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Publications
The House of World Cultures published a range of books and catalogues accompanying its programmes.
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"Qiu Zhijie: Twilight of the Idols" (Revolver, 2009)
The catalogues features essays of the curator, Valerie Smith and art critic Davide Quadrio. The color plates show archival material, sketches and large-sized installation shots.
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"Tadashi Kawamata - Berlin Tree Huts" (Revolver, 2009)
The publication features essays of the curator, Valerie Smith and art critic Denys Zacharopoulos. The color plates show archival material, sketches and large-sized installation shots of the tree huts in the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the surrounding park.
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"1989/Global Stories" (Wallstein, 2009)
1989 is a key year in the history of the 20th century. The fall of the Berlin Wall was not the only caesura of worldwide significance on all continents of the globe there were radical changes with lasting reverberations that continue up until today.
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"Prepare for Pictopia" (Pictoplasma Publishing Berlin, 2009)
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"Di/Visions: Culture and Politics of the Middle East" (Wallstein, 2009)
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"Signs of the City: Metropolis Speaking" (Jovis Verlag, 2009)
The big city is a sea of signs of notices, posters, graffiti or advertising. Using digital cameras and GPS-receivers, teenagers and young adults have explored this semiotic realm, which invites a continual process of linking and association.
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"Re-Imagining Asia: A Thousand Years of Separation" (Saqi Books, 2008)
The exhibition catalog "Re-Imagining Asia" brings together a wide-ranging group of contemporary artists and thinkers who explore the cultural and artistic imagination of Asia. It includes works by artists such as Chiho Aoshima, Subodh Gupta, Andreas Gursky, Kimsooja, Michael Joo, Gabriel Orozco and Song Dong with essays by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Ranjit Hoskote, Carol Yinghua Lu and Wu Hung among others.
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"Stopover Berlin. Asia-Pacific Changes the World" (House of World Cultures, 2007)
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The House. The Cultures. The World. (Nicolai, 2007)
50 years: From the Congress Hall to the House of World Cultures.
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"New York - States of Mind" (Saqi Books, 2008)
The book addresses the current state of contemporary art and film as explored by artists living and/or working in New York.
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"Das vermessene Paradies: Positionen zu New York" - The Measured Paradise. Positions on New York (Theater der Zeit, 2007)
(in German only)
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"Lebendige Erinnerung - Xiqu", 2006
Zeitgenössische Entwicklungen im chinesischen Musiktheater (in German)
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"About Beauty", 2005 (out of print)
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"Spaces and Shadows", 2005
Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia
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"The Black Atlantic", 2004 (out of print)
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"The Third Body", 2004
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Junko Wada: "Chidori", 2004
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"Far Near Distance", 2004
Contemporary Positions of Iranian Artists
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"Spiegelschriften. Neue arabische Literatur", 2004
(Mirror Writing. New Arabic Literature)
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"DisORIENTation", 2003
Contemporary Arab Artists from the Middle East
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