The New Alphabet

2019—2022

Is it possible to imagine an overabundance of multifarious fields of languages, knowledge production, and learning practices beyond one universal matrix? Can common reference points and collective action be enabled without monopolistic force? How can knowledge be both situated and globally relevant?

To project

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Concrete Isn’t Just Walls (German)

Carl-von-Ossietzky-Schule with Alexandre Decoupigny German original version

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Schoolroom Dreams (German)

Hans-Rosenthal-Grundschule with Branka Pavlović und Nezaket Ekici German original version

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Room Converters (German)

Campus Hannah Höch with Die Stadtdenkerei German original version

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School Teaches Society (German)

Walter-Gropius-Schule mit Eva Hertzsch und Adam Page German original version

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Type Schools. Building Blocks (German)

Johann-Gottfried-Herder Gymnasium with Evgeny Khlebnikov German original version

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Three-Dimensional Ideas (German)

Bettina-von-Arnim-Schule/Jugendkunstschule ATRIUM with Sarah Wenzinger German original version

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IMPLANTAT@school (German)

Thomas-Mann-Gymnasium with Maryna Markova and Thomas Wienands German original version

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Studio (German)

Carl-von-Linné-Schule with Bauereignis Sütterlin Wagner Architekten German original version

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Education in Concrete (German)

German original version

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A Kind of World War

A Film Essay by Anselm Franke & Erhard Schüttpelz English original version Premiere: Feb 23, 2021

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Ibaaku: Taalif, Tëgg ak N’guiss (Poetry, Sound and Vision)

Part of “New Alphabet School #Healing” Sound performance, Feb 6, 2021

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Lionel Manga: We Are Waves (French with English subtitles)

Part of “New Alphabet School #Healing” French original version with English subtitles Performative lecture, Feb 4, 2021

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Transatlantic Sounds: “What would you say if I told you that our Black history has been denied?” (Spanish, English)

Part of “New Alphabet School #Healing” Original version Performance ritual, Feb 4, 2021

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Our Songs, our Medicines

Part of “New Alphabet School #Healing” With Alessandra Pomarico, Esther Poppe, Yayra Sumah, Maya V. El Zanaty English original version Curators' introduction, Feb 4, 2021