Cultural Resistance in the GDR

Overview

The symposium Cultural Resistance in the GDR centers on the launch of UR Tacheles, the new book by musician and co-founder of the legendary art space Tacheles, Rafael Insunza. The publication serves as a starting point for a broader reflection on artistic resistance in the GDR during this evening.

The program also features a screening of Fragments of Yesterday (2025), a documentary by Jan Henselders that focuses on Leo Kondeyne, a key figure in the original occupation and later founding of the Tacheles cultural center.

Afterwards, Rafael Insunza, Michaela van den Driesch, Managing Director at Kunstforum Biennale Lausitz and photographer Harald Hauswald, co-founder of the OSTKREUZ agency, explore in a panel discussion how art, music, and photography became acts of opposition and cultural self-assertion within a repressive system.

A project from and supported by: The German Embassy in Chile, The Goethe-Institut of Chile, Aninat Gallery, Ministry of Culture of the Government of Chile, OSTKREUZ Agency, El Capitan Production Company

Image credit: © Harald Hauswald/OSTKREUZ  
 

Schedule

• 18:30 – Doors Open
• 19:00 – Welcome by Rafael Insunza
• 19:10 – Film Screening: Fragments of Yesterday (2025) by documentary filmmaker Jan Henselders
• 19:30 – Panel Discussion: Cultural Resistance in the GDR featuring Rafael Insunza (musician, co-founder of Tacheles), Michaela van den Driesch (Managing Director, Kunstforum Biennale Lausitz), and Harald Hauswald (photographer, co-founder of the OSTKREUZ agency)
• 22:00 – Wrap up 
   

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