Whiteread.

VENUE Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront L3 4BB OPENING TIMES Mon-Sun 10am-5pmTICKETS £8/ £6 concessionsBOOKING & INFORMATION www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-liverpool & 0845 604 7083

FACT: FOLLOW THU 10 DEC 2015 – SUN 21 FEB 2016In a world where we use Instagram ‘likes’ and twitter ‘favs’ to assess who and what is important, the exhibition programme Follow considers the impact the internet is really having on the way we think about ourselves and those around us. As part of Follow, Constant Dullaart will present his work High Retention, Slow Delivery (2014) and participate in the public programme.

VENUE FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQOPENING TIMES Tue-Sun 11am-6pmTICKETS Between £5 and £10. Family passes: £28 / £24BOOKING 0871 902 5737INFORMATION www.fact.co.uk & http://constantdullaart.com

THEATRE

HAMLET IS DEAD. NO GRAVITY BY EWALD PALMETSHOFERVOLTA INTERNATIONAL PLAY FESTIVAL WED 2 SEP – SAT 12 SEP VOLTA brings together award-winning writers from across the globe to collaborate with British artists. This year the festival proudly presents Ewald Palmetshofer’s English-language debut hamlet is dead. no gravity. In a radical approach it leaps between sex, death and metaphysics to explore the search for truth among the inescapable ghosts of the past. FRI 4 SEP Post-show talk with Ewald PalmetshoferSAT 5 SEP Pre-show discussion with Festival playwrights Ewald Palmetshofer, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Guillermo Calderon and Chris Chen VENUE Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin St, London E8 3DLEVENT TIMES 7pm, no performance 6 & 7 SepDURATION 90 minsTICKET PRICE £15BOOKING & INFORMATION www.arcolatheatre.com & 020 7503 1646

READING: WINTER SOLSTICE BY ROLAND SCHIMMELPFENNIGFRI 2 OCT 4PMBeware those you invite into your home, and the ideas they may bring with them... Rudolph, a charming doctor newly arrived from Paraguay, is invited for Christmas. But to Albert, there’s something not right. Roland Schimmelpfennig examines the persistent banality of evil through this deconstruction of the family drama. VENUE Unicorn Theatre, 147 Tooley Street, London SE1 2HZBOOKING Free, no booking requiredINFORMATION www.atctheatre.com

TWO MONSTERS / BIG WOLF & LITTLE WOLFSKIPTON INTERNATIONAL PUPPET FESTIVAL FRI 2 OCT – SUN 4 OCT Well-known German puppeteer Christiane Klatt will present two of puppen.etc’s most engaging productions at this year’s Skipton International Puppet Festival.

TWO MONSTERS SAT 3 OCT 2.30PMOnce upon a time, a blue monster and a red monster lived happily on either side of a great mountain. Every day they talked through a small hole in the rock. One day, a simple misunderstanding led to a fight so huge that it destroyed the entire mountain...

VENUE Ermysteds Grammar School, Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1PLDURATION 40 minsAGE 3 to 8 years

BIG WOLF & LITTLE WOLF SUN 4 OCT 10.30AMBig Wolf and Little Wolf are great friends who do almost everything together. But when a risky quest for a stubborn leaf tests their close bond, they find out what friendship and happiness really mean.

VENUE Skipton Girl’s High School, Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1QLDURATION 45 minsAGE 3 years +TICKETS £6

BOOKING & INFORMATION www.skiptonpuppetfestival.co.uk

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THEATRE & PERFORMANCEFIERCE FESTIVALWED 7 OCT – SUN 11 OCT With its ground-breaking programme of performance, installation, activism and music, Fierce Festival takes over Birmingham’s theatres and galleries and presents pop-up performances in unconventional spaces. The Goethe-Institut London is delighted to be supporting:

SUPERNATURAL BY SIMONE AUGHTERLONY / ANTONIJA LIVINGSTONE / HAHN ROWE FRI 9 OCT 8PMHuman and non-human actants camp for the night together on a hot pink terrain under an unblinking fluorescent sky. With axes, wood, violin, electronics and the bare body, Simone Aughterlony, Antonija Livingstone and Hahn Rowe stage a careful inquiry into some vibrant matters.

Co-production: Gessnerallee Zurich, HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, Theater Freiburg. Co-presented in Birmingham by Fierce Festival and DanceXchange.

VENUE DanceXchange, Thorp Street, Birmingham B5 4TB

CULTURE, ADMINISTRATION & TREMBLING BY ANTONIJA LIVINGSTONE / JENNIFER LACEY / DOMINIQUE PÉTRIN / STEPHEN THOMPSON SAT 10 OCT 5.30PM & 6.30PMCulture, Administration & Trembling exposes a collection of durational, artificial situations developed collaboratively between a challenging collective of dance and visual artists.

VENUE Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham B9 4AA

CLUB FIERCE WITH GAZELLE TWIN / MIGUEL GUTIERREZ (DEEP AEROBICS) / SARAH FARINA SAT 10 OCT 9PMA club night featuring an eclectic and intense mix of music and performance – post-industrial pop by the enigmatic Gazelle Twin, underground sounds and rainbow bass from Sarah Farina and her Berlin based DJ collective and Miguel Gutierrez’s transformative participatory dance spectacle Deep Aerobics.

VENUE The Old Print Works, 506 Moseley Road, Birmingham B12 9AH

INFORMATION & TICKETS www.wearefierce.org

COLLABORATION WITH EVA MEYER-KELLER The Goethe-Institut supports a year-long artistic development project by Fierce Festival. A group of 11-13 year old girls from Birmingham are mentored and guided by artist Eva Meyer-Keller developing their own commissioning process. A continuation of Sounds Like Catastrophes (2013).

INFORMATION thisistomorrow.info/articles/fierce-festival-eva-meyer-keller-sybille-mueller-sounds-like-catastrophes

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IMAGE BY NATALIE RECKERT CURRENCY FESTIVALSAT 7 NOV 8PMVoguing meets electro-robotics in a feat of handstand endurance. In a contemporary acrobatic performance, circus artist Natalie Reckert mesmerises audiences with her new show Image. Reckert will also be part of an exciting double bill featuring Alex Deutinger and Alexander Gottfarb with Chivalry is Dead.

“If Kraftwerk made a circus, it would look something like this.” – Adrian Berry, Artistic Director, Jacksons Lane

Part of Currency Festival presented in partnership with the EU Commission representation in London and supported by EUNIC London, the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, the Goethe-Institut London, Aerowaves and Modul-dance. VENUE The Place, 17 Duke’s Road, London WC1H 9PYDURATION Approx. 120 mins (double bill)TICKETS Double bill £16, £12 concessionsBOOKING & INFORMATION theplace.org.uk

LITERATURE

NEW MONTHLY BOOK CLUB MON 7 SEP 6.30PM Join our newest monthly book club to discuss contemporary fiction from Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

INFORMATION [email protected]

EUROTOOLBOX – EUROPEAN CHILDREN’S BOOK EXHIBITIONTHU 24 SEP A collection of outstanding new children’s books in their original languages of French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and English, selected by expert librarians from London’s European Cultural Centres. The exhibition will be launched at Pimlico Library and will continue to tour school libraries and public libraries throughout the UK.

In cooperation with Pimlico Library.

VENUE Pimlico Library, Lupus Street, London SW1V 3EYTICKETS Admission free, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7641 6200CONTACT [email protected] www.eurolis.wordpress.com

MICHAEL KRÜGER READING POETRY FESTIVAL 2015 SAT 24 OCT 12PMReading Poetry Festival 2015 will bring together the most exciting poetic talent from the UK and abroad including Kei Miller, Sujata Bhatt and Elaine Feinstein, and will also have a special focus on translation. We are delighted to be presenting acclaimed German poet Michael Krüger at this year’s festival. His Last Day of the Year: Selected Poems has recently been translated by prize-winning translator Karen Leeder.

VENUE: University of Reading, London Road Campus, London Road, Reading RG1 5AQDURATION: Approx. 105 minsBOOKING & INFORMATION: readingpoetryfestival.org

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MICHAEL KRÜGERMON 26 OCT 7PMAn evening of literature in the library with distinguished poet Michael Krüger, chaired by Karen Leeder.

VENUE Goethe-Institut London LibraryTICKETS Admission free, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000CONTACT [email protected] INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london

THOMAS KLING – POETIC BATTLEFIELDSTUE 3 NOV – THU 5 NOVPoetic Battlefields brings together historical and contemporary perspectives on poetry in WWI. In the multimedia-performance Catastrophe/Forms, four speakers enact over 30 poems (1911-19) from 14 countries depicting the turn of preliminary war fever to the shock at the effects of industrialised mass war. Kling Sichten illuminates poems by Thomas Kling that concern the aftermath and the remembrance of WWI.

DATE, TIME & VENUE TUE 3 NOV 6.30PM, Queen Mary University, Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS WED 4 NOV 6.30PM, Magdalene College, 1-3 Chesterton Road, Cambridge CB4 3ADTHU 5 NOV 5.30PM, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 IDYDURATION Approx. 70 minsTICKETS FreeINFORMATION http://bit.ly/1fBQV8y

IN THE LIBRARY WITH THE LEAD PIPING – CRIME FICTION IN COOPERATION WITH NEW BOOKS IN GERMAN TUE 10 NOV 7PMGoethe-Institut London and New Books in German present an evening of murder and mystery in the library with a panel of German and British crime writers including Mario Giordano, Mechthild Borrmann, Michael Ridpath, chaired by Katharina Hall (Swansea University).

VENUE Goethe-Institut London LibraryTICKETS Admission free, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000CONTACT [email protected] INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london

SOCIAL MEDIA IN LIBRARIES – EUROLIS SEMINAR 2015 FRI 27 NOV 9.30AM – 4PMSocial media is a vital part of contemporary library services. Experts from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany and the UK will explore both the range and the impact of the latest developments in library strategies. This is a one day seminar organised by CILIP and EUROLIS (the consortium of librarians of European cultural institutes in London).

VENUE Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT TICKETS £60, £50 concessions, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7871 3545 CONTACT [email protected] www.eurolis.wordpress.com

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

GERMANY FROM THE OUTSIDE – PANEL DISCUSSIONIN COOPERATION WITH THE GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE (DAAD)WED 11 NOV 7PMChaired by Michael Binyon (The Times), the panel comprising German and British academics from the universities of Aston, Birmingham and Cambridge will look at current questions such as ‘What does it mean to be German in the 21st century‘, ‘Germany and the World’ and ‘The Political Challenge of Managing Migration in the UK and Germany’.

VENUE Goethe-Institut AuditoriumTICKETS Admission free, booking essentialBOOKING 020 7596 4000 or via EventbriteINFORMATION www.daad.org.uk

IN TRANSIT – URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMAKING

LONDON: BUILDING CIVIC ECOSYSTEMS THU 26 NOV – FRI 27 NOVIN TRANSIT brings together a range of ground-breaking civic initiatives that are pro-actively instigating and developing innovative and sustainable measures to improve living conditions and create opportunities for civic engagement within their neighbourhood and beyond. As an international platform supporting exchange of knowledge, best practice and mutual learning between peers, IN TRANSIT aims to facilitate far-reaching synergies for today’s civic movers and shakers.

In a series of workshops across Northwestern Europe, IN TRANSIT discusses and advances urgent aspects of civic engagement relevant to each location.

The Goethe-Institut is thrilled to welcome citizen-led organisations from Röstånga (Röstånga Tillsammans), Oslo (Hauskvartalet), Dublin (Connect the Dots), Rotterdam (Afrikaanderwijk Cooperative), Berlin (ExRotaprint), and Liverpool (Homebaked) to the London workshop Building Civic Ecosystems. The workshop is led by the Goethe-Institut in association with London-based initiative Civic Systems Lab (CSL).

IN TRANSIT is a collaboration between the Goethe-Instituts Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, England, Scotland, Ireland and The Netherlands.

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LANGUAGE COURSES New courses start in September, and we offer the full range of all levels – whether you are a complete beginner or a fluent speaker of German, we have a course to match your needs!

TERM DATESStart 1-a-week Kentish Town w/c 14 SEPStart South Kensington w/c 21 SEPStart 2-a-week Kentish Town w/c 28 SEP

MAIN ENROLMENTMON 7 SEP – THU 10 SEP 4 – 7PMSAT 12 SEP 11AM – 3PM

CONTACT 020 7596 4004 & [email protected] www.goethe.de/london

EDUCATIONAL SERVICESThe new school year kicks off with good news from Wales, where we have launched hubs and centres of excellence for language teaching. The Goethe-Institut supports these activities particularly through its schools networks with a strong focus on ensuring effective transition from primary to secondary schools for learners of German.

Our new online training tool for teachers, Deutsch Lehren Lernen, and our Fit in Deutsch examinations have also met with great interest.

DLL BLENDED LEARNING COURSE FOR TEACHERSSAT 12 SEP – SAT 14 NOVThis is a unique teacher training course incorporating the principle of professional development through collaborative action research.

VENUE Goethe-Institut London + onlineFEE £150INFORMATION [email protected]

INTRODUCTION DAY FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS – LONDONTUE 6 OCT, WED 7 OCT & TUE 13 OCT 11.30AM – 5.30PMThis introduction for German foreign language assistants about to start placements in UK schools offers information on the British education system, German-British cultural organisations, and useful tips on the methodology and didactics of teaching German in British schools. Run in co-operation with the British Council.

VENUE Goethe-Institut LondonTICKETS Admission free, booking essentialBOOKING & INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london/steps

INTRODUCTION DAY FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS – MANCHESTERTHU 1 OCT & FRI 2 OCT 11AM – 5.30PMVENUE Dalton Ellis Hall, Conyngham Road, Victoria Park, Manchester M14 5RLTICKETS Admission free, booking essentialBOOKING & INFORMATION www.goethe.de/london/steps

GRANTS FOR GERMAN TEACHERS A range of teacher training opportunities in Germany are once again available for teachers of German. They include courses and seminars focusing on ‘Landeskunde’, methodology and didactics. Grants cover accommodation and training costs. Deadline for applications is 15 October 2015.

CONTACT [email protected] www.goethe.de/london

THE LANGUAGE SHOW LIVE 2015FRI 16 OCT – SAT 17 OCT 10AM – 6PM & SUN 18 OCT 10AM – 5PM The Language Show is the UK’s biggest event for language learners, teachers, linguists and anyone with a passion for languages. Come and visit the Goethe-Institut stand to find out about our latest products, projects and services.

We will also hold a seminar entitled ‘Developing Literacy in the Primary and Lower Secondary Classroom’ on Saturday 17 October from 3pm–4pm. Hands-on activities for your classroom as well as opportunities for CPD are included.

VENUE Olympia Central, Olympia, London W14 8UXTICKETS Admission free, registration essentialINFORMATION www.languageshowconnect.co.uk/lslive

TEACHERS’ SUPPORT: WEBSHOP GOETHE-INSTITUT LONDONAre you looking for promotional items to decorate classrooms, to use at open days or as prizes? Or are you looking for new teaching resources to use with pupils? Then look no further than our webshop!

CONTACT [email protected] www.goethe.de/london

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The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation.

The Goethe-Institut London runs a plethora of language courses and organises a broad variety of events to present German culture. We have a cinema, an auditorium and a library, so come and visit us sometime!

GOETHE-INSTITUT LONDON 50 Princes Gate Exhibition Road London SW7 2PH

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