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TONIGHT

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

2011 has been a year of the worldwide social protests. North African countries have overthrown their despots, but now they are facing equally significant challenges. Is the moment of the overthrow of the dictator a right moment to end protests? Eastern European countries, such as Belarus and Russia, have not yet witnessed the mass protests [...]

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HABBA HIDEOUT

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Perhaps not as overwhelming as SXSW, but there’s some good stuff happening over at the amazing Hablizel Verlag this weekend.

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THE BIG CRUNCH

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Raumlabor is a collective working on contemporary architecture, art and urbanism. Besides marketstand structures of Markthalle IX and an exhibition space for Transmediale 12, installations such as the lovely lady Rosy or the bug like structure, made out of used materials, are designed by these Berlin based architects.

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Berliner Love

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Berlin remains a magnet to crowds of curious youths, and the constant flow of new Berliners is a staggering phenomenon. As identification with this playground city seems to play an important role for many, discrimination of those who arrived earlier against those who arrived later is a popular sport. It has been for the last [...]

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YES BUT NO

Sunday, March 11, 2012

The new Koi Klub happens every month on the 11th, regardless of the day of the week. If that date doesn’t ring any bells, then you just need to look up any news site today to find out why. Because, in many ways, today is the anniversary, even though for Koi Klub it isn’t, but [...]

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LLIK YOUR IDOLS

Saturday, March 10, 2012

“Llik your Idols is an intimate survey of a VERY particular time in downtown NYC – the mid 1980s – when the fallout of a decrepit city manifested itself through the psyches of young and wild artists, musicians and filmmakers banging into each other in the scum drenched streets. Sex, drugs, violence and rock’n’roll took [...]

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CLAPPING

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Germans have the insatiable urge for rhythmic clapping at live music events – it can be witnessed at live television shows with music acts but just as well at beatbox performances at Festsaal Kreuzberg…

The Shins “Clapping Butter” – watch more funny videos

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DODO

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The first ever presentation and long-overdue rediscovery of Dodo’s graphic work provides a broad insight into an artistic life that was shaped by constant upheaval. Dodo, born in 1907 in Berlin as Dörte Clara Wolff, enjoyed a care-free upbringing in a wealthy Jewish milieu. Even as a young woman, she possessed an allure over those [...]

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TIME IS OUT OF JOINT

Thursday, February 23, 2012

The exhibition of  Boris Mikhailov is opening today at the Berlinische Galerie. The Ukranian artist’s works document the social disintegration, poverty, harshness of everyday life and the absurdity that comes with these situations, mostly in Soviet Union times. The exhibition shows a selection of works from earlier periods till now, including the works produced [...]

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KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA IN BERLIN #3

Monday, February 20, 2012

Martin Zet’s campaign Deutschland schafft es ab (‘Germany gets rid of it‘) in the framework of the 7th Berlin Biennale gave rise to strong reactions and polarized the public opinion. His call for donations of Thilo Sarrazin’s book Deutschland schafft es ab was criticized not only in numerous media reports, but the Berlin Biennale also received [...]

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