Exhibition: An artistic perspective on endangered archaeological sites in the Middle East.
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The NYU Department of German and Deutsches Haus at NYU present “Race and the Invention of the Greek Profile: from Winckelmann to Warhol,” a lecture by Éric Michaud. We owe to Winckelmann the invention of the Griechische Profil which he assumed to be “as peculiar to the ancient Greeks, as flat noses and little eyes to the Calmuks and Chinese.”…
From the Goethe-Institut: “Berlin- and Hamburg-based costa compagnie, an open collaboration of artists at the intersection of documentary, dance, and performance, presents fragments from its piece Conversion / After Afghanistan, followed by an artist talk. Shortly before the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pulled out of Afghanistan in December 2014, costa compagnie travelled to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif to interview locals,…
From the Goethe-Institute: “Alongside live readings and an illustrated discussion on the aesthetics of war and conflict, artist duo Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz present a unique compilation of their latest moving-image installation works, including I Want (2015), a double-channel video installation that features artist Sharon Hayes performing the voices of punk poet Kathy Acker, imprisoned activist Chelsea Manning, First…