CUSTOMER: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
TASK: Kick-off events for »500 Years of Refomation«
IDEA : Take Luther at his word – bring Luther texts into the present in various formats
JOB : Conception and coördination of festival events | Branding | Editing and design of the programs | Press work | Marketing | Social media | Budget management
PERIOD : 2015 – 2017
Project description
It became a literature and conversation festival. It was about theses – and: What does Martin Luther tell us today? What is the Reformation attitude to current social issues? On freedom of expression and the press, on »political correctness«, on questions of justice or the overcoming of evil. HEINEKOMM developed the program for the cultural and media event on the basis of Luther’s original texts. We called the event »Martin Days« to pay tribute to the reformer Martin Luther and as a humorous homage to the date of the same name in the Catholic church calendar – supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, Monika Grütters and many other partners.
At the start in 2015, around 50 prominent authors, actors, theologians and publicists read and discussed in Hamburg’s clubs, churches and canteens. Also present: Dörte Hansen, Charly Hübner, Thomas Kaufmann, Burghart Klaußner, Peter Lohmeyer, Giovanni di Lorenzo, Achill Moser and Meike Winnemuth.
After the great success of the Martinstage in the first year, the festival took place again in Hamburg in 2016 and 2017. And in 2017 also in Augsburg, organized by the Peace Office of the City of Augsburg.
Feedback
»A high-class literature and discussion event. Right from the start, Heinekomm has stood for impressive encounters with special people, sophisticated and creative discourses and top-class acting. (…) I would particularly like to emphasize the great planning with great attention to detail and the devoted support of the project as well as the uncomplicated coöperation with all departments of the church administration. «
Kirsten Fehrs, Bishop Sprengel Hamburg and Lübeck
»Thank you again for the great Martin Days in Augsburg. The people who were there still talk about it with pleasure and enthusiasm!«
Christiane Lembert-Dobler, Peace Office of the City of Augsburg
