'nonspheres iv' by luis berríos-negrón

luis berríos-nergrón is an architect and artist from puerto rico. luis received a bachelor of 'fine arts degree' from parsons school of design and the 'master of architecture degree' at MIT. he already collaborated with popular artists - just to name a few: larry clark, silvia kolbowski, jean gardner. in 2005 he obtained the harold and marlene schnitzer prize for visual art and he was also awarded for the michael-kalil-award. currently he lives in berlin, where he develops projects in digital prototyping and fabrication with targa, graft, michel de broin and program. his work produces affirmative intersections between technology, geopolitics and art.

opening on july 19, 19:00
exhibition: july 19 - august 18
(thuesday - friday 14:00-19:00 / saturday 11:00-19:00)
program - initiative for art & architectural collaborations, invalidenstr. 115, berlin-mitte

NONSPHERES IV is the latest work of luis berríos-negrón's investigation into the contemporary tension between nature and technology. this project will take the shape of a digitally generated lattice. the simulation of a carbon tetrahedral lattice will fill the whole gallery - suggesting a continuous remote set of relationships, intended to incite what freud calls 'oceanic feelings' (or infantile sensation of oundlessness between the ego and the outside world) and it's further supported by works on two geopolitically charged locations – teufelsberg (berlin) and bibi mahro (kabul).

we've already reported about luis berríos-negrón.

GRAFIK28 // exhibition

today i visited the GRAFIK28 exhibition. GRAFIK28 consits of 28 graduates of the graphic-design classes of lette-verein.

at this finishing-exhibition you can gaze a wide rage of art & design: corporate design, illustration, graphic design, poster design and photography.






although all those young designers have the same academic background, everyone of them shows an individual and different style - in diverse constructions.

i was impressed by the projects which are done by screenprint, but also works of typography, multimedia and illustration are well worth seeing.











exhibition: july 6 - july 28
monday - thuesday, 12:00 - 20:00
galerie neurotitan, rosenthalerstr. 39, berlin - mitte

aftershow-party: july 6
23:00, club eschschloraque (house schwarzenberg)

for a first impression visit the website the website!

FREE ENTRY!

the prenzlauer berg chessboxing-champions are born!

oh my dear, the whole day we thought we had to adjourn the game because of the bad weather. until last it wasn't sure if the fights can start. but everthing was going to be allright. all guests had fun and high tension without rain. there were blood and injuries, but fortunately no serious ones. and so all winners and guests could leave happy and sound.




Line-up of opponents:




alec herrmann (30kg) vs. dominik lorenz (36kg)
winner alec herrmann by checkmate 1st round.
no title.



























1. hannes fritz vs. sebastian bauersfeld
(middleweight; 69-72kg)
winner of the prenzlauer berg title: sebastian bauersfeld by RSC-I

2. sascha wandkowski vs. alexander troll
(cruiserweight; 76-81kg) showfight
winner sascha wandkowski by checkmate 9th round.


































3. sebastien aubriot vs. david steppeler
(heavyweight; 88-94kg)
winner of the prenzlauer berg title: sebastien aubriot by checkmate 7th round.
(the pictures beside)




















and the championship-organizers and the platoon-area are in luck.

THE PRENZLAUER BERG CHESSBOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE FIGHT WILL BE ON AT 7 P.M EVEN IF IT RAINS!!!


SATURDAY, 23 JUNE 2007, 7 P.M.
@ PLATOON, weinmeisterstraße 3, berlin mitte
admission €5

things are coming to full circle: after four years, chessboxing is returning to the PLATOON area in berlin’s weinmeisterstrasse.

the world’s first-ever chessboxing fight was in september 2003 at the infamous courtyard location right around the corner from Hackescher Markt. during the last four years, chessboxing has envolved into a real sport. fights have held around the world: amsterdam, tokyo, munich, cologne, nantes and of course berlin.

the media coverage has been incredible! among others, Die Zeit, LA Times, The Guardian, Playboy, Spiegel, Spiegel TV, NTV, Sat 1, Pro7, ZDF, ARD Sportschau, Fuji TV, and ESPN Sports reported about the biathlon of the 21st century.

the world’s first chessboxing club was founded in 2005, the chess boxing blub berlin e.v., a registered association. since then, training is twice weekly at the franz-mett gymnasium in gormannstraße 13. the club started up with eight members and two chess trainers. since then, it has grown to 40 active members, three chess trainers and two professional boxing coaches.

now after a year-and-a-half of serious training, the club’s first chessboxers are ready for their first match!



//// line-up of opponents:

1. hannes fritz vs. sebastian bauersfeld
(middleweight; 69-72kg)

2. sascha andkowski vs. alexander troll
(cruiserweight; 76-81kg) showfight

3. sebastien aubriot vs. david steppeler
(heavyweight; 88-94kg)



and on the 23rd there will also be a premiere we’re particularly proud of: the first newcomers show fight ever – new blood in the ring and on the board!

since 2006, boxing trainer gert rücker has been teaching chessboxing at the grundchule "im Grünen" (hohenschönhausen) and at the "Kreativitäts Grundschule" (karlshorst).

Line-up of opponents:
alec gerrmann (30kg) vs. dominik lorenz (36kg)

more information can be found here



PS: the date will only be postponed in the event of bad weather. otherwise the fight is on!

since once weeks you can see all videos of chessboxing in youtube

borderline festival: moving images 2007 beijing

june 23 - july 1

the borderline moving images festival presents a set of videoscreenings, intstallations, artist talks, workshops and concerts at diverse locations of beijing.

opening on june 23, 7:30 pm
@ beijing creative art center soho shangdu, no. 8 dongdaqiao road, chaoyang district.

the festival is opened by a screening of "just like the movies" by michal kosakowski with piano accompaniment of paolo marzocchi, followed by a video/music-performance of 8GG interactive studio.

main organizers: platform china, bao atelier bejing (by the way: also at the pecha kucha night beijing) and theatre in motion.

tip for my part: “we cannot stop, to stop is to fail” - it's a unique installation, connecting from one work to the next, while maintaining the independence of each single work. beside the works of 13 young chinese and also international video-artists. it offers an analysis and tells a story about the current state of chinese society, especially the of the youth - june 24, 7:30 pm

look at the festival’s program on the website and guide yourself through the evening from one place to another ...

ALL EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS OF THIS FESTIVAL ARE FOR FREE!

KASPAR KOENIG - fashion, design, sound, workshops

i want to present you an interesting person, who probably will work together with PLATOON in future ...

kaspar koenig (born in 1975) is a dutch inventor-artist, now living in berlin and maastricht. he studied industrial design at the UdK berlin.

now he designs goods for daily use - like ties or moneybags. interesting thereby is that he uses special materials like mr. bend (a flexible handle for utility goods, which can be adjusted by hand, which can be used for many devices, including toothbrushes, dentist mirrors, ...) and recycled firehoses in a really delicate way! and in addition koenig makes sounds, where he invents innovative "instruments" like soundbikes (creating acoustic extensions for the bicycle sounds). the soundbike workshop by kaspar koenig was some weeks ago at the Udk berlin.

furthermore he composes soundpieces for (dance) theatres and recently he also started working as a lecturer at the cafa beijing.

it's such a great variety of things he's doing - so visit his website and listen to his fancy sounds, check up the actual workshop-dates or maybe order some unique goods, ...

ugh ugh! muddy baltic sea

yesterday I read in the newspaper
der tagesspiegel following article:

WWF: ANNUALLY 100 MILLION FLUSHES OF SHIPS END UP IN THE OSTSEE

according to surveys of the environment-foundation WWF (world wide fund for nature), every year about 100 million flushes of ships end up in the „Ostsee“. in addition - according to surveys at shipping companies of „Ostsee“-cruisers and ferries - about 1,6 billions liter of wastewater from showers and cleaning buckets.

not even a quarter of those ships disposes its wastewater to land, so annually about 450 tons nitrate and 150 tons phosphats run into the „Ostsee“.

„the broth works like dung. the plants grow intensified and deprive the water the oxygen“, said the leader of WWF-„Ostsee“, jochen lamp. those nutrients contributes that this inland lake again and again is obsessed by the algae pest. because of 60.000 ship-passages and 90 millions passengers the "ostsee" is one of the most cruised seas in the world.


harbours have to raise up their disposal-capacities


according to the WWF, just nine shipping companies agree for a voluntary self-commitment to stop 2007 the discharge of their excrements – also „Hurtigruten“ and „Peter Deilmann“, two providers from germany.

up to now there is no explicit disposal-prohibition of excrements outside the twelve-seamile-zone in the „Ostsee“ - but „such a obligatory regulation should be desirable!“, says jochen lamp. the shipping company -aida cruises- reportedly notifies to assent to a self-commitment next year.

beside shipping companies, according to jochen lamp, in future also the harbours should have the necessary capacities, to make it possible for ferries to dispose their wastewater environment-friendly.

„no passenger is interested to shovel on a cloaca“, said jochen lamp





translated from german into english:angi.

GITMO.TV premiere at platoon

next saturday the premiere of GITMO.TV takes place at platoon - presented by kolonialfilm and gitmo.tv.




saturday, june 16 / 22:00 h
PLATOON / weinmeisterstr. 3 / 10178 berlin-mitte
(corner rosenthaler str. 52)

the premiere of the video-documentation of prisoner-collecting-points will be at the PLATOON garden in front of an old abridgement house, which was used until one year ago as a transit camp of the NATO.









in may 2006 gitmo.tv arragend in this abridgement house an inspectation-tour by use of visual and fine arts.

now this film shows how gitmo.tv confronts the visitors of this inspectation-tour 2006 with the topics stock, right-free rooms and accordingly political-social posititions.











very interesting should be the presence of walter gitmo. he discovers the prisoner-collecting-point and arranged also those guided inspectation-tours through the former CIA prison. walter gitmo informs about his experiences one year ago and also the actual existing prisoner-collecting-points in germany.

defenitely this location establishes a reference to the reality of this extensive documentation-material ...


FREE ENTRY!!