<span class="text_exposed_show">Dear readers,<br><br>For those of you who happen to be in Berlin this weekend: you might not want to miss the following event with Michel Serres at the Haus der Kulturen!<br><br><a href="http://hkw.de/en/programm/2010/wassermusik_2010/veranstaltungen_40696/Veranstaltungsdetail_46564.php"> Odysseys and Shipwrecks with Michel Serres: Summer Talks at the River Spree in Berlin</a><span id="goog_580590687"></span><span id="goog_580590688"></span><br>
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the occasion of the open air festival Wassermusik 2010 at the House of
World Cultures in Berlin, French philosopher and former sailor Michel
Serres will 'rock the boats' of our minds over the course of a two-day
programme. <br><br>Having gone to sea for ten years, Michel Serres
prefers "himself to become the traveler who explores and discovers this
third space between two separate spaces." A meandering, overflowing
thinking is typical for his writings in which he philosophises about the
world and the relation to self. Shortly before his 80th birthday, this
visit to Berlin offers the rare chance to experience Michel Serres live
in public! At the House of World Cultures, Michel Serres will converse with Catherine
David, Lorenz Engell, and Alexander Kluge. On the second day he will
present a specially conceived "Irrfahrt" (Odyssey) allowing for manifold
insights into his way of thinking and working. <br><br>Michel
Serres, born in 1930, graduated from naval college and the Ecole
normale supérieure in maths, literary studies and philosophy. He went to
sea for more than ten years. Since 1969 he taught history of science at
the Sorbonne and was a guest professor in Baltimore, Sao Paolo,
Montreal, Buffalo. He still lectures as guest professor in Stanford. In
1990 he became a member of the Academie Française.<br><br><br>PROGRAMME:<br><br>Summer Talks Opening<br></span><span class="text_exposed_show">Friday, 30 July 2010, 7pm<br><br></span><span class="text_exposed_show">Keynote Lecture Michel Serres <br>
Followed by a conversation with Lorenz Engell<br><br>Lorenz Engell is a professor of media philosophy at the Bauhaus University Weimar. Since 2008 he has been the Co-Director of the International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy (IKKM, Weimar). <br>
<br><br>Serres + 1 #1: Catherine David <br>Saturday, 31 July, 12pm <br><br>In addition to numerous publications on the theory of science – Michel Serres frequently writes texts on art, focusing particularly on the painters Vermeer, Turner and Carpaccio. In many works, he reconsiders relevant questions concerning the theory and practice of art: as a philosopher of relations, Serres goes beyond traditional knowledge systems and navigates undefined, interstitial spaces. Kicking off the second day, Catherine David will engage in a conversation with Michel Serres. <br>
<br>Catherine David is an art historian, art mediator, curator of exhibitions such as: Documenta X, and has headed the project "Représentations Contemporains Arabes" since 1998. In 2006, she curated the exhibition "Di/Visions. Culture and Politics in the Middle East” at the House of World Cultures, in June 2010 she was a Co-Curator of the Berlin Documentary Forum. <br>
<br><br>Serres + 1 #2: Alexander Kluge <br>Saturday, 31 July, 2pm <br><br>"Sail towards the setting sun, until you see a certain small algae drifting in the water, as soon as the sea turns very, very blue, keep to the left."<br>
<br>Angels, messengers, transmitters – Mediators are what fascinate Michel Serres. Together with Alexander Kluge, he explores communication routines, modes of perception and intermediaries. In the process, both his mediality and the relationship of local to global take centre stage. Where are the landscapes and places in which thall the senses? Do we need a new language to describe it? <br>
<br><br>Odyssey: Lecture Performance <br>Saturday, 31 July, 7.30pm <br><br>"We lack a great philosophy of mixtures and crossings."<br><br>The philosopher offers the first public glimpse into his wandering mind. In the process, he reveals how he creates his texts that flow back and forth between literature, essay and philosophy. Using sounds from nature, Michel Serres develops the relation between science and music and offers a deeper insight into his wide-ranging work and thought. <br>
<br><br>Admission: 5,- / 3,- Euros <br><br>All events with simultaneous translation (French / German / English) <br><br>Haus der Kulturen der Welt <br>John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 <br>10557 Berlin <br><a href="http://www.hkw.de">www.hkw.de </a><br>
<br>The event is curated by Susanne Stemmler and Cordula Hamschmidt (Haus der Kulturen der Welt), the concept was developed by Elisa Barth, Peter Gente, Tom Lamberty und Sophie Springer (<a href="http://www.merve.de">Merve Verlag</a>). <br>
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