Hito Steyerl and Mark Terkessidis on Transatlantic Aspects of Migration: Illegal Migration—A Global Issue (off-site)

Note that this event is organized by and takes place at the Goethe-Institut Boston, an off-site location in Boston. For questions regarding the event, please contact the Goethe-Institut Boston directly (contact information below).

We encourage visitors to our special exhibition Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation to attend a special conversation between artist and filmmaker Hito Steyerl and migration scholar Mark Terkessidis. This panel is one of eight events organized by the Goethe-Institut Boston that contextualize the exhibition, which is on view at the Harvard Art Museums through January 5, 2025. Three of Steyerl’s films can be seen in the exhibition.

When Germany recently implemented border checks to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country—contrary to the Schengen agreements—Mark Terkessidis argued for a radical intercultural opening. In his view, all institutions should be scrutinized to determine whether they actually give people, regardless of their origin, the same opportunities to participate. This is the only way to harness the potential of a diverse society, he says.

This topic is especially poignant in the United States at the moment, with the presidential election around the corner. Hito Steyerl will interview Terkessidis about the current political situation, the role of political decision-makers, and possible outcomes from the elections in Germany and the United States. Their discussion will shed light on how migration, illegal entry, and border policy shape the political climate and what benefits a cultural opening of a society could bring.

Hito Steyerl is an internationally renowned artist, filmmaker, and writer. She was born in Germany, studied filmmaking in Japan, attended the University of Television and Film, Munich, and completed a doctorate in philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. She currently lives in Berlin and is a professor at the art academies in Munich and Berlin.

Mark Terkessidis is a migration scholar and author of numerous nonfiction books, including Wessen Erinnerung zählt? Koloniale Vergangenheit und Rassismus heute (Whose Memory Counts? Colonial Past and Racism Today) (Hoffmann und Campe, 2019), Nach der Flucht. Neue Ideen für die Einwanderungsgesellschaft (Reclam, 2017), and Kollaboration (Edition Suhrkamp, 2015). From 2012 to 2018, he was a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. He studied psychology in Cologne and completed his doctorate about racism in Mainz.

This program is free and open to all. Please visit the Goethe Institut Boston website for more information. For any questions, please contact Karin Oehlenschlaeger at [email protected] at the Goethe-Institut Boston.

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