MOVE YOUR FACE

when i first saw this video i thought media artist daito manabe turned his facial muscular movements into a controlling signal to trigger sounds. but it is actually the other way round: sounds turn into electrical pulses that stimulate the muscles. while in the beginning he looks like a flirting cyborg in the end it just makes me wonder whether it hurts or not - the way he breathes in and out in the beginning suggests it does though ^^ anyway, nice self-experiment and for sure a new way of experiencing music~ hehe...

Don´t close San Giacomo Hospital!

PLATOON.recruit Luca #3091 reports directly from the occupation committee of the „Ospedale San Giacomo“ in Rome. following the decision to close one of Europe´s oldest hospitals, its entire personnel decided to preside the building after their previous attempts for dialogue kept falling on deaf ears. a hunger strike is expected to follow.

the international press doesnt seem to be interested in the issue as it appears to be just another italian problem. however you want to see it the closure of a hospital is never a good sign, especially in these dark days of financial distress.

here is Luca´s open letter:

an abuse against the italian constitution is being perpetrated in Rome, and the very same governors, who are supposed to safeguard our rights, are the actual executioners who are betraying the fundamental basis of democracy.

it is obvious that what is happening here isnt just an isolated case and the abuses are so many that it isnt possible to make generalizations.

so i get straight to the case in question.
the constitutional article being violated here is the 32nd, the right to HEALTH: as you probably know, you dont need an insurance to get medical care in italy, and the public health system, despite being raped by nepotism, bribery and larceny, enjoys very good professionals as well as peaks of specialistic excellence and state of the art medical departments.

these days a hospital in service for seven-hunderd years in a row, is heading for closure. the hospital in question is the San Giacomo, located in via Canova, in other words, the very center of Rome,

this hospital which has been active since 1327, absolved many duties throughout the centuries but it never changed its original purpose and use. in the second half of the 500´ it was bought by Cardinal Antonio Maria Salviati who by enlarging it and making it independent on a financial level, gave it as a present to the people of Rome... but with a biding agreement written in the testament stating that it cannot be leased or sold ....to make it short „ the hospital keeps being a hospital or it gets back to the heirs of the original owner“ the Salviati family.

so the occupying committee „save San Giacomo“ is fighting together with the heirs of the building and other organizations to avoid this disgrace from happening.

the italian health system is running a serious risk of being object for low economical speculations, that with the excuse of optimizing health care are actually attempting to weaken down public services.

San Giacomo Hospital is an historical building protected by artistic heritage laws and has recently been renovated and modernized for the humble amount of 12 million euros, it had a very efficient First Aid (closed since 15 days), has one of the most modern reanimation department in Europe...which unfortunately has been closed so that now the city of Rome finds itself with 12 reanimation places less....and it all obviously appears to be a severe problem for Rome´s citizens.

I´d like to conclude making you note that the motives of this delict are to be searched in real estate speculation...rumors have it that on the 32.000 m2 of the hospital, several apartments or even a hotel are to be built with an estimated profit of 18.000 euro per m2.

however this speculation seems being far from achieving its goals since the original testament has been found. nevertheless the closing procedures are going on because the gentlemen in the government cannot reverse their curse of action and keep justifying the dismission of the hospital´s personnel with false and pernicious motivations.

....and i know i don´t have to warn you about those who try to exploit the cause of the „Salviamo il San Giacomo“ committee, for a political gain of doubtful honesty.

moral of the story is, that if a philanthropist created an hospital at his own costs, with the only intention to donate it to us, four jackals are trying to take it away... at our costs! -

the closure of "Ospedale S.Giacomo" is scheduled for friday the 31st of October.


we support this cause and are aware it isnt an isolated case. the failure of the health care system is hitting germany as well, and a series of massive protest are expected to unfold before the end of the year.


stay tuned for other news from the strikers front.







latest news...the police stormed the Ospedale S.Giacomo and injured some activist from the action network and patients. an elderly lady broke her knee during the raid.

LE PETIT MIGNON

just around the corner from PLATOON berlin there is this small shop, a sign says STAALPLAAT. whats that ?

the place caught my attention a while ago walking by noticing a crowd of people in and outside the store and some preformers tweaking sound gadgets.





so i finnally walked over to have a closer look:

guillaume, the owner, tells me that he took over the store from STAALPLAAT about 1 1/2 years ago and besides selling mostly music entitled "experimental", started to offer comics, art books and exhibitions mostly combined with concerts and performances.













next to cds, records and even tapes the rough but charming location is filled with books, comics, screen prints and art pieces.

















in a room at the back are some pieces of former exhibtions:

the sports bag by gregory le lay
















the wall painting by cecile alvarez and pauline raguin

so if you are around check it out and let yourself inspire by wicked stuff you probably wouldn't come across so easily elsewhere...

Le Petit Mignon Website

SEONGNAM ART CENTER-"THE ROOM OF MEMORIES"

PLATOON family members pianist jong-hwa park, dancer sang-cheol choi and installation artist seung-gyeong kim prepared a stunning performance based on "the room of memories", a book written by soo-kyung kim. you shouldn't miss out on this unique combination of dance, music and literature, we can promise it will be an extraordinary experience. the performance will take place at the opera house of the seongnam art center on november 15, 6pm, only. for more information check out www.snart.or.kr.

see you there~!

PLATOON의 식구와도 같은 천재적인 한국 피아노계의 거장 박종화와 댄스계의 아버지 최상철 그리고 설치 미술가 김승영이 김 수경의 작품 "기억의 방" 으로 호흡을 맞추어 다시는 접하기 힘든 작품을 공연 기획하고있다.
성남 아트센터 오페라 하우스에서 있을 이 공연은 다가오는 11월 15일 오후 6시에 단 하루뿐인 대단원 의 막을 열것이며 절대 놓쳐서는 안될 볼거리가 될것이다.
음악과 춤과아트 와 문학 을 사랑하는 이들에겐 더할나위 없는 좋은 기회이며 여직 한번도 이런기회를 접하지 않았다면 잊을수없는 특별한 경험이될것이다.
공연 작품명은 "기억 의 방"이며 더 많은 안내는 www.snart.or.kr 에서 확인 하세요.

The PLATOON flag is up!

after a night spent digging a hole in the middle of our courtyard, we finally managed to erect the mast for the PLATOON flag we gave Christoph for his birthday.
with the risk of being taken too serious with our military image we still thought it was time to let our flag wave in the wind. and you know what? it looks great!
the colors of the flag is not just random....we actually registered it as the official flag for our organization, in fact you can see it on each item of our PLATOON.combat-wear collection. if you´ve never seen it...come around to have a closer look!

SEOUL FASHION WEEK S/S 2009

finally the summer is over and the whole city of seoul enjoys clear skies and refreshing temperatures. from now on it will get colder, but the next spring season comes for sure. the crew over at daily projects, a fashion shop and concept space, is already preparing for the next season. from october 21-25 they will present a fashion event that will sport a showroom featuring the spring/summer collection 2009 of 3 european and 3 korean artists, a film screening with diane pernet and a closing party hosted by fashion darling henrik vibskov. also our friends from add will exhibit there styles there - so we will definitely check it out~

LAUNCH PARTY- ABOUT.

finally we presented the zero issue of ABOUT on last saturday.
over 300 people came and we all celebrated together till dawn....you all know how it went... hehehe^^*it was awesome!!!
ABOUT and kunsthalle's very important person soo.
She is wearing about's own design logo "about questions" t-shirts.














kunsthalle's another important person mrs.seo on about t-shirts.




























ABOUT's publishing company yeuleumsa's ceo suhgun lee.




































everybody on the party was a dancing queen~~!

















some fine looking korean girls there ??? hehehe..sure they are !!! especially in ABOUT t-shirts.












our good friend gangsuk and the author of the book "back to berlin",dongmi.































hyunjeong from the goethe institut .



















udo was djing earlier... first time he is not eating or sleeping hehehe^^*.












berlin-based vjs u-matic & telematique did a performance at the party.

LAUNCH-PARTY of the latest PLATOON project: ABOUT magazine

hello PLATOON network,

some of you might know that in the last months we have been busy in our containers to research and develop a new magazine - and we are more than happy to finally talk ABOUT and party!

so please feel warmly invited to hold it in your hands and celebrate with us. we would love to see you at our launching party at lounge 3/club naked in sinsa-dong on coming saturday, october 11, 9 pm. the club is in the basement of the andre kim designer store in sinsa-dong, close to garosu-gil. 

important: please do not forget print out and show the attached flyer for free entrance and free drinks! ^^

see you on saturday!

also check out www.about-mag.com


그동안 두문불출 하고 계획해왔던 PLATOON의 최신작 magazine ABOUT 의 신고식을 하고자 여러분을 다시 초대합니다. 새로운 잡지 ABOUT 과 더불어 모든 땀과 노력을 여러분과 진심으로 나누고싶습니다...꼭 !꼭!꼭!  오셔서 PLATOON만이 드릴수있는 party를 즐겨보세요.
**글구 초대장을 꼭! 인쇄해서 오셔야 입장료 무료와 음료권을 드립니다.절대!절대! 절대로 잊지마세요. 10월11일 토요일 9시 도요.