Antje Rávik Strubel: Blue Woman
Antje Rávik Strubel's novel about power and powerlessness tells the story of a young woman from the Czech Republic who struggles to reclaim her life after being raped, weaving together various fates...
View ArticleNorbert Gstrein: The Second Jacob
An actor wrestles with his past. A profound novel about a man trying to preserve a sense of agency over his life, which becomes even more complex in the midst of difficult questions like, what is...
View ArticleDance against the odds - choreographer Lia Rodrigues
Lia Rodrigues wants to launch a revolution with dance. She founded an arts and culture center in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, and trains dancers at no cost. Her award-winning Companhia de Danças is...
View ArticleFlamenco queer – Manuel Liñán takes on tradition
Manuel Liñán of Spain is widely acclaimed as one of the best flamenco dancers on stage today. In his show Viva!, he and his cast of male dancers defy gender roles for an exuberant celebration of an old...
View ArticleDance against sexism in Chile – Baila Capucha Baila
Red ski masks are their trademark. In Santiago de Chile, the Baila Capucha Baila dance collective has taken the fight against patriarchy and injustice to the streets. They aim to empower more women to...
View ArticleDizi – Turkey's hit TV shows
Known as 'dizi', Turkish TV series are breaking ratings records all over the world - from Pakistan to Chile. DW talks to actors, producers and fans to find out what makes them so successful.
View ArticleDefiant Russian Hip Hop: Oxxxymiron
Oxxxymiron, aka Miron Yanovich Fyodorov, is one of Russia's best-known hip hop artists. He canceled his tour of Russia to protest of Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, and is calling on Russians and...
View ArticleColumbian night at Rheingau Musik Festival
It's time to dance: At the "Colombian Night," Arts.21 meets enthusiastic young people for whom music means a new perspective on life. A highlight from the "Next Generation" concert series.
View ArticleFatma Aydemir: Djinns
A polyphonic story about Turkish immigrants, their children, dreams, trauma, and six fundamentally different people who happen to be related.
View ArticleDayanita Singh - Dancing with the camera
Indian artist Dayanita Singh has been breaking ground in photography since the 1980s. She rearranges her photos again and again to forge new connections between people and places, creating a moving...
View ArticleThe Maestro of Film Scores
Ennio Morricone’s film scores elevated “spaghetti westerns” to cult status. Soundtracks to “Once Upon a Time in the West” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” are iconic. Now, his music is being...
View ArticleThe bliss of metalheads
To some, heavy metal sounds harsh and the stage shows are intimidating. But a study found that death metal fans are often peaceful, happy people. Why? We visit the heavy metal festival in Wacken to...
View ArticleHuman and machine: The robots have arrived
"Hello, Robot." An exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum showcases intelligent machines that not only resemble us, they’re also more capable than we are. Will they one day start feeling emotion – and...
View ArticleIs AI putting young creatives out of work?
What used to take artists hours can be wrapped up in a matter of seconds with artificial intelligence. At the Berlin University of the Arts, students learn about "Artificial Creativity"— and the...
View ArticleUsing high tech to reflect nature in art
Studio Drift simulates a flock of birds with illuminated drones sent up into the sky — with the help of AI. The result is beautifully intimidating. The artist duo is currently visualizing the...
View ArticleWar knows no heroes
How do you make an anti-war film without glorifying the slaughter with action sequences? The remake of "All Quiet on the Western Front", based on Remarque’s book, shows one way. It was crowned with...
View ArticleLearning from Africa: Lesley Lokko
Architect Lesley Lokko is a Black woman working in a field dominated by white men. But she hasn’t let that hold her back, and she’s now curator at the Venice Architecture Biennale, focusing on Africa...
View ArticleRushdie wins Peace Prize of German Book Trade
Writer Salman Rushdie is a passionate defender of freedom of thought, but that has come at a high price. Iran's Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against the author in 1989, and in 2022,...
View ArticleWriting Slovenia
Just over two million people live in Slovenia. The small country, once part of federal Yugoslavia, is still haunted by its communist past. But its landscapes are beautiful and calm, and its literary...
View ArticleOff-Biennale: A Collective for the Arts
The OFF-Biennale is a curatorial collective made of six women based in Budapest. They work with other creatives and institutions in Hungary, Eastern Europe, and around the world without any state...
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