Shaping Democracy is an up-to-date survey of our thoughts and actions, published to coincide with the anniversary of the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. It contains numerous examples of how to shape a liberal democracy from a total of 30 renowned authors. The Department of Culture invites you to a public reading and discussion with the editors Frank E. P. Dievernich, Jasmin Schülke and Paula Macedo Weiß on Monday, 9 September. The event will take place on 9 September from 7 p.m. with Dr Ina Hartwig, Head of the Department of Culture and Science, and contributors Mirjam Wenzel, Director of the Jewish Museum and Matthias Wagner K, Director of the Museum of Applied Arts. The event will take place at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Schaumainkai 17.

Admission is free of charge.

Without registration. Included in the price of admission.

Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa in conversation with Dr. Oliver Precht and Dr. Paula Macedo Weiß about his book The Falling Sky

The Falling Sky is a monumental work that transcends all genres: a shamanic didactic piece, a passionate defense of the rights of indigenous peoples and an uncompromising condemnation of the devastation committed against people and the environment. The autobiography of the shaman Davi Kopenawa is a highly significant narrative for the memory of mankind, the result of decades of friendship between the shaman and the anthropologist Bruce Albert: between 1989 and 2001, they held conversations with Yanomami at irregular intervals, which they recorded on tape and which were transcribed by Albert. Albert succeeded brilliantly in capturing the lively and dazzling speech of Davi Kopenawa in a language that is as lucid as it is literary: In it, the life of the Yanomami becomes tangible, their cosmology and shamanism, their views on kinship, war, leadership and oratory. Kopenawa artfully interweaves literary genres and scientific disciplines. His speech expresses how interwoven personal history and collective destiny are.

Davi Kopenawa is one of the most important advocates of his people, the Yanomami, and a shaman. He is known beyond Brazil and around the world as the leader of the American indigenous people in their fight to preserve the Amazon forest. He was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize in 2019.

The event will be held in German and Portuguese.
Supported by the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin and the Guimarães Rosa Institute.

Without registration. Included in the price of admission.

Without registration. Included in the price of admission.

Without registration. Included in the admission price.

Without registration. Included in the price of admission.

Without registration. Free entry.

Animal columns and string patterns – With paper, scissors and glue, individual parts are used to create a new whole. Shapes are cut out of colourful paper and rearranged. Coloured traces of thread create. lines and spirals and corks create a colourful sea of dots.
For families with children aged 6 and over
Duration: 2 hours
Free of charge. Registration via create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522 is required.

Animal columns and string patterns – With paper, scissors and glue, individual parts are used to create a new whole. Shapes are cut out of colourful paper and rearranged. Coloured traces of thread create. lines and spirals and corks create a colourful sea of dots.
For families with children aged 6 and over
Duration: 2 hours
Free of charge. Registration via create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522 is required.

In the walk-in workshop, stencils are used to intuitively create new patterns on fabric modelled on the work of textile artist Hamid Zénati. The aim is to create a collective moment of joy in design through collaborative work.

Duration: 2 hours (individual participation time)
Without registration. Included in the admission price.

Without registration. Included in the admission price.

Wassila Bedjaoui, the niece of artist Hamid Zénati (1944-2022), now lives in Canada. As part of the first Teesalon Talk, she will talk about her memories of summers in Algiers, her family history and her slow rapprochement with her native Algeria, inspired by her uncle’s work. Hamid Zénati developed a unique formal language with his ‘all-over’ stencil technique. His paintings on textiles, ceramics and furniture as well as his use of language and photography move between design, art and living space design. The Museum Angewandte Kunst is dedicating an extensive exhibition to him, which brings his work into correspondence with objects in the museum collection.

The Teesalon Talks will take place once a month during the exhibition period (28 September 2024 – 12 January 2025) on Wednesdays at 6 pm over tea and biscuits with changing guests and topics relating to the artist’s work. Participation and tea are included in museum admission.

Duration: 2 hours
Without registration. Included in the admission price.