{"title": "Frozen Gaze, Frozen Words", "start": "2026-11-16T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ICI Berlin", "address": "Christinenstraße 18-19, 10119 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art", "literature"], "description": "A lecture by Cécile Wajsbrot on the hypnotic gaze, starting from Thomas Mann's novella 'Mario and the Magician' and the figure of Medusa. Wajsbrot is a writer who works mostly on novels but also essays and radio dramas, and since 2019 has been a member of the Akademie der Künste. The talk analyses the hypnotic gaze and its history in art and literature, as well as its possible implications in the politics of our current times. It is part of the 'AutoReduction' lecture series at ICI Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frozen-gaze-frozen-words-28886/", "official_url": "https://www.ici-berlin.org/events/cecile-wajsbrot/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-16T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ICI Berlin", "address": "Christinenstraße 18-19, 10119 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Dora Kaprálová »Die Mariborhypnose«", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-presentation"], "description": "This is a book premiere in the Großer Saal of Literaturhaus Berlin, where the author talks with literary scholar and journalist Katrin Schumacher about her novel »Die Mariborhypnose«; the actor Stephan Wolf-Schönburg reads the German text. In Dora Kaprálová's story, the narrator travels to the small Slovenian town of Maribor to write a travel guide but instead decides to explore the city from the perspective of a fly. From this kaleidoscopic insect's view, present-day figures appear, such as the guitarist Jim, the American court jester Timo, and the 80-year-old hostess Daša, who sees Putin as a savior, along with historical figures like Josip Broz Tito, the writer Hašek and the dramatist Wedekind. 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In the 1930 novella, the magician Cipolla, an authoritarian seducer, uses skillful hypnosis to drive his audience in the fictional Italian seaside resort of Torre di Venere into irrational behavior, told from the perspective of a German tourist. Soon after its publication the story was read as a political parable of the rising fascism in Europe, because it shows how easily people can be manipulated.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/thomas-mann-mario-und-der-zauberer-8091/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-im-palais.de/event/thomas-mann-mario-und-der-zauberer/2026-11-13/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d065c355b1c17feccd0445631771c0fcde26f020d595e928cd58457c7e8f3d35-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Was bewirkt Kunst? - Über die Zukunft der Kunst", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "UNI.T", "address": "Fasanenstraße 1b, 10623 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "“Was bewirkt Kunst? – Über die Zukunft der Kunst” is a public evening as part of the discussion series “Warum Kunst?” at the Berlin University of the Arts. The playwright, poet and radio playwright Wolfram Lotz and the composer, musician and author Prof. Iris ter Schiphorst discuss what effect art has today and how it can gain new relevance. The evening is moderated by Prof. Marion Hirte and takes place in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/was-bewirkt-kunst-uber-die-zukunft-der-kunst-31795/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/was-bewirkt-kunst-ueber-die-zukunft-der-kunst/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Was bewirkt Kunst? - Über die Zukunft der Kunst", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität der Künste Berlin – Fakultät Gestaltung", "address": "Grunewaldstraße 5-2, 10823 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "This event is an evening of the public talk series \"Warum Kunst?\" at the Berlin University of the Arts, asking what art achieves and where its future lies. Speaking are Wolfram Lotz, a dramatist, poet and radio playwright, and Prof. Iris ter Schiphorst, a composer, musician and author, with the evening moderated by Prof. Marion Hirte. At its center is the question of the value of artistic practice in a time of multiple crises and of art's capacity to open new spaces of thought, experience and imagination. The series sees itself as an open forum for exchange between artists, scholars, students and the public and is held in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/was-bewirkt-kunst-uber-die-zukunft-der-kunst-29003/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/was-bewirkt-kunst-ueber-die-zukunft-der-kunst/", "image": ""}, {"title": "»Jüdisches Weißensee« – Jüdische Geschichte(n) in der Gegenwartsliteratur. Lesung & Gespräch mit Marina Frenk, Slata Roschal, Britta Wauer & Alexander Estis", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "Brotfabrik", "address": "Caligariplatz 1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "€8 – €10 (zzgl. VVK)", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "literature"], "description": "A literary evening of readings and conversation about Jewish history and Jewish life in contemporary literature and film, with Weißensee and its large Jewish cemetery as an example of regional places of Jewish life. Reading and discussing are the writers Marina Frenk and Slata Roschal and the author and filmmaker Britta Wauer, with Alexander Estis moderating. The evening asks about regional references in the work of Jewish and non-Jewish authors. It also shows connections with other arts such as film and music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/judisches-weiensee-judische-geschichten-in-der-gegenwartslit-24489/", "official_url": "https://brotfabrik-berlin.de/veranstaltung/juedisches-weissensee-juedische-geschichten-in-der-gegenwartsliteratur-lesung-gespraech-mit-marina-frenk-slata-roschal-britta-wauer-alexander-estis/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7aa03cefa9225588537a71a1b4cc898cc495990abe24dca58d954ddb23868d72-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Varnhagen-Lecture 2026: „Philosophes sauvages“", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "literature/letters"], "description": "The Varnhagen-Lecture is a talk with readings about the writer and salonnière Rahel Levin Varnhagen. Anke Gilleir, professor of modern German literature and gender studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, speaks about Varnhagen's correspondence with her youthful friends. Corinna Harfouch and Alexander Khuon complement the talk with passages from the letter editions edited by Barbara Hahn, which appear at the end of October 2026 in the Wallstein Verlag. The series is run by the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung; admission is free and registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/varnhagen-lecture-2026-philosophes-sauvages-109761/", "official_url": "https://stiftung-seehandlung.de/veranstaltungen/varnhagen-lecture-2026-philosophes-sauvages-rahel-levin-varnhagens-briefwechsel-mit-jugendfreunden", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6e661b299480ee64eb45ef2636ba6199d50a979b1044c2d46c939941f83e8a81-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lesung: \"Aschebraut\" im Rahmen der 37. Berliner Märchentage", "start": "2026-11-19T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "FriKu", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "A reading from „Aschebraut“ as part of the 37. Berliner Märchentage. Who the author is and what the text is about is not stated.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-aschebraut-im-rahmen-der-37-berliner-marchentage-76083/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Fantasiewelt", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum", "address": "Fidicinstraße 40, 10965 Berlin", "price": "Erwachsene: 25 €, Kinder: 15 € (Adults: 25 €, children: 15 €)", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/romantic", "literature/poetry", "occasion/fairy-tale"], "description": "„Fantasiewelt“ is an evening of readings and a concert at the Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum, combining poetry and music and forming part of the exhibition „Vom Alltagszauber“ by Amnon David Ar. The cellist Gabriel Schwabe and the pianist Yehuda Inbar present a romantic programme of works by Schumann, Wagner, Debussy and Grieg, interwoven with fairy-tale-inspired poetry readings by Dr. Julius Kaminski. The evening is part of the Berlin Fairy Tale Days 2026 under the motto „Zauberflöte und Sternenharfe – Musik in Märchen und Geschichten“. Labneh and drinks are included in the ticket price.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/fantasiewelt-12191/", "official_url": "https://www.muehlenhaupt.de/aktuelles/andersons-lieder-und-schumanns-wald", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7f1aab692793395b1e66e81383726520b03f568a669dc59cbd2f8864287d7636-600.webp"}, {"title": "Back to the Future: IMAGINE! x Kunst, Poesie, Gespräch", "start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Flutgraben e.V.", "address": "Am Flutgraben 3, 12435 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "literature/spoken-word"], "description": "\"Back to the Future: IMAGINE! x Kunst, Poesie, Gespräch\" is an openly designed evening that combines spoken word, an artist conversation and collective thinking. At its centre are tensions, contradictions and the space between apparent opposites. Behind the evening are Meriem Mohamed, an interdisciplinary artist and creative strategist whose practice is shaped by decolonial perspectives, and Glacier, an independent artist, musician, psychological counsellor and systemic thinker who moderates the conversation. Using the Know Thyself calendar as an example, it shows how a different view of time, memory and inherited orders can be translated into a personal practice and lived in everyday life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/back-to-the-future-imagine-x-kunst-poesie-gesprach-96864/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7c7194f94e18c0d052ed221d5f988deaa411306333266c2a8946b1bc9320c6e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jan Becker „HYPNOTIZE THE WORLD“", "start": "2026-11-11T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Admiralspalast", "address": "Friedrichstraße 101, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "comedy", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "„HYPNOTIZE THE WORLD“ is a live show that invites the audience on an expedition into the unconscious. Behind it is Jan Becker, Germany's best-known hypnotist, bestselling author and wonder-maker. Between hypnosis, real magic and intuition, he unfolds the magic of the mind – humorous, poetic and deeply moving. Our world is loud, fast and often overwhelming; the show shows what happens when people let go of their minds and meet themselves anew, and how powerful thoughts really are.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jan-becker-hypnotize-the-world-3627/", "official_url": "https://www.admiralspalast.theater/veranstaltung/jan-becker-hypnotize-the-world.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/92a79df6cdea081947975a8f396863d1c4090fde5f33d97290d6fc91949d8c48-600.webp"}, {"title": "Mit Abstand das Beste! C. Vernet", "start": "2026-11-14T11:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gemäldegalerie, Kulturforum", "address": "", "price": "6 Euro zzgl. Eintritt", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/portraiture"], "description": "This is an exhibition talk for adults at the Gemäldegalerie. Dieter Wenk examines the significance of Kant's autonomy aesthetics using selected works from the collection, vividly conveying the tense relationship between image and philosophical theory. At its centre is the small portrait of Immanuel Kant from the miniature collection, which serves as a starting point with an accessible introduction to Kant's aesthetics. The weekly tour devoted to individual artists offers an entertaining and inspiring overview of the Gemäldegalerie's collection.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/mit-abstand-das-beste-c-vernet-10944/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/mit-abstand-das-beste-c-vernet-2026-11-14-113000-160998/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/df58f0525aead356b3ebe7d482061ea2e797d210c1d94606a4a2d39d0c50783b-2000.webp"}]}