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 and where non jewish visitors can also read and learn about the richness of jewish culture and German Jewish relations or. That 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 done your labors skinned won the commission in 1908 the year before the fall of the berlin wall. His 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 do scientist. The museums then curator peter shareholder resigned of accusations that he was supporting the palestinian led b. D. S. Movement to boycott to fist from and sanction israel the 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. Years of jewish german history in similarly innocent fashion with information meeting Virtual Reality to have destroyed synagogues sound installations and sculpture. And my colleague Michael Krueger is here to chat about this new chapter for berlins Jewish Museum welcome lanka and 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 i had exact the same feeling you that they have it i missed it from asian 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 a sculpture not not as a building with chop angles and even floor very challenging full curators indeed nevertheless the original prominent exhibition that received all that levon 1000000 visitors well now everything is a bit different we have visual media veteran Reality Interactive games because the audience has changed its the addicted to generation and there is much more interest in the jewish culture and history far beyond the cost and of the same time you have antisemitism rising all around the world there were 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 the new. Direct 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 still a gem 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 react i dare to do. Historical periods or to the theme and in debt with the school temporary 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 hopes being put on heads buried 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 hard to miss live its guess a 30 year old lithuanian virtue osso is knocking a layer of dust off the old squeeze box 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 me deeply so yeah it means a lot to learn and im happy that i came back to thats. What. You do when you martina sleeps in states including in places you might not expect like the steelworks factory on germanys baltic coast. New places for Old Fashioned instruments a lot of people see it as very Old Fashioned. Grannies type of instrument but it is one of the youngest and in the entire music instrument family. Martine this is post 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 Martin Sivits because has his own orchestra together explore the accordion in obits fastened. Together with the composer yonah about modernist plans to take part in the make West PomeraniaMusic Festival with the music piece based on the sounds of industrial Metal Production show how sweet all steel sweet the festival has been postponed until next summer juta the coronavirus forward the musicians a busy collecting sounds. From a childhood that saw him taking inspiration in the forest outside little whiniest capital vilnius to the world stage the accordion master is on his way. And spray paints or martino ovide 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 interior colorful surprises that bring a little bit more tearfulness into germany as industrial landscapes. Everyone knows lego toy bricks 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. Change the appearance of a plain concrete bridge. Closures this involves us and i want to do Something Different and unique something the viewer doesnt really expect. I tried using a wooden surfaces 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 and the german facade would 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 literacy company. Weve been on the. 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 folders makes enjoys playing around with the architecture of the buildings he uses as his campus his urban art pieces have a reference to each building they painted on to this bus stop. So far this has been his project makes tend to have to move 32 metre high chimney in brunswick into a gigantic work of art. That itll make mince house now blends in with its surroundings. For the start of the scene that i painted there its something i could imagine painting on to my own private house too or another houses so im happy with it and 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 mixes on the small signature. Thats it for this edition of arts and culture. Dont forget though you can find us on our website at d. F. W. Dot com slash culture for more arts and culture reports we hope to see you there thanks for watching but for now. Im. Sure our health is priceless. But the pandemic has shown what is money worth and just how much money is involved in health care we take a look at the numbers and show examples of how health care and business Work Together both profit. Made in germany. 30 minutes on. Her her round. Places more still. Rising temperatures water shortages lems clearance of cut theres an abundance of flammable material. Is on one world going up in smoke. Global conflagration the most on fire. In 75 minutes on t. W. Where the real power resides. I come from there lots of people in fact know that the british get used to blood loss of democracy really thats one reason why im passionate about people and our issues and they can. Trust in the mission reporters right here in berlin onto the floor of the berlin wall and i remember thinking at the time if the berlin build Going Forward anything can happen if people come together and unite for a cool. When i do the news i often confronted difficult situations more conflict between design still crises response might show up to confront good leaders on policies and development to put the spotlight on issues that matter most. To security oppression martian isolation. Cannot chance to achieve that so much more needs to john and i think people have to be at the heart of Solutions London is a myth and i will have had to tell you. 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