Trude
Their delicate bronze figures bear names such as “What Leon really thought when he looked up at the sky” or “What goes up, must come down” and tell of amazement and happiness, of serenity or melancholy. Andrea Matheisen herself says she explores depth and lightness, humor and seriousness, the absence and presence of emotion in her work. Matheisen studied fashion design, has been working as a freelance sculptor and painter since 2000 and has also been a lecturer for small sculptures in Germany, Egypt and India for several years. Now the woman from Waldtrudering has created a new bronze: the “Trude”, which will in future be awarded as the winner’s trophy at the Truderinger Art Days. The little figure happily stretches its arms to the sky, it wears – what else – a Trude ring.
For the 15th Truderinger Art Days, a specialist jury has again selected 24 creative people from more than 170 international submissions, who will exhibit paintings, photographs, light objects and sculptures made of wood, ceramics and marble in the cultural center on Wasserburger Landstraße 32 and also answer curious questions. The Art Days, curated by Renate Winkler-Schlang and Martin Hubensteiner, are a popular destination for an Easter walk. Last year around 1,500 visitors came despite the obligation to wear masks. Traditionally, the guests vote on the two audience awards; the runner-up gets 500 euros from the Truderinger Kulturkreis, the first place 700 euros from the Otto-Eckart-Foundation – and now Trude too. Vernissage is on Maundy Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m. Open Good Friday April 7th to Easter Monday April 10th from 2pm to 6pm.
The investigator
Michaela Weingartner (left), here in the telenovela “Sturm der Liebe”, will investigate the Rosenheim cops in the future.
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The Rosenheim cops have a few permanent investigators, such as the smart Sven Hansen (portrayed by Igor Jeftic) and the down-to-earth Anton Stadler (Dieter Fischer), and they have something like a police carousel that every now and then a(r ) jumps up and down again. Birte Andresen (Sophie Melbinger) has finished her guest performance, she is replaced by Julia Beck (Michael Weingartner). The new girl is already filming season 23; these started in March. Weingartner, 32, lives in Munich, plays theater, is a voice actress and has had a few supporting roles, for example in “Watzmann determined” or “Hubert and Staller”.
The researcher
Manuel Atug, cybersecurity expert, receives the “For…Net Award” for his research on critical infrastructure. He is spokesman for the AG Kritis, which strives for educational work on IT security. The prize for “outstanding commitment to the common good and digitization” is awarded by the Center for Digital Public Services (CDPS) at the Technical University of Munich and juris GmbH, a legal information service in which the federal government is also involved. In the Kritis working group, which Atung co-founded in 2018, experts analyze how critical infrastructure (e.g. water, health and energy supply) can be protected against digital attacks, independently of the state and the economy. It is about pointing out security gaps and possible damage. Atung and AG Kritis are concerned with pointing out security gaps and possible damage with the aim of increasing the security of supply for the population. Especially in the current geopolitical situation, it is important to classify incidents appropriately and thus counteract disinformation and conspiracy myths. According to the jury’s reasoning, the members of the working group distinguished themselves as constant reminders of resilient IT security. The group is thus one of the few civil society organizations that successfully advocate a higher level of cybersecurity in Germany.
The actor
Anton Nürnberg is part of the Volkstheater ensemble.
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Trained at the Otto Falckenberg School Anton Nuremberg to Munich. He has been part of the Volkstheater ensemble since 2022. There he can be seen, among other things, in the play “Revolution” by Viktor Martinowitsch, which has just premiered. Last summer and well into autumn, the white-blonde actor, born in 1998, stood in front of the camera in Berlin and Brussels for the filming of the graphic novel “Nights in Paradise”. The apocalyptic taxi driver story by cartoonist Frank Schmolke takes place during the Oktoberfest. Quite a lot of Munich reference for a native of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Excellent
Dorothee Janssen is a dancer and choreographer at Culture Clouds.
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Alexander Wenzlik is Managing Director of Culture Clouds.
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Every two years, the “Munich Citizens’ Prize for Democracy – Against Forgetting” foundation awards a prize for special social and political commitment. The Munich Citizens’ Prize 2023 goes to the Culture Clouds association with its dance theater project “Always remember. Never forget”. Dorothee Janssen, 44, dancer and choreographer, has been working for Culture Clouds on various projects for 15 years and is the artistic director of “Always remember. Never forget”. In this campaign with around 30 young people aged 14 to 21, performances are performed, for example, at original locations, says Culture Clouds managing director Alexander Wenzlik. “We did a performance in the former Jewish camp in Milbertshofen.” The young people then went into the fate of the children and young people deported from there.
The recently deceased author and cultural manager Maximilian Dorner received the honorary award of the jury. The award ceremony will take place on May 11 at the Munich NS Documentation Center. “Always remember. Never forget” has been dedicated to a lively culture of remembrance in various projects since 2015 in cooperation with the documentation center. The focus is on the attempt to make memory visible in public space through physical presence and performance. The project wants to open up spaces for young people with different social and cultural backgrounds, in which they can find their own approaches to dealing with the history of National Socialism and implement them artistically.