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WAYS TO AVOID BOREDOM

There are probably worse things you could do in your spare time than scan a cat…

To promeneur with the social guarantee

If you happen to pass by Zurich these days consider a quick trip to the country side. Out on a farm just 30 minutes from the centre of Zurich the migros museum has set up dependance on a farm. Check it out!

CONCRETE OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES

Plattformer, the artist collective that brought you the first DIY concrete table tennis table in London, just launched their latest outdoors object: The Feast Table in London’s Arundel Square. All their projects are put into effect with groups of local children that are thereby introduced to the art of concrete casting. Their most famous project [...]

Booze Haulage In Style

It’s Sunday, and this is something that might come in handy for the next the next 15 Sundays or so. Enjoy the upcoming (2-day) heatwave.

READING ROOM

We can think of no better place to read mono.kultur issue #24 with Cyprien Gaillard’s interview than on top of the “beeramid”, Cyprien’s large-scale sculpture at KW in Berlin, built out of 72,000 bottles of Efes beer. Approximate duration to read Cyprien’s interview: 3 Efes beer!
The ‘reading room’ is open until March 22, 2011:
KW [...]

PARADISE IS NEAR

Very much looking forward to escaping the cold, grey and rainy Berlin weather at least for one day tomorrow, leaving all the hectic city life behind me – and to get a glimpse of paradise in the ‘Temple of Relaxation’, Berlin’s Liquidrom!
Thermal bath Liquidrom
Möckernstrasse 10
10963 Berlin

BERLIN-PARIS FOR THE WEEKEND

We know this might be a little bit too late, but we still think it’s worth reminding you that the third edition of Berlin-Paris is happening (in Berlin) this weekend. Event though it started yesterday, it will still be on for today and there’s yet time to visit some of the participating galleries and scheduled [...]

RANDOM NOTES ON A FRIDAY NIGHT

– Librairie Yvon Lambert: très chic.
– Book title of the night: The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload, published by
– The Institute of Social Hipocrisy, who anyway seem to have a knack for great names.
– mono.kultur is now available from Amazon, apparently.
– Ada would qualify as a great contender for a girl’s [...]

WILD TALK

Few months ago, when blogging about this video from Everynone, I came to know Radiolab’s widely famous radio podcasts.
And that was it!
Since then I got caught in their web of highly developed narrative techniques and styles, sound games, and most of all, highly interesting subjects.
They start every podcast with a main subject on which they [...]

CHEERS

Call it firewater, a highball, a chaser, or one for the road – this interview will leave you thirsty for more…