drama. welcome to arts and culture for 40 years artist cindy sherman has been shifting shapes sometimes grotesque often on recognizable never vain she says she poses for her own photos because it's just easier than working with a model a new retrospective of her work in paris was supposed to start in april but then covered 1000 had other plans now the show at the louis vuitton foundation is finally open to the public. cindy sherman is a chameleon of the art world part to recognize in each new guidance but with her own unique unmistakable style the camera is always a means to an end. she creates a language her language is her own and she imposes presences because she has never

stopped when using her language it's not documentary photography it's compositions based on a technique called photography. the retrospective. in paris encompasses 170 were. the selected by the artist previously unseen place real people slips into movie roles creates fantasy figures work is often about the image of women if you see what interested me was the way she plays with this since generally the actress the model is a woman the director is a man and here she does everything from beginning to end she's the model but also the director the costume designer the producer etc in the end she reclaims her image completely. these are not self portraits she creates characters the artist has said that she actually has the idea of

selfies. and yet she's also. a huge success on instagram go figure now speaking of social media a new generation of russian artists is speaking out online against their country's strongman leadership one of them is the openly gay musician i'll go off his very existence as a kind of protest in russia where publicly talking about same sex love can be deemed illegal propaganda his songs take president vladimir putin to task. see nothing hear nothing your brain in a fog this is. music corresponds to a landmark political development in russia each new song domino is about changes in the constitution that strengthen the power of president vladimir putin in july.

i wrote this song when russia recently voted on the changes to the constitution for me this was a very important topic because we were quite simply jupe by the government and by. exchanging freedom for emptiness and go early enough sings in another song written following a wave of protests. one year ago several 1000 people were arrested during protests ahead of moscow's city government elections. environmental activists protested across the country including. and in the far east of the country russians took to the streets in recent months to protest the arrest of a regional governor. for you know state media are ignoring the mood in the country so he wants to highlight these events he's part of a wider trend. there are many musicians want to get this message out right now if

you are a musician with no opinion your music is meaningless because busying. something . is from a small village on the lake by carlo in siberia in moscow the 32 year old 1st made a name for himself as a model and performer. started his music career just 2 years ago a vast country with a lurch music market russia is not an easy place for an artist who writes nuanced erik's and puts them to accessible beats but he soon found an audience here he's playing a gig in st petersburg. it

doesn't always have to be about politics when i talk to my audience it can be about values like acceptance and tolerance for example concerning the rights of people in russia. but it is always about freedom which angle you know of says is a rare commodity in his country. no one longs for freedom more than teenagers whether or not they're prepared for it over a century ago german playwright frank vidic and wrote about teenage longing and his drama spring awakening it broke taboos around sex rape homosexuality suicide and abortion since the place $1006.00 premiere it's been banned censored and also performed in several languages now the national theatre in mannheim germany has reimagined spring awakening as an opera called dark spring.

30 serve ever since i was a teenager young adult i've been excited by the idea of writing an opera with protectionists who are on the cusp of adult hood at the exact moment they are shaping their lives. with dark spring hence tamara set out to find the right tone for the feelings of his 4 characters it's the soundtrack to an emotional states of emergency. the search for identity in the age of social media. but is it an accurate picture what does the generation of digital natives have to say the it's much to do or an take for example the rooms in your home your own room usually

a private room where you are alone with your thoughts and yourself but suddenly you are carrying this many world around 2 of you this performative element oh god do i post this do this do that you're under social pressure in a way your putting on a performance on them is hardly. whatever on display vulnerable on the catwalk of multimedia global existence. seemingly near and yet so far away and these ideas here and these 4 characters that we have these 4 young people they're a kind of group their friends who keep trying to get a little bit closer to each other but they never do the only manage to get closer through a camera and camera this to me and the longing for a real intimacy escalates driven by the beat of the music.

don't spring gets under your skin we're strong in. here's an ex temporary mix of styles from minimal music to musical. as and i know newness of the figures standing alone in this large room singing actually arose out of the situation but i think it fits wonderfully well not. utopian moment for lonely young souls you know nights in a court sets the transition from childhood to the adult won't is clearly no walk in the pub. you know what else isn't a walk in the park dating especially if it's in another culture now each week our reporter rachel stewart explores a different aspect of life here in germany this time she looks at what it means to love someone or to look for love of dutch. this episode of meet the germans is all

about passion and relationships and love in germany that's been very german about it and that's a number. 2 thirds of germans believe in love with. getting married and straight gay marriage has been needles in 2017 according to a study one 3rd of german happiest to be well educated women over the age of 40. most people in germany still meet their partner through mutual acquaintances but online dating apps are not far behind. but what about when they're actually on a date of only ever dated one job and i thought i'd bring in some d.w. colleagues of mine to get a more rounded picture. i come from sudan and we send them from the us maybe this dam and i'm originally from israel my memories for it come from. and i'm from australia. i think that in germany it generally takes longer to get to know somebody take actually time to even. when they see it they really mean it and they

don't see it nearly as often are the dating rules different in germany being punctual it's like rule number one i think just to. rush take it slower i wouldn't exactly say that chivalry is dead in germany but i do often have the feeling it's gone missing some times how do you know if your german is. i think always through the eyes maybe germans are not good. at communicating the fact that they are into you they don't tend to be the excitement you think flirting it's not but since around 2008 couples have been coming to this bridge and. as a lasting symbol of their love for one another there are well over 100000 padlocks on the bridge adding an estimated 50 tons of weight other cities around the world have begun removing locks from their love bridges citing health and safety concerns but at least for now has won the day in cologne the sweet stuff it's time for.

open. massive. amount of z.-r. . shorey been looking to travel on top for months once he. found you would declare an incredible amount of us. in coeur to kind of made it means it's and then it was most those who had to bust out on the hour and i'm. only certain how big a leap from being. a proof to sr of controversy about the queen in the auction business move back to my mother it's a transition and improve your body is cautioning people. it's time for me to love you and leave you but before i go here's a little love related wisdom from gemini leave it to us denmark the way to a person's heart is through the stomach that's had that someone in germany you don't want your heart on your sleeve but on your tongue oh and i it's only because

the old love doesn't rust. what a romantic well that's it for me and the arts and culture team here in berlin but check out our website any time for more rachel and more culture news cesar.

into the conflict zone with jim sebastian. welcome to this special edition of conflict so over the last 4 years we've interviewed several senior lebanese politicians about the mixer move break down a very cold to me i'm a state institutions what they told us provides an unusually clear insight into the me from eleven's intractable crisis to the conflict so for example. in 30 minutes on the doubling of. compatible with the crab. most muslim women choose between their faith and self-determination. i don't want anyone to tell me what the right through my head scott know how women are striving to reform their islam away from traditional prejudices for. women in islam. in 70. d.w.

. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room in there and it was hard i was for. i even got white hair is that. manning the german language and not this gets me a little but you need to interrupt it's the same thing you want to do their story. fighting and reliable information for migrants a. conspiracy of the sewing clothes toys. that will never be found. hopeless connected to the highest levels of government why do journalists shuggie have to die. was threatened.

years later the reasons are still unclear. the case of the jump. start september 30th on w. this is it of news and these are our top stories protests have broken out in the evil kentucky to demand a justice for briana sailor who was shot dead by police in march they're angry after prosecutors charged one officer only for endangering her neighbors and not with her murder taylor was shot dead when police raided her apartment on a so-called no knock warrants. the european union has unveiled a plan to overhaul its migration.