VIENNA CALLING

what's actually going on in vienna ?

last weekend i went back to austria to meet friends and attend the closing weekend of the sound:frame 2009 festival.







if you happen to be in vienna make sure to chill out in the yard of museumsquartier, where i also spotted the vienna based sketch & street art journal artyfucked. mq is also the home of art and prankster collective monochrom by the way, always worth a look.











saturday night was the official film start of berlin calling for austria followed by the sound:frame closing party with paul kalkbrenner. quite a fuss about all that for the local scene, resulting in a pumping party in an former underpass now known as fluc wanne.
the whole thing was hosted by resolut, always trying hard to push descent club music to vienna.










so if you are in town make sure to check out some of the spots including this one.

Pecha Kucha Vol. 13

REMINDER!!!
the berlin pecha kucha team invites you to another incredible night of presentations...featuring Rob Savelberg as guest curator.

tomorow 28.4.2009 / Start Time 20:20 / Doors Open 19:30 / @ Festsaal Kreuzberg / Skalitzer Straße 130 (close to Kotti)

speakers, so far:
* Theo Lightart (artist, about taste and intoxication / )
* Astrid Proll(photo editor, witness (drove one of the RAF's getaway cars) about London in the ealry 70ies)
* Jeroen Akkermans (Journalist (RTL4)
* Exit-Deutschland (Organization, about people who leave the Neonazi-Scene.
* Torsten Seidel (photographer, artist, about his collection of curd) soaps.
* Jeroen Kuiper (Journalist, about refugees at the Eastern border of the EU)
* Rob Savelberg ( Journalist, PK3 guest curator, about the French Fries wars)
* Heiko Thierl (Radio mit Weltmusik im Internet)

WHAT'S PECHA KUCHA?
at Pecha Kucha speakers introduce their projects of various fields, like design, architecture, art or science. They have 20 pictures à 20 seconds to make a point. due the short time of presentation of only 6 minutes 40 seconds, there is never a dull moment!

watch more Pecha Kucha Nights via PLATOON

sevenstar gallery anniversary exhibition

seven star gallery invites you to its 1 year and 77 days anniversary. if you want to experience unusual photography and visual culture this is the place to be.









our special force trooper, Peter Lorenz #1692, will present some of his photographs during this exhibition. Peter has been working with us on the portrays displayed in the container-installation that is touring around germany for the minimumwage campaign.

if you are in the area you should definitely go and check it out.

vernissage is on 09.04.09 19hr
gormannstrasse 7, berlin mitte.

MOVE YOUR HOME

nils clauss is a photographer from berlin, living in seoul for a couple of years now. coming from architecture photography he moved the field of photography to different areas. his new series about declining neighbourhoods waiting to be torn down and being replaced by apartment complexes looks very promising. echoes of people's former lives create a spooky atmosphere and paradoxically make the everchanging character of the city highly accessible. check it out~

CUT&PASTE Berlin

CUT&PASTE graphic design battles in 16 cities all over the world / on 18th April 2009 at Tape Club in Berlin / competitions in 2D, 3D- und Motion Design / party with Âme and Dirk Rumpff

Introducing 5 new cities, 2 new competition formats, and the first ever Global Championship event, Cut&Paste invites you to watch as designers go head to head while their work is projected in real-time for a live audience. To find out who will be crowned their city’s Cut&Paste digital design champion, purchase advance online tickets now.

Winners of each competition in 2D, 3D, and Motion Design will receive a trip to New York City to compete in the Global Championship on June 20, 2009.

For tickets, event details, and information on all 16 city competitions worldwide, please visit our official website. www.cutandpaste.com

Rudo y Cursi

since september 2008 I wanted to see this film in Mexico, I think that this film is going to be a big one!!! take a look at the trailer.

The director is from mexico city, and I get to know him, he is a cool guy and he has some great ideas... a little bit crazy but I like his work, I hope they bring the movie to Berlin... and please no translation!!! subtitles are ok :-D

Rabbit Adventures: Seafood

One thing i really appreciate about Korean food culture is the availability of fresh seafood. Travel either west or east coast and you'll find plenty of nice restaurants and markets. Chose anything from crab to oyster and they serve it the way you want as a soup, grilled, cooked, raw.

strongly recommended to try it out. lasting impression guaranteed. :)

„Fußballbrüder“ Mechanisierung Köpenick – Die Legende lebt!

A documentary about 10 pairs of brothers from the historic East Berlin club Mechanisierung Köpenick.

shown at Kino Babylon-Berlin Mitte on April 5th 2009, 1:30 pm

In the 70ies and 80ies of the past century, unnoticed by the flying flags of socialism, more than ten pairs of brothers played soccer at the – many times renamed - East Berlin Club Mechanisierung Köpenick. That was and still is record-breaking! In their never-ending but always unsuccessful battle for third-classness they made club history. „Fußballbrüder“ tells the story of the meaninglessness of a historical change because even after the collapse of a world system, many of those brothers remained loyal to the club. Despite the fact that the bone breaking and ligament tearing continued, for some players even several times, the club still exists a hundred years after its formation – also thanks to these people. What has become of them and how are they doing today?