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Das ‘9. Lesen ohne Atomstrom’ findet in vollem Umfang und mit allen angekündigten Gästen statt: Leider ohne Zuschauer. Die sind wegen des bundesweiten Lockdowns bis auf weiteres in Kulturveranstaltungen nicht zugelassen. Das gesamte ‘Lesen ohne Atomstrom’-Programm wird aber ab dem 8. Februar live aus der Hamburger Akademie der Künste übertragen – kostenfrei, wie immer.

„Das was sonst immer eines der Markenzeichen bei uns war – die außerordentlich vielen engagierten Zuschauer, diese Zuschauerauslastung von hundert Prozent kontinuierlich über neun Jahre: das werden wir und die Autoren schmerzlich vermissen“, sagt Frank Otto, Vorstand des veranstaltenden Kultur für alle e. V.. Das mit Medizinern und Wissenschaftlern detailliert abgestimmte und die ganze Woche in der Akademie ärztlich begleitete Hygienekonzept gewährleistet die sichere Durchführung der Veranstaltungen.

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The Renewable Literature Festival – established since 2011

Culture á la carte – for phasing out the nuclear age

‘Reading for Renewables’ is an exclusive literature festival held in Hamburg. For a week each year renowned authors and artists from all over the world appear on stage at the most popular venues of northern Germany’s metropolis. Since 2011, 284 well-known authors, actors and musicians have contributed to the festival. 32.000 people watched the artists live. Admission is always free.

The festival is strictly non-commercial from start to finish, organized by the non-profit citizens’ initiative “Kultur für alle!” (Culture for everybody), which was founded in 2011 by dedicated readers and renowned authors, among them Nobel laureate Günther Grass. Theaters, libraries, the Goethe-Institute as well as the World Future Council, various foundations, local football clubs, private patrons and many more have made the festival an established highlight of Hamburg’s cultural life.

With this social and cultural commitment civil society took action against one of the biggest PR events hosted by the nuclear industry in Europe, the “Vattenfall Lesetage.” This literature festival was organized by and named after the utility company Vattenfall, which almost exclusively invests in coal and nuclear power plants – and took a beating for its aggressive culture sponsoring. ‘Reading for Renewables’ emerged from the ensuing public debate – for a different understanding of culture, for phasing out the nuclear age: a festival for and by authors and artists with a programme of first-rate quality and social commitment. As a consequence, the nuclear industry discontinued their festival. Today, ‘Reading for Renewables’ is “the culture provider for the Hamburg metropolitan area” (Hamburger Abendblatt).

Of Grammy and Nobel laureates

The impressive, continuous commitment of writers and artists has been reflected in appearances by Nobel and Grammy laureates such as Svetlana Alexievich and Thomas Quasthoff, bestselling authors, movie and rock stars or UN diplomats. The former Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan travelled to Hamburg from Tokyo, Jean Ziegler from Geneva, Marc Elsberg from Vienna, Vandana Shiva from New Delhi, Birgitta Jonsdottir from Reykjavík, Jakob von Uexküll from London, Beate Klarsfeld from Paris, Dennis Meadows from Boston and Auma Obama from Nairobi.

Committed to culture – for everybody

Reading for Renewables’ is strictly non-party: Political parties and affiliated institutions are excluded from contributing as are state funding organisations and sponsors of any kind. Costs are solely covered by donations.

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