Goethe Institute

German artist Robert Henke will be delivering a lecture at the Goethe Institute (goethe.de) on June 23 on his CBM 8032 project, which is "about the ambivalence between a contemporary aesthetic and the usage of obsolete and limited technology from 40 years ago." The discussion will focus on his live performance of the CBM 8032 at the Subset Festival (aefestival.gr), which will take place the fol

The Goethe Institute (14-16 Omirou, goethe.de) is screening two Wim Wenders classics on Monday, free of charge, in a tribute organized in cooperation with the Premiere Nights Athens Film Festival to Michel Demopoulos, the filmmaker and former artistic director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival who passed away last month.

The Athens branch of the Goethe Institute (goethe.de) is hosting an exhibition organized by Germany's Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations that explores the sociopolitical situation in Europe today and ponders the notion of a "European identity." Curated by Sabina Klemm and Sanja Kojic Mladenov, "Eurovizion: Crossing Stories and Spaces" opens on April 28 with a performance by Ivana Ivkovic,

Drawing attention to the ills and pointlessness of mass consumption, the Goethe Institute (4 Omirou, tel 210.366.1000, goethe.de) has invited its in-house "Mr Fix-It" Yiannis and expert tinkerer Roland, a car electrician and DJ, to show people how to mend sundry household items that no longer work rather than throwing them away.

Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday, the Goethe Institute (goethe.de) will be holding a special remembrance event comprising two screenings. The tribute starts at 6 p.m. with Christian Petzold's 2014 drama "Phoenix," about a woman who returns to her traitorous husband after surviving Auschwitz only to be exploited again, followed at 7.45 p.m.

The Onassis Cultural Center's Movement Radio initiative is holding a special 24-hour tribute to German music pioneers Kraftwerk on the occasion of the Dusseldorf-based band's 50-year anniversary.

But later, as a photographer and reporter, he realised his work could do some good. He started getting involved in fundraising campaigns for charities tackling poverty, cancer, education and climate change.

Following the success of its tribute to French composer Olivier Messiaen last March, the Goethe Institute has teamed up with the Athens Conservatory for a new tribute, this time to Germany's Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-70). Running from November 13 to 16 at the Conservatory premises, the series of events comprises concerts, lectures, film screenings and discussions.

A concert by Zmei3, an indie-pop-jazz Romanian band from Berlin, and an exhibition called "Places of the Peaceful Revolution," about the recent German history, are among the events featuring at the Leipzig Culture Days in Bucharest to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Goethe Institute presents "Botanic Fictions: On the Political Narratives of Plants," a multifaceted initiative aimed at raising awareness about the destruction of plant life as a result of human activity and the connection between politics and botany.