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MONO.PUNKT #34: FRIENDS WITH BOOKS

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Sometimes things can be so easy:
Winter > Christmas > Presents > Books > Friends with Books.
Friends with books indeed, and we expect plenty of both this weekend. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Friends with Books
Opening: Friday, 11 December 2015 / 18–20h
Saturday & Sunday: 11–19h
Hamburger Bahnhof
Invalidenstraße 50–51
10557 Berlin
Facebook Event

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PEACHY

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Peaches – Rub (Uncensored) from Peaches on Vimeo.
In Taschen’s Erotica Universalis, there are several depictions of erotic peeing, called Urolagnia. People with joyful faces, pee on their partners – women or men… Several artists have been using ‘peeing’ in a political manner. One of them is the legendary Peaches. Things go queerly wild in [...]

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COMICS, BILDER & GESCHICHTEN

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Comics, Bilder & Geschichten is an exhibition with the best of comic, illustration and character design from 20 years of neurotitan gallery in Berlin, featuring the work of ATAK | Danielle de Picciotto | Fehmi Baumbach | Jim Avignon | Judith Drews | Moki | Ulli Lust | Barbara Yelin | Jens Harder | John [...]

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YO!SISSY

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Last summer, YO!Sissy Queer Music Festival of Berlin hosted luscious personas such as Cakes da Killa, Crystal Waters, Peaches and more. Nowadays, organizers are running a Kickstarter campaign to bring bootyliciousness on stage again in 2016. Wouldn’t it be nice to sweat with Le1f or Dai Burger at SO36? Six more days to support…

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OPEN FORM

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Today, 12.11.2015, 19 h:
ARCH+ FEATURES 42: OPEN FORM
Lecture and film screening
With Axel Wieder and Florian Zeyfang
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststrasse 69, 10117 Berlin
The concept of the “Open Form”, initially formulated by Polish architect Oskar Hansen (1922–2005) at the XI. CIAM congress in Otterlo, NL, became hugely influential as an early example of participatory [...]

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THE WHITE RIBBON

Thursday, October 8, 2015

The White Ribbon makes handmade leather shoes and accessories gathered from sustainable sources. At their shop in Berlin you can find the perfect pair of ballet flats and that tote bag you’ve been looking for. By ordering your shoes in the shop or online, you do not only support slow fashion but also craftsmanship, your local [...]

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CRIMES OF PASSION

Monday, September 21, 2015

Photos: Evey Kwong
Plastic wrapped bodies in bizarre and quirky residency areas, chopped off penises or exploded faces are not only in the episodes of Twin Peaks. Luscious moments followed by madness may cause a body to be chopped into pieces.
‘Conditioned from birth as to what we are supposed to feel, and how to act accordingly, [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: STYLE & THE FAMILY TUNES (POSTSCRIPT)

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

The first magazine to commission me in Germany was fashion and music magazine Style & the Family Tunes, at the time Berlin’s answer to i-D or Dazed & Confused. Launched in the mid-1990s, it survived a whopping 17 years in which the media landscape irrefutably began to transform, leaving Style amidst its wreckage. Few genres [...]

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GRAPHIC NOVEL DAY

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Today’s highlight: The Graphic Novel Day in Berlin!
For the 5th time, the internationales literaturfestival berlin (lib) presents the Graphic Novel Day at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele which will have national and international graphic novel and comic artists as its guests. The event which has been organized in cooperation with Tagesspiegel editor and comic specialist [...]

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FOR MATHILDA

Saturday, September 12, 2015

For Mathilda is a new gallery space in Neukölln founded by Marc Wellmann and Anna Töws. The space is dedicated to exhibiting second hand art and up and coming artists, with works ranging from the 19th century to contemporary pieces. “We believe that art should be accessible and affordable. Young artists should have a space to present [...]

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