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SHAKE YOUR THREESOME

In the meantime, if you’re still wondering what you should do on this lovely Saturday night in Berlin, why don’t you drop in at the release party of our friends at Shake your Tree fanzine, who will be launching their new edition of three booklets pairing an author with a visual artist. Lovingly screen-printed and [...]

CASE 2. HAVE BALLS [Eccentric]

Berlin has a new temporary place, hidden in the TV Tower on Alexanderplatz: Splace! This Thursday the second evening out of a series of 12 evenings in Berlins TV Tower Balcony/Pavillion/Space will take place. Make sure to come by and experience the Alexanderplatz from a different angle…
The Anxious Prop is a communal effort conceived by [...]

FILM AB!

A two-part program of the 6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art presents works by George Kuchar and Friedl vom Gröller (Kubelka) at Cinema Arsenal in Berlin. George Kuchar is a pioneer of underground cinema. Many of his idiosyncratic melodramas have become avant-garde classics, while his video diaries have gone largely unnoticed. Their documentary perspective opens up [...]

SOUND & STUDIES

Until the end of August famous Karl-Marx-Allee will change into a venue for versatile acoustic experiences. Between Strausberger Platz and Frankfurter Tor gallery im namen des raumes, the artists collective Berg26 and Max Schneider host a series of sound-art projects on the occasion of 1. World Listening Day.
Especially the piece by Bjørn Melhus, Treehouse #2, [...]

THIS WEEK

So, this week seems to be loaded with nice events worth paying a visit and with such a nice weather there’s no excuse to stay in.
Today, BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), an one-night event where several artists will be presenting their work, with a beamer, of course! The event will showcase works from more then [...]

Best of Cities

Many people do not know which city they like best. And some have not even been there, yet. Ever since Rome was abandoned as the top city, people just could not know. For a while Paris was the best town, then again London and even New York. Lately, Berlin has been a favourite among Australians [...]

PLINK, PLANK, PLUNK!

The drummer, performer, artist and composer Sven-Åke Johansson, one of the legendary protagonists of free improvised music, will be performing next Wednesday at Kunstwerke Berlin. As a drummer Johansson defined the European Free Jazz with E.M.T. and the duo with Alexander von Schlippenbach. In the 1970s he began to record his ideas for performances in [...]

HORZON HORIZON

Rafael Horzon is a bit of an enigma in Berlin – famous for his one and only book shelf system, which is, well, why don’t we call it minimal. Horzon is the kind of furniture designer that makes the kind of furniture that anyone would come up with. Only he makes it better. So buying [...]

BERLIN FASHION WEEK #01: REALITY STUDIO

I guess the flaw with Berlin’s Fashion Week is that it’s always being compared to Paris, New York or London – traditional fashion capitals that Berlin obviously cannot compete with, for a variety of reasons. So it’s really nice when designers don’t even try to live up to any misplaced expectations but instead solve an [...]

WEEKEND BENDERS

Some news for what’s going to be the hottest weekend of the year: The Morning Benders are going to play at Berlin’s Magnet this Sunday. And speaking of benders: the infamous Borgmann Cup is coming up tomorrow (@ Ministergärten, Berlin), which means even more of that whole soccer craze.