Working group of independent cultural institutes

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The working group of independent cultural institutes e. V. (AsKI) is an association of currently 37 nationally and internationally respected, independent cultural and research institutes, founded in 1967 on the initiative of the Federal Minister of the Interior , which through a valuable collection particularly represent the quality and diversity of cultural Germany. Its members are independent, not-for-profit and are largely privately financed. The AsKI e. V. is the sponsor of the Casa di Goethe in Rome. The office of the AsKI e. V. is located in Bonn .

The association receives funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media .

State tasks

General government tasks are:

  • Maecenas award : Awarded every two years, since 2010 annually, to personalities with outstanding commitment to art and culture
  • Casa di Goethe : Museum with study opportunities in the center of Rome in the house that Goethe housed during his Italian trip
  • Exhibitions: group exhibitions initiated or supported by several member institutes at changing locations
  • Specialist conferences and seminars: on current cross-border legal, educational and technical issues
  • Culture reports and KULTUR lively : The culture reports, the magazine for ongoing information about the activities of the member institutes, appeared from 1986 to 2004. From 2005 they were replaced by the twice a year magazine KULTUR lively .

Member institutes

The list of members is sorted alphabetically by location.

Chairperson

Publications of the association (selection)

  • Wolfgang Trautwein (Hrsg.): Kultur lively (magazine, appears twice a year, print run 5,000) with online edition , ISSN 2510-4527.
  • Cultural institutes changing horizons: 50 years AsKI eV AsKI eV, Bonn 2018, ISBN 978-3-930370-47-4 .
  • Consequential. Reformation and cultural history: joint publication 2016 of the AsKI eV - contributions from 15 member institutes on the subject areas: cultural-historical impact and artistic appropriation of the Reformation. AsKI eV, Bonn 2016, ISBN 978-3-930370-41-2 .
  • Between the lines. Living and dying in the First World War: accompanying publication for the collective exhibition The Metamorphosis: Dying and Mourning 1914-1918 in the Museum for Sepulchral Culture, Kassel. AsKI eV, Bonn 2014, ISBN 978-3-930370-34-4 .
  • Special delivery. From artist estates and their administrators: A publication by the working group of independent cultural institutes - AsKI. AsKI eV, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-930370-28-3 .
  • Encounter with the foreign - early images of the Orient in the 17th – 19th centuries Century: A joint exhibition of the working group of independent cultural institutes eV - AsKI. AsKI eV, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-930370-21-4 .
  • Homo ludens - The person playing: Catalog for the joint exhibition 2003/2004 of the working group of independent cultural institutes eV - AsKI. AsKI eV, Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-930370-07-7 .
  • Hans-Ulrich Wagner: Return to Foreign Countries - Remigrants and Radio in Germany 1945–1955. Vistas, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89158-269-2 .
  • Ingrid Scheurmann , Konrad Scheurmann: Dani Karavan - Homage to Walter Benjamin. The “Passagen” memorial in Portbou. German English. Zabern, Mainz 1995, ISBN 3-8053-1865-0 .
  • Ingrid Scheurmann: New documents on the death of Walter Benjamin. AsKI eV, Bonn 1992, ISBN 3-87816-080-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 37 member institutes of AsKI eV In: AsKI.org , as of September 18, 2018.