3 March 2022

Akademie der Künste honours Werner Düttmann
Saturday, 5 March, Hanseatenweg

The architect and urban planner Werner Düttmann (1921–1983) would have turned 100 in 2021. One year later, members, musicians, archive users, friends and researchers will meet in the Akademie der Künste building he designed. In talks, readings, films and with music by Can, Werner Düttmann, long-time president of the artists’ society, will be remembered through his buildings, designs, writings and what remains. The welcoming address is given by Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste. Nele Hertling, Director of the Performing Arts Section, introduces the evening.

From the programme:

Reading
Angela Winkler and Felix Theissen read texts by and about Werner Düttmann.

Statement
Adrian von Buttlar, Architectural historian The Academy was my home 1956–1964. Contemporary witnessing from the frog’s perspective

Talk
Companions and contemporary witnesses remember

Films / Film clips
Werner Düttmann at the opening of the new building of the Akademie der Künste (SFB, 1960)
Werner Düttmann explains and draws the academy building (ZDF, 1965)
Emil Brechenmacher Entwerfen, 2021
Robert Wilson in conversation with Nele Hertling, 2022. The interview film was made especially for the event.

Exhibition until 6 March
„Werner Düttmann – Grundrisse einer besseren Welt“, works by students of the UdK Berlin, History and Theory of Architecture, Introduction: Matthias Noell, UdK

Music
Lost but Grounded plays two works by Can

Book recommendation
Werner Düttmann – Nachdenken über Architektur. Reden und Schriften
Edited by Sibylle Hoiman on behalf of the Akademie der Künste.
Akademie der Künste, Berlin / Wasmuth & Zohlen Verlag, Berlin, 2021
304 pages, 70 illustrations, ISBN 978-3-8030226, € 24,80


Event details
Düttmann 101. Reading, Talk, Music, Film
Saturday, 5 March 2022, 8 pm
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin
With Adrian von Buttlar, Hans Düttmann, Nele Hertling, Sibylle Hoiman, Jeanine Meerapfel, Matthias Noell, Felix Theissen, Robert Wilson and Angela Winkler
Music: Lost but Grounded
Admission: € 6/4
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