For the first time in its history, Wikipedia has halted access to the 'people's encyclopaedia'. The black out is in protest of two bills circulating in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate: the "Stop Online Piracy Act" and the "Protect Intellectual Property Act." Prompting this drastic measure was Wikipedia's concern Continue Reading

My favorite radio station NPR offers a lot of great music for listeners (along with excellent news reporting and talk shows). The other morning NPR's 'Tiny Desk Concerts'grabbed my ear. It was a live performance of cellist Yo Yo Ma's newest adventure 'The Goat Radio Sessions'. The group's mandolinist, Chris Thile, explained that Continue Reading

One of realeyz.tv’s translators asked me to look for work by ALIAS. Hmmm. OK. Then, really and truly purely by chance, I ran into a stencil work at Mariannenplatz next to the Bethanien’s new little skateboard set-up. Seems that Kunstraum Kreuzberg will be featuring skater films. Sounds right up our alley! ALIAS - very dramatic Continue Reading

There is so much graffiti in Berlin. So many tags, stickers, stenciled and sprayed artworks. Why did I choose this image? First of all the Giacometti-like figures in black caught my attention. Just a few lines build these evocative figures. What are they looking at - and why are they doing it in tandem? The Continue Reading

Looking down at my feet  (highly advisable in Berlin, where dogs have undisciplined owners…) I noticed that the heavy rains had sprouted a bouquet of vevelty mushroom - right tight against the crumbly brick wall - with some lush dandylions as next door neighbors.

All in all a peaceful coexistance.

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Berlin in the summer - the air warmed by the day’s sun and fragrant with the perfume of countless blossoms. And sunsets after 10 pm!  Berlin - laguna on the Spree at Treptower Park.

Films for this mood: Pupa’s Garden. Garden of Eden in the middle of wasteland.

L’ATLAS studied Arabic calligraphy with classic and modern masters in Morocco, Egypt and Syria and translates the geometric codes of traditional Kufic script into his own aesthetic writing. PUNITIONS (French for punishment) is a style of street art that uses repeated tags to ‘punish’ the surface. The style also recalls punishments taken as a child Continue Reading

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There are at least four independent electric companies in Germany who deal exclusively in clean, renewable energy: Greenpeace Energy, the Elektrizitätswerke Schönau as well as Naturstrom and Lichtblick. Take your pick and change now! The more demand for clean energy, the cheaper it will become. It makes sense to put your money into Continue Reading

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