September 4, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – NEVER GREY & BACH Bautzner Straße Memorial Dresden Performance and guided tour – An interaction between the Bautzner Straße Memorial Dresden, the OSTRALE Biennale, and tristan Production

Performance BACH IN THE CITY with Katja Erfurth (dance) and Florian Mayer (violin)

Guided tour of the special exhibition and the intervention NEVER GREY with the curators of the OSTRALE Biennale, Andrea Hilger and Veronika Krülle Kotoucova

BACH IN THE CITY

To mark the 275th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death, his works will be performed in major cultural institutions throughout the city throughout the year. We are bringing Bach to life through a musical intervention in various locations throughout the city, performed by artists from Dresden's independent music scene in original, cross-genre, or adapted versions. This will by no means be a dry, backward-looking history of music: as in the past, Bach's works and corresponding contemporary pieces will serve to stimulate intellectual dialogue and bring people together.

NEVER GREY

This year's OSTRALE Biennale intervention refers to the experiences of people imprisoned by the Stasi in the GDR as well as to the architectural remains of the Stasi district administration in the memorial. Through contemporary interactions, this history is retold, sometimes enhancing or sharpening its depths and other perspectives. We have exclusively given artists from this year's biennial a voice through their works. With their selection, our two curators and art historians, Drorit Gur Arie and Veronika Krülle Kotoucova, seek answers to the pressing questions that arise in view of global parallels.

Date: September 4, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Location: Memorial Site Bautzner Straße 112a, Dresden

Admission: free