Funnel 40/2, Inhalt - Fulbright-Kommission
Funnel 40/2, Inhalt - Fulbright-Kommission
Funnel 40/2, Inhalt - Fulbright-Kommission
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able to exhibit her installation and drawings,<br />
she said that the process of producing<br />
them had helped her in some unexpected<br />
ways.<br />
“If you want to practice your German,<br />
grab a sketchbook and hit the street,” she<br />
encouraged. “People will inevitably approach<br />
you and will sometimes offer feedback.”<br />
While many conference participants<br />
enjoyed Tuesday evening’s organ concert by<br />
Daniel Sañez and David McKinney at St.<br />
Hedwig’s Cathedral, others attended a production<br />
of the rock musical Linie 1 at the<br />
GRIPS Theater. GRIPS founder Volker<br />
Ludwig wrote this signature production<br />
from the political-satirical company in 1986.<br />
The sold-out house was dominated by young<br />
people—not the typical Berlin theater-going<br />
audience—as Ludwig pointed out to <strong>Fulbright</strong>ers<br />
in a pre-performance discussion.<br />
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“We want people from all different age<br />
groups and social classes to feel drawn to<br />
our theater,” he said. “Our audiences come<br />
because they see themselves and their concerns<br />
reflected in each piece.”<br />
Linie 1, a three-hour journey in the U-<br />
Bahn 1 Line, is nearly two decades in the<br />
running. Yet the production is still contemporary,<br />
and public transportation, where<br />
so many lives intersect each day, provides<br />
the perfect vehicle in which to address current<br />
concerns of regular people.<br />
“The times have changed, but the<br />
issues—unemployment, equal rights, and<br />
homelessness—are still the same,” Ludwig<br />
added.<br />
At the revered <strong>Fulbright</strong> Music Gala on<br />
Wednesday evening, host and coordinator<br />
Joseph Nykiel provided historical notes on<br />
dazzling classical voice compositions by<br />
Arnold Schönberg (Jennifer Borghi) and<br />
Richard Strauss (Joe Dan and Anne Kissel<br />
A <strong>Fulbright</strong> family: Margaret Zelljadt (left),<br />
currently a <strong>Fulbright</strong>er in Belgium with daughter<br />
Elizabeth (center) currently a <strong>Fulbright</strong>er in<br />
Germany and Margaret’s German host mother<br />
from her 1963 <strong>Fulbright</strong> to Germany<br />
THE FUNNEL • VOLUME <strong>40</strong> • NUMBER 2 • SUMMER 2004