Goethe-Institut
Washington
The
German Cultural Center
812
Seventh St. NW
Washington,
DC 20001
202-289-1200
EXHIBITIONS
Thursday,
September 8, 6 – 8 pm
EXHIBIT
OPENING – Tonight!
Oskar
Fischinger: Motion Paintings
Oskar
Fischinger (1900-1967), the German-born pioneer of abstract animation, was a
formidable influence in Germany and continues to assert considerable interest
today. A series of 52 drawings and paintings will be on display in this rare
appearance, a must-see for anyone interested in this powerfully significant
artist.
Opening
with Jack Rutberg, agent for the Oskar Fischinger Estate. RSVP to 202-289-1200
ext. 165.
Until
October 26
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/art/en818328.htm
Thursday,
September 15, 6:30 – 8 pm
exhibiT
OPENING
Adolf
Cluss,
From
Germany to America:
Shaping
a Capital City Worthy of a Republic
Adolf Cluss
(1825-1905) was the architect of many of Washington’s most beloved
19th-century buildings. Only seven of them remain here in downtown
DC—of about seventy built by him between 1862 and 1890— and include the
Smithsonian’s Arts & Industries Building, Eastern Market, the 9th
Street Masonic Temple, the Sumner and Franklin Schools, and Calvary Baptist
Church.
Designed
to raise awareness of the life and work of Adolf Cluss, one of the most
influential architects in post-Civil War Washington, this exhibit at the Sumner
School Museum portrays Cluss’s revolutionary roots and his vision of a capital
city both uplifting and functional through images, texts, artifacts, and
interactive multimedia displays.
RSVP
requested to 202-289-1200 ext. 177 or nbroadwater@washington.goethe.org
Additional
public programs are planned in Washington and Germany, and
include:
Friday, September
9, 1pm: Join us at the Goethe-Institut for a telephone connection and a toast to
the opening of the exhibition in Heilbronn, Germany.
Tuesday, September
13, 6:30pm: Lecture “Cluss on Capitol Hill” by project director Joseph Browne at
the Naval Lodge Hall.
Thursday, September
20, 6pm: Presentation of Cluss CD and book at the City
Museum.
Tuesday,
September 27, 6pm: Lecture “Adolf Cluss and Architectural Theory” at the Sumner
School Museum.
The
exhibit is on display until February 28, 2006
The
August issue of the Adolf Cluss Exhibition Project newsletter is now online
at
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/pro/vtour/clussnewsletter/acluss12.htm.
Charles
Sumner School Museum
17th
and M Streets NW
FILM
Monday,
September 12, 6:30 pm
GERMAN-ISRAELI
DIALOGUE
Film:
Art Liberates
Directors:
Solo Avital & Adam Horowitz (DVD)
Giving
their opinion on subjects such as the Holocaust, Israel, guilt, memory, freedom,
language, parents and art, a mix of Berliners, both Israelis and Germans,
illustrate their views in this documentary.
Film:
House and Desert
Director:
Anna Faroqhi (BETA SP).
Scrutinizing
houses and their residents at many places in her journey, Anna Faroqhi conveys
an image of how people live today, which in turn reflects the history of the
country.
The
screenings will be followed by a discussion with director Anna Faroqhi and
Israeli journalist and author Yo’av Karny.
$6
In
conjunction with the discussion on Thursday, September 29.
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/flm/en812889.htm
Monday,
September 19, 6:30 pm
Film
and Lecture
6:30
pm: “An Evening of Oskar Fischinger Films” (35
mm)
7:30
pm: Lecture by Curator Peter Frank
Oskar
Fischinger's earliest drawings and paintings were first created as sequential
components in his films to evoke various states of consciousness, often using
music as a springboard to syncopate lines, forms and color. Fischinger's
influence on the development of avant-garde abstract films is profound, with the
genius of his vision acknowledged by 20th-century luminaries such as
Orson Welles, Wassily Kandinsky, Moholy Nagy, Lyonel Feininger, Leopold
Stokowski and John Cage.
RSVP
to 202-289-1200 ext. 175
No charge.
September
26 – November 21
FILM
Metropolis:
Eight Film Portraits of Great Cities
Loved
or feared, the metropolis has always fascinated its inhabitants and inspired
artists and writers. Walter Ruttmann's 1927 classic portrait of Berlin became
the model after which many "city-films" were created. In this series, we show
the original and several Ruttmann-inspired films, as well as other works that
portray some of the world's great cities. Join us on a poetic, occasionally
nostalgic, and always fascinating tour through old and new urban centers of the
world over the past 125 years.
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/flm/met/enindex.htm
Monday,
September 26, 6:30 pm
FILM
Rain
(Regen)
Director:
Joris Ivens, 16 mm
This
early Dutch short film is like a poem. It offers a few brief impressions of a
rainy afternoon in Amsterdam without forming a sequence or story, and conveys a
sense of melancholy and quietness.
Berlin,
Symphony of a Great City (Berlin – Sinfonie der Großstadt)
Director:
Walter Ruttmann, 35 mm
A
train arrives in Berlin… The atmosphere of the city is depicted in stages that
encompass morning until midnight.
Both
films $6
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/flm/met/en860440.htm
OTHER
EVENTS
Wednesday,
September 14, 6:30 pm
Discussion
Public
Diplomacy in the Arab World
There is broad
consensus that Public Diplomacy should be strengthened as an integral part of US
Foreign Policy, especially in the Arab and Islamic World. It is considered
indispensable in achieving objectives like conveying American values and making
American action understandable. This discussion will focus on experiences with
and expectations about cultural dialogue as part of public
diplomacy.
The
international group of panelists will include:
Johannes
Ebert, Regional Director for the Goethe-Institut in the Near East and North
Africa, Cairo
Alberto M. Fernandez, Director for the Office of Press and
Public Diplomacy Bureau of Near East Affairs
Ambassador Hans-Guenter Gnodtke,
Commissioner for Dialogue with the Islamic World at the German Foreign
Office/Cultural Department
Horst Harnischfeger, former Secretary General of
the Goethe-Institut, Munich
Hisham Melhem, Washington Bureau Chief for the leading
Lebanese Daily An-Nahar
RSVP
to 202-289-1200 ext. 167
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/ztg/en818276.htm
Saturday,
September 17, 11 am – 5 pm
ARTS
ON FOOT FESTIVAL
11
am: Walking Tour: German Immigrant Artists
(Led by
Alice Stewart, local historian) While the Old Downtown always had a number of
large government and commercial buildings, it was also, as it is again today, a
neighborhood where artists of all kinds lived and worked. This tour offers
glimpses into the artistic contributions and lives of many of the
German-American artists who lived or worked in the neighborhood of the
Goethe-Institut. No charge as part of Arts on Foot 2005. RSVP to 202-289-1200
ext. 510
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/en865711.htm
2
pm: Children’s Film: The Little Vampire
Based on
the popular novel series The Little Vampire by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, this
vampire comedy for children tells the story of Tony, a lonely boy and Rudolph, a
friendly little vampire, who become inseparable after they meet one night. No
charge as part of Arts on Foot 2005.
Children
will have the opportunity to design their own little vampire before or after the
film!
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/en865708.htm
Visit
the Goethe-Institut’s table down on F Street and take our quiz to win a prize!
Stop by the Goethe-Institut to view the exhibit Oskar Fischinger: Motion
Paintings.
Thursday, September 29, 6:30 pm
DISCUSSION
German-Israeli Dialogue
To accompany the evening of German-Israeli films, the Goethe-Institut will host a panel discussion in which participants in the German-Israeli Young Leader Exchange, a program coordinated by the Bertelsmann Foundation, will share personal experiences following the screening of a documentary about the Exchange. No charge. RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 169.
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/en875772.htm
Thursday, September 29, 6:45 pm
book conversation
Wilhelm Tell
To
mark the Schiller Year 2005 (the 200th anniversary of Schiller's death) we will
talk about his last drama, Wilhelm
Tell (1804). This play about the Swiss people’s
fight for freedom
and the assassination of a despotic ruler was banned from the German stage under
the Nazi regime. Wildly popular from the start, it supplied the libretto for one
of Rossini's French operas, Guillaume
Tell, and has become the Swiss
national play. For readers of German, Swiss author Max Frisch's ironic
correction of the national myth, Wilhelm
Tell für die Schule (1971), will provide a fascinating counterpoint to
Schiller's heroic version of history.
Sponsored by the American Goethe
Society
RSVP to iwagner@gmu.edu
Special
Announcement:
Looking for an artistic setting with a cosmopolitan ambience for your next
function? Contact Craig Childers at 202-289-1200 x115 for rates and
availability.
ADDITIONAL
AREA EVENTS
Currently
showing
FILM
The
Edukators
Director:
Hans Weingartner
In
this sharp and funny satire, which screened at the Goethe-Institut as part of
our 13th Annual New Films series, two young German men, Jan (Daniel
Brühl, Ladies in Lavender and Good Bye, Lenin!) and Peter (Stipe
Erceg), set out to make a rebellious political statement by breaking into
expensive homes of the wealthy, rearranging their furniture, and leaving cryptic
notes like "Your days of plenty are numbered."
Read
Stephen Hunter’s Washington Post
review: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080401978.html
Landmark’s
E Street Cinema
555
11th St NW
Thursday,
September 8, 11 am – 2 pm
special
event
Garten
Fest
Featuring
bratwurst and a flea market.
Zion
Church of the City of Baltimore
Thursday,
September 8, 6 – 8 pm
lecture
German
Expressionism: Its Nineteenth-Century Roots
By
Robert Rosenblum, Institute of Fine Arts, New York
University
RSVP
to 202-387-3355.
German
Historical Institute
1607
New Hampshire Ave. NW
Friday,
September 23, 8 pm
concert
The
Genius of Bach: Mass in B Minor
Organized
by the Washington Bach Consort
202-429-2121
or www.bachconsort.org
Strathmore
Hall
Bethesda,
MD