Of the Power of the Small
Thursday, February 8, 2024
by
Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch
No matter what is conceived or initiated, - more or less quickly the thought process moves to mass thinking and mass production; The motive in the background is to be able to participate in global events.
Even if such thought processes are understandable due to the global spree, still the preservation and support of small-scale and unspectacular projects are necessary.
It is not the globalization and digitization that represents the basis for the future, but the increasingly disappearing analog, the cultural asset that has emerged at some point - similar to the arctic seed vault in Spitzergen in the area of plants and horticulture.
It is urgently needed to support the delicate shoots of such projects is urgently needed, including the preservation of the environment.
The usual commercialization of such projects is counterproductive and destructive!
Labels: AFA, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, TGD, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 1:38 PM,
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Poster Legend BookLets
Thursday, January 11, 2024
The design and format of the catalogs about Senta Siller are based on the catalogs of the former gallery EYLAU'5-Berlin - see www.DGFK-archive.de
The cover photo is a cut-out from a family photo titled Before the Big Trip by D. Eckardt from 1978.
Catalog with an overall overview
35 pages of work examples and 11 pages of photos (At Work – While Inspiring – At Leisure)
2015 first printing
Heikus
Visual implementation of Japanese short poems
60 pages
2020
Compilation
Work highlights of 75 years as a poster
60 pages
2021
AphroMics
A mixture of contemplative texts and minimal sketches
48 pages
2023/24
Material
Nature sketches and material alterations
48 pages
2023/24
Private Moments
Selected documents from the Siller archive
48 pages
2023/24
SSi 88 2022
66 words of greetings from all over the world on Senta Siller's 88th birthday.
Categorized according to 7 decades of creativity (1946-2021) as per SSA.
108 pages
2023
Labels: Aamir Rafique, Amjad Ali, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:01 AM,
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Poster legend BLOGS
Thursday, October 19, 2023
PRELIMINARY NOTE
The projects of the initiator S. Siller were reported in quarterly magazines, DIN A4 format, each with a volume of 16, etc. in the DGFK newsletter, Indus River, Sanaga rive, Rio Magdalena, etc.
At the end of 1999 the print publications were discontinued and since the beginning of 2000, the reporting was carried out via an Internet website.
Since this method was not flexible enough, a blog THATTA KEDONA was set up in 2004.
It is said, that everything can be found on the internet. During research however, it was discovered: That's probably not the case! Important reports and representations were lost. As a countermeasure and also in order to minimize the loss of texts and images, the ForZat-RCAT data was transferred from digital back into the analogue.
THATTA KEDONA Blog
Pakistan Project
2004 – 2022
DIN A 4 format
372 pages
HAATC Blog
Cameroon Project
2010 – 2022
DIN A 4 format
148 pages
ELCAMPOMIRANDO blog
Colombia Project
2012 – 2022
DIN A 4 format
58 pages
Labels: Aamir Rafique, Amjad Ali, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:57 AM,
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Poster Legend BookLets
The design and format of the catalogs about Senta Siller are based on the the catalogs of the former gallery EYLAU'5-Berlin - see www.DGFK-archive.de
The cover photo is a cut-out from a family photo titled Before the Big Trip by D. Eckardt from 1978.
Catalog with an overall overview
35 pages of work examples and 11 pages of photos (At Work – While Inspiring – At Leisure)
2015 first printing
Heikus
Visual implementation of Japanese short poems
60 pages
2020
Compilation
Work highlights of 75 years as a poster
60 pages
2021
AphroMics
A mixture of contemplative texts and minimal sketches
48 pages
2023/24
Material
Nature sketches and material alterations
48 pages
2023/24
Private Moments
Selected documents from the Siller archive
48 pages
2023/24
SSi 88 2022
66 words of greetings from all over the world on Senta Siller's 88th birthday.
Categorized according to 7 decades of creativity (1946-2021) as per SSA.
108 pages
2023
Labels: Aamir Rafique, Amjad Ali, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:52 AM,
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Poster-Legend PUBL
The poster project was created by the circle of Friends of the SSDC in Lahore under the leadership of Prof Aamir Rafique and the SSDC in Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka under the leadership of Amjad Ali, - in close collaboration with the SSA / LGS-Nauen and the ForZat / HVK-Berlin.
For this purpose, around 1000 different tasks from the SSA were recorded in advance and categorized in seven classes. Due to large number of handwritten documents and research material, the reader of the publications would be missing the context without this classification.
A total of five brochures were created:
In the case of Garden dwarfs the documentation is unfortunately missing; The company that produced the garden dwarf has closed its archives and no specific articles were found in the press.
In the case of Al Andalus, appropriate sections from recovered letters were able to be compared with the sketches.
In the case of SSi 88, suitable sequences from friends, employees or clients who had already expired were included from a private collection and linked to current contributions, using the order from the SSA with 7 decades.
In the Marienleben case, water-damaged sketches from the SSA were restored and prepared for publication.
In the case of Three Little Dragons, a private collection was found and text and illustration were combined.
Gnomis Berlin garden guide 1985 on the occasion of the BUGA Federal Garden Show Berlin 1985 In Memoriam Werner Stephan, screenwriter The title character was designed as a basic model by Senta Siller, who also made the illustrations.
Al Andalus 1954
Notes and sketches by Senta Siller
SSi 88 2022
66 greetings from all over the world on Senta Siller's 88th birthday. Assigned towards 7 decades of creativity (1946-2021) according to SSA.
Marienleben 1970
Mirka Yemendzakis performs Hindemith-Rilke
In Memoriam Mirka Dzakis, voice trainer and soprano
sketched by Senta Siller
Three Little Dragons 1968
as told and drawn by Senta Siller
Labels: Aamir Rafique, Amjad Ali, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:45 AM,
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Book by Amjad Ali
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Read more »
Labels: AFA (NGO), Ali Amjad, Amjad Ali, Books, Deutsche Welle, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, ThattaKedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:02 AM,
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Information
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Labels: Amjad Ali, Boris Bjoernsteinn, Forschunsg Zentrum For Zat, International Dolls Museum, Michael Stober, Prof Bengyi, Prof Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Senta Siller Archiv, Senta Siller Design Centre
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:15 PM,
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A little about ourselves DGFK-AFA Thatta Kedona
Thursday, February 2, 2023
by Aaron Pinsker and Norbert Pintsch
The DGFK was founded almost fifty years ago. The practical engagement with cultures was implemented in many projects according to a model which used and demonstrated the various interdependencies in culture.
Projects emerged through initiatives, collaborations and activities, initially in Central Europe and after 1990 increasingly in other countries.
From around 2010, we started to collect results and examples into our own (DGFK) archive and assigned them to topics such as interviews, sounds, movies, slide shows, animations, books, posters, etc.
The year 2000 is a turning point in the DGFK, because at the end of 1999 analogue printing of the DGFK newsletter as well as of Indus-River, Sanaga Rivière, Rio Magdalena and Hekla was discontinued.
The reason for this was increasing digitization of media. This also led to increasing depth of the digital information, so that the DGFK established its own website, sponsored by a company, because one of our projects showed pilot character at the EXPO2000 show.
An eShop was installed for selling certain handicraft products from the projects, but ultimately it was abandoned as it did not appear to be suitable for the individually unique items.
In similar manner some websites were also removed because they were no longer necessary or technically obsolete (for example Internet radio projects). But they are stored in the archive and available to interested quarters.
The partner initiatives had their own websites, which were supplemented early on by flexible blogs:
Pakistan:
Kamerun:
Kolumbien:
www.elcampomirando.blogspot.com
Other project partners, some of them no longer active, are:
www.dolls-project.com (Groenland),
www.royalglobage.com (UAE),
ac-criti-project.com (Griechenland),
www.id-museum.com (Island).
With the help of DGFK, partner societies in other project countries were established, such as:
www.sparc-project.blogspot.com (Pakistan),
www.spocabangladesh.blosspot.com (BanglaDesh),
www.spaetcolombia.blogspot.com (Kolumbien),
www.spathcameroon.blogspot.com (Kamerun),
www.spaetcolombia.blogspot.com (Kolumbien),
www.sutolsrilanka.blogspot.com (SriLanka),
www.sodshnepal.blogspot.com (Nepal),
www.semoliceland.blogspot.com (Island),
www.spokupolonia.blogspot.com (Polen).
In the course of time, a plethora of active participants, supporters and partners entered into the projects and their names are duly collected in the DGFK archive or can be found in search engines:
If a name (for example (Karola Groch,Werner Schroeder, Monika Kuppler, Renate Perner,Marlis Bartkiewitz-Schmitt, u.a.)) is associated with a certain activity or a certain support organization, e.g. the SES, it can be found there too.
Some friends of the DGFK have separated and put their work in the context of a company or organization (e.g. Fronzeck, Heckes, Klapper, Polzer, Sauter, Christ, Borgmann, Stober) or chosen an art platform for their efforts. We do have one person, who has selflessly devoted all her energy and efforts towards the benefit of the general public around the globe (Siller).
Labels: Aaron Pinsker, AFA, Amjad Ali, Berlin, DGFK e V, Njini King Caro, Norbert Pintsch, Omar M. Ali, Ricardo Coslez, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4:19 PM,
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Sustainability requires inclusiveness ...
Monday, October 24, 2022
Labels: Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, ElCampoMirando, Farzana Zahoor, HAATC, Senta Siller, Stella Pachon, Thatta Kedona, Theresa Lum
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:05 AM,
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Projects in Rural Areas
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Labels: Amjad Ali, Boris Bjoernsteinn, Forschunsg Zentrum For Zat, International Dolls Museum, Michael Stober, Prof Bengyi, Prof Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Senta Siller Archiv, Senta Siller Design Centre
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12:13 PM,
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Honors
Labels: Amjad Ali, Boris Bjoernsteinn, Forschunsg Zentrum For Zat, International Dolls Museum, Michael Stober, Prof Bengyi, Prof Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Senta Siller Archiv, Senta Siller Design Centre
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12:11 PM,
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Appreciations
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Labels: Amjad Ali, Boris Bjoernsteinn, Forschunsg Zentrum For Zat, International Dolls Museum, Michael Stober, Prof Bengyi, Prof Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Senta Siller Archiv, Senta Siller Design Centre
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12:14 PM,
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Schimmel-Siller-Pfau
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Labels: Amjad Ali, Boris Bjoernsteinn, Forschunsg Zentrum For Zat, International Dolls Museum, Michael Stober, Prof Bengyi, Prof Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Senta Siller Archiv, Senta Siller Design Centre
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12:16 PM,
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Ambassadors of Thatta Kedona
Friday, April 29, 2022
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Labels: Amjad Ali, Boris Bjoernsteinn, Forschunsg Zentrum For Zat, International Dolls Museum, Michael Stober, Prof Bengyi, Prof Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Senta Siller Archiv, Senta Siller Design Centre
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:57 AM,
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70 Years of Pakistan-German Relationship
Saturday, November 6, 2021
Labels: Alhamra, Lahore, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:52 AM,
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Honorable Mention
In 2001 Werner Schroeder was a volunteer for shoe making in the village TGD for AFA (NGO). Now he incorporated his interesting experiences in the village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka in to a travel thriller from Dubai to Karimabad (500 pages hard cover).
Here the author is presenting his book to Dr Senta Siller - the originator of the project Thatta Kednoa.
The breadth and impact of Dr Senta's Pakistan project is always a beautiful ascertain!
Labels: Anjuman e Falah e Aama, Cultura e.V. Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, Senta Siller, Thatta Ghulamkha Dhiroka, Werner Schroeder
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:39 AM,
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Voice Of America report on THATTA KEDONA
Monday, July 12, 2021
Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka, a small Pakistani village in District Okara, is world-famous for its Handicrafts, especially the ethnic dolls. VOA Urdu reports how this excellent project, which had transformed this village by providing extra income to the women and enabling them to lead a better life is facing financial difficulties these days.
Labels: Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:59 AM,
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Thatta Kedona Archive
"Thatta Kedona" is part of a wonderful development project in the village Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka, District Okara, Punjab, Pakistan, also called Amjad's Village. This project was initiated in early 1990s by a German couple Dr. Senta Siller and her husband Dr. Norbert Pintsch. They were invited by their pakistani student Amjad Ali, who was born in this village and was a student of Lette Verein Berlin at that time. Since then the women and girls of the village are creating beautiful handicrafts, including the best pakistani ethnic dolls. These handicrafts are not only sold in big cities in different Arts and Crafts Exhibitions but also online. Part of the income generated by the sale of these toys is also used to run different health, education and environment related projects in the village. This whole development project is overseen by the local NGO AFA (Anjauman-e-Falah-e-Aama).
Labels: AFA (NGO), Amjad Ali, DGFK Berlin, Hans-Peter Detmer, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:39 AM,
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Thatta Kedona – movies/videos
Saturday, January 9, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRN_h-857gk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi3Z7XDNNik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x3lnwzVwg8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g9w42guC1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6psiUqwjc6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbT1D_XQpNM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJvOdn6RpZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8EpIAsB038
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbXmA0OgG3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_9L8-2zfXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7lm-6OrJAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD-TKm_jBEg
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thatta+kedona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZRsIqBtIs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbU4zDj-0Fo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxkdFCMY53c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyKDqBKGVOE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRnBXJU7vAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUHdTDq_1Xc Labels: Amjad Ali, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:39 AM,
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On the way in the Five Rivers Land
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Some time ago we came to know about a blog publication of a former volunteer from our village project, Mr. Werner Schroeder see here:
http://thattakedona.blogspot.com/2020/07/
It is a great pleasure for us to announce that we have received the news of another publication *, u.z. by Ulrike Vestring, who lived in Pakistan for six years as the wife of the ambassador at the time, until 1994, where she also visited Senta Siller at the village project and stayed overnight. At that time it was not a problem for ambassadors to go to the country unprotected to really get to know the country and its people
U. Vestring also published in Women in Pakistan (1996), as well as in Dolls, Toys and More (2012).
Among others you will find a lovely story on p.149-156: Rani from Thatta Ghulamka
5x5 Stories About Life in Pakistan
164 pages
2020
Labels: AFA (NGO), Cultura e.V. Nauen, DGFKe.V. Berlin, Publications, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona, Ulrike Vestring, Werner Schroeder
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7:06 PM,
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