“…Previous symposia were held in Santa Barbara (1989), Zurich (1991), Singapore (1993), Portland (1995), Berlin (1997), Hong Kong (1999), Los Angeles (2001), Santorini, Greece (2003), Angra dos Reis (2005), Boston (2007), Aalborg (2009), Minneapolis (2011), Munich (2013), Hong Kong (2015), and Arlington (2017)…”

“…In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Two years later the Soviet Union disintegrated. …”

“…In the 1960s, between the construction of the Berlin Wall (1961) and the change of power (Ulbricht / Honecker 1971), a field of tension between the claim to power and truth of the SED on one side and the subjective obstinacy of the works of art and their creators on the other hand developed. …”