Well the fiddly stuff Palace Theater in berlin is a place that lends itself to surprise its got the Worlds Largest stage which can hold the worlds longest chorus line its berlins glitziest night out and it looks back on a century of spellbinding entertainment and for the occasion of its 100th anniversary its all knowing its jewish founder as a statement against anti semitism. That defying acrobats and perfectly synchronized dances. Up to 780000 spectators a year visit palins rejects stuck past the worlds biggest yet to stage. The dancers work long hard hours until the show is absolutely perfect they master everything from classical ballet to jazz dance. To me what i see is very special here is simply this incredible stage and experiencing it every day if it does it wants to be on stage and here you have the opportunity to be on it every day as much as 8 times a week thats my personal highlight this is mine and i like. Every 2 years the freidrich stop calloused criminals and only show up supply the tix. For each production new costumes are created by big game designers like sean paul gaultier. Christian aquash. And put it tracy. I the production costs for this show called fit it amounted to some 12000000 euros but it broke even a long time ago. It all began in discworld market hole. In 1980 s. A director Max Reinhardt opened his ruthless shell spiel household granby itself starting in 1020 police or refuse representative Hollywood Star ma. Lena teachers one stops in the course line. In the 1930 s. Operatives like frau do not play to set out houses in the sixtys now in east germany the stage hosted International Stars like Ella Fitzgerald and josephine baker. In 1900 the Old Buildings came down. 4 years later the new one to open its doors this is where the former g. D. R. Put its best foot forward until the fall of the berlin wall in 1909. And new production is already in planning and some 2020 the predict up process will no doubt prove that it can be big. And deep and more amazing. Well its yet another dark chapter of german history but when namibian communities rose up against colonial rule in 1904 in former german South West Africa Imperial Forces responded with decrees of extermination well the result was the near annihilation of the herero and the nama peoples in 2004 the German Government formally recognised the atrocities and issued an apology but to date no reparations have been paid well now and maybe an artist. Is addressing this National Trauma with an installation here in berlin. Ancestors are herero one of them being tried as the german colonial power tried to obliterate over a century ago. With her exhibit here in berlin. Gives a voice to those who are silenced they tried to various you know they they they tried to kill the whole. Ethnic group the heroes as well as the now was and they didnt succeed you know were still here when were here to tell the story. From 1004 to 1908 the german army brutally suppressed the herero unama rebellion killing up 2100000 people or more than the 1st genocide of the 20th century shanks modern it may be descendants of victims were displaced today 70 percent of private land remains in white hands germany has returned remains of victims to be buried for land has so far we fused calls for reparations. Fragile masks of the artists own face lie half buried in sand the work feels like an untended mass grave people kucha v. V. Hopes the started to skosh and about the crimes of the past before they are for god were our biggest thing is acknowledgment to acknowledge this history to acknowledge that it happened because for so many years its just been denied. Germany has finally stopped denying what happened in the may be but the path to healing more than a century of trauma has barely begun. A very moving installation and joining me in the studio is scott roxboro who made that report welcome scott more than a century of trauma you said there caused by this is genocide more than 100 years ago its a trauma thats ingrained in the psyche of namibians what was it like to actually experience this work you know its interesting its actually quite disorienting as youre as youre walking over the sand over these all of these places i was really scared i was going to step on one and break them because a very very fragile but is about that if you told me actually that sort of the point i mean she made the point that even to get to this exhibit in berlin you have to go over the Holocaust Memorial because its quite nearby and she said you want to make the point that were walking our cities over or you need an ordinary. Trees were actually walking over history and were walking over or over forgotten graveyards and that we should we should be remember that and tried carefully unbelievable now is about the tribute it herself has of course the deep historical connection to to this genocide in these events in the media but also a very personal connection can you tell us about you know her father is peter cotty v. V. Who was the foreign bastard to germany from the b. B. To germany and he was very key in getting remains returned to me particularly there were skulls that were brought after the genocide to germany and presented as sort of an example of whites a period already and a number of these calls were then finally returned to the bia in 2011 and they were just incredible scenes of sort of mass celebrations people stormed the airport to to see these these these skulls being returned and it really is very prickly important because think about this genocide that makes even more tragic is they dont know where the bodies are buried so theres not even a place they can go to to memorialize their ancestors so what isabels main goal with this installation well she is in favor of reparations she is in favor of returning of artworks and so forth but what she told me was that her main point is to get people to acknowledge this trauma so that is possible for people namibia to move beyond it and she said what she definitely doesnt want is the modern people of germany to feel a particular sense of guilt or shame about the past ok lets have a quick listen to what she had to say earlier today if you they themselves dont do anything and i think what they need to do is then just come to the table and help us you know get this history into the limelight get it known and everything to help us on our journey of healing. Scott its such a huge issue how how can art to what extent can really heal. Is the big question but i think at least we can start the process i think art is something beck can express. Issues that are very difficult to express directly and i think with with her work she is trying to look at the the trauma of her people but do it in a way that makes it understandable for someone outside for maybe the entire world and maybe a star if we can begin to understand the extent of this trauma maybe that is the 1st point to begin the discussion to begin a process of healing we talked about repatriation of ancestral remains and its interesting that germany just yesterday returned the largest number of aboriginal ancestral remains to australia ever are were seeing a larger International Effort to return these kinds of colonial spoils to their rightful homes what does this potentially mean obviously for museums all across europe well i mean if you take it to the logical conclusion it could mean youd have to clear out a lot of museums because huge numbers of big museums in the in europe are from where you are still just spoils and so forth im not sure thats ever going to happen but i think these discussions are being have i museums all over Europe Europe now and they have to be had and i think thats the main starting point and a lot of these works will be returned as they as they should be but i think the important thing is as isabel said we need to have discussions need to acknowledge the trauma and the loss of these people as a way to as a starting point to go forward well they try to bury us a very moving installation by is about. On until december 8th here in berlin just a short time Scott Ross Perot thank thats very much for bringing us that background. And well finish off with a puzzle that giovanni cantante can transform into art 1st of all the 24 year old italian is a whiz on the rubiks cube he can solve it in literally seconds which i already find amazing but he doesnt stop there because hes also a pioneer of rubiks cube art so lets get him to show us how its done. Johnny come tardy puts more than 700. 00 cubes and as much as 2 hours into each of his portraits but he doesnt put into them just glue either the frame holds the cubes in place or the image falls to pieces as soon as its completed he has nearly 350000 followers on instagram he generally makes portraits of famous figures some of the stars share the images on social media winning him even more followers share his fascination with the cubes. One people look at you solving a cube in 10 seconds think of the name someone from another planet sameas with the artwork but its something more fascinating can target started out by setting records he said an impressive 60 italian records 9 european ones and 3 World Records he solves the rubiks cube in less than 10 seconds even underwater. Giovani khan tarty lives in the town where he was born the dramatic part is pays off hes able to live from his art and is even under contract to the new york city calorie that sells his works to collectors around the world for 5 figure songs but he sees no need to leave. Hes done a portrait of the towns most famous son opera composer Giacchino Rossini good publicity for the opera himself and the town. Very important for me. Outside of here for 4 years. During that a spear. Answered i love that i dont think thats the way how i like my road being with her friends i grew up with my family of course. From the very 1st cube it took giovani can target only about 90 minutes to complete this mona lisa uses over 700 rubiks cubes you constructs the portrait line by line taking short breaks now and then thats important because its easy to make a mistake but extremely difficult to fix it later on. Of course the very last block is always satisfied. Saw fascinating stuff well if youd like to see it again just pay a visit to our website not brings this week to a close until we meet again all the best for myself and the team just and proper little. Letter we will draw when we want it now 80 percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listening. Audience. Was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult chancellor of course addresses the people of east germany shortly after the fall of the wall. The crowd clamors for treme. Journalist peter lim board was at the scene. 30 years later looks back on the title of president. Starts december 19th. 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