Long Night of the Museums: Palace of Modernity
The former Congress Hall, with its marble and bronze, its gardens and its symbolic roof, was built as a ‘palace of modernity’ in the Tiergarten in 1957. A large exhibition on the origins of architectural modernity in the French colonies of North Africa reveals how Janus-faced this architecture is. The Long Night at the House of World Cultures combines new insights into the development of modern town-planning and architecture with behind-the-scenes glimpses of the palace – with film classics from Hollywood and films and music from and about the Maghreb.
Programme
18 h – 2 h Exhibition
In the Desert of Modernity. Colonial Planning and After
Posters, photos, models, paintings and films on the master plans for the modernisation of Algiers, Oran and Casablanca in ‘French North Africa’, the dawning of architectural modernism and the birth of liberation struggles more about the exhibition...
18 h – 23 h at thirty minute intervals
Fast-forward Guided Tours
30-minute tours of the palace and the exhibition
18 h – 20 h
Pearl Hunting in the ‘Oyster’ Building
A crawl cellar, the Mirror Pond and the winged roof
For children between the ages of 8 and 12
18 – 2 h
Filmpalast 1 (Theatre)
The Architecture of Modernity
Documentary film programme
Ein Haus für die Welt – Kongresshalle Berlin, 1958, 12’
Dir.: Th. N. Blomberg
Documentary about the construction of the Congress Hall in Berlin
Leben in der Stadt von morgen, 2007, 90’
Dir.: Marian Engel
Documentary about the 50ies anniversary of the Hansaviertel
18 + 22 h
Filmpalast 2 (Auditorium)
Casablanca,1942, 104’
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the safe haven of Morocco
Dir.: Michael Curtiz
20 + 24 h
18 – 2 h Palace projections
Pictures and Stories from the Maghreb
Musicals from the 1930s, Moroccan story-tellers and a video-drive round Tangiers
Al Halqa - In the Middle of Archaic Circles (Foyer)
4 Projections 4 Monitors
Immaterial World Cultural Heritage: Halqas
Video installation by Thomas Ladenburger
The Neighborhood Of Sadam
Video material by Irene von Alberti
18 – 2 h
Listening and Watching in the Cloakroom (Upper Foyer)
18 – 2 h
Film documents (Lower Foyer, Ressource Area)
«Le Temps de L’Urbanisme», 1962, 27’, Dir.: Philippe Brunet
«Hollywood sur Nil», 2003, 51’, Dir.: Saida Boukhemal
Slide projections
From the Congress Hall to the House of World Cultures
In’t Veld presents:
House of World Cultures Chocolate-Release
21 and 23 h
Performance (Restaurant)
The Architecure of Images
Berlin Luxury: Super 8 silent-film performance with music
22 and 24 h Live Music in Café Global
Sounds of the Maghreb
Moktar and friends: Rai, Chaabi and Chansons
World Music with Nouri Ben Redjeb
Videoloop Voyage Maroc
18 - 2 h
New Moon Lounge on the Roof Terrace
Cuisine and Beverages
Moroccan mezze, French gateaux, American cocktails, Chocolate and Peppermint Tea