Multimedia Reading 'Rose + Robert. Love in Times of War'

Description

Edda Buchspieß and Jochen Voit: Reading A Graphic Novel: Comic author Lilya likes the old man next door. His name is Robert and he tells her the story of his youth love Rose. Fascinated, Lilya begins to draw: A romance from the GDR of the 1970s in the shadow of the Iron Curtain. About the unconventional Rose, who also loved drawing, and Robert, who protected her when a West German smuggler put her in danger. But suddenly Lilya doubts the truthfulness of the story. She finds a man who has a completely different version: Rose wanted to leave the GDR and had to pay a high price for her desire for freedom. Lilya tries to find out the truth. Who were Rose and Robert really? The love story turns into a political thriller, Lilya's research into an allegory of old and rekindled East-West conflicts. Illustrator Lilya Matveeva (*1988 in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union) studied illustration at the British High School of Art and Design in Moscow; since 2012 an independent artist mainly for NGOs and human rights organizations like Transparency International and Memorial; since fleeing Moscow in 2022, she lives in Berlin. Screenwriter Jochen Voit (*1972 in Nuremberg) trained as a bookseller and studied history and communication science in Munich, worked as a music journalist and comic scriptwriter; since 2012 he has been leading the Memorial and Education Center Andreasstraße in Erfurt.
Contribution to the Friedrichshafen Days of Democracy.
In cooperation with the Friedrichshafen School Museum and the Media House at the Lake. Duration: approx. 1h 15 min.

Highlights

• Multimedia reading with Edda Buchspieß and Jochen Voit
• Story about love and conflicts in the GDR
• Political thriller and research about the protagonists Rose and Robert

General Information

The multimedia reading 'Rose + Robert. Love in Times of War' takes place at K42 in Friedrichshafen. It tells the moving story of a youth love in the shadow of the Iron Curtain and sheds light on the complex East-West conflicts.

Location

Karlstraße 42, 88045 Friedrichshafen, Germany

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