Festival Programme Sun, 7.2.2010 - 01:00

In 1957 Hugh Stubbins designed the utopian architecture of the HKW as a conscious counterpart to the Stalin Allee in East Berlin. In the Matinée on Sunday the plot of the GDR's first Science Fiction film will unfold in this very building: Der Schweigende Stern (First Spaceship on Venus, 1959) by Kurt Maetzig pictures the dark vision of a failed civilisation.

In relation to recent events social networking sites have replaced traditional news coverage. Sociology professor Tiziana Terranova moderates this third conference session examining the 'radical' roles of tools like Twitter and Facebook as 'revolutionary' media. Are we dealing with a new force, a new social mechanism for the exchange of information, a new truth? Or is it just another case of 'the emperor's new clothes'?

A night of performance and music examining China as one of the motifs of FUTURITY NOW!. Featuring three artists who represent a new wave of Chinese practitioners working beyond the constraints of social, political or geographical identity; Feng Mengbo, FM3_Zhang (Zhang Jian) and aaajiao (Xu Wenkai).

All films shown in this programme originate from post-socialist countries and reflect the encounter of Yesterday’s Society of Tomorrow – Socialism – with the reality of Today.

Each of the six works presented in this programme explores a different communication medium through artistic means.

This session draws together four transmediale projects that use wireless technologies, augmented realities and mapping tools to reveal the undisclosed topologies of Berlin.

Resumee of the Free Culture Incubator Programme

Together with a selection of guests this session will sum up the results and insights the Free Culture Incubator has generated during the past days. What can be done beyond the festival's lifespan?

Richard Barbrook and Stefan Lutschinger will be introducing the ClassWargames film on Debord's ludic experiment and then hosting a collective playing of The Game of War while discussing its importance to our understanding of Situationist theory and practice.

The collaborative programme between Shanghai eARTS Festival and transmediale.10 is announced and contextualised by the directors of the two festivals, Lisa Zhou, Li Zhenhua and Stephen Kovats.

Ben Huang, the man responsible for bringing Beijing’s club scene to Europe (and vice versa) completes the Myths of The Near Future evening with a DJ set at the Café Stage.

Palomar5 presents Being Human, a playful and inclusive workshop. Come along and play in our headspace.