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WHEN I WAS

Saturday, June 14, 2014

One of the films I look forward to most this summer: Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. While the title draws multiple definitions only similar in abstraction, Linklater–the versatile, the skillful, and just shy of master-status–manages to distill that bittersweet expanse of time in this massive work. Capturing twelve years in narrative through the aging cast, the film [...]

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TUBE MOMENTS

Friday, June 13, 2014

Subway systems always have their particular allure, and it’s funny how they come to represent the city they are in – just compare the unique smells to be found in Berlin, compared to Paris or London. What is universal is the way how we will rub shoulders with people from all walks of life, cramped [...]

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JAPAN SYNDROME

Monday, May 19, 2014

Three years after the tsunami in northeastern Japan and the damage to the nuclear reactor in Fukushima, many people, including a growing number of artists, have got beyond the agony and speechlessness that set in after the disaster. They are starting to recognize that the catastrophe uncovered many hitherto undisclosed rifts within Japanese society, and [...]

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THE WORLD IN PICTURES

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Always a defining moment for the state of photography is the announcement of the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards – that great mixture of entries of young and old, professional and amateur, covering all aspects of current photography, from reportage to advertising. Photographer of the Year is Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, for her disturbing [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: THE BERLIN QUARTERLY

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Despite the title, the new Berlin Quarterly has little to do with Berlin at first sight, besides having its offices in town. Picking up on some of the dustier and quirkier visual elements of old-fashioned literary titles, the design of Berlin Quarterly doesn’t succeed as well as The White Review in translating these [...]

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APOCALYPSE NOW?

Saturday, February 22, 2014

These apocalyptic appearing press photos of the latest events in the Ukraine were published yesterday by the spanish newspaper El País.
Immediately touched by the anarchic brutality of a real event I started to notice that the images would arouse a certain sense for surreal beauty just at the same time they had a shocking impact [...]

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Watching the Berlinale

Thursday, February 6, 2014

The 64.Berlinale started today, presenting national and international films, shorts, new talents, retrospectives,…
A corporation with the German television channel ZDF allows you to follow the event online: here
Film still of the short film Birds, directed by Ulu Braun

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SLOW SPEED TRAINS

Friday, January 24, 2014

There is always this moment of expectation when the subway train arrives at the station – beautifully captured by Adam Magyar from the other side, slowing down the footage of passengers on the platform to almost standstill and what’s more, to startling effect.

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PATTERNS AND OTHER STORIES

Monday, December 16, 2013

Sometimes we see exhibitions that draw attention to unknown legacies. Interwoven Connections: The Stoddard Templeton Design Studio and Design Library, 1843-2005 is one of them. We had a closer look…
What happens when manufacture and design go hand in hand? What is the legacy and historical relevance of this kind of fusion? The current exhibition Interwoven [...]

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“Promise” by Kota Sake

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

A series of photographs by Japanese photographer Kota Sake are currently on display at the artist-run 35 Minutes studio space in Araiyakushi, Tokyo. Since this past April, Sake has been mounting three animal photographs on the 8th of every month “because of the Gomadaki ritual which is performed on the 8th of each month [...]

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