Themed weekend Post/Socialist Palaces: Bucuresti, Київ, Praha, София, Warszawa

Cultural and popular palaces played an important role in Eastern Europe. As places of politics and entertainment in the capitals, they shaped the political and cultural self-image during the period of state socialism. And today? What role did the buildings play before and after 1989? How much utopia is still in these monumental buildings? During this themed weekend at the Humboldt Forum, artists and academics from Bucharest, Kyiv, Prague, Sofia and Warsaw will take a closer look at the palaces in their home cities: with literature and video art created especially for the weekend, discussion events, indie pop from Bulgaria and hip-hop from Ukraine.