Misplaced advertising

the „itambe“ enterprise is making what I consider an all out assault on women dignity.
classic movie scenes are reworked to feature „larger“ ladies für example mena suvari in american beauty- the tagline ist the kicker "...forget about it. men’s preference will never change. fit light yogurt."
this kind of advertising goes against the general tendency of corporate social responsibility like dove, who tries to show „normal“ women in their publicity. dove increased fifteen per cent of sales since the release of the new poster, where you can see six chubby women.
since september they enhance workshops for young women with eating disorders.
maybe the first thing they should learn is to close their eyes and to avoid stupid untasty light yogurt advertising.

dove "evolution" on youtube


via poplicks

TIME IS UP …

oh my god – those last 6 months passed by unbelivable quickly! it was a really great, exciting, instructive and diversified time here at PLATOON. but everything has come to an end :-(

today is my last day as trainee at PLATOON and soon i'll go back to austria, where i start studying.

so, wholeheartedly, i want to say 'THANK YOU' to all those i got to know here, for support, help and just a enjoyable time in berlin - especially to: heidrun, tom, christoph, anna, marcello, alex, aleks, ...

so long!

FESTIVAL ARS ELECTRONICA 2007 - GOODBYE PRIVACY

again something from my hometown linz (austria) ...

the annual (since 1979) and by now also international known ARS ELECTRONICA is a festival for art, culture & technology. this year the festival is devoted to the topic 'GOODBYE PRIVACY'.

a new culture of everyday life is now upon us, bracketed by the angst-inducing scenarios of control and the enthusiasm of medial self-profiling. everything seems to be public and nothing’s private anymore. panopticon or freedom (of opinion)? this perfect control is fascinating and concurrently frightening.

by symposia, exhibitions, performances and interventions, the ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL will search out what the public and private spheres mean and the interrelationship between them. the issues, themes and even the framework of the festival itself will blend into a fleeting illusion - so it becomes impossible to differentiate between virtual and real spaces and for a week linz will be a 'second city'.

the combination of the traditional annual program and new program-extensions makes 'GOODYBYE PRIVACY' (again) to a unique festival. among other things this year completely new is the 'mobile atelier' - a prototypical container-modul as a artwork, which concurrently offers a workspace for artworks and exhibitions. another experiment is 'bastard space': ars electronica and stephan doesinger start the first 'architecture contest' in second life, a public contest for architecture and design.

sure, the festival will be also this year a great cooperation of diverse cultural and artistic acts - national (e.g. university of art linz, lentos, ok center) and international (e.g. udk berlin, media university switzerland, fabrique paris).

ARS ELECTRONICA 2007 'GOODBYE PRIVACY'
linz - austria / september 5 - 11

Meet The Neighbours - SCHWARZENBERG EXPOSED!

at house schwarzenberg are working numerous artists in diverse studios and ateliers: mode-designer, graphic-designer, musicans, photographers, video-artists, ...

galerie neurotitan invited those resident artists of house schwarzenberg to present their works, within the scope of a group-presentation - with the title meet the neighbours: you know each other, you greet each other, but do you really know what your neighbour is doing? the common place should connect those artists. but are their any differences in their art, although they are working in one house?

so this is even the first time where all those artists work on one project together: their group-exhibition, starting on august 4.

artists: aboutaboat . Andrew Greif . Breeda CC . Christian Günther . D-Mo . Einsnull . Hannes Heiner . Heinrich Dubel . Henryk Weiffenbach . Jonas Weber Herrera & Nicolette Krebitz . Julie Loi . KAI . Kaliber 16 . Kino Central . Lisa Smith . Miguel Lopes . mono:ram . Moritz Wolpert . Murata & Friends . Ron Katsir . Safy . Sandra Becker01 . Silvia Moravia . SNIPER . Stokx . Superclub

beside works, also a broad supporting program is offered: among other things a performanc of christian günther & moritz wolpert & IX

meet the neighbours - schwarzenberg exposed!
opening: august 4, 20.00 @ house schwarzenberg
Rosenthalerstraße 39, berlin - mitte
august 5 - 25 / monday - saturday (12.00-20.00)

RIDDLE: contemporary dance at dock11

RIDDLE is a dance performance by Morgan Belenguer and Melanie Lane in collaboration with filmmaker Eva S.Aridjis. It is a creation inspired by themes such as taxidermy, black and white film, fragility,zen,searching, transformation and preservation.
Eva S. Aridjis’s film “Taxidermy – the art of imitating life” visits the world of short black and white video excerpts of a taxidermy workshop in texas during the 80’s while Morgan and Melanie go through a physical journey that moulds, transforms and breaks force using objects such as glass, clay and a mysterious fox.

The soundtrack consists of artists such as John Cage, Bach and Kach Jiyean Gayageum (a contemporary Korean composer) all of whom resonate zen-like ambience in diverse tones. Whereas tracks from electronic music artists Otto von Schirach and Errorsmith bring a driving force in contrast. RIDDLE rides on the border between fantasy and reality, provoking an emotional yet abstract journey, questioning ones perception of time, space and situation, constructing in end effect…an unanswered riddle.

The performance will be presented on the 2.3.4.5 of August at DOCK 11 (Kastanienalle 79) and will start at 21:00.

Everyone is welcome to come around…and try to solve the RIDDLE!

PLATOON berlin - PLATOON seoul

skype is a wonderful aquirement.
we could convince ourselves that they are
really still alive!!
today it was a lot of fun to exchange the
news from seoul and berlin in personal talk,
like they are sitting nearby
in the container. great.






















the boys feel good in seoul, as you can see.
soon they will blog some of the many interesting
things happening there.

red-hot days

Today, we have to fly out of our containers.
its so hot, that we can´t bear it inside any longer.
























it´s really nice to work outside.
hope to see you in the next days on and inside the pool.
the water is fresh and clean.......

'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.