Bochum
19.02.2012
Boris Mercelot realises theatre-affine formats in the Ruhr area. His "99cent Theatre" made a huge splash in Bochum's Goldkante pub until it led him and his team on a discovery tour through the Ruhr area. His theatre project "Eintagsfliegen" [flash in the pan; translator'
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02.01.2012
This is the story of a boy who wants to go to war at the age of 13 and is sent to Germany instead. Omid Pouryousefi remembers the year 1986. „I wanted to be at the front.“ His home country Iran is at war with its neighbour Iraq. In school, the children are sworn to the conflict.
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18.12.2011
You cannot plan such an image: "Fremde Impulse " (Foreign Impulse; translator's note) is the name of the museum project which is currently held on the second floor of the state parliament. It shows how the historic monuments of the Ruhr Area have been influenced by "foreign
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11.11.2011
From 11th to 20th November 2011Christian Eggert and the Ring (c) Michael Blatt, it's that time again: urbanatix street artists will return to the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum with their new show "Spinning Around". During the interview, director Christian Eggert offers a view into the
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12.07.2011
In 1973, Bochum's last pit was shut down - the Hannover colliery. And that's exactly where the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Regional Alliance of Westfalen-Lippe; translator's note) review the city's history and its industry - almost 40 years later. Since 3rd July 2011, 100 exhibits of the "
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06.07.2011
Imagine there is a football championship and no one attends. The situation prior to the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup is not quite that dramatic - however, the national media landscape shows concern that the tournament in our own country has not released the expected anticipation among people.
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30.05.2011
Plastik von Otto Herbert Hajek, "3 Schulen unter einem Dach", BochumA WAZ newspaper article dated 14th April („Wohin bloß mit der Kunst?”) reports on the removal and destruction of a sculpture by Otto Herbert Hajek. The sculpture had been standing at its place in Bochum for 40 years –
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19.04.2011
The cultural life in Bochum experiences a lot of changes these days. From the new off-scene hot spot Rotunde and the foundation of the Zukunftsakademie NRW to the planned music centre. In the thick of things, Head of Cultural Affairs Michael Townsend who comments on the cancellation of the planned
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05.03.2011
Is the Ruhr an attractive biotope for homosexuals? How extensive is the array of counselling and party offers for gay people? Does the gay community stimulate the local cultural and creative scene? Social pedagogue Marta Grabski, counsellor for the association Rosa Strippe in Bochum, gives some
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11.02.2011
At a conference called "New Relations in Art & Society" during the exhibition "100 Lichter, 100 Gesichter" in the art collection of the Ruhr University Bochum, sociologist and social psychologist Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer gave a speech on the "non-synchronism and non-
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