I didn't know what to expect when I visited the Gerhard Richter exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin a couple days ago. In fact, I must admit that it is only recently that I have first heard about Gerhard Richter. Before going to the exhibition, a friend who is an artist told me that Continue Reading

realeyz.tv caught up with Timo Jacobs, the star and co-director of achtung berlin feature competition entry KLAPPE COWBOY! (Clapper Cowboy!) at Saturday's festival party. The extremely low budget labor of love (although not that low budget, says Jacobs, if everyone had been paid “humane wages” and not deferred their fees), produced over a period of Continue Reading

Berlin ist ein Traum. Oder doch eine Projektion? Oder eine Illusion? Europe, eine junge Pariserin, möchte nach Berlin. Doch sie ist blind und will dort eigentlich nur den Vater ihres Kindes treffen. Der Dicke, ein stummer Biertrinker aus Paris, möchte nach Berlin, weil er dort Personen von einem Kindheitsfoto wiederzufinden hofft. Und für Bomber, den Continue Reading

Michael Corcoran is a provocateur. He always has been, ever since he's been writing. When he landed in Austin in the 1980s, he made a big splash. Even people who'd never read him knew that he had tattoos, which hadn't yet caught on, let alone become almost mandatory. And among his tattoos was, well, one Continue Reading

I've read an article in a Berliner local newspaper lately in which a journalist complained about reckless biking in Berlin. He referred to some bikers being very dangerous for cars as they don't observe traffic rules. I was pleased to read that I am not the only one who is unhappy about the behavior of Continue Reading

Eva Sterk is a Berlin-based singer-songwriter group with post rock overtones. Their latest music clip for the tune "No Note" was shot in the suburbs of Eastern Berlin and directed by realeyz.tv video blogger Laura Huertas Zurriaga. Some other members of the realeyz.tv team and their families are also involved.
The clip's considerable charm lies in Continue Reading

"Moan", the brooding 2009 club smash by Danish electronica musician and producer Trentemøller (who also contributed to the soundtrack of realeyz documentary COMPLAINTS CHOIR), served as the inspiration by Nils Strüven's award-winning short film HEARTWORK. Beautifully acted by an ensemble cast featuring Sarah Gerstner, Klaas Malorny, Axel Hartwig, Philine Proft and Georg Lehmann, HEARTWORK is Continue Reading

Diskussionsforum mit Aktivistinnen aus Hongkong
Voll utopisch? Ein Lohn zum Leben, asienweit ... weltweit!
May Wong und Rena Lau, die sich für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen einsetzen, berichten von ihren Recherchen in den Fertigungsstätten von Outdoor-, Skate- und Surf Produkten. Unter dem Motto ‚Discover Fairness’ sind sie auf einer Speakers-Tour der Clean Clothes Campaign durch Europa.
Ihr Hauptanliegen ist, dass Continue Reading

All you camera freaks out there might like watching the video of the panoramic ball camera developed by researcher Jonas Pfeil and his team at the Technical University in Berlin.
The camera is a ball like any other ball, except that 36 fixed-focus 2 megapixel mobile phone camera modules have been inserted into the padding.
The Continue Reading

Are people in need of love in Berlin? I guess so, if one looks at this sign that caught my eye at the subway station of Schlesisches Tor in Berlin-Kreuzberg. It says: «Love, take as much as you need!»

Maybe this sign will give some comfort to the lonely hearts out there!