Newsletter of theJapanese-German Center Berlin(Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin)
No. 133, December 2020

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Reflections on Taking Office
Dr. Julia Münch, JDZB Secretary GeneralI have been following the activitiesof the Japanese-German Center Berlin(Japanisch-Deutsches

Zentrum

Berlin JDZB) for many years and I appreciate it for the quality and diversity of its offerings, and its potential
to contribute widely to international
understanding between Germany
and Japan through international exchanges. My appointment as Secretary General from 1 October 2020 istherefore a great honor for me, andI look forward to the exciting tasks
that lie ahead. I would like to take thisopportunity to thank you all for yourtrust and support.

partnership of values plays no less anbuilding up a capital of trust for fu-

Our work environment has changed

important role today than before. I

ture cooperation. Therefore, in 2021

fundamentally since the JDZB was

am convinced that only together can

we are planning to offer a wide range

founded in 1985. While in the early

we find holistic answers to pressingof activities again: digital, hybrid andyears, the JDZB primarily acted as aissues such as appropriate responses

face-to-face events, exchange pro-venue for bilateral talks between Ja-

to deal with the consequences of thegrams, concerts, exhibitions, library

pan and what was then West Germa-

Covid-19 pandemic, shifts in global

services, language courses and more.

ny. Over time, global networking has

power, climate change, the aging

increased and we now work closely

society or new ways of working, andtogether on many levels – in business,learn from each other in many areas.

science, culture and politics, but also
at the level of civil society. For example, there are more than one hundred
friendship associations between bothcountries, lively exchanges between
companies, universities, schools, insports, in music and the arts, town
twinning, etc.

The JDZB with its valuable contacts

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has a special responsibility as a (phys-

Reflections on Taking Officeical) venue for personal encounters

Julia Münch

and increasingly also as a (digital)

Conference Reportplatform. It is our aim to strengthen
relationships

byprovidinginfor-The “New Normal”

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mation, developing opinions andExchange Program

creating new connections. We are

Young Leaders Forum

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Other Events

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In a time full of political impon-

particularly interested in inspiring

derables, a shaky world order andthe younger generation – future de-increasing global protectionism, I

cision-makers – to learn more about

believe our shared German-Japanese

the other country, deepening understanding, developing potential andPreview of Events 2021
Éxhibitions 2021

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C O N T I N U E D EF D
R IOTMO RP IAAGL E 1

EDITORIAL
Dear Readers!

However, the special situation caused

ticipants regardless of locationby the Covid-19 pandemic, in whichand easily integrate actors from

opportunities to meet and travel aredifferent places in Germany anddrastically limited, requires a radical

Japan. Young people in particu-

rethink. At the same time, the JDZB

lar can be involved sustainably

is facing critical challenges due tointo our discussions via decen-

the continuing situation of low inter-

tralized forms of exchange and

est rates and urgently needed infra-

with a greater presence in social

structure investments. As a result, themedia.

JDZB’s governing bodies initiated aprocess of structural change over the•

In addition, we would like tosummer.

open up our beautiful building

Against this background, in coordina-possibilities for external parties.

tion with the members of the Board

To this end, we are currently de-of Executives and the Foundation

veloping creative business andCouncil, and in close cooperationcooperation models.

with the Deputy Secretary Generaland the whole staff, I would like tocontribute to the strategic directionof the JDZB. Keeping in mind the purpose of the Foundation, we would
like to make the organization “fit” forthe future and to set new accents inin Berlin-Dahlem with its many

Finally, a few words about myself:
After studying Japanology, BusinessStudies and Psychology in Göttingen
and Bonn, I was initially entrustedwith the development of the internship platform for East Asia “KOPRA

our portfolio of services:e. V.” (2004 to 2009). Following•

One of our goals will be to makeof the Japanese-German Businessmany of the existing German-

Association

Japanese initiatives more visible

Wirtschaftskreis e. V. DJW) (2007 toby consciously seeking synergies2020) as well as holding honorary of-with projects and activities offices on boards for the Foundation for

third parties.

Japanese-German Cultural Exchange•

As a hub – not an end point –for identifying future topics, wewould like to establish continuous exchange between institutions and people in addition topurely selective meetings. We
communicate proactively anddeliberately seek to engage withinstitutions and individuals not
usually focused on Japan or Germany.

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We actively include the virtual
space in our considerations. Although digital formats cannot
replace personal exchange, they
do have the advantage of drastically expanding the scope of par-this I was the Managing Director(Deutsch-Japanischer(Studienwerk für Deutsch-Japanischer
Kulturaustausch e. V.) (since 2009),

In 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic wasfought and a way to eradicate the virus
was sought worldwide. At the JDZB wehave dealt with infection protection measures, come up with new event formats
and tested them.
However, there are also positive things
to report: The JDZB has a new Secretary
General! In the leading article of thisissue, Dr. Julia Münch presents herself
and her goals. In a time of unstable international politics and wavering worldorder, the JDZB will also have to undergochange. With new guidelines, the JDZB
will continue to contribute to strengthening German-Japanese and multilateralrelations.
The “JDZB Open House” in summer aswell as many events in autumn were
held digitally. These new formats, whichbecame necessary because of Covid-19,
brought some advantages to light: The
livestream of events could be realized ina very short time. Speakers and audience
do not have to come to the JDZB to participate. Digitally, anyone can participate
in our events worldwide, and this withouta mask! That is why more participants
came to these events than before, including many guests from Japan.
Nevertheless, by no means can videoconferencing replace face-to-face conversations. I hope that in 2021 we can celebrate the 160th anniversary of GermanJapanese relations with many real events.
I wish you a happy and healthy Christmas
and New Year!
Kiyota Tokiko
JDZB Deputy Secretary General

the Association of German-JapaneseSocieties (VDJG) (since 2016) and in
the VDJG Foundation (since 2018). In
2017 I received my doctorate at the
Mercator School of Management at
Duisburg-Essen University. I have recently relocated to Germany’s capitalwith my family of five.
It would be lovely to welcome you
personally here at the JDZB as soon
as the situation permits. Please contact me with any suggestions you
may have regarding the upcoming
process of our transformation. I lookforward to hearing from you.

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Virtual Symposium: The “New Normal” – New Mobility and the Future of the City
24 August 2020 at the JDZBThomas Puls, German Economic Institute (IW, Cologne)
Does Covid-19 require a “new normal” or
can we return to how things were? How cancities in Germany and Japan meet the challenges? These questions were explored at a
symposium held by the Japanese-German
Center Berlin (JDZB), Fujitsu Limited (Tōkyō)and the German Economic Institute (IW,Cologne) with the kind support of the
Embassy of Japan to Germany (Berlin). In
keeping with the theme, this was the JDZB’s
first partially virtual event. The German
speakers met in Berlin, while the Japanese
speakers connected via Zoom. The audience were able to ask questions via chator video. This made it possible to bring together speakers from science, business andassociations who deal with the question of
the “new normal” over two sessions. In her
opening speech, Kiyota Tokiko (Deputy
Secretary General of the JDZB) emphasized
the changes resulting from the virtual format, which also offer new opportunities
for JZDB’s intended purpose of promoting
exchange.
The first session, chaired by Dr. Hubertus
Bardt (Managing Director, Head of Research at IW), focused on mobility issues.
In his introduction, Dr. Bardt addressed theeconomic importance of the automotive
industry and highlighted the challenges
facing the industry.
The session was opened by Professor Dr.
Reimund Schwarze from the Helmholtz
Center for Environmental Research (UFZ,
Leipzig). He placed his lecture under thegeneric heading “The Great Reset”, where
he connected the expectation that there
can be no return to the old normality. The
question of the healthy city was at thecenter of his presentation. Inequality is an
inseparable part of this, and the pandemic
has clearly shown the link between thesocial environment and health. Professor
Schwarze also explained that real economic recovery can only be achieved withsustainable growth.
Dr. Christian Scheel (Managing Director of
the German Association of the Automotive
Industry VDA, Berlin) and Axel Nordieker(Managing Director Germany at Toyota Fi-

nancial Services, Cologne), representativesof the automotive industry, then spoke.
Both emphasized that the industry was
already undergoing change before the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular the demand
for the greatest possible decarbonization oftransport by 2050 is driving the change.
Adapting to the requirements of urban
mobility was the key factor in this process.
Dr. Scheel focused on the technologicalchange in vehicle technology and its current integration into urban infrastructures.
He explained that electric and automateddriving requires an adapted environment.
Mr. Nordieker also placed emphasis on
this connection and put it into context withthe development vision of car manufacturer
to mobility provider. He also presented
current projects of his company, including
the BREATHE project, which is driving thedevelopment of such an infrastructure.
The second session focused on how the“new normal” will affect the city of the
future. The session was chaired by Dr.
Martin Schulz (Chief Policy Economist,
Fujitsū Ltd.) from Tōkyō. In his introduction, he used Fujitsu as an example toshow how much the working world incities will change. Digital working has
already received a major boost, and thiswill have lasting consequences for theuse of space and mobility in metropolitan
areas. He expressed the expectation thata new work-life balance will be a central

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component of the “new normal”. What“new normal” means for urban society was
also the subject of the presentation given
by Professor Dr. Harayama Yuko (Executive
Director, RIKEN, Tōkyō). She addressed thequestion to what extent previously formative social trends must now be questioned,
and pointed out that the experience of thepandemic must encourage new courses ofaction, including increased digitization andstrengthening local communities. However,this also requires the corresponding infrastructure that only a smart city can provide.
Here, Dr. Alanus von Radecki (Fraunhofer
KIT
Institute for Industrial Engineering ©
IAO,
Stuttgart) took over with a presentationon the implementation of the smart city
concept. He presented the “Morgenstadt”
initiative of the Fraunhofer Society, which
promotes the practical implementationof research results on the Smart City incooperation with cities and industry. One
focus of his presentation was the topic ofsovereignty over data.
In the third presentation of the session, Nakajima Kosuke (General Manager, Battery
Solutions Dept., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Tōkyō)presented Mitsui’s investment strategy
in the electric mobility value chain. This
strategy aims to invest in smaller electricvehicle manufacturers in order to develop
business models in the supply and service
sector from this position.
Following a lively discussion with chat participants, the symposium came to a close.
Link to the recording of the symposium: https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=sTmgtJXb04U&t=93s

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EXCHANGE PROGRAM

15. German-Japanese Young Leaders Forum 2020/2021 – Virtual Kick-Off on 30 August 2020
The 15th German-Japanese Young Leaders Forum 2020 on “Designing a Prosperous Aging Society: The Perspectives of the Young”,
which was originally planned to be held from 28 August to 6 September 2020, was unfortunately postponed to next year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. However, the 16 young prospective leaders – eight participants from Germany and eight from Japan – wereso much looking forward to meeting each other that the Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (JDZB) held a virtual kick-off event
instead. On Sunday morning German time (late afternoon Japanese time) of 30 August, the participants, the chair of the summer
school, Prof. Dr. Harald Conrad, chair of Modern Japanese Studies III at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and JDZB-staff “met”
online for about three hours for the official welcome, self-introductions and a preliminary introduction to the topic. We are all verymuch looking forward to finally getting to meet each other in person next year!
Sven Traschewski
Project Manager for Exchange Programs (German-Japanese Young Leaders Forum) and Conferences

Aging societies are one of the central problems of industrialized nations, with Japan and Germany leading the way. Whatinitially appears primarily as a socio-economic challenge, on
closer inpsection reveals numerous facets. How a society deals
with this challenge will influence political decisions in all theirdimensions. It shapes the way our democracies develop andshapes the transformation of social norms and values.
Our societies are aging and as a community we must decide
how to meet the challenges ahead. As a representative speakerof a political foundation, this topic regularly affects my work.
The main question is always: What can we learn from eachother? How can we be inspired by the solutions offered by othercountries? I hope that, together with my fellow participants with our different backgrounds and approaches – I can takeup existing debates, exchange solutions and suggestions thatmight be relevant for Germany or Japan, and apply this better
understanding to my work.
Zoë van Doren
Desk Officer Asia Unit, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom

Although issues such as the sustainability of the social security
system or the old age of one’s parents are familiar problems,
I’d never thought deeply about them. Until January 2020, I was
stationed in Jakarta, Indonesia, a country with a relatively young
population and enjoying a demographic dividend. After returning to Japan, I became aware of the aging society in everyday life,and I am convinced that the young generation must bring aboutchanges in society. At that time, I heard through the company
about the public advertisement for the German-Japanese Young
Leaders Forum and applied.
The aim is finding a problem-solving approach to problems
related to various social factors and developing the ability toconsider new issues that may arise in the future and to propose
solutions. Demographic change is becoming a global trend
among developed countries, and I hope to develop with my colleagues proposals for problem-solving models also for countries
facing similar problems. The forum has been postponed to 2021
due to the corona crisis, but I am looking forward to being able
to form a network with young leaders in Japan and Germany.
Arima Yūsuke
Manager for Business Development and Projects Execution, Hitachi, Ltd.

OTHER EVENTS 2020

Photo above: Virtual lecture and dialogue“RADIKAL MODERN_04: Co-Ownership ofAction. The Japan Pavilion of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale diVenezia (2021)”, livestream on 19 November
2020: Curator Kadowaki Kozo presents the residential building “Takamizawa House”, which
was dismantled in Tōkyō, brought to Venice
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Virtual Panel Diskussion “EU-Japan Relations: Beyond the Strategic Partnership Agreement”, live
stream on 26 November 2020. Chair Prof. Dr. Patrik Ström (European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockhom) with Uemura Noritsugu (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tōkyō) and Dr. Maaike
Okano-Heijmans (Clingendael Institute, The Hague); three more speakers from Milan, Trondheim
and Tōkyō took part in this event.

Photo right: Virtual panel discussion “Afterthe U.S. Elections: What Germany and Japan
Should do to Safeguard International Order”
with Prof. Hosoya Yūichi (Keiō University,
Tōkyō), Prof. Hanns Maull (bottom left) and
Dr. Markus Kaim (both from the German
Institute for International and Security Affairs(SWP, Berlin) and the moderator Rabea Brauer (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tōkyō Office).
Livestream on 10 November 2020.

Participation of the new Secretary General, Dr. Julia Münch, in the virtual
symposium “Autonomous Driving: Perspectives on Japan, France andGermany”, livestream from the JDZB on 8 October 2020.

Opening of the exhibition “Silent Shadows” with paper reliefs by Iso
Masko and installations by Wolf Kahlen on 24 September 2020 at theJDZB, with an introduction by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Endlich (on right, photo). The exhibition will be on display at the JDZB until 29 January 2021.

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS 2021

Conferences by
Focal Areas
Global Responsibility
Security Policy Workshop, Track 1.5
C: Federal Foreign Office, Berlin; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tōkyō; KonradAdenauer-Stiftung, Berlin; The Japan
Institute of International Affairs, Tōkyō
Date: May 2021
Conference: Global Health IV
C: National Center for Global Healthand Medicine (NCGM, Tōkyō); Waseda
University; Alexander von Hum-boldt
University, Berlin; Heidelberg University/Heidelberg Institute of Global Health(HIGH); Association of Research-based
Pharmaceutical Companies, Berlin
Date: To be confirmed in 2021, in Tōkyō
Conference: Trilateral Cooperation
Germany – Japan – Indonesia on
Maritime Security
C: Federal Foreign Office (AA, Berlin);think tanks in Germany, Japan andIndonesia
Date: To be confirmed in 2021, in
Jakarta
Symposium: The Role of Japan andGermany in a Changing World Order
C: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS,
Berlin); German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP, Berlin),
Asia-Pacific Initiative (API, Tōkyō)Date: To be confirmed in 2021, in Tōkyō

Sustainability and theEnvironment
10th Meeting of the German-JapaneseExpert Council on Energy Transition
C: Hennicke Consult, Wuppertal; ECOS
Japan Consult GmbH (Osnabrück); Institute for Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ,
Tōkyō); Federal Ministry of Economics
and Energy (BMWi, Berlin); Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry (METI,
Tōkyō) (by invitation only)
Date: 12 March 2021

Symposium: Bioeconomics
C: German Society of JSPS Fellows (JSPS
Club, Bonn)
Date: 7-8 May 2021
Symposium: The Role of Digitizationin Sustainability
C: econsense – Forum for Sustainable
Development of German Business e.V.,
Berlin; German Economic Institute (IW,Cologne); Fujitsū Ltd., Tōkyō; Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs(KKC, Tōkyō) requested
Date: October 2021, in Tōkyō

Demographic Change
Symposium: Demographic Change
in Germany and Japan
C: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs,
Senior Citizens, Women and Youth(BMFSFJ, Berlin); Ministry of Health,
Labor, and Welfare (MHLW, Tōkyō)Date: To be confirmed in 2021, in Tōkyō
Conference: Aging and Care in German and Japanese Communities
C: German Institute for JapaneseStudies (DIJ, Tōkyō); Friedrich-EbertStiftung, Tōkyō office
Date: 2nd half of 2021, in Tōkyō

Digital Transformation
Symposium: The Future of Work andDigitization
C: Shinshū University, Nagano; German Research Ambassadors Network
for Industrial Technology Endeavors(GRANITE) of the Fraunhofer Institutefor Applied Information Technology(FIT, St. Augustin)
Date: mid-May 2021
Conference: Artificial Intelligenceand the Human Being – Images inScience and Fiction
C: Alexander von Humboldt Institutefor Internet and Society Ltd (HIIG, Berlin); Waseda University, Tōkyō
Date: 17-18 June 2021

French-German Dialogue on Japan II
C: France-Japan Foundation of the
École des Hautes Études en Sciences
Sociales (EHESS, Paris); Duisburg-Essen
University
Date: September 2021, in Paris
Conference: The Impact of Artificial
Intelligence on Legal Areas and Legal Norms
C: German-Japanese Association ofJurists (DJJV, Hamburg)
Date: Autumn 2021, in Tōkyō

State, Economy, GovernanceSymposium: Crisis Communication
C: The Japan Foundation (Tōkyō)Date: 4 February 2021
Conference: Energy, Politics, andSociety: Continuity and Change 10
Years after 3.11.
C: Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)
Date: 18-20 March 2021
Conference: Olympia 2020: The
Impor tance of Major Spor ting
Events for Society, Politics and theEconomy
C: German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ, Tōkyō)Date: 15 April 2021
Symposium: The Future of Democracy I
C: Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka;
Duisburg-Essen University; FriedrichEbert-Stiftung (FES, Berlin)
Date: 31 August 2021
Symposium: Diversity as an Innovative Force – Innovative Promotionof Diversity
C: German Center for Research andInnovation (DWIH, Tōkyō)Date: To be confirmed in 2021, in
Tōkyō
Conference: Shaping Institutional
Profiles in Research, Teaching andCommunity Engagement

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C: German Rectors‘ Conference (HRK,Bonn); Japan Committee of Universities
for International Exchange (JACUIE,
Tōkyō)
Date: To be confirmed in 2021
Symposium: Sports Law
C: German-Japanese Association ofJurists (DJJV, Hamburg)
Date: To be confirmed in 2021, in
MunichCulture and Change
German-Japanese Architects Dialog
C: Association of German Architects,
Berlin; Technical University Dortmund;Technical University Berlin
Date: To be confirmed in 2021

Special Project
Symposium: Moving Ahead with
Gender Equality in Germany andJapan
C: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tōkyō)Date: 4-5 March 2021
29th German-Japanese Forum
C: Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE), Tōkyō; Federal Foreign
Office, Berlin; Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Tōkyō
Date: May 2021

Cultural Events
Exhibition
Dialog Exhibition “Silent Shadows”
Paper Reliefs by Iso Masko and Installations by Wolf Kahlen
Duration: 25 September 2020 until 29
January 2021

“The rain falls and the ground hardens”
Sculptures and installations by Akimoto Naomi and Claudia Schmacke
Duration: 19 February until 28 May 2021
“Good Morning My Moon”
Photographs by Nicole Ahland andglass sculptures by Hirohata Masami
Duration: August until the end of October 2021
“theory of everything”
Pictures and installations by Yamamoto Noriko and Kornelia Hoffmann
Duration: November 2021 until January 2022

Japanese Courses
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, allcourses will be held online until further
notice. These courses are facilitatedby competent instructors with active
exchanges between teachers and participants. When face-to-face teaching
becomes possible again, the courses
will be held at the premises of the JDZB.
Only the advanced level courses willcontinue online for participants wholive outside of Berlin.
New courses will start on 18 January
2021. Information on how to registercan be found on our website (www.
jdzb.de).

ConcertNew Years Concert “Dialogs on
Nature: Japan – Germany” with theEnsemble Horizonte
C: Kunststiftung NRW
Date: 11 January 2021
“AUTUMN SONG” Concert with Members of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
C: Junge Deutsche Philharmonie,Frankfurt a.M.; Werner Reimers Foundation, Bad Homburg
date: 9 June 2021
Concert with contemporary compositions: Inoue Satoko (piano),
Maurizio Barbetti (viola) and Hartmut
Schulz (vocal/bariton)
Date: 9 June 2021

Reading“Convenience Store Woman”
Reading and discussion with Murata
Sayaka (Akutagawa prizewinner 2016)
C: Japan Culture Institute Cologne/The
Japan Foundation
Date: 1 March 2021

Based on the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, this is only a preliminary planof JDZB programs as reflected from November 2020.
Please confirm the dates for each event on the JDZB homepage!
Besides that, also the format may develop differently:
virtual, hybrid (partly online / partly with presence), presence.

Calligraphy Courses
Following Covid 19 restrictions, calligraphy courses for children (from 6
years) and adults (from 16 years) arebeing held in small groups. You canfind further information on our website(www.jdzb.de).

Exchange Programs- Junior Experts Exchange Program- German-Japanese Young Leaders Forum- Youth Group Leaders Exchange Program- Study Program for Youth Work Specialists- Exchange Program for Young Em­ployees- JDZB ScienceYouth Program
For details of the programs, please refer to:
http://www.jdzb.de --> Exchange Programs

Opening hours of exhibitions
Monday to Thursday 10 am to 0.30 pm
and 1 pm to 5 pm, Friday 10 am to 0.30
pm and 1 pm to 3.30 pm
Registration for the cultural events
opens close to the date

C: = in cooperation with
Venue: JDZB, if not stated other­wise
For more information please refer to:
http://www.jdzb.de --> Activities
For information on JDZB lan­guage
courses please refer to:
http://www.jdzb.de--> Japanese Courses

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EXHIBITIONS IN 2021

“The rain falls and the ground hardens”
Sculptures and installations by Akimoto
Naomi and Claudia Schmacke
Both artists reflect their view on the phenomena of the material and transcendental
world. Akimoto Naomi explores the physical and tactual qualities of our environment, while Claudia Schmackes sculptures,
installations and videos capture movement
and ephemeral phenomena. The artistic
exploration of natural phenomena throughclay and ceramic art as a means of physicalexpression is of crucial importance forboth artists. Akimoto Naomi and Claudia
Schmacke will present new works especially designed for this exhibition as well
as already existing works.
Duration: 19 February until 28 May 2021

Photo left: “Phiole” (Detail) by Claudia Schmacke, 2011 © Robert Scheipner / Photo right: “without title” by Akimoto Naomi, 2017 © Do Hyun Kim“Good Morning My Moon”
Photographs by Nicole Ahland and glass
sculptures by Hirohata Masami
Ahland and Hirohata enter into a dialogue
through the art form of still life and by exploring
the concept of space as the source of perception
and intercultural exchange. By emphasizing thecontrast between light and darkness, vicinityand distance, external and internal, the artists
create an imagined moment of touch.
Duration: August until end of October 2021
Photo left: “LightRoom” #7 by Nicole Ahland,2020 © N. Ahland & VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020
Photo right: “Blue Flower #3” by Hirohata Masami, 2019 © Hirohata M.

“theory of everything” Pictures and installations by Yamamoto Noriko and Kornelia Hoffmann
Under the headline of “theory of everything” the two artists from Bremen explore the same questions from their personal perspectives inorder to create a dialogue between their separate approaches. Their installations reflect on the concept of space and invite you to explore
and question all phenomena of our inner and outer worlds.
Duration: November 2021 until January 2022

Left: “World Formula” by Yamamoto Noriko, 2011-2018 © Yamamoto N. / Right: “Jenseits der Blätterränder” by Kornelia Hoffmann, 2019 © K. Hoffmann