Open House 2008

A programme for people of all ages, for Berliners from different countries of origin and different social backgrounds: art labs, guided tours and the activities in the Forum.

The art labs: Berliner Gates to Asia, the Water Academy and WORLDTRONICS Workshops

In the art labs, visitors meet artists and work on joint projects. Together with the House of World Culture, artists prepare creative educational programmes. Following the hunt for clues at New York / Berlin 2007 under the heading city impressions, this spring we are staging: Berlin Gates to Asia, followed by the Water Academy for young visitors in the summer.

Guided tours, new: guided tours on Sundays

The repertoire of our education programme includes guided tours of exhibitions with commentaries by artists and curators, guided tours for pupils and visitors to Berlin, Sunday family visits combining exhibitions and playful creative activities. Beyond that, we offer our visitors glimpses behind the scenes, with guided tours to view the building’s architecture, and impressions of the latest exhibitions.

The activities in the Forum

For almost a year now, the Choir of the House of World Cultures, directed by Barbara Morgenstern, has been rehearsing its repertoire of music between pop and avant-garde. Its last major test was the joint performance with Harmonia at WORLDTRONICS 2007. An Open House is now being staged for radio artists too.

New: school partnerships

Since 1996, the House of World Cultures has been offering a special school programme with guided tours of exhibitions, public rehearsals, and workshops with musicians and fine artists. In addition to the public programmes, we are now entering intensive partnerships with individual schools in Berlin. The first such partnership was with the Carl-Kraemer primary school in Wedding. It featured joint activities with artists and teachers at the school and at the House of World Cultures, advance training programmes for teachers and conceptual support for art teachers working on projects. This co-operation scheme was sponsored by the PWC-Stiftung within the framework of the Zoom / 10 Patenschaften programme. On 27 April, the co-operation agreement with the Bettina von Arnim Grammar School and the Jugendkunstschule Atrium was signed. More schools will be joining us in the months to come.

An open house for radio artists, too

In January 2008, the House of World Cultures started co-operating with KLUBRADIO, which sponsors a variety of radio-art projects. KLUBRADIO has a new production location: the former post-office at the listed Congress Hall – now the House of World Cultures. The House’s educational programme has been involved in regular tours with radio projects since 2004.

Audio-MP3 on KULUBRADIO:

AFRICAN SCREENS: Film critic Jahman Anikulapo and Newton Aduaka discuss Aduaka’s award winning film, “Ezra,” piracy, copyright and “Nollywood.” the broadcast...

IN THE DESERT OF MODERNITY: Tom Avermaete, Serhat Karakayali & Marion von Osten discuss their curatorial approach to “In the Desert of Modernity” the broadcast...

The programme conception was commissioned by the House of World Cultures and organised by the agency Next Interkulturelle Projekte