Paula Irmschler: Paula Irmschler: Tragic, but that’s it
Mother and daughter deal with the demands of life differently. But what Karla learned from Gerda: to assert her place in the world. Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Gerda is the mother,…
Country Music: Why the Hell not
Kinky Friedman was a bit of a Texan anarchist grasping for the throne. Photo: dpa “It’s not a shame to come from Texas, it’s just a shame to go back…
Fun and responsibility: Seeing stars – at Art Basel
Fun and responsibility Olga Hohmann doesn’t understand what work is and tries to find out every day. Sitting in her placeless office, she explores her biography and is amused by…
Film: »Fancy Dance«: On the run with my aunt
Jax (Lily Gladstone) shacks up with her niece Roki (Isabel DeRoy-Olson). Photo: Apple TV+ 13-year-old Roki (Isabel DeRoy-Olson) wants nothing more than to take part in the mother-daughter dance with…
“Melancholy of Resistance”: Berlin State Opera: In the Interspaces
When the old order rots away, there is always someone there who wants to really clean things up. Mostly the wrong one. Photo: William Minke The city is rotting, but…
The good column: Permanent meeting of the Zipfelklatscher Congress
If you don’t want to wait for the zombie apocalypse until the world becomes a little emptier, you have to move here. Photo: Pascal Bullan/Unsplash I’m not sure that in…
Netflix: Series “Supacell”: The wretched as superheroes
»Supacell«, where the superheroes are almost normal people with normal problems Photo: Netflix The young marijuana dealer Rodney (Calvin Demba) is actually just supposed to run a few blocks through…
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Tijan Sila receives Bachmann Prize: No games
Stay there: The 2024 Bachmann Prize winner Tijan Sila (back) hugs the juror Philipp Tingler. Photo: dpa Tijan Sila won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize at the 48th Days of German…
Harald Kretzschmar: Sizes and preferred sizes
Harald Kretzschmar didn’t look from above, but rather from the side. Photo: Uwe Steinert Stay calm? No, that didn’t work. Not with him. Harald Kretzschmar’s movements showed a deliberate, meandering…
Postcolonialism and literature: empathy instead of enjoyment of art
Not only has the novel “Breaking Up” presented a work of the century, but she also acts as editor: Tsitsi Dangarembga. Foto: picture alliance/Hannibal Hanschke Wars don’t end. They have…