Kalender

• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Meeting point at the ticket office
• Guided tour free of charge plus museum admission
• without registration

Note: Due to high demand, two tours are offered at the same time, which alternate between the two exhibition rooms. Both groups will receive an overview of the entire exhibition. Meeting point at the ticket office

Johannstadt, which is close to the city centre, was so badly destroyed in the Second World War that no old buildings were preserved over large areas. The Johannstadt Süd residential complex was built between 1968 and 1973, predominantly in large panel construction. The tour leads to numerous works of art that were placed in the spacious green areas and still characterise the area today.

With Antje Kirsch (Freie Akademie Kunst + Bau e.V.)

• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Meeting point at the fountain "Der Flugwille des Menschen", Striesener Straße / corner of Güntzstraße
• Participation free of charge
• Registration online or at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)

Jonathan Kaminsky is a civil engineer and works as a site manager at the Dresden housing construction combine. Through his girlfriend, he meets artists who persuade him to model for them. They wanted to create a sculpture of the New Man for the next major GDR art exhibition. In the end, he stands in front of the museum as a pillar of socialism. From this perspective, he tells his stories about his pious grandmother, his Russian-speaking grandfather, his violent father, a teacher and party secretary, and his forced move from the village to the suburbs of Berlin.

Wolfram Nagel, born in 1955 in a village in southern Thuringia, has led a life that could be the subject of several novels: From skilled construction worker to civil engineer, from NVA soldier to student at the "Johannes R. Becher" Literature Institute, from young family father in the alternative artist project of an empty castle to working as a freelance author for Radio DDR, MDR and Deutschlandfunk.

His novel draws on these experiences. It tells of origin and change, of confinement and expanse, of the search for one's own path in a state that often only tolerated individual life plans on the margins. Nagel combines keen observation with poetic imagination, creating a literary picture of the GDR that is both personal and universal.

We cordially invite you to a book premiere that not only presents the author's first novel, but also an author who has been observing social developments with a keen sense for decades.

The book forms an imaginary link to the City Museum's special exhibition on prefabricated housing.

• Moderation: Richard Stratenschulte

Prager Strasse was built using a modern, consistent prefabricated construction method and was thus also orientated towards international modern architecture. Flats were integrated to enliven the new pedestrian zone, while hotels, shops, restaurants and a striking cinema characterised the ensemble. Artists developed their own techniques - adapted to the industrial construction method - such as ornamental textured bricks for façades and so-called "architectural walls" for the open space design. During the tour, participants will also gain insights into other works of art and designed open spaces along Prager Strasse.

With Antje Kirsch (Freie Akademie Kunst + Bau e.V.)

• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Meeting point at the Pusteblumenbrunnen fountain on Prager Straße
• Participation free of charge
• Registration online or at the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)

Introduction to the project: What is a Torah? Why has it been written by hand for over 2500 years?

In around 35 minutes, Jahna Dahms explains the project and talks about the origin, tradition and significance of the Torah as the oldest continuous cultural technique of mankind. Questions can be asked afterwards. The scribe will be present during the event.

• Duration: 35 minutes
• You do not need a museum ticket for this tour.

• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Meeting point at the ticket office
• Guided tour free of charge plus museum admission
• without registration

Note: Due to high demand, two tours are offered at the same time, which alternate between the two exhibition rooms. Both groups will receive an overview of the entire exhibition. Meeting point at the ticket office

Hoyerswerda - a centre of GDR architecture: all types of prefabricated buildings can be found there. Nowhere else in Saxony is there a comparable variety of large panelled buildings. From the mid-1950s to the completion of the large housing complexes in the 1980s, the new town was a single building site. It was designed on the drawing board as a socialist residential city for the workers of the Schwarze Pumpe power plant. However, when it closed in 1990 and the workforce moved away, the town began to shrink rapidly and entire housing complexes were "demolished" again. Since then, Hoyerswerda has undergone profound structural change, but is also full of ideas for the future thanks to a far-reaching urban development concept.

The bicycle excursion takes place in cooperation with the ZfBK - Centre for Building Culture Saxony and, in addition to the current urban development, focuses on the special features and construction phases of the residential complexes in Hoyerswerda's Neustadt district, which we will explore by bicycle.

• Start: 9.45 am, Hoyerswerda railway station (old town)
• End: approx. 6.30 pm, Hoyerswerda railway station (Old Town)
• Cost: €20 per person (cash on site)
• Please register at anmeldung@zfbk.de with your name and telephone number

Introduction to the project: What is a Torah? Why has it been written by hand for over 2500 years?

In around 35 minutes, Jahna Dahms explains the project and talks about the origin, tradition and significance of the Torah as the oldest continuous cultural technique of mankind. Questions can be asked afterwards. The scribe will be present during the event.

• Duration: 35 minutes
• You do not need a museum ticket for this tour.

• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Meeting point at the ticket office
• Guided tour free of charge plus museum admission
• without registration

Note: Due to high demand, two tours are offered at the same time, which alternate between the two exhibition rooms. Both groups will receive an overview of the entire exhibition. Meeting point at the ticket office

Introduction to the project: What is a Torah? Why has it been written by hand for over 2500 years?

In around 35 minutes, Jahna Dahms explains the project and talks about the origin, tradition and significance of the Torah as the oldest continuous cultural technique of mankind. Questions can be asked afterwards. The scribe will be present during the event.

• Duration: 35 minutes
• You do not need a museum ticket for this tour.

Undine Materni's new poems, published by Gans Verlag under the title "Manchmal ist es gut an roten Pfeffer zu denken" (Sometimes it's good to think of red pepper), tell of craftswomen and their work, their inspiration, their relationship to the things they preserve, change or create anew.

"An enchanting book that celebrates women in crafts" is the title of this special book, which features wonderful collages by Ruth Habermehl.

Undine Materni, born in 1963, is a poet, literary critic and editor and lives in Dresden. She has published numerous volumes of stories and poetry.

Volker Sielaff's new volume of poetry "Fragen an den Yeti", published by Voland & Quist / Edition Azur, once again spans a wide arc: from childhood in Lusatia to the streets of London. We meet Sylvia Plath, the birdman and an anonymous young artist.

The SZ wrote enthusiastically about this book: "In his new volume, Volker Sielaff is more perceptive, colourful and norm-obsessed than ever before."

Volker Sielaff, born in 1966, poet, prose writer and publicist, lives in Dresden. Numerous volumes of poetry, one book of prose

• Moderation: Richard Stratenschulte

Introduction to the project: What is a Torah? Why has it been written by hand for over 2500 years?

In around 35 minutes, Jahna Dahms explains the project and talks about the origin, tradition and significance of the Torah as the oldest continuous cultural technique of mankind. Questions can be asked afterwards. The scribe will be present during the event.

• Duration: 35 minutes
• You do not need a museum ticket for this tour.