'The Russian Revolution back then, and the Ukraine war today, forced thousands of artists to start a cultural revolution' - What a spurious comment. There is no equivalent cultural revolution in todays Berlin. In 1922 Lenin exiled the leading Russian intelligencia, yet the young Soviet Union (via a creative upsurge) reinvigorated Weimar culture. Interesting
The Russian Artists in Berlin openef myybeyes to a beautiful city and its welcoming of artists of all art forms. Thank you for this, but also introducing me to more writers. Thank you
Berlin, Berlin, Berlin...Du Perle an dem Spree bist Du Berlin...Und auch warst Du in den 1920er Jahren die Bühne einer zweiten Renaissance. Welche Möglichkeiten hat die Zukunft for Dich? Vielleicht eine dritte Renaissance? Ach, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin...
The story is much more complicated than this video suggests. Specifically because of Russia and Germany's relationship with China, then and now. The last time I was in Berlin was a decade ago, but it was depressing and there was an awful feeling in the air that had nothing to do with artistic freedom. Where is the DW documentary about the effect Germany's relationship with China is having on art and intellectual life in Germany now? The picture is not nearly so romantic. Actually the documentary could touch on this problem from a European perspective...
During COVID I started to consume lots of documentaries and podcasts about the 1920s and the 1970s. I think those two decades have a quite a lot in common as an explosion of creativity, experimentation, hedonism, optimism, gender equality, and new identities/lifestyles (at least in the West).
The sad thing is that the Russians Berlin welcomed in the last 30 years, immediately expressed their love for Putin when the war broke out and now vote for the fascist AfD political party. I’m sure there were a few cool artists among those folks, but let’s not fool ourselves!
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'The Russian Revolution back then, and the Ukraine war today, forced thousands of artists to start a cultural revolution' - What a spurious comment. There is no equivalent cultural revolution in todays Berlin.
In 1922 Lenin exiled the leading Russian intelligencia, yet the young Soviet Union (via a creative upsurge) reinvigorated Weimar culture. Interesting
Beautiful, thank you
Learned something new.
The Russian Artists in Berlin openef myybeyes to a beautiful city and its welcoming of artists of all art forms. Thank you for this, but also introducing me to more writers. Thank you
Im here for the transformation!!
Berlin, Berlin, Berlin...Du Perle an dem Spree bist Du Berlin...Und auch warst Du in den 1920er Jahren die Bühne einer zweiten Renaissance. Welche Möglichkeiten hat die Zukunft for Dich? Vielleicht eine dritte Renaissance? Ach, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin...
The story is much more complicated than this video suggests. Specifically because of Russia and Germany's relationship with China, then and now. The last time I was in Berlin was a decade ago, but it was depressing and there was an awful feeling in the air that had nothing to do with artistic freedom. Where is the DW documentary about the effect Germany's relationship with China is having on art and intellectual life in Germany now? The picture is not nearly so romantic. Actually the documentary could touch on this problem from a European perspective...
During COVID I started to consume lots of documentaries and podcasts about the 1920s and the 1970s. I think those two decades have a quite a lot in common as an explosion of creativity, experimentation, hedonism, optimism, gender equality, and new identities/lifestyles (at least in the West).
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Shanghai too
Berlin has nutured artists like few other cities.
Nurtured
Remember the flames rubbing the ink off those pages, leaving a legacy which still is reverberating among its adherents? Remember Fahrenheit 451?
Now berlin is more like berlistan... 😂
The sad thing is that the Russians Berlin welcomed in the last 30 years, immediately expressed their love for Putin when the war broke out and now vote for the fascist AfD political party. I’m sure there were a few cool artists among those folks, but let’s not fool ourselves!
Man hat vergessen, dich zu fragen, welche Weltanschauung man halten soll.
They should have gone to Paris or London ... or Palestine