RICARDO FRAYHA
producer

Everyone knows that Germany is Beethoven, punctuality, sauerkraut and autobahn, but who knows young and contemporary German culture? Just as the Brazil of samba, popular music and the Amazon rainforest is known throughout Germany, Brazilians identify Germany to Oktoberfest, classical music and cutting-edge technology. In addition, it is certain that the two countries have a broader cultural life for all tastes and ages. It is also a fact that in addition to the big cities, access to the diversity of these cultures is not always possible. For this reason, a German cultural tour was organized in 16 Brazilian cities with the aim of presenting young and contemporary culture in each city for a week. All activities were selected by specialized curators with a focus on young Brazilian audiences. With the collaboration of important and engaged Brazilian partners, Kulturfest Itinerante toured to Ribeirão Preto, Florianópolis, Blumenau, Salvador, Fortaleza, Sobral, São Luís do Maranhão, Belém do Pará, João Pessoa, Campina Grande, Recife, Brasília, Goiânia , Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and São Paulo. The success of the Kulturfest truck confirmed, in all the locations where it passed, that this cultural path will be even wider for the next partnerships between Brazil and Germany.

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KULTURFEST ITINERANT IN NUMBERS

17,683 kilometers traveled  | 16 cities hosted the Kulturfest Itinerant | In total, about 50,000 spectators attended the attractions | 153 events were organized covering the areas of performing arts, music, visual arts and cinema | 32 local partners and supporters were mobilized for the Kulturfest Itinerante | 45 spaces in different cities in Brazil opened their doors to present shows, public talks, workshops and presentations during the itinerary

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ARTISTS

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Das Helmi | Cora Frost | Gob Squad | ATA | Ben Mono | Lopazz | Metope | Erobique | Justus Köhncke | Pantha du Prince | Alva Moto / Byetone | ...

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KULTURFEST ITINERANT

Conception and coordination: Goethe-Institut São Paulo | Team: Wolfgang Bader (Regional Director); Joachim Bernauer and Jana Binder (Culture Directors); Carminha Góngora, Simone Malina, Simone Molitor and Ilona Rechlin (Coordinators); Rainer Lehmanski, Tanja Eckhardt and Paula Mazieri (Administration) | Collaboration: Ulrich Gmünder & Wiebke Kannengiesser (Goethe-Institut Salvador); Reinhard Sauer, Herta Elbern & Adair Gass (Goethe-Institut Porto Alegre); Sabine Plattner & Cintia d'Orsi (Goethe-Zentrum Brasília); Christoph Ostendorf, Eduardo Souza, Stella Zimmermann & Renata Beltrão (Brazil-Germany Cultural Center Recife); Sigurd Jennerjahn (House of Germanic Studies at UFPA, Belém) | Cooperation: Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Brazil, Consulate General in São Paulo, Honorary Consulates in Belo Horizonte and Belém

Curator: Marcia Paraíso (Cinema), Marcos Guzman (Music), Matthias Pees (Theater) & Simone Molitor (Visual Arts)

Production: prod.art.br | Team: Matthias Pees and Ricardo Muniz Fernandes (Production Directors), Julio Cesarini and Adriana Almeida (Coordination), Jussara Rahal and Ricardo Frayha (Executive Producers), Evandro Almeida (Video Assistant), Ursula Reichenbach, Annekathrin Knigge and Paula Alves (Assistants), Claudio Rodrigues (Projection Operator), Carlos Borges and Jean Ricardo Nogueira (Technicians), José Domingues (Driver) | Collaboration: Ralf Tamke & Tatiana Lee (Polemika Brasil), Renate Heilmeier (Polemika eV Deutschland)

 

Realisation: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Auswärtiges Amt, Goethe-Institut

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01 to 05/07/2008 Ribeirão Preto

08 to 13/07/2008 Florianópolis

07 to 12/07/2008 Blumenau

15 to 19/07/2008 Salvador

23 to 27/07/2008 Fortaleza

23 to 26/07/2008 Sobral

28/07 to 02/08/2008 São Luís do Maranhão

04 to 10/08/2008 Belém do Pará

13 to 19/08/2008 Campina Grande

16 to 24/08/2008 Recife

19 to 20/08/2008 João Pessoa

27 to 30/08/2008 Brasília

27 to 31/08/2008 Goiânia

03 to 07/09/2008 Belo Horizonte

29/09 to 04/10/2008 Porto Alegre

02/10/2008 São Paulo