Citizenship
In June–July 2022, the Center for Art and Urbanistics (ZK/U) literally raises the roof of its home base in Berlin, and then sail in it to documenta fifteen—a trip of 650 km, fueled entirely by people power! At circa forty stopover points en route to Kassel, the crew and locals have ample opportunities to pool their knowledge, share their schemes for planetary survival, and enjoy a diverse program of events.
Why the Invitation to documenta fifteen?
ZK/U addresses global issues through local practices and is therefore one of the fourteen collectives invited by ruangrupa—the Jakarta-based Indonesian curators of documenta fifteen—to join the lumbung network and answer the fundamental question at this year’s international arts festival in Kassel: How can we share the world’s unfairly distributed resources in more equitable and positive ways?
The lumbung values of generosity, humor, local anchoring, in(ter)dependence, regeneration, transparency, and thrift are at the heart of ruangrupa’s program.
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Fact Sheet
The Centre for intercultural music /youth-world-music-orchestra/ is located in the city of Kassel. It arranges and performs “music of the cultures – mainly in the region of Hesse but increasingly also on national level and also internationally.
Ulli Götte, the founder, composer and director of the centre is a Professor for Musicology and started his pathway from classical and Jazz music before he discovered his love and admiration for Minimal Music (Steve Reich) and its origins in African and Asian Music.
The youth-world-music-orchestra consists of 20-30 young artists who live and study Music in Kassel. The orchestra has been performing 3-5 concerts per year.
Ulli Götte’s work and the centre for intercultural music is closely connected to Minimal Music which – like any other music offers great opportunities for integration and the connection of also rather untrained people (especially youth and children) not only to play, but also to compose music.
In this connection Ulli and his team of approximately 5 musicians is regularly working with schools, universities, conservatories and is driving force of the Network of European Minimal Music Organisations (NEMO).
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Contact:
Philip Horst
Kristina Miller
kooperationen@citizenship.zku-berlin.org