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10th Anniversary of Contemporary And (C&)

Love Letters to C&

C&'s tenth anniversary is a very special moment. People from the C& network – those with C& from the very beginning and some having connected more recently – share their thoughts, memories, and wishes for the art platform.

A collage for the 10th anniversary of C&/Contemporary And. Clockwise: Parts of the C& Team. Photo: Benjamin Renter; C& Critical Writing Workshop Nairobi. Photo: Francis Munene; C& Print Issues. Photo: Florian Bong-Kil Grosse; James Gregory Atkinson, Ligia Lewis, and Magnus Elias Rosengarten. Panel discussion ifa-Gallery Berlin, March 2023. Photo: Benjamin Renter; DAK'ART 2014, Official opening of the main exhibition. Photo: Touré Behan; Jennifer Harge, FLY | DROWN, 2019. Perfomance in the frame of "Show me your Shelves". Photo/ Kashira Dowridge.

New Podcast Episode

Myanmar: 900 Days of the Spring Revolution. With Ma Thida

07. September 2023

Cover of the ifa podcast "Die Kulturmittler:innen" with the author, surgeon and MRI fellow Ma Thida on the revolution and demoracy in Myanmar. Illustration by Lea Dohle.

KULTURAUSTAUSCH Magazine

"These days, we have very few trials"

Judge Abby Abinanti worked for decades in both U.S. state courts and the Yurok Tribal Court. She says many lessons can be learnt from her community’s close-knit approach to justice.

Research Project

Call for proposals: AI in International Cultural Relations

Deadline: 2 October

Sustainanbility & Solidarity

Illustration: People form a network.

Togetherness In The Time Interplay

By Carlos Alvarado Quesada

Clinging to the "Us versus Them" perspective might offer temporary benefits for some. However, it fails to encompass the long-term consequences that cannot be contained to safeguard a selected few, says our author and former president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada.

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The photo shows the environmental activists in Brazil, members of Canal Novo Mundo and One Earth One Ocean. In front of the activists posing on a beach are full garbage bags. The photo is from the series of environmental actions organized by Thaine Maciel in Brazil.

Voices of Climate Activism: Perspectives from Brazil and Bangladesh

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Exhibition at the ifa Gallery Berlin

A SACRED STORY AT THE TREE OF LIFE

15. September 2023

22. October 2023

ifa Gallery Stuttgart

[Translate to english:] Illustration aus dem Band "Die Konferenz der Vögel", Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1610, © Creative Commons

Lecture: How to Translate the Untranslatable? – Katia Kameli

30. September 2023

Panel Discussion

Solutions for climate and energy crisis

26. September 2023

Touring Exhibition in Sofia

Nine men can be seen in a black and white photograph. The former German Chancellor Willy Brandt is sitting in the middle, in front of him squatting and holding a cigarette in his left hand is the Soviet politician Leonid Brezhnev. It is a photograph by Barbara Klemm, part of the ifa touring exhibition "Barbara Klemm. Light and Dark. Photographs from Germany".

Barbara Klemm. Light and Dark. Photographs from Germany

21. September 2023

23. October 2023

Panel Discussion

"Exile is a Hard Job." Artistic Practice in Exile

05. October 2023

ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Motion Workshop: Katia Kameli – The Canticle of the Birds

27. September 2023

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This was an amazing opportunity for us to maximize learning & exchange as we expand on the sustainable development curriculum components at our International Leadership Academies. Working together ensures that various cultural perspectives and contexts are represented in our sustainability programs and that we can prepare young leaders for civil participation!
Courtney Adams, Girls Gearing up (GGU), CCP Synergy Tandem 2022

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Prevention of Extremism through International Cultural Relations

From Art Therapy to Cultural Hubs

2023 | Asiem El-Difraoui

Basics in External Cultural Policy and Education, Intercultural Dialogue, Crises and Conflict Resolution, Culture and Foreign Policy, Art and Cultural Heritage, Media, Civil Society

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Analysing Decolonial Climate Perspectives

The Case of the Brazilian Legal Amazon

2023 | Pedro Affonso Ivo Franco, Marina Caetano

(Post-)Colonialism, International Cultural Relations, Climate and Environment, Culture and Foreign Policy, Civil Society

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Metaverse und Gaming

Potentials for Foreign Policy and International Cultural Relations

2023 | Manouchehr Shamsrizi

Digitisation and AI, Basics in External Cultural Policy and Education, International Cultural Relations, Culture and Foreign Policy, Media

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Exterior view ifa Gallery Berlin © Victoria Tomaschko

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ifa Gallery Stuttgart

The ifa Gallery Stuttgart presents an installation view of the exhibition Khvay Samnang, which ran from 23 May to 04 September 2022. One can see three screens, one lying, one propped up on the floor and one hanging on the wall. On the wall behind two pictures are hung showing people in rooms, below is a wooden seating construction with colourful cushions. © Gerald Ullmann

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Interior view of the ifa library in Stuttgart with seating area © Bernhard Kahrmann

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ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen promotes a peaceful and enriching coexistence between people and cultures worldwide. ifa supports artistic and cultural exchange in exhibition, dialogue and conference programmes, and it acts as a centre of excellence for international cultural relations. It is part of a global network and relies on sustainable, long-term partnerships. ifa is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Baden-Württemberg and its capital Stuttgart.