Theme Days
Opening Global Prayers
Redemption and Liberation in the City
New religious movements are emerging in the world’s metropolises. Novel religious communities are embodied by political, economic and social players who promise redemption or liberation and success or collective healing. This development is changing the world map of denominations along with the architectural appearance of urban spaces and the public domain.
7 – 8.30 p.m. Sounds, Music, Film, Photography, Readings, Positions
In a condensed program, international artists and academics present and comment on new religious spaces, pop cultures, architectural forms and movements from the cities of Istanbul, Cairo, Kinshasa, Lagos, Mexico City, Mumbai, New York and Berlin.
With Nezar AlSayyad (Architect, Urban Designer, Berkeley), Gilles Aubry (Sound Artist, Berlin), Enrique Dussel (Philosopher, Historian, Theologian, Mexico City), Charalambos Ganotis (Musician, Hamburg), Magdalena Kallenberger and Dorothea Nold (Artists, Berlin, Cairo, Istanbul), Michaela Meise (Musician, Artist, Berlin), Aernout Mik (Artist, Amsterdam), Marcia Pally (Cultural Scientist, Writer, New York, Berlin), Hidayet Tuksal (Islamic Scientist, Istanbul)
8.30 – 10 p.m. Discussion
An international panel of experts discusses the global links between religion, economics and politics with a special focus on the connections between Catholicism, Pentacostalism, Marxism, Islam and feminism.
With Nezar AlSayyad (Architect, Urban Designer, Berkeley), Enrique Dussel (Philosopher, Historian, Theologian, Mexico City), Birgit Meyer (Religious Scientist, Utrecht), Marcia Pally (Cultural Scientist, Writer, New York, Berlin), Hidayet Tuksal (Islamic Scientist, Istanbul).
Moderator: Andreas Eckert (Historian, Expert in Africa Studies, Berlin)