Thursday, May 10, 2012

SOME GOOD NEWS FROM GERMANY

FESTIVAL--VOICES OF ROMANI

FROM AHOJ NACHBARN

http://www.ahojnachbarn.eu/index.php/2012/05/01/3-22-5-festival-voices-of-romani/

3.5., 7pm: Exhibition: “showroom“ by Tamara Moyzes, Nihad Nino Pušija and Alfred Ullrich

11.05.,7pm: Theatre: The poet Papusza. A poetic-musical evening with Edward Debicki and his Romani musical theatre TERNO

12.05., 11am: Bus trip: Sinti and Romani in Munich – Past and present


3.5., 19.00: Exhibition „showroom“ byTamara Moyzes, Nihad Nino Pušija and Alfred Ullrich

In 3 steps the exhibition shows selected works of 3 artists dealing with the reality of Romani people in different countries. During its temporal process the exhibition will grow more and more and occupy the 1st floor of the Gasteig as a central point of Munich’s cultural life.
The distorted gypsy image of the social majority is characterized by prejudices, stereotypes and clichés. Romani artists presents themselves increasingly self-confident in public and by doing so they make people obvious how unreal those attributions are. Through their art they reflect on „our“ view while revealing the contradictions in the idea of the „gypsies“ and the „others“.

The artists:
Tamara Moyzes, born in Bratislava and living in Prague, depicts the paradoxes of politics and social reality in her photo installations and videos. The Berlin based photographer Nihad Nino Pušija, himself having been expelled from Sarajevo by war, shows pictures from Romanis that were deported from Germany to Kosovo. Alfred Ullrich grew up in Vienna and lives in the surroundings of Dachau today. Using his graphics and installations he reflects on Romani literature and their living reality in a humorous and poetic way

Free entrance.

Organizer: Tschechisches Zentrum München, Münchner Volkshochschule, Münchner Stadtbibliothek. In cooperation with the Allianz Kulturstiftung.

11.05., 19.00: Theatre: The poet Papusza. A poetic-musical evening with Edward Debicki and his Romani musical theatre TERNO

Papusza, d.i. Bronisława Wajs (1910-1987) is one the most known Romani poets. Using his own as well as Papusza‘s texts Edward Debicki introduces the audience to the poetry and music of the Polish Romani people. The Romani musical theatre TERNO is accompanying the show with music, dance and singing.

Presented and translated into German by Agnieszka Müller.

Entry: 8 € / 6 € (tickets via München Ticket: 089-54 81 81 81)

Organizer: Tschechisches Zentrum München, Münchner Volkshochschule, Münchner Stadtbibliothek. In cooperation with the Polnisches Kulturzentrum München.

12.05., 11.00, Bus trip Sinti and Romani in Munich – Past and present

The bus trip connects the history with today’s situation of the Sinti and Romani in Munich. It dwells on the discrimination and persecution by the police and public authority starting from the German empire till the early Federal Republic. In conversation with an artist the audience will discover today’s discourse and situation of Romani people. The event will close with a trip to the historical site in Dachau, which was not only a place of tremendous suffering but also manifests the civil rights movement of the Sinti and Romani starting in 1980 by a hunger strike.

2nd trip on Thursday, 17.5.

Meeting point: Ettstraße 2 in front of the police office
With Hugo Höllenreiner as surviving witness.
Registration under # 089-54404230, info@stattreisen-muenchen.de

Participation fee: 5 €

Organizer: Tschechisches Zentrum München, Münchner Volkshochschule, Münchner Stadtbibliothek. In cooperation with Stattreisen, NS-Dokumentationszentrum, Diakonie Hasenbergl, KZ Gedenkstätte Dachau, Max-Mannheimer-Studienzentrum Dachau

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