Event archive
2016
Michael Fehr
The Consulate General of Switzerland and Villa Aurora present: Villa Aurora Fellow Michael Fehr and Manuel Troller.
Manfred Flügge
December 6 | Escape from France – The Americans who saved Marta and Lion Feuchtwanger | Lecture by Manfred Flügge
Tanja Dückers
Berlin author Tanja Dückers will read on Tuesday, November 22, at 8 p.m. from her new book “Mein altes West-Berlin. Berliner Orte” (BE.bra-Verlag 2016). The reading is part of the series LITERATURSALON IM KANTKINO.
Janet Sternburg
Overspilling World
Together with Distanz, Villa Aurora is happy to host the book launch of “Overspilling World” by Janet Sternburg who lives and works in Los Angeles and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Kimberly Marteau Emerson will introduce the audience to Janet’s work and Alexandra von Stosch will be hosting an artist talk after the welcome by Uta Grosenick (Distanz) and Markus Klimmer (Villa Aurora).
Hilde Waldo
A talk (with photo and film documents) by Herbert Krill with additional research by Alexandra Tyrolf
Kerstin Zilm
Villa Aurora presents Kerstin Zilm, reading from her newest book Ein Jahr in Kalifornien.
Welcoming Reception
Welcoming Reception for our current fellows Annekatrin Hendel (filmmaker), Klaus Pockrandt (designer), Stefanie de Velasco(writer), Sebastian Stumpf(visual artist), Bettina Pousttchi (visual artist).
Eclectic Salon
Reheat and shiver: Improvisation with a view
Villa Aurora fellows Magda Mayas and Tony Buck are teaming up with New York based musician and composer C. Spencer Yeh and the Ghanaian musician SK Kakabra for a one-of-a-kind concert. All four musicians are regarded as highly creative artists, transcending boundaries between styles and disciplines via an experimental and improvisational approach.
The program includes a reception and four sets starting at 8:00 p.m.
Silent Salon
This summer, Silent Salon goes into its 4th season.
Curated by renowned film historian Cari Beauchamp we will present a summer of comedy featuring the great comediennes of the silent screen. These powerful women dominated the silent screen during the tens and early 1920s and brought millions of moviegoers to theaters every week. As an added attraction, several of the films will feature Los Angeles locations, giving today’s audience a glimpse of what the Southland looked like at the time – prepare yourself for crowds at Santa Monica auto races, great swaths of farmland, dirt roads, and the just built Beverly Hills Hotel.
Silent Salon
This summer, Silent Salon goes into its 4th season.
Curated by renowned film historian Cari Beauchamp we will present a summer of comedy featuring the great comediennes of the silent screen. These powerful women dominated the silent screen during the tens and early 1920s and brought millions of movie goers to theaters every week. As an added attraction, several of the films will feature Los Angeles locations, giving today’s audience a glimpse of what the Southland looked like at the time – prepare yourself for crowds at Santa Monica auto races, great swaths of farmland, dirt roads, and the just built Beverly Hills Hotel.
Welcoming Reception
Welcoming Reception for our current fellows Olga Rayeva (composer), Alexander Gumz (literature), Magda Mayas & Tony Buck(composer), Jan Jelinek(composer).
Silent Salon
This summer, Silent Salon goes into its 4th season.
Curated by renown film historian Cari Beauchamp we will present a summer of comedy featuring the great comediennes of the silent screen. These powerful women dominated the silent screen during the teens and early 1920s and brought millions of movie goers to theaters every week. As an added attraction, several of the films will feature Los Angeles locations, giving today’s audience a glimpse of what the Southland looked like at the time – prepare yourself for crowds at Santa Monica auto races, great swaths of farmland, dirt roads, and the just built Beverly Hills Hotel.
Silent Salon
This summer, Silent Salon goes into its 4th season. Curated by renowned film historian Cari Beauchamp we will present a summer of comedy featuring the great comediennes of the silent screen.
These powerful women dominated the silent screen during the tens and early 1920s and brought millions of moviegoers to theaters every week.
As an added attraction, several of the films will feature Los Angeles locations, giving today’s audience a glimpse of what the Southland looked like at the time – prepare yourself for crowds at Santa Monica auto races, great swaths of farmland, dirt roads, and the just built Beverly Hills Hotel.
Welcoming Reception
Welcoming Reception for our current fellows Jam Rostron (musician), Tatjana Turanskyj (filmmaker), Burhan Qurbani(filmmaker), Luise Schröder(filmmaker).
Women’s Rights and Journalism in Syria
Five years after the onset of protests against the Assad regime in Syria, Reporters Without Borders Germany and Villa Aurora cordially invite you to a panel discussion about women’s rights and journalism in Syria.
Eclectic Salon
This program in the historic surroundings of Villa Aurora celebrates the diversity of the musical landscape of Los Angeles and is produced in collaboration with a variety of ensembles, some of which have been founded during the last decade, when L.A. became a true hub for new music.
Eclectic Salon
This program in the historic surroundings of Villa Aurora celebrates the diversity of the musical landscape of Los Angeles and is produced in collaboration with a variety of ensembles, some of which have been founded during the last decade, when L.A. became a true hub for new music.
Eclectic Salon
This program in the historic surroundings of Villa Aurora celebrates the diversity of the musical landscape of Los Angeles and is produced in collaboration with a variety of ensembles, some of which have been founded during the last decade, when L.A. became a true hub for new music.
Fellow Screening | Anja Marquardt | She's Lost Control
„She’s Lost Control“
written and directed by Villa Aurora Fellow Anja Marquardt
USA, 90 min., digital, English
Premiered at 2014 Berlin Film Festival, Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominee 2015
ZUHÖREN – Continu und Gespräche
From February 3 to 9, 2016 Sasha Waltz & Guests presents “ZUHÖREN – Continu und Gespräche” consisting of the expressive work “Continu”, which deals with topics such as viol ance, the individual and the group. Based on the current refugee crisis and personal commitment, Sasha Waltz invites audiences to discussions that, shedding light on artistic strategies, dealing with conflicts, the situation of women and model initiatives.
Welcoming Reception
Welcoming Reception for our current fellows James Gregory Atkinson, Martina Kieninger, Anja Marquardt, Alwin Lay.
Salon Sophie Charlotte 2016
Do we really live in the “best” of all possible worlds? And what does “possible” here even mean? What is missing if everything is as good as it gets? Can we get away without utopias – politically, socially, economically and ecologically? What kinds of visions have refugees? How are violence and terror compatible with the idea of a best possible world? And what does the best possible of all worlds do to our self-conception? Are there aesthetic recipes for a better life – for a better self? Can it all be good after all?
Eclectic Salon
This program in the historic surroundings of Villa Aurora celebrates the diversity of the musical landscape of Los Angeles and is produced in collaboration with a variety of ensembles, some of which have been founded during the last decade, when L.A. became a true hub for new music.