Kalender

With Dr Claudia Quiring, curator, and Jonas Malzahn, co-curator

• Duration: 1½ hours
• Meet at the ticket office
• Guided tour free of charge, plus museum admission
• Book online or via the visitor services department of the Dresden City Museums on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri)

Where does a writer come from? Which books, sounds and images accompany them – and when do these influences become their own literary language? The ‘Schreibspuren’ reading series explores these questions. To kick things off, the Dresden-based poet Jayne-Ann Igel will be our guest.

Jayne-Ann Igel has developed her own poetic language, in which the landscape becomes a resonant space for history and personal experience, whilst the language itself is never taken for granted, but is constantly being sought anew and tested.

Anyone wishing to trace the path of her writing will encounter a multitude of literary voices. Elias Canetti, Virginia Woolf and Paul Verlaine hold particular significance in this regard. Elsa Morante’s *Dream Diary* provided Jayne-Ann Igel with a key inspiration to explore the recording and literary documentation of dreams herself. Among German-speaking poets, Sarah Kirsch, Elke Erb and Johannes Bobrowski occupy a particularly important place. In these texts, she encounters questions that are significant for her own writing.

The conversation with Jayne-Ann Igel centres on such literary milestones and turning points in her writing career. Igel presents texts that have been important to her and talks about the influence they have had on her own writing.

Moderator: Patrick Wilden

• Admission €8, concessions €5

A collaboration between Literarische Arena e. V., the Evangelical Academy of Saxony and the Museums of the City of Dresden

This event is sponsored by the City of Dresden.

What does a promotional label from the Dresden-based cigarette company ‘Georg Jasmatzi & Söhne’ have to do with the fight against cartels and monopolies? This talk offers an insight into a chapter of Dresden’s industrial history at the start of the 20th century, when small and medium-sized cigarette companies fought back against the dominance of large American corporations.

On the first Friday of every month, we shine a spotlight on an object from our permanent exhibition: in short guided tours lasting no more than 20 minutes, museum staff, members of our partner organisations or members of the local community will present the special features of a selected piece of Dresden’s history.

• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Meeting point at the ticket office
• Guided tour free of charge, plus museum admission
• No booking required

Today’s Reick CHP plant houses two works of art that are not normally accessible to the public: a monumental mural (1976) by Heinz Drache in the control room and ceramic reliefs (1989) by Siegfried Schade from the former canteen. These works also depict prefabricated buildings – yet the depictions vary greatly, making them a reflection of their time.

With commentary by Dr Claudia Quiring (Dresden City Museum) and Tino Kuhnke (SachsenEnergie) on the content and the subsequent handling of the works.

• SachsenEnergie Combined Heat and Power Plant Dresden-Reick
  Liebstädter Straße 1
  01277 Dresden
• Register online or via the visitor service of the City of Dresden Museums on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri)

Guided tour of the permanent exhibition

• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Guided tour free of charge, plus museum admission
• Meet at the ticket office

In a world of increasing confrontation, understanding and reconciliation are becoming ever more important. Owing to its universality and the evocative nature of its metaphors, the language of poetry is capable of fostering a vibrant dialogue between cultures.

The German-Arabic Poetry Salon, founded by the German-speaking poet and visual artist Fouad EL-Auwad – who hails from Syria – and organised by him annually since 2005, is intended to serve as an example of this. Year after year, it creates an opportunity for cultures to meet on a literary level and to build a new bridge between the Arab and European worlds. The German-Arabic Poetry Salon is now coming to Dresden for the fifth time.

• Music: Razgar Karim (oud)
• Admission: €8, concessions €6

An event organised by Literaturforum Dresden e. V. in cooperation with the Museums of the City of Dresden and the German-Arabic Poetry Salon

• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Meeting point at the ticket office
• Guided tour free of charge, plus museum admission
• No booking required

14:00 – 18:00

Spend the Saturday before the first Sunday in Advent at our exhibition and get ready for the festive season. Here, you can make a whole host of little treats for your loved ones yourself.

Get creative with baking, making jewellery, printing on fabric bags or cushions, or creating your own gift wrap.

You can experience all this and more with us on the day. And in our museum café, cakes and hot chocolate await you, so you can refuel for your next craft adventures.

• Ages: 6 to 99
• Museum admission

Writing is far more than a means of communication. It is the vehicle for cultural memory, religious tradition and social identity. The art historian and conceptual artist Jahna Dahms explores the writing traditions of different cultures, their historical origins, symbolic meanings and aesthetic forms of expression. The focus is on the connections between writing, art and cultural memory, as well as the question of how writing becomes a medium for dialogue across geographical, religious and temporal boundaries.

• With Jahna Dahms

Where does a writer come from? Which books, sounds and images accompany them – and when do these influences coalesce into a distinct literary voice? The new reading series “Schreibspuren” explores these questions. Following on from Jayne-Ann Igel, the Dresden-based writer and poet Marcel Beyer will be our guest.

Marcel Beyer’s writing has emerged from a widely ramified network of readings and encounters. Of particular significance is the Austrian writer Friederike Mayröcker, whose work he engaged with intensively whilst still a student. Authors such as Ernst Jandl, Paul Celan and Oskar Pastior are also among the literary voices that have accompanied him on his journey. Added to this are influences from French literature, ranging from Michel Leiris and Francis Ponge to Georges Perec and Claude Simon, as well as from William S. Burroughs and his experimental methods.

His artistic development extends far beyond books. Music and his work with sound and voice have also shaped his writing. In the 1990s, he wrote for SPEX magazine and explored techniques in which language is not merely a vehicle for meaning but also a material to be manipulated, dismantled and reassembled. His interest in language, voice, imagery and media mediation forms a common thread running through his writing.

In conversation with Marcel Beyer, the focus is on such literary milestones and turning points in his writing career. Beyer presents texts that were important to him and talks about the impact they have had on his own writing.

Moderator: Richard Stratenschulte

• Admission: €8, concessions: €5

A collaboration between Literarische Arena e. V., the Evangelical Academy of Saxony and the Museums of the City of Dresden

This event is sponsored by the City of Dresden.

Short guided tour with Gabriele Drews, Schiller & Körner in Dresden e. V.

Friedrich Schiller’s most famous poem is presented through words and music. The poet found inspiration for this work in Leipzig, where he met his friend and patron Christian Gottfried Körner. It was completed, printed and set to music for the first time in Dresden in 1785. You will hear Körner’s first musical setting and Beethoven’s best-known version.

• With Gabriele Drews from Schiller und Körner in Dresden e. V.

Every first Friday of the month, we shine a spotlight on an item from our permanent exhibition: in short guided tours lasting a maximum of 20 minutes, museum staff, members of partner organisations or members of the local community will present the special features of a selected piece of Dresden’s history.