Events

Café of Spies / Tante Käthes Kaffeebar at the Edith-Russ-Haus

07. November 2015, 11:00 - 08. November 2015, 18:00
presentation

Safer surfing while sipping coffee: Accomanying the exhibition "Autonomy Cube" by Trevor Paglen and Jake Appelbaum, the Edith-Russ-Haus turns into an internet cafe. On four occasions you will be able to savor the coffee specialities by Tante Käthes Kaffeebar and surf the web freely with your own WiFi capable devices. As a part of the Café, a film on the history of telecommunication, surveillance and the Cold War, will be shown continuously.

Next Café dates:

7th + 8th of  November
Dial Comes to Town,  Loucks & Norling Films, US in the late 1940ies, 14 min

15th of November
A Day Called X, Harry Rasky for CBS Television Network, US 1957, 27 min
 
28th of November
On Guard! The Story of Sage, IBM – Military Products Division, US 1960, 13 min

20th of Dezember
Installation of a surveillance camera, ministry of state safety, GDR 1975, 3 min

Location: Seminarroom of the Edith-Russ-Haus