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INCENDIES

Sunday, June 26, 2011

This week saw the German release of Canadian masterpiece Incéndies (in Germany released as Die Frau die Singt) which was nominated for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Oscars Awards. Set in the turmoil of the Middle Eastern conflict, it’s one of the most relentlessly crushing and impressive films I’ve seen in a long time. [...]

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NEW THERE

Monday, May 30, 2011

Gil Scott-Heron – April 1, 1949 to May 27, 2011.

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After the train

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

60 years ago, on April 29th, an eastbound passenger train left Berlin towards what today is recognized as Central Europe by many transatlantic visitors. Previously connecting Lower Silesia to the Prussian capital, the train line became outdated by the emerging political landscape of 1951. This was the last passenger train leaving from the war worn [...]

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Alt history

Monday, April 11, 2011

Astro Black is a new work from Australian duo Soda_Jerk – showing at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien until 17 April. The four channel video installation is composed entirely of found materials, remixed to chronicle an alternative version of history according to the glittering vision of Sun Ra – a musician from outer space.
The work is built around the [...]

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BRING BACK SPARTAKIADA

Monday, February 7, 2011

The Guardian today has a review of Phil Collin’s 2010 video installation, Marxism Today, an overview of ignored voices from post-wende East Germany (originally screened at the Berlin Biennale). It features – among other things – footage of DDR-era mass gymnastics displays. ‘This sort of thing could never happen here, I thought, not because we [...]

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WALL RABBITS

Monday, January 31, 2011

There’s a fascinating documentary about the history of the Berlin wall – from the perspective of the rabbit population located between East and West. If you live in Germany you can watch the whole film here: Mauerhase
Alternatively watch it in parts on youtube.

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Schlagwortgewandtheit

Monday, January 17, 2011

Long before the word google was used as a verb, common-place was. Also, on a somewhat related note: There’s a fine “Für-lau-Gig” coming up in Berlin tonight.

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Le ciel est bleu et tres vide…

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

…above Paris and the whole country is under general strike.
History doesn’t repeat itself, though if the students will join la manifestation
today, memories of 1968 might be awakened.

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LESS RISK, MORE FUN

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Today, quite a few people in Berlin gathered to make a strong statement against governmental plans, or deals, to extend nuclear-powerstations’ lifespans.
So, Angie, keep in mind for whom you do the job and who ensures yours. Shut those dirty oldies down. Especially interesting: in 2005, no 7% of the world’s energy consumption were produced by [...]

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WATERMELONS UNDER THE BED

Friday, September 10, 2010

Brazilian artist Renata Lucas usually works with already existing situations. Based on fictions, she intervenes into found landscapes and architectures making the background become the main character. Her displacements cause spaces to become the main focus of attention revealing their deeper structures and proposing meaningful transformations. In her new work she creates a geometric alteration [...]

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