Rudiger Weida

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Brother Spaghettus, honorary chairman of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany e. V. at a pasta fair
Rüdiger Weida (Brother Spaghettus), 2019

Rüdiger Weida (also Brother Spaghettus , born March 12, 1951 in Sandersdorf ) is a German satirist , action artist and blogger . He is co-founder and honorary chairman of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany e. V., of which he was chairman until 2018. He lives in Templin .

Life

Weida studied information electronics at the Dresden Engineering College from 1970 to 1972 . After a hand-made speech held at the university carnival in 1972, which was interpreted as a slander against the SED, he was banned from entering the school and attending school events.

He then worked as a work planner, exhibition manager of the touring exhibition of the German Hygiene Museum , stoker, electrician and, after the fall of the Wall, as a mayor and legal assistant. After the birth of his son Wolf in 1983 and the subsequent marriage to Cornelia Weida in 1985, he left Dresden and moved with his family to a farm in the Uckermark in 1988.

In 1993 he founded the Kids Company e. V., a provider of free youth welfare, and from 1995 to 1998 he completed a part-time educator degree at the Templin School of Social Sciences. From 1993 to 2009 he worked as a social worker in mobile youth work.

In addition to his political commitment, Rüdiger Weida is artistically active in the field of photography . Works by him have been part of group exhibitions in Gandenitz in the natural dye studio and in 2014, 2016 and 2019 in Templin in the New Town Hall in the gallery of the Kunstverein. Solo exhibitions showed Weida's photographs in 2016 in Dresden in the Club Passage and in Rieck in the Kunstscheune. In 2018 he took first place in the Nordkurier photo competition .

Political commitment

Weida became increasingly interested in politics from the mid-1970s and belonged to the circle around Manfred Rinke , called Kiste, in which non-conformist and dissenting Dresdeners met. From there he got in contact with the active Jena scene, which he visited several times and which helped to shape his views.

When the subject of military studies was introduced in the GDR , Weida sprayed slogans such as "Military out" and "Stop military studies" at schools in Dresden. He confided this to Rinke, who was later revealed to be the best-paid stasis spy in the GDR. The result was an operational process by the State Security with the aim of destroying the group around Weida and isolating him. The evenings he held were listened to, the visitors were photographed and followed when they left in order to be able to determine the names. At the same time, eleven unofficial employees were used against him.

In 1979/80 Weida visited the Weinbergskirche more and more often with the youth pastor Christoph Wonneberger (later pastor of the Monday prayers in the Nikolaikirche (Leipzig) ). He took an active part in the peace movement swords to plowshares and again attracted the attention of the State Security, which initiated another operational process. Ultimately, in 1983 the report stated that the goal of isolating Weida and destroying the group around him had been achieved.

As part of these measures against him, Weida was also excluded from an amateur cabaret on behalf of the MfS . He then began to perform carnival programs in the Bärenzwinger student club in Dresden, of which he had been a member since around 1977, most of which he wrote himself, directed and initially also played a leading role. Although the programs had to be submitted and later even accepted on stage in front of the FDJ and party leadership of the university, it was always possible to accommodate strong political statements. The programs Kult and Weida became honorary members of the student club from 1984.

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany e. V.

On December 2, 2005, Rüdiger Weida opened the Uckermark parish of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Together with the communities of Barnim and Berlin, he founded the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in Berlin-Brandenburg on September 16, 2006 in Templin. V., from which after the nationwide opening the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany e. V. was. He was chairman of the association from 2006 to 2018 and became honorary chairman in 2018 after resigning as an active member of the association's board.

Weida achieved national fame in August 2011 when he was the first Pastafari to have a passport photo with head covering on his driver's license approved for religious reasons. However, he was denied such a photo on his ID card. He sued this decision before the Federal Constitutional Court and announced that he would pursue his rights before the European Court of Justice. In June 2019, his previous pseudonym, Brother Spaghettus, was officially recognized by an entry on his ID in the category name of the order or artist .

In August 2014, Rüdiger Weida inaugurated the world's first pastafarian church in Templin, where, mostly by him, pasta masses are held regularly on Fridays. He made international headlines in the same year when he announced this with a sign at the entrance to Templins. This caused outrage among the representatives of the other churches. The sign has been removed and is now hanging on a mast in the city of Templin.

In 2013 he published a CD entitled We sing the monster a song - The Pastafarian Year , which club members receive when they join the church or is given out free of charge to interested parties. Weida wrote a text for every Pastafarian holiday and looked for musicians via Facebook who would compose and record songs from these texts.

Weida was also one of the protagonists in the 2019 documentary I, Pastafari by the American filmmaker Michael Arthur, which celebrated its German premiere as part of the Munich International Documentary Film Festival in May 2020.

Weida's wife (under the name Elli Spirelli) and his son are also members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster e. V.

Prizes and awards

In 2014, the Italian Pastafarian Church appointed the Chiesa Pastafariana Italiana by the Bishop of Brixen on behalf of the conclave of the Chiesa Rüdiger Weida as the order leader and general of the chewy pasta from the order of protection of the juicy faith.

In 2019 Weida was honored for his life's work at a carnival event in Radeberg , in the Großerkmannsdorf district . The price consisted of a bottle of champagne and a packet of spaghetti.

Memberships

Rüdiger Weida is one of the founding members of the Green Party Templin at the end of 1989 and was its delegate at the founding party congress of the Green Party in the GDR on February 9, 1990. He left the party in 1994.

From 1990 to 1993 he was a member of the youth welfare committee for the Greens in what was then the Templin district, which became part of the Uckermark district, and in 1993 he founded the Kids Company e. V. Templin was 1995-2000 again a member of the Youth Services Committee in the district Uckermark, this time for the Kreisjugendring and chairman of the county youth ring from 1997 to 2001 and for two terms of office alderman on youth jury court of the District Court Prenzlau and one term in the District Court Neuruppin .

Thanks to its commitment to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany e. V. since December 2016 honorary member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster of Trinidad Tobago and since February 2019 also of the Russian Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

In addition, Rüdiger Weida is a member of the Art Association Templin due to his long-term involvement with photo-artistic work.

Publications

  • 2013 CD We sing a song to the monster - The Pastafarian Year
  • 2016 exhibition catalog photo group of the Kunstverein Templin (ed.): Manuscripts. Art Association Templin 2016.

Web links

Commons : Rüdiger Weida  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

credentials

  1. ↑ Horst Skoupy: Templiner Pastafari is now officially called Brother Spaghettus. In: nordkurier.de. July 16, 2019, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  2. ^ Björn Stephan: Pasta dish. A message and its story. In: spiegel.de. December 20, 2014, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Cornelia Weida. In: who-is-hu.de. September 4, 2012, accessed March 8, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Evelin Frerk: Rüdiger Weida. Useful information. In: who-is-hu.de. Faces in Contemporary Humanism: Agnostics, Atheists, Humanists, September 4, 2012, accessed January 16, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Martin Lindner: 200 euros for frog picture: These photos were cleared away at the Medienturmfest. In: nordkurier.de. May 7, 2018, accessed March 8, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Gunnar Leue: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: "Our God is a buddy". In: taz.de. July 25, 2016, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  7. ^ Rüdiger Weida: The word for Friday - The role of the communities in pastafarity. In: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany, Uckermark municipality. May 26, 2016, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  8. ^ Rüdiger Weida: The good news. In: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany, Uckermark municipality. September 23, 2006, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  9. ^ Rüdiger Weida: The word for Friday - handover of the office. In: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany, Uckermark municipality. June 7, 2018, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  10. ↑ be: Religious headgear: German wears pirate scarf on driver's license photo. In: derstandard.at. August 31, 2011, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Religious headgear on the ID photo: Spaghetti Monster fights for equality in front of the BVerfG. In: weltanschauungsrecht.de - Institute for Weltanschauungsrecht. September 26, 2019, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  12. ^ Mathias Ostertag: Hello Pastafari. Equal rights for the spaghetti church. In: noise-online.de. Heidenheimer Zeitung, December 2, 2014, accessed on March 8, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Finn Rütten: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: Equality for Pastafari. In: stern.de. Gruner + Jahr, November 30, 2014, accessed March 8, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Noodle freaks open their first pasta church. In: welt.de. September 18, 2014, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  15. ^ Matthew Bell: German atheists seek recognition for 'Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster'. In: pri.org. February 23, 2015, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  16. ^ Propaganda means. In: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany e. V. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Rüdiger Weida: The Word for Friday - The Pastafari Year. In: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany, Uckermark municipality. January 17, 2013, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Brother Spaghettus: We Sing a Song to the Monster - The Pastafarian Year (trailer). In: youtube.de. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
  19. ^ Leslie Felperin: I, Pastafari review - inside the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. In: theguardian.com. May 21, 2020, accessed June 4, 2020 .
  20. ^ I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story. In: dokfest-muenchen.de. International Documentary Film Festival Munich e. V., accessed on June 4, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Laura Weigele: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: Pasta fairs for pastafaris. In: taz.de. August 2, 2017, accessed March 8, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Rüdiger Weida: First pastafarian church in the world named after Pope Al Zarkawi I. In: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany, Uckermark municipality. September 15, 2014, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Ulrike Buchmann: Kreisjugendring wants to act more combative / Partly new board members: lobby for the youth. In: nordkurier.de. September 21, 2001, accessed March 8, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Brother Spaghettus: We are non-profit! In: fsm-uckermark.blogspot.com. Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany, Uckermark municipality, April 19, 2011, accessed on March 8, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Brother Spaghettus: Thank you, Trinidad - Tobago. In: pastafari.eu. Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany e. V., February 6, 2017, accessed March 8, 2020 .
  26. ^ Brother Spaghettus: The Word for Friday - Distinguished Visitors from Nizhny Novgorod. In: fsm-uckermark.blogspot.com. Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany, Uckermark municipality, February 21, 2019, accessed on March 8, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Photo group IV Seen with my eyes. In: kunstverein-templin.de. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Weida, Rudiger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brother spaghetti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German satirist, action artist and blogger, co-founder and honorary chairman of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Germany e. V.
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandersdorf