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Publications
The Haus der Kulturen der Welt published a range of books and catalogues accompanying its programmes.
Title list
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"Ulrike Ottinger: Floating Food" (Walther König, 2011)
Here Ulrike Ottinger creates for the first time a collage from four decades of her artistic production.
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"On Rage" (Revolver Publishing, 2011)
This book explores instances of rage and how their place in people’s lives are being expressed and manifested in the body and the mind.
more - "Multikultur 2.0. Willkommen im Einwanderungsland Deutschland" (Wallstein, 2011)
Word had it recently that the multicultural model has failed. But jumping to this ideological conclusion distorts our perception of our multicultural daily reality.
more - "The Potosí Principle. How Can We Sing the Song of the Lord in an Alien Land" (Walther König, 2010)
Colonial Image Production in the Global Economy
more - "Colonial Modern: Aesthetics of the Past, Rebellions for the Future" (Black Dog Publishing, 2010)
In the post-war aesthetic regime of modernism, architecture and urban planning acquired a highly symbolic function. They stood not only for the aesthetic project of modernism, but also for social modernity and the shift to a new society...
more - "BERLIN DOCUMENTARY FORUM 1" (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 2010)
Program magazine for the first edition of BERLIN DOCUMENTARY FORUM
more - "Manthia Diawara: African Film - New Forms of Aesthetics and Politics" (Prestel, 2010)
This volume brings together contributions by filmmakers and profiles of 31 African directors whose films reflect current trends in African film...
more - "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.
more - "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.
more - "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.
more - "Prepare for Pictopia" (Pictoplasma Publishing Berlin, 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.
more - "Di/Visions: Culture and Politics of the Middle East" (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.
more - "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.
more - "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.
more - "Stopover Berlin. Asia-Pacific Changes the World" (House of World Cultures, 2007)
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.
more - The House. The Cultures. The World. (Nicolai, 2007)
50 years: From the Congress Hall to the House of World Cultures.
more - "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.
more - "Das vermessene Paradies: Positionen zu New York" - The Measured Paradise. Positions on New York (Theater der Zeit, 2007)
(in German only)
more - "Lebendige Erinnerung - Xiqu", 2006
Zeitgenössische Entwicklungen im chinesischen Musiktheater (in German)
more - "About Beauty", 2005 (out of print)
Zeitgenössische Entwicklungen im chinesischen Musiktheater (in German)
more - "Spaces and Shadows", 2005
Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia
more - "The Black Atlantic", 2004 (out of print)
Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia
more - "The Third Body", 2004
Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia
more - Junko Wada: "Chidori", 2004
Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia
more - "Far Near Distance", 2004
Contemporary Positions of Iranian Artists
more - "Spiegelschriften. Neue arabische Literatur", 2004
(Mirror Writing. New Arabic Literature)
more - "DisORIENTation", 2003
Contemporary Arab Artists from the Middle East
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