Transcripts For DW Arts And Culture 20240712

A long slog but after almost 2 and a half years of construction and delays due to the pandemic berlins Jewish Museum has a new core exhibition. Germanys culture minister has high hopes for the opening. The opening of the new permanent exhibition marks the beginning of a new era in this place which is so important for us all. As space has been created where jewish people can recognize their own lived experience that when non jewish visitors can also read and learn about the richness of jewish culture and German Jewish relations. There are also high hopes for the museums new director hetty beg she took over in april and has an exciting and challenging road ahead. The Jewish Museum striking design for summit zigzag shape resembles the shattered star of david fathers a bolt of lightning. Bug attacked Daniel Libeskind won the commission in 1908 the year before the fall of the berlin wall. Was consort not to simply design a museum but also Say Something about jewish history people around the world marveled when his Museum Opened its doors in 2001 the museum made headlines again in 2018 when the exhibition welcome to jerusalem was said by some to be a few scientist. The museums then curator Peter Schaffer has resigned over accusations that he was supporting the palestinian led b. D. s movement to boycott desist from and sanction israel a wave of controversy the museum has tried to move on from. The new exhibition is part of the museums bid for a new start existing a burst of installations about the holocaust remain now with 1700. Of jewish german history in similar fashion with information meeting Virtual Reality 2 was it destroyed synagogues sound installations and sculpture. And my colleague mike a crew guy is here to chat about this new chapter for berlins Jewish Museum welcome mike now on a really personal note i have to say i actually was really relieved about this new exhibition because the 1st time i remember the 1st time i went to this museum and i was just incensed also being jewish myself that there was all of this all of these exhibitions about the extermination of jews but i got no real sense that there was an understanding that jews are living people exactly ahead exact the same feeling you get they have it i missed it formation about the jewish culture and the religion they really needed to change and it didnt really reflect the experience of jewish people nowadays now to be fair to the Jewish Museum so this exhibition the building is really it looks great but it is not an easy building not at all its built like as not as a building with chop angles and an even floor very challenging full curator nevertheless the original prominent exhibition that received all that 11000000 visitors but now everything is a bit different we have visual media Virtual Reality Interactive Games because the audience has changed its the digit to generation ever and there is much lower interest in the jewish culture and history far beyond the whole of cost and of the same time you have antisemitism rising all around the world the world and one very important one of the critiques of this museum has been that it doesnt really show its called the Jewish Museum but it doesnt really show a jewish perspective how will we expect that to change a thing then you. Direct head back will ensure this because she is jewish herself. And no astroturfing is director wasnt previously surprisingly indeed and shes a very good networker shes been doing this job for years and amsterdam and she really cleaned out quite a bit in the museum the roles are less overloaded now and at the same time they are more original i thames so that it fits perfect with the architecture and i think shes able at that mall britches between the institution and of course the Jewish Community in germany as was missing in the past the museum is still the museum is still a German Institution but now on the jewish leadership there and we talked to her just a little while ago to hear what she had to say about how the museums approach has changed oh what i really love is that we have several contemporary works of art where these artists reject i dare to do. Historical periods or to do theme and in debt with the School Template comments on what we are what we are tending and its also a good way for the board humans to relate to it and there are of course a lot of hope spin put on how to bear it as the new director of berlins Jewish Museum micah thanks so much for coming on the thank you david. And now to something completely different the accordion as generally speaking not considered the sexiest of instruments you wont find crowds of screaming teenagers following accordion players around but if anyone could change that it is our tennis live its guess a 30 year old lithuanian virtue oso is knocking a layer of dust off the old squeezebox with performances full of dynamism and passion and recordings that range from classical to lady gaga covers actually for years hes tried to prove that the accordion is fit for more than just folklore well now finally hes ready to go back to his roots. A long time in my life i tried to run away from fall. But then because i lived in london so i met a lot of people who wanted to know more about its me deeply so yeah it means a lot in life and im happy that i came back to its. The 19 martini snippets in states his accordion places you might not expect like the steelworks factory on jimmys baltic coast. New places for Old Fashioned instruments a lot of people see it as very Old Fashioned. Grannys type of instrument but it is one of the youngest and in the entire music instrument family. Martine this is supposed experience of the accordion came as a young boy in his parents summer house. He didnt start formal training until the age of 8. He then went on to study the instrument at university in london and spain. Today in my tennis leviticus has his own orchestra together explore the accordion and obits fastened. Together with the composer younus about modernist plans to take part in the making book West Pomerania Music Festival with the music piece based on the sounds of industrial Metal Production show how sweet or steel sweet the festival has been postponed until next summer juju the coronavirus forward did musicians a busy collecting sounds. From a childhood that saw him taking inspiration in the forest outside look away and his capital vilnius to the world stage. The accordion. On his way. And spray paints are. Got his start like most tagging walls illegally at night now the artist gets paid to cover entire buildings from top to bottom with his designs transforming eyesores into colorful surprises that bring a little bit more tearfulness into german industrial landscapes. Everyone knows breaks but not like this of an artist martin hoy vault isnt in the colorful little plastic pieces in a completely new way these oversized lego bricks in different colors have completely changed the appearance of the plane concrete bridge. Closures and walls and i wanted to do Something Different and unique something the viewer doesnt really expect. I tried using wooden services or tried ice at some point i spoke to my partner about it and she was in a bit of a hurry and then said why dont you try using lego thats how the idea came about. This work in the german facade work in 2012 which made him a wound renowned artist makes as hes known in the graffiti art scene gives buildings a totally new identity like this maintenance house tricity company. Painted a green hoping to please the residents here but the residents really didnt like it or the construction site and then they contacted me and i came here and had a look at the place and i did what i always enjoy doing here to painting nature trees plants i think its perfect for the site this used to be a factory for binders and folded mates enjoys playing around with the architecture of the buildings he uses as his canvas his urban art pieces have a reference to each building theyre painted on to this bus stop. So fat. This has been his tourist project makes tend to have 232 metre high chimney in brooms would roll into a gigantic work of art. But itll make mince house no blends in with its surroundings. For the start of march harvest at last was a scene that i painted there its something i could imagine painting on to my own private house 2 or another houses so im happy with it and we were able to bring a couple of things together that make sense to everyone. And if you take a close look at his artworks youll soon recognise mix is own personal signature. Thats it for this edition of arts and culture dont forget or you can find us on our web site at d w dot com slash culture for more arts and culture reports we hope to see you there thanks for watching but for now. Did you think it is asian in chinese childrens room. Paris studio to detect in the morning a little a obediently pursues Online Education by contrast High School Graduates to our fights for personal freedom they. Dont have to be denied for their. Global 3000. And 30 minutes on a w. Im not laughing at the gym well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up in winter that can meet a german thinks deep into the german culture of looking at stereotypes a question that is think the future of the country that im not. Pm you dont seem ridiculous grama there you go its all about a new im rachel join me for me the german sunday w. Post. How does a virus spread. 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