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Katja Riemann reads from “Franziska Linkerhand”

Mon 14.7.25, 6 pm

Photo: Katja Riemann sits unclothed in front of a prefabricated building, squatting and holding a grayish balloon in each hand. Her hands, breasts and private parts are pixelated.

Katja Riemann

© Esra Rothoff

BG Summer Festival | Reading

To mark the 50th anniversary, the Berlinische Galerie presents selected works by female architects in the newly designed collection display under the section “Comrade Architect, Colleague Architect: Women Build Berlin, the Capital of the GDR”. These women played a pivotal role in shaping East Berlin into the capital of the GDR. Among the most influential was Iris Dullin-Grund, a close friend of author Brigitte Reimann and the inspiration for the title character in Franziska Linkerhand.

As part of the accompanying program, actress Katja Riemann will read selected excerpts from the novel. Franziska Linkerhand tells the story of a young architect striving to create livable spaces – while clashing with the rigid framework of socialist urban planning.

German scholar and literary scholar Birgit Dahlke will provide the introduction. She teaches at the Humboldt University in Berlin and runs the Christa and Gerhard Wolf private library.

Tickets: 15 € / reduced 12 € (including same-day admission to the exhibition)
Doors open: 6 pm
In German

Tickets

Location

Auditorium
Alte Jakobstraße 124–128
10969 Berlin
bg@berlinischegalerie.de

Registration
Registration with online ticket
Contact

Jessica Krieg
Veranstaltungen
Phone +49 030-789 02-777
krieg@berlinischegalerie.de