Δ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOL The World Through Your Ears: “All about KDW: brand new!” Lecture-Performance with musical examples. Rüdiger Carl (DE)

In an entertaining lecture-performance made up of stories, biographical anecdotes, statistics and musical samples, Frankfurt-born musician, composer and King of the World, Rüdiger Carl, provides a comprehensive panorama of the world’s cultures, making a pun on KDW (Kaufhaus des Westens), the famous Berlin department store. An entertaining, informative lecture…

 

Rüdiger Carl is one of the most influential German musicians of the past 50 years. His work spans Free Improvisation, Free Jazz and many more genres. Since the 1960s he has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians, composers and performers, including Irène Schweizer, Hans Reichel, Sven-Åke Johansson, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Peter Brötzmann, as well as cabaret artiste Matthias Beltz. Since the 1990s, he has worked with representatives of the younger generation of experimental musicians such as Oliver Augst, Burkard Kunkel, Christoph Korn and Alexandre Bellenger. Carl has founded several ensembles and bands and initiated projects and collaborations with visual artists such as Werner Büttner, Albert Oehlen, Martin Kippenberger, Günther Förg, Raymond Pettibon and Tobias Rehberger. In addition he pursues a solo career as a composer, singer, theatre and radio performer. Impossible to pigeon-hole, Rüdiger Carl’s career path has been unorthodox, marked by unexpected twists and turns, intentional breaks, experiments and acts of non-compliance, which make him a original in the German art world.

Curated by Oliver Augst (Musician and Composer) and Vanessa von Gliszczynski (Ethnomusicologist and Research Curator South East Asia, Weltkulturen Museum).

Media Partners: Journal Frankfurt und hr2 Kultur.

Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37
Entrance €5/ reduced €2.50 incl. refreshments.

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Δ EXHIBITION OPENING "TRADING STYLE – Weltmode im Dialog"

What does fashion tell us about society? How do styles travel and mediate identity?

In an unprecedented dialogue between past and present worlds of fashion, “TRADING STYLE” presents over 500 historic objects, photographs and films from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection together with new designs for clothing and accessories by four international fashion labels: Buki Akib(NG), A Kind of Guise (DE), CassettePlaya (UK) and P.A.M./Perks and Mini (AU). Working in residence at the museum’s lab during 2012, each team of designers investigated the ethnographic collections and created new prototype garments inspired by their selection. With artefacts from Angola, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Germany, Greenland, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Micronesia, Namibia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tierra del Fuego, Togo, Uganda, the United States and Venezuela.

Curated by Teimaz Shahverdi.

The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive publication (Kerber Verlag).

 

Produced in cooperation with Theatrum Mundi / Global Street(theatrum-mundi.org).

Supported by Hessische Kulturstiftung, ARTE, BritishCouncil and Ambiente. Media Partner: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

 

Participating fashion designers:

A Kind of Guise (Germany) www.akindofguise.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor April 2012

CassettePlaya (Great Britain) www.cassetteplaya.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor May/August 2012

Buki Akib (Nigeria) www.bukiakib.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor June 2012

Perks and Mini/P.A.M (Australia) www.perksandmini.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor July 2012

 

 

8th November 2012 until 31st August 2013

Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm

Wed, 11am-8pm

EntranceMuseum: €5 / reduced €2.50

Further information: or 069 212 31510

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Δ FILM SCREENING “Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui”

Susan M. Vogel presents her new film on African artist El Anatsui (53 mins.). Independent filmmaker Susan M. Vogel was the founder of the Museum for African Art, New York, and more recently Professor of Art History at Columbia University. Subsequently you can purchase her new book "El Anatsui. Art and Life", published by Prestel Verlag.

€3 / reduced €1.50 incl. refreshments.
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37, Frankfurt

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Δ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOL The World Through Your Ears: “Vocal solo” Concert with Phil Minton (UK)

Londonvocalist Phil Minton is considered one of the most significant musicians on the British Improvisation scene. Having begun his music career as a trumpet player, in 1962 he joined the Mike Westbrook Orchestra as a vocalist. After spending several years on the Canary Islands and in Sweden, he returned to London in 1971, went on tour with Westbrook and worked for The Welfare State and IOU theatre ensembles. In 1975, together with Maggie Nichols and Julie Tippets, Minton founded the trail-blazing group VOICE.

Throughout the 1980s he worked in Europe, Russia, America and Australia – as part of various duos with Fred Frith, Roger Turner and Peter Brötzmann, in Lindsay Cooper’s “Oh Moscow”, Trevor Watts’ “Moiré Music”, in Sally Potter’s film “The Gold Differs”, as well as giving guest performances within numerous projects.

During the 1990s he (together with Veryan Weston) composed “Songs from a Prison Diary” for 22 voices, which won him the Cornelius Cardew Prize for composition in 1991, “Makhno” for eight voices and “River Run” for his own quartet. As a vocalist he has also worked with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Jubilation Choir and his own Feral Choir Project (Stockholm and Berlin).

 

Curated by Oliver Augst (Musician and Composer) and Vanessa von Gliszczynski (Ethnomusicologist and Research Curator South East Asia, Weltkulturen Museum).

Media Partners: Journal Frankfurt und hr2 Kultur.

Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37
Entrance €5/ reduced €2.50 incl. refreshments.

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Δ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOL The World Through Your Ears: "Vocal solo". Workshop with Phil Minton (UK)

The workshop is open to everyone who can breathe. I encourage participants to explore their voices with simple exercises and improvisations, with the aim of extending their vocal range and vision of the potential of their voices.

Londonvocalist Phil Minton is considered one of the most significant musicians on the British Improvisation scene. Having begun his music career as a trumpet player, in 1962 he joined the Mike Westbrook Orchestra as a vocalist. After spending several years on the Canary Islands and in Sweden, he returned to London in 1971, went on tour with Westbrook and worked for The Welfare State and IOU theatre ensembles. In 1975, together with Maggie Nichols and Julie Tippets, Minton founded the trail-blazing group VOICE.

Throughout the 1980s he worked in Europe, Russia, America and Australia – as part of various duos with Fred Frith, Roger Turner and Peter Brötzmann, in Lindsay Cooper’s “Oh Moscow”, Trevor Watts’ “Moiré Music”, in Sally Potter’s film “The Gold Differs”, as well as giving guest performances within numerous projects.

During the 1990s he (together with Veryan Weston) composed “Songs from a Prison Diary” for 22 voices, which won him the Cornelius Cardew Prize for composition in 1991, “Makhno” for eight voices and “River Run” for his own quartet. As a vocalist he has also worked with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Jubilation Choir and his own Feral Choir Project (Stockholm and Berlin).

 

Curated by Oliver Augst (Musician and Composer) and Vanessa von Gliszczynski (Ethnomusicologist and Research Curator South East Asia, Weltkulturen Museum).

Media Partners: Journal Frankfurt und hr2 Kultur.

Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37
Cost €20/ reduced €15
Please register at
T +49 (0)69 212 35789 or


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Δ BOOK LAUNCH New Weltkulturen Museum Publication “Die Welt im Löffel”

The Weltkulturen Museum launches a new publication! “Die Welt im Löffel” edited by Sebastian Schellhaas, which celebrates the culinary worlds of Oceania, Thailand, Indonesia, East Africa, Morocco and Europe. With recipes and essays from leading chefs and anthropologists. A perfect Christmas present! Special launch price: €20. Published by Kerber Verlag.

€3 / reduced €1.50 incl. refreshments.
In German.
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ BOOK LAUNCH “Gold, Silver and Brass: Traditional Jewellery from Indonesia”

Dr. Achim Sibeth, curator of the Mandala Foundation and former keeper at the Weltkulturen Museum, presents his book “Gold, Silver and Brass. Jewellery of the Batak in Sumatra/Indonesia”, and speaks about the collection of the Mandala Foundation in Singapore.

€3 / reduced €1.50 incl. refreshments.
In German.
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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