Why Theatre, and its ‘Idiots’, Still Matter in Today’s Russia
In Moscow, the Gogol Centre has produced a loose adaptation of Lars von Trier’s 1998 film Idioterne (The Idiots, or
Read MoreIn Moscow, the Gogol Centre has produced a loose adaptation of Lars von Trier’s 1998 film Idioterne (The Idiots, or
Read MoreThe installation MEAT, upcoming from 3-13 April 2014 at the F.I.N.D. festival, an international theatre week in the German
Read MoreWhen I come to Stattbad Wedding, I feel like I’m diving into both the nostalgia for what Berlin was, and
Read MoreOn Cuvrystr. in Kreuzberg there is a famous street art mural of a man chained to his own wealth, a
Read MoreThe Needle is back after my winter break, and in time to catch the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, or
Read MoreEvery once and a while a film comes around that does the truth a real disservice. This is one of
Read MoreGerhard Richter was flying to New York on September 11th 2001. His exhibition 40 Years of Painting was opening at MOMA
Read MorePotsdamer Platz is suddenly teeming with people. There isn’t the density of midtown Manhattan but, restrict your peripheral vision, you
Read MoreBeing an expat can be profoundly frustrating and disorienting. It is like having no points of reference, it’s the struggle
Read MoreOn the top floor there is a flat where the old man himself lived. Not a bad solution for old
Read MoreGermany’s bold confrontation with its past, its sometimes self-flagellating intent to imprint guilt and scars onto its official history, marks
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