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LA CHIMERA: DIRECTOR ALICE ROHRWACHER’S BEGUILING FANTASY- COMEDY — AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON MUBI
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LA CHIMERA: DIRECTOR ALICE ROHRWACHER’S BEGUILING FANTASY- COMEDY — AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON MUBI

When the leaves begin to fall and the light mellows, we crave films to match. If you yearn for a cinematic trip across Tuscany, we can recommend the somber and beautifully shot La Chimera, the latest film by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher. A melancholy, riotous caper with a heavy hint of Fellini, it stars “Challengers” and “The Crown” lead Josh O’Connor as haunted British archaeologist Arthur, who leaves behind a life of academia to lead a gang of Italian tomb raiders who pilfer treasures from ancient graves. The narrative unfolds slowly and is frequently otherworldly: you never quite know if you’re watching the past or the present, reality or a dream. Rohrwacher’s blend of real-world and fantasy and O’Connor’s quietly intense performance earned the film a nine-minute standing ovation at Cannes. It’s a film that benefits from multiple viewings – which is just as well, because La Chimera is available to stream on Mubi alongside the full collection of Alice Rohrwacher films. If you don’t yet have a membership, you can try Mubi for 30 days free of charge using this link. 

Text: Benji Haughton / Credit: Alice Rohrwacher, La Chimera (2023)

La Chimera is available to stream on Mubi now.

@mubideutschland

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DOUBLE FEATURE AT FOTOGRAFISKA BERLIN: MARCO BRAMBILLA SERVES UP SATIRE AND CINEMA
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DOUBLE FEATURE AT FOTOGRAFISKA BERLIN: MARCO BRAMBILLA SERVES UP SATIRE AND CINEMA

Sensory overload. Spectacularly baroque. A cinematic fever dream. You can certainly never accuse Marco Brambilla of leaving you unstimulated. The London-based video artist’s hypnotic scenes are both a respite from and the culmination of the fleeting images we see on our screens on a daily basis. Double Feature, Brambilla’s latest Berlin exhibition on view tomorrow (11.10.2024) at Fotografiska Berlin, proves to be no exception. It is composed of two supersized video collages, “Heaven’s Gate” (2022) and “Civilization” (2008), which serve as a sort of satire on Hollywood’s fixation with fame and fortune. Spread over huge multi-dimensional projections, the looped graphics combine to make surreal digital tapestries that obscure the boundary between reality and imagination. Iconic moments from the Golden Age of film flash up alongside burning cityscapes, taking you on an uncanny journey through our media-saturated world. Open daily, you can catch Brambilla’s dose of purgatory and paradise starting tomorrow until March 2025. 

Text: Scott Moss / Credits: Marco Brambilla, from Civilization, 2008; Marco Brambilla, from Heaven’s Gate, 2022; Photo: Koen Broos

Fotografiska Berlin, Oranienburger Str.54, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map
Double Feature runs from 11.10.2024 until 02.03.2025.

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MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE — 60 YEARS OF JAZZFEST BERLIN
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MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE — 60 YEARS OF JAZZFEST BERLIN

The Berliner Festspiele’s Jazzfest is a permanent fixture in our event’s calendar and has been for 60 years. It goes without saying that their 60th anniversary will be celebrated in style. From 31.10. until 03.11.2024, there will be 24 concerts spread across various venues in the west of the city, including the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, the Quasimodo, the A-Trane and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Fans of free jazz get excited for the opening evening when Joe McPhee opens the festival at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele after a piano solo by Marilyn Crispell on the main stage and Sun-Mi Hong on the side stage. In the following days, discover the 17-piece Special Big Band of guitar pioneer Otomo Yoshihide from Japan, New York pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and the Tropiques project led by Swedish trumpeter Goran Kajfeš and many more. The legendary Sun Ra Orchestra on Saturday (02.11.) is not to be missed. Throughout the festival (28.10.-03.11.), the Community Lab Moabit will offer free events for young and old. Founded in 1964 in West Berlin as one of the first jazz festivals in the world, it’s worth looking forward and back, at six decades of music history. It’s not just the program that effortlessly combines the present, future and past in this year’s edition… The Jazzfest Labs, for research and community, are also formats for exploring, formulating and rethinking the past and present. Here’s to another 60 years of Jazzfest Berlin and a bright musical future.

Text: Alina Herbel / Photos: Elizabeth Leitzell, Jade Sastropawiro & Will Shore

Jazzfest Berlin 31.10.–03.11.2024. Program, tickets and more info here.

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SEX. JEWISH POSITIONS — RELIGION, SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM BERLIN
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SEX. JEWISH POSITIONS — RELIGION, SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM BERLIN

“Oh, give me the kisses of your mouth, For your love is more delightful than wine.” These lines sound like those of a 19th-century romantic poet but they’re actually from the last section of the Hebrew Bible. Erotic lyrics are just some of the more surprising religious and cultural artifacts that make up Sex: Jewish Positions, an exhibition about sexuality and Judaism soon to close at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Nearing the end of its run (catch it until 06.10.2024), the exhibition explores Jewish attitudes toward sex through ancient texts, objects and artworks both new and old. A walk around the exhibition rooms reveals the full continuum of sexuality, from the sex positivity of Dr. Ruth Westheimer’s “Game of Good Sex” to the feminist art of Judy Chicago and the theories of sexual repression developed by Sigmund Freud. Elsewhere, historical texts are examined in parallel with contemporary documents, such as an updated ketubah (traditional marriage contract) that features the image of a newly married lesbian couple. Set to transfer to the Jewish Museum Amsterdamafter its Berlin run ends, the exhibition is a fascinating account of a complex, surprising part of Jewish life.

Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: Jens Ziehe / Credit: Jüdisches Museum Berlin

Jewish Museum Berlin, Lindenstr.9-14, 10969 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Sex. Jewish Positions runs until 06.10.2024

@juedischesmuseumberlin

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ART ON A GRAND SCALE: THE STEDI FOUNDATION’S TEMPORARY COLLECTION AT ROSA-LUXEMBURG-PLATZ

ART ON A GRAND SCALE: THE STEDI FOUNDATION’S TEMPORARY COLLECTION AT ROSA-LUXEMBURG-PLATZ

There are group exhibitions where different perspectives come together in one space and you discover new artists or encounter one or two particularly beautiful works. Then there are group exhibitions that should be called group compositions. These are rare, but when you find one, it has the power to change how you understand art. Like an orchestra, where different instruments form a harmonious whole, these exhibitions don’t just showcase individual works, they create something greater together. Until 20.10.2024, such an art experience can be discovered in the old Spike Magazine offices at Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 45. The exhibition, titled “Could this property be your next project?“, is named after a work by Michael Landy. Perhaps part of the show’s magic is that nothing and no one is for sale. Curated by Frank Hauschildt — artist, exhibition organizer and something of a secret figure in the German art scene — the exhibition is drawn from two large collections: Haus N from Berlin and Ste/Di from Kiel/Athens. And what collections they are. Sylvie Fleury, Kasia Fudakowski, General Idea, Rebecca Horn, Eric Meier, Jeremy Shaw, Kaari Upson and Mike Kelley are just some of the names featured.

Upon entering, you’re greeted by Sung Tieu’s Taurus chocolate beetle, Antony Gormley’s figure “hosts” at the bar, and nearby, you’ll find one of the best works Michael Sailstorfer has ever created — a drum kit made from an old LAPD police car — right beside a fantastic small-format painting by Daniel Richter from his Riot Cop phase. The works seem to converse with one another, and there’s little cause for criticism. The exhibition is open every Saturday from 16–19h, and on 28.09, the collectors from Haus N will give a guided tour at 17h30. If you miss out on the tour, a nighttime visit is recommended: a small machine by Malte Bartsch switches the lights on in the exhibition space in the evening. Each second costs 1 cent — and each piece is worth seeing. It’s a charming little experience, reminiscent of an earlier time when art in Berlin prompted us to dream of a better future.

Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: Haus N & Ste/Di

Could this property be your next project?, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str.45, 10178 Berlin–Mitte; map
Until 20.10.2024

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