Narrative

History Projected | Athens | May 15

In a 2024 film series at the Goethe Institute in Athens (14-16 Omirou), Greek and German short and feature-length films blend, exploring diverse perspectives on the shared historical past. Micro-narratives, subdued testimonies, mythological exercises and archival puzzles dissolve the myth of a singular historical narrative.

Istanbul Modern presents ‘Global Narratives in Textiles’

Organized in collaboration with Germany's long-standing art establishment the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations and with the support of the Goethe-Institut Istanbul, the exhibition "The Event of a Thread: Global Narratives in Textiles" features works by international artists who use textile to create aesthetic and cultural narratives through painting, photography, archive materials, obje

Consumed by a word

Some words seem to grow in usage all of a sudden, like weeds, even in intellectual fields where they have no business. "Narrative" is one such word. Regardless of its meaning, what matters in its prevalence in public discourse now is the style and quality that its users believe it lends their proclamations.