March 1, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Premiere of the workshop book KIRCHE - monotypes in the picture salon - film in the foyer - open workshop program
The Oderbruch Museum Altranft invites you to the season opening on March 1: The workshop book KIRCHE will celebrate its premiere, and we will also be showing art and a film and holding an open workshop.
11 a.m. Premiere workshop book: It is the most comprehensive of all the books published to date on the respective annual themes: No. 9 - probably due to the great interest of the people involved in the topic of CHURCH - comes to almost 400 pages. The book contains reports by 26 people about their relationship to God, church and faith in the Oderbruch, as well as 11 guest contributions on the special features of this landscape, which was shaped by religious refugees, on the construction history of the church buildings, on theological issues and on the conflicts between power and church in Prussia, during the Nazi era, in the GDR and in the present day. The book also contains the play by Kenneth Anders "The Church in the Village", which was performed in Altranft, Eberswalde and Sietzing in 2024 to mark the theme of the year. Michael Anker's photo essay "Rooted in life", which has accompanied the lives of Christians in the region for more than half a church year, gives it a special quality. We welcome you to the Galerie im Schloss for a short reading with the authors involved.
1 p.m. Exhibition opening: In the picture salon, we are presenting monotypes by Heike Pander on village churches to the right and left of the Oder under the title "Freshly printed: Small churches in the Oderbruch". The gel prints were created on the basis of photographs and are a fitting complement to the book premiere. The background to the exhibition: on her forays through the Oderbruch region, artist Heike Pander came across small village churches in many of the villages, whose architectural features quickly aroused her interest. During her research on the annual theme of "Church", the idea arose to realize a photographic-artistic project with the churches. Their presence and identity-forming effect are characteristic of the Oderbruch region. Compared to the baroque churches of southern Germany, most of them appear quite modest and therefore touch the viewer all the more. They enchant with their architectural diversity and the resulting special features. Some of the buildings do not conceal the fact that they were built with simple means and according to the economic means of their builders. The origins of some of the churches date back well into the Middle Ages. Others were built as so-called colonist churches during the reign of Frederick II, who wanted to make the drained Oderbruch attractive to new subjects with various privileges, such as religious freedom and the associated church buildings. The exhibition also includes churches that were built or restored after the Second World War due to various circumstances. Of some once imposing church buildings, only ruins remain today. Two churches from the Polish side of the Oderbruch can also be seen in the exhibition.
3 p.m. Film screening: The afternoon is reserved for the documentary "Von Icke bis Platt - Wie in Berlin und Brandenburg ursprünglich gesprochen wird". From the Oder to the Havel, from the Spree to the Dosse: the federal state of Brandenburg and the city-state of Berlin in the middle are very diverse in terms of landscape, history and inhabitants. And how is and was the language traditionally spoken here? "We went in search of the much-vaunted and much-maligned Berlin dialect and visited people who still speak the Low German dialect that has shaped Brandenburg so much," says film director Gerald Backhaus. He got to the bottom of the phenomenon of the original language in Berlin and Brandenburg together with cameraman Martin König. The filmmaker and his team have been studying the dialects in Thuringia for some time. From 2022 to 2024, the Berliners-by-choice now recorded how people here speak in the various regions and districts, looking "the people in the mouth".
An open Workshop offer from 12 - 4 p.m. rounds off the day.
Sat March 1, 2025