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16.12.2009
8 pm | Horns Erben, Arndtstr. 33, LeipzigExit 89
Reading
A literary reading performance by and with Jaroslav Rudiš and Martin Becker, staged by the Leipzig Art Association.
08.12.2009
6 pm | Theaterdiscounter, Klosterstr. 44, BerlinTRANSIT 89. Horizons and Limits
A German-Czech-Slovak Theatre and discussion evening
Theater
Under the motto “TRANSIT 89. Horizons and Limits”, the theme night focused on the upheavals of 1989/90 as an intersection point for cultural developments from the 1968 revolt to the present.
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22.11.2009–16.02.2010
Žilina , Prag, Hamburg, Berlin, BrnoSvoboda! Svoboda? Freedom! Freedom?
Theatre
As part of the project “68/89 – Art.Contemporary.History”, four theatre productions took a look at the upheaval of 1989 and its repercussions under the motto of “Svoboda! Svoboda?”.
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21.11.2008
8 pm | Sophiensaele, BerlinNico. Sphinx Made of Ice
Premiere: 21.11.2008, Sophiensaele, Berlin
Theater
The third production created and premiered as part of the Zipp project “68/89 – Art.Contemporary.History” explored one of the most controversial artists of the 20th century: the legendary singer of Velvet Underground and Warhol’s muse, Nico.
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17.11.–21.11.2008
Stanica, Žilina-ZarečieMemory Control 19X8
Theme week
From 17th to 21st November 2008, the Slovak town of Žilina hosted the “19X8” festival, which reflects on the year 1968 and its repercussions in both public as well as private life in a series of film screenings, discussions, exhibitions and theatre performances.
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08.11.–17.11.2008
Theater Husa na provázku / Die Gans an der Schnur (DHNP), BrünnVelvet Festival or: “An Autumn Dream of Spring”
TRANSFORMING 68/89
Theme week
The fourth theme-oriented event of the project “68/89 – Art.Contemporary.History” was held in the Czech city of Brno, a ten-day festival featuring art happenings, discussions, concerts, dramatic readings and much more.
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01.11.–02.11.2008
6 pm | Kampnagel, HamburgPERFORMING 68/89
Theme and theatre night with music and discourse
Theme night
In the strange anniversary ceremony marking 1968, the Kampnagel delved into musical developments over the past 40 years, comparing the German and Czech scenes.
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30.10.2008
Hamburg, Brno, Prag, Berlin, Žilina-ZárečieIt’ll all be different. A utopian recollection
Premiere: 30.10.2008, Kampnagel Hamburg
Theater
For “It’ll all be different” the author and filmmaker Thorsten Trimpop brought a series of biographies to the stage whose common starting point was the year 1968.
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22.10.2008
Archa Theater, PragueEXIT 89. Horror with a Human Face
Premiere: 22.10.2008, Archa Theatre, Prague
Theater
For the librettists Martin Becker and Jaroslav Rudiš and the director Jiří Havelka, “Exit 89” is a play about remembering: six people, six stories between 1968 and 2008 at kilometre point 89 of the motorway D1 between Prague and Brno.
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16.06.2008
8 pm | Theater Archa, PragMISUNDERSTANDING 68/89
MISUNDERSTANDING 68/89 Theme night on the 40th anniversary of the revolutionary events of 1968.
Theme night
The Divadlo (Theatre) Archa in Prague staged a theme night devoted to the events which brought about far-reaching changes still being felt today. Combining music, film and theatrical elements with intellectual debate, the programme concentrated on the events of 1968 as a symbol for the 1960s.
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15.06.–17.06.2008
6 pm | Senate chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, PragueThe “Prague Spring” 1986. Civil Society – Media – Processes of Political and Cultural Transfer
International Conference
From the perspective of social and cultural history, the conference focused on the social and cultural dynamic in Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring which was triggered by liberalization and the reform process. Special attention was given to relationships, instances of transfer and the respective perceptions between East and West.
30.05.2008
6 pm - 1 am | Academy of the Arts, Berlin, Pariser Platz 4CROSSING 68/89
Protest, Reform and New Cultural Directions between Prague and Berlin
Theme night
Transgressing national borders, the pop and protest culture from the Prague Spring and the student protests of 1968 through to the “Velvet Revolution” of 1989 was the theme of this night held at the Academy of the Arts (Berlin) under the title CROSSING 68/89.
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