"Palast der Republic" Area

“A temporary museum for the art of today”

following this theme, the artmagazine monopol, with support of the hertie-school of governance for architecture offices, has been encouraged to put some good thinking into place about the temporary use of the building.

the Spiegel and other printmedias had already reported about it

tonight at 19:30 o´clock the concepts will presented and delineated at the former state council building and there should be also a debate taking place with both sustainers and opposer, moderated by gert scobel (3sat kulturzeit)

the architecture firm from Stuttgart bottega+erhardt, ties in with the former “Palast”´s subject matter to this point: a place for and of our republic

they will be giving to the 20.000m2 base area a red tartan coating which in turn will be sided by 16 black stairways through which they lead an appearing floating yellow woodenbox. The stairs would be ending in 16 separate white rooms which measure respectively 1.250 m2. all of them will have to be filled with art by the 16 federal states of germany.


all designs have something in common, they are an idea and have to be regarded as such. until now they served only as encouragement. nevertheless, what needs to be happening with them now, is to this date unclear. perhaps the outcome will be that the project wont keep existing only as an arty-game afterall, but the idea of it will be followed also in the future, something I personally find to be as very preferable.


but then again, to be totally honest with you, i still often hope that all this stupid matter about rebuilding the city-castle will not achieve its purpose.




gelände palast der republik

"ein museum auf zeit für die kunst von heute".

unter diesem thema hat das kunstmagazin monopol mit unterstützung der hertie-school of governance
4 architketurbüros gebeten, sich gedanken zur zwischennutzung des palastgeländes zu machen.

der spiegel und andere printmedien hatten schon darüber berichtet.

heute abend um 19:30 uhr sollen die entwürfe im ehemaligen staatsratsgebäude vorgestellt und anschliessend soll eine diskussion mit unterstützern und gegnern unter der moderation von gert scobel (3sat kulturzeit) geführt werden.

das stuttgarter architekturbüro bottega+erhardt knüpft an die inhaltliche thematik des ehemaligen palastes an:
ein ort für und von unserer republik. sie geben der 20.000 m2 grundfläche einen roten tartanbelag von dem aus 16 schwarze treppen (=stützen) in die dadurch schwebend erscheinende gelbe holzkiste führen. sie enden in 16 seperaten weissen räumen von jeweils 1.250 m2 die von den 16 bundesländern mit kunst bespielt werden müssen.

alle entwürfe haben eines gemeinsam, sie sind eine idee und sind als soche anzusehen. bis jetzt dienen sie als anregung. was mit ihnen passieren soll ist bis dato noch nicht geklärt. vielleicht ergibt es sich jedoch, dass es nicht nur ein künstlerisches spiel bleibt, sondern dass eine idee davon auch weiterverfolgt wird. was ich für sehr wünschenswert hielte.

denn ganz offen hoffe ich immer noch, dass diese blödsinnige stadtschloss-wiedererstellung gar nie zum tragen kommt.

"a scanner darkly"

we were waiting so long for its release and now it´s finally here: „a scanner darkly“, by film director richard linklater...another amazing movie using rotoshop , an innovative graphic animation technique created by bob sabiston at fatblackfilms.

have a taste of it by watching the first 24min.
(you need to state your age in order to watch it)

*showing tomorrow 12.08,19:45 at the fantasyfilm festival + timetable (pdf)

** well....I actually went to see it, but I have to be totally honest with you...I fell asleep!

the quest of an artist

"kabul matters" is an art-project directed by luis berrios-negron, a puertorican artist and conceptual architect, living in berlin. the artwork was commissioned by rahraw omarzad; director and founder of the „centre for contemporary art afghanistan“ and was executed during the time of the berlin biennale 2006.

"the motivation behind this art-project was to inspire a sense of hope in the people of kabul. it was for this reason a green theme was established, symbolizing rebirth in the afghani culture". - luis

kabul is a city of overwhelming disarray; with no solid infrastructure, no garbage disposable system, frequent power failures, and extremely limited access to water resources. kabul is a city that for centuries has seen social, economic, and political instability, not only in the recent past with the control of the taliban regime.

„it is a real challenge to be a woman in kabul these days. woman have no access to education, as a matter of fact girl schools are still being burnt down, like recently in helmand- south of afghanistan- one of the last strongholds of the talibans“. - luis

as a woman, the streets of kabul used to be very dangerous:
“before, during the taliban rule, if you had shown even just a glimpse of your ankles or you walked the streets without company, you may have incurred the risk of getting stoned to death“. - luis

the project itself consisted of a performance involving several people carrying a gigantic green cloth up a hill where a large billboard was displayed.
the green-drapery was than ufolded over the massive billboard, which during the soviet union regime displayed strict, political slogans. - pictures -

bibi mahro, the hill, rises from the middle of the city. on its very top we would find the remains of a remarkable soviet olympic sized pool

"this served as a tool for promoting a sense of community, providing a platform whereto combine their ideal of athletics with their political ideology – in other words: propaganda". - luis

during the taliban regime the hill was used for its strategic position as a military stronghold. In fact one may still observe (as shown on the google earth map), the remains of an exploded tank on the right of the pool.

„some people said, the pool itself used to be the taliband´s favorite place for executing prisoners and dissenters“. - luis

initially, the performance was supposed to be carried out by only a group of painting students but a random and curious crowd, mostly composed of children, joined forces in this symbolic gesture, giving it an edge of solemn ritualism. as a result, the performance turned out to be an authentic experience; not only a staged ceremony.

as a sign of gratitude, luis gave a workshop for the students of the institut, introducing them to the berlin biennale. this was running at the same time of the project.

*we would like to thank the photographer massoud hosseini for the very touching pictures documenting "kabul matters".

most of luis berrios artworks seem to be defined by a need for denouncing extreme social conditions.
however, his main preoccupation does not appear to be one driven by sterile criticisms. more accurately is seems to be paving the way for solutions. the striking factors, when faced with his work include the interaction of contrasts, subtle sarcasm and a passion for provocation. these are all ingredients that make him a remarkable artist fighting for reconnecting “loose ends“, where individuals or whole communities are living in fear, lacking a sense of hope or blinded by consumerism.

this was the case for “tzunami safe(r)“, a housing project for tzunami stricken communities in sri-lanka. the project was conceived through carlo ratti and the prajnopaya foundation as a psychological tool meant to give a renewed sense of optimism to people struck by this sort of catastrophy -- a move to ease them from their constant fear.

the government of sri-lanka had infact already planned to move an entire sea side community approximately 2km inland. this was something unthinkable for people whose main sustainability was based on the ocean.

another example of his guerrilla-style, sarcastic exhibitions infiltrating the strongholds of corporate establishment was the project "people's republic of z pod", which runned under the tutelage of lot-ek, an innovative and very succesful architect duo in ny. in this case, luis wanted to create a transitional object symbolizing the condition of consumerism and how it affects social disparity.

“z pod“ is infact a housing system made out of cut-out, collaged billboards which would provide housing for young aspiring models and exploited sweatshop workers in new york.

„the reality of sweatshop workers is still very real in new york as in many other countries around the world“. - luis

the project was presented for two hours at the diesel-denim gallery in soho – where a pair of jeans can easily cost $200–500! the humor was seen in the missunderstanding of those operating the gallery, as they did not realize exactly what the performance was about right up untill the final point. this project fundametally criticised their entire industry and blantely made fun of them.

a video documenting this project was recently shown at the filter gallery in hamburg, with certainly far less complications.


*we would like to thank luis berrios-negron for allowing us to showcase his work and for the very interesting and inspiring chats we had here in Platoon.

a short weather-break

seeing as not many members are drawn to the water at the moment, we´ll be leaving the pool area closed for the week-end.

the lawn is recovering, splendidly!


and we´ll organise another concert and consequent party soon...infact the two semi-final concerts send their greetings

another question to all those visiting our area: have you taken any nice pictures? then please send them to us!
we want to make a small documentation
about this wicked World Cup.

it would be cool if there were some pictures of you included...thank you!


da es im moment nicht sehr viele vereinmitglieder ins wasser treibt lassen wir das pool-gelände dieses wochenende geschlossen. der rasen erholt sich prächtig!

und bald werden wir mal wieder eine konzert mit party veranstalten! die beiden halbfinal-konzerte lassen grüssen..

noch eine frage an alle besucher des geländes:
habt ihr schöne fotos gemacht? dann schickt sie uns!
wir wollen eine kleine dokumentation der geilen wm machen. wäre doch toll, wenn da auch bilder von euch drin sind! danke!



*photo . andreas mühe . the aim of design

THE POOL SEASON BEGINS

since the summer hasn't seemed to left us yet, we want to place our cooling pool at the disposal to all the members with heat stroke.


POOL . HEAT . CHILL . DRINKS

FRIDAY: 14:00 bis open end
SATURDAY: 14:00 bis open end (JUNGLEBAR?)
SUNDAY: 14:00 bis open end


Well, during the World Cup we have always had many intresting characters in the Platoon complex, so we thought we could make the place a great meeting spot once again ;-)


We are looking forward to it


**members only (don´t forget your dogtag)
**membership for a day: 2e



da der sommer uns nicht zu verlassen scheint, wollen wir allen hitzegeschädigten vereinsmitgliedern unseren kühlenden pool zur verfügung stellen!


da wir zur WM ja auch immer viele nette leute auf dem hof hatten, könnte das doch wieder ein schönes come-together werden ;-)

wir freuen uns!

WM REWORKING

there really are many interesting things in the net about the World Cup..it goes without saying that we managed to present some of them only now just after the last rushing weeks..



here you can find a little video made by a fan about the argentinian preparation game: I rarely laught so much! how stupid can one be..





here you can see a little game about Zidane…it´s really entertaining!














and here another mate from hildesheim that can do it even better than Zidane



WM NACHARBEIT

es gibt wahrlich viele nette sachen im netz zum thema WM.. aber natürlich kommen wir im stress der letzten wochen erst jetzt dazu ein paar vorzustellen:

hier ein kleines fan-filmchen zum argentinen-vorspiel-spiel: habe selten so gelacht! wie doof muss man sein..

hier noch ein kleines game zum thema zidane: macht wirklich spass!

und hier noch ein kollege aus hildesheim der das noch besser kann als zidane..

soni riot

after the first soni-riot live-act i say hereby
THANKS! THANKS! THANKS!

PLATOON:
heidrun
jette
christine
christoph
tom
jens

FRIENDS:
anne schwiethal
harald keppler
tofa
...

especially ALEX TOLAR and OLLI WRAGE
and here... the evening!



nach dem ersten soni riot liveact
sage ich hiermit DANKE!DANKE!DANKE!
...
und besonders ALEX TOLAR und OLLI WRAGE

und hier der abend

PLATOON SAYS: THANK YOU!

It has been a really nice World Cup with you all....the weather, the many parties, the good vibes... and not to forget our fantastic team and our many new members!

now we´ll first need to have a break --- just to cool down! but already next week we´ll get in contact with you to let you know how it goes on from here...with our area... swimming etc...

THANKS AGAIN




PLATOON SAGT: DANKE!

es war eine wirklich tolle wm.. mit euch allen zusammen.. dem wetter.. den vielen parties.. der guten stimmung.. dem tollen team.. und den vielen neuen mitgliedern!

jetzt machen wir erst einmal pause - ausdampfen!

aber schon nächste woche melden wir uns bei euch, wie es mit unserem areal weitergeht.. schwimmen etc.

DANKE NOCHMAL!