The opening ceremony at 5 pm can either be watched at the CATS Greens, which is located behind the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies, in seminar rooms in the surounding buildings or online via:
http://projects.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/cats/streaming.html
The official opening is hosted by the Baden-Württemberg State Office of Property and Construction and will start with a welcome address by its director, Annette Ipach-Öhmann, and a speech by Edith Sitzmann MdL, the Minister of Finanace of the county of Baden-Württemberg.
The handove of the keys will be followed by greetings from Theresia Bauer MDL, the Minister of Science, Research and Culture in Baden-Württemberg, from Prof. Bernhard Eitel, the rector of Heidelberg University, from Dr. Joachim Gerner, mayor of Heidelberg, by Dr. Veit Probst, the director of Heidelberg's university library, and by Prof. Barbara Mittler and Prof. Axel Michaels, the founding directors of the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies.
The opening ceremony will then see artist's interventions by Sheba Chhachhi "Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia," and Ai Weiwei "The Artist as an Engaged Intellectual." There will also be musical performances by Chen Peyee and Marc J. Reichow from the KlangForum Heidelberg and the Nepalese Band The Triplets.
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