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June 4, 2008
A Century of Bayer.Kultur:
Bayer is sponsoring IN TRANSIT 08 in Berlin
Bayer is continuing its commitment to the arts in the capital of Germany.
Leverkusen, June 4, 2008 – From June 11-21, 2008, the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Germany, is presenting IN TRANSIT 08, a performing arts festival presenting highlights of theater, dance, film, installations, performance art and lectures. Bayer AG is the main sponsor of this festival, which will be opened by the video and performance artist Joan Jonas from New York with a specially adapted version of her work "The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things".
During the ten-day festival, artists and academics from five continents will be presenting work that takes up definitions of the arts, geography and society, establishing new connections and reflecting the flux and interplay of ideas, theory and practice. The festival programme, put together by the curator André Lepecki of the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, comprises installations by Manila-born media artist Lilibeth Cuenca, who now lives in Copenhagen, dance projects by the Iranian choreographer Hooman Sharifi, works by the Palestinian Raeda Sa’adeh centering on walls, electronic noise music by Shawn Greenlee and a performance in which the artist He Chengyao of Beijing will be auctioning her soul.
IN TRANSIT 08 illustrates the creative potential and close connections of the international art scene,” stresses Nikolas Kerkenrath, head of the Cultural Affairs Department at Bayer AG. “Our support for this festival is an expression of our global commitment and our conviction that dialog and the exchange of ideas and concepts are crucial as the world grows closer. Through IN TRANSIT 08, Bayer is able to play a role in the cultural life of Berlin, which is a key location for our company through Bayer Schering Pharma,” says Kerkenrath. Bayer has sponsored the House of World Cultures in Berlin since its reopening in August 2007.
A pioneer in cultural affairs
Bayer is one of the pioneers of corporate cultural activities in Germany. Since 1907, the company’s Cultural Affairs Department has been organizing ambitious artistic programs in its home region of North Rhine-Westphalia and beyond. Each year, some 100 events spanning music, dance, theater and the visual arts are held in the communities in which the company is at home. The new season entitled “A Century of Bayer.Kultur” reflects the long history of Bayer’s cultural activities.
Bayer: Science For A Better Life
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. The company’s products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time Bayer creates value through innovation, growth and improved earning power. The Group is committed to the principles of sustainable development and acknowledges and accepts its role as a socially and ethically responsible “corporate citizen”. Economy, ecology and social responsibility are corporate policy objectives of equal rank. In 2007, Bayer employed some 106,200 people and had sales of EUR 32.4 billion. Capital expenditures amounted to EUR 1.9 billion, the R&D budget to EUR 2.6 billion. For more information on Bayer, go to: http://www.bayer.com/.
Contact:
Dr. Michael Vogt, Tel.: +49 214-30-41277
E-Mail: michael.vogt.mv@bayer-ag.de
During the ten-day festival, artists and academics from five continents will be presenting work that takes up definitions of the arts, geography and society, establishing new connections and reflecting the flux and interplay of ideas, theory and practice. The festival programme, put together by the curator André Lepecki of the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, comprises installations by Manila-born media artist Lilibeth Cuenca, who now lives in Copenhagen, dance projects by the Iranian choreographer Hooman Sharifi, works by the Palestinian Raeda Sa’adeh centering on walls, electronic noise music by Shawn Greenlee and a performance in which the artist He Chengyao of Beijing will be auctioning her soul.
IN TRANSIT 08 illustrates the creative potential and close connections of the international art scene,” stresses Nikolas Kerkenrath, head of the Cultural Affairs Department at Bayer AG. “Our support for this festival is an expression of our global commitment and our conviction that dialog and the exchange of ideas and concepts are crucial as the world grows closer. Through IN TRANSIT 08, Bayer is able to play a role in the cultural life of Berlin, which is a key location for our company through Bayer Schering Pharma,” says Kerkenrath. Bayer has sponsored the House of World Cultures in Berlin since its reopening in August 2007.
A pioneer in cultural affairs
Bayer is one of the pioneers of corporate cultural activities in Germany. Since 1907, the company’s Cultural Affairs Department has been organizing ambitious artistic programs in its home region of North Rhine-Westphalia and beyond. Each year, some 100 events spanning music, dance, theater and the visual arts are held in the communities in which the company is at home. The new season entitled “A Century of Bayer.Kultur” reflects the long history of Bayer’s cultural activities.
Bayer: Science For A Better Life
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. The company’s products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time Bayer creates value through innovation, growth and improved earning power. The Group is committed to the principles of sustainable development and acknowledges and accepts its role as a socially and ethically responsible “corporate citizen”. Economy, ecology and social responsibility are corporate policy objectives of equal rank. In 2007, Bayer employed some 106,200 people and had sales of EUR 32.4 billion. Capital expenditures amounted to EUR 1.9 billion, the R&D budget to EUR 2.6 billion. For more information on Bayer, go to: http://www.bayer.com/.
Contact:
Dr. Michael Vogt, Tel.: +49 214-30-41277
E-Mail: michael.vogt.mv@bayer-ag.de
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This news release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those described by Bayer in published reports. These reports are available on the Bayer website at www.bayer.com.http://www.bayer.com/. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
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