In the past centuries news papers, photography, and printing technology, cinema, radio, TV, and the internet succeeded one another as new media — and each of them contributed to societal changes.

• What were the impacts on the global and the local scale?
• How did scientists and businessmem in Leipzig contribute to the changes?

A central theme will be the advence of silent movies and the subsequent transition to sound film. Hence, we will participate in the live screening of the animated film The Adventures of Prince Achmed. This oldest surviving animated feature film was released a hundred years ago. Subsequently, we have the opportunity to take a look into the workings of the theatre organ in the GRASSI, which is one of only two organs left in Germany.