The Irish Embassy will host a vernissage for exhibition DÉAD (a set of teeth), presenting the works from the Creative Pathways programme of 2022 on the theme of the Vampire, to celebrate the anniversaries of two iconic German and Irish cultural figures.
Creative Pathways is a programme of university-associated collaborations, initiated by the Embassy of Ireland in Germany and in partnership with Goethe-Institut, Irland, where exceptional arts students and alumni work together to create new works of art under the guidance of six university professors.
This year’s participants were: Staedelschule (with Gerard Byrne: Maximilliano Siñai, John Flindt), HGB Leipzig (with Clemens von Wedemeyer and Dieter Daniels: Adrian Hoerr, Stefania Tatiana Smolkina), HfbK Dresden (with Susan Philipsz: Veronika Pfaffinger, Patryk Kujawa), University of Limerick (with Juergen Simpson: Duncan Murphy, Manuel McCarthy), University College Cork (with Bernadette Cronin: Melissa Morrigan, Adrian McCarthy), and ATU Galway (with Ben Geoghegan: Sona Smedkova, Rocio Romero Grau).
The six interdisciplinary art pieces will be exhibited in transmediale studio, Silent Green, from 10:00 – 18:00 from the 4th – 8th, with the opening event on the 3rd at 18:00
About the festival
Presented by the Embassy of Ireland in Berlin, The German Irish Vampire Festival celebrates, explores and expands a shared cultural history of Vampires in German and Irish gothic culture. The week-long festival will delve into the collective consciousness where this archetypal creature lurks, with talks, film screenings, art installations and an exhibition with partner transmediale, and closing with a specially commissioned live electronic music score to Nosferatu with Gudrun Gut and Linda and Irene Buckley.
The festival marks the 125th anniversary of Dracula (1897) by Irish author Bram Stoker and the German expressionist film Nosferatu (1922), its unofficial adaptation. Furthermore, we celebrate the 150th year since the publication of Dubliner Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla, the ground-breaking queer Vampire tale that inspired many others to follow.
The multi-disciplinary exhibition at transmediale studio features collaborative works, inspired by Vampire themes, by emerging artists from Staedelschule (with Gerard Byrne: Maximilliano Siñai, John Flindt), HGB Leipzig (with Clemens von Wedemeyer and Dieter Daniels: Adrian Hoerr, Stefania Tatiana Smolkina), HfbK Dresden (with Susan Philipsz: Veronika, Patryk Kujawa), University of Limerick (with Juergen Simpson: Duncan Murphy, Manuel McCarthy), University College Cork (with Bernadette Cronin: Melissa Morrigan, Adrian McCarthy), and ATU (with Ben Geoghegan: Sona Smedkova, Rocio Romero Grau) as part of the Embassy’s Creative Pathways programme in partnership with the Goethe Institute, Ireland.
For depth of understanding, film screenings of classic and contemporary Vampire films will be supplemented by talks by academics and experts featuring: Madeline Potter (The Banshee and the Death Coach: Irish Folklore and Dark Romanticism in JS Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’), Daniel Shea (The Many Ghostly Traditions of this Place: The German Romantic Origins of an Irish Vampire), and Dieter Daniels (The use of Media in Murnau’s Nosferatu and Stoker’s Dracula).
Tickets for the talks, screening and exhibition are complimentary. Due to limited capacity, the film programme will be announced two weeks in advance, register for the festival to be informed and reserve your places. Tickets for the concert of Gudrun Gut and Linda and Irene Buckley are €10/€15 through Zwinglikirche e.V. however complimentary tickets can be won in the Embassy’s draw through the Festival registration page.
Die irische Botschaft in Berlin feiert, erforscht und erweitert mit dem Deutsch-Irischen Vampir-Festival die gemeinsame Kulturgeschichte der Vampire. Das einwöchige Festival wird mit Vorträgen, Filmvorführungen, Kunstinstallationen und einer Ausstellung in Zusammenarbeit mit transmediale in das kollektive Bewusstsein eintauchen, in dem diese archetypische Kreatur lauert. Den Abschluss bildet die Vorführung des Stummfilmklassikers „Nosferatu“ mit einem speziell in Auftrag gegebenen Soundtrack von Gudrun Gut und Linda und Irene Buckley in der Zwinglikirche. Das Festival markiert den 125. Jahrestag von „Dracula“ (1897) des irischen Autors Bram Stoker und den 100. Jahrestag des deutschen expressionistischen Films „Nosferatu“ (1922) – der inoffiziellen VerfilmuThe Embassy will host a vernissage for exhibition DÉAD (a set of teeth), presenting the works from the Creative Pathways programme of 2022 on the theme of the Vampire, to celebrate the anniversaries of two iconic German and Irish cultural figures. Creative Pathways is a programme of university-associated collaborations, initiated by the Embassy of Ireland in Germany and in partnership with Goethe-Institut, Irland, where exceptional arts students and alumni work together to create new works of art under the guidance of six university professors. This year’s participants were: Staedelschule (with Gerard Byrne: Maximilliano Siñai, John Flindt), HGB Leipzig (with Clemens von Wedemeyer and Dieter Daniels: Adrian Hoerr, Stefania Tatiana Smolkina), HfbK Dresden (with Susan Philipsz: Veronika Pfaffinger, Patryk Kujawa), University of Limerick (with Juergen Simpson: Duncan Murphy, Manuel McCarthy), University College Cork (with Bernadette Cronin: Melissa Morrigan, Adrian McCarthy), and ATU Galway (with Ben Geoghegan: Sona Smedkova, Rocio Romero Grau). The six interdisciplinary art pieces will be exhibited in transmediale studio, Silent Green, from 10:00 – 18:00 from the 4th – 8th, with the opening event on the 3rd at 18:00ng. Außerdem feiern wir den 150. Jahrestag der Novelle „Carmilla“, geschrieben vom Dubliner Le Fanus, die als bahnbrechende queere Vampirgeschichte viele weitere inspirierte. Eine multidisziplinäre Ausstellung im transmediale Studio zeigt von Vampir-Themen inspirierte, kollaborative Arbeiten von aufstrebenden Künstlern der Staedelschule (mit Gerard Byrne: Maximilliano Siñai, John Flindt), HGB Leipzig (mit Clemens von Wedemeyer und Dieter Daniels: Adrian Hoerr, Stefania Tatiana Smolkina), HfbK Dresden (mit Susan Philipsz: Veronika, Patryk Kujawa), University of Limerick (mit Juergen Simpson: Duncan Murphy, Manuel McCarthy), University College Cork (mit Bernadette Cronin: Melissa Morrigan, Adrian McCarthy) und ATU (mit Ben Geoghegan: Sona Smedkova, Rocio Romero Grau). Die Ausstellung findet im Rahmen des Irischen Botschafts-Programms „Creative Pathways“ in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Goethe-Institut Irland statt. Um das Verständnis für die Thematik zu vertiefen, werden die Filmvorführungen klassischer und zeitgenössischer Vampirfilme durch Vorträge von Akademikern und Experten ergänzt, darunter: Madeline Potter (The Banshee and the Death Coach: Irish Folklore and Dark Romanticism in JS Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’), Daniel Shea (The Many Ghostly Traditions of this Place: The German Romantic Origins of an Irish Vampire) und Dieter Daniels (The use of Media in Murnau’s Nosferatu and Stoker’s Dracula). Der Eintritt zu den Vorträgen, der Filmvorführung und der Ausstellung ist frei. Registrieren Sie sich für das Festival, um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und Plätze zu reservieren. Karten für das Nosferatu-Konzert von Gudrun Gut und Linda und Irene Buckley kosten 10 €/15 € über den Verein der Zwinglikirche, Freikarten können jedoch bei der Verlosung der Botschaft über die Registrierungsseite des Festivals gewonnen werden.
