MITTENDRIN by Marco Wilms @ PLATOON.BERLIN

while waiting in preparation for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, we thought to have a cosy movie night with you, just to give you a glimpse about how it was like back then, especially for all of you who missed the nineties here in Berlin and are still wondering about what the Berlin myth is actually all about...

ever heard about the legendary squat EIMER? -wiki-
and what about the early days of TACHELES back in 1990?

those were exciting times...

"the best time in life is when the old power is gone and the new one isnt there yet....."

starting from point zero - the fall of the berlin wall on 09.11.1989 - an euphoric bunch of chaotic jungsters started squatting empty houses in berlin-mitte. director Marco Wilms traces back 5 Utopians of those times, what happened to them, their dreams and projects.

a movie about exceptional charachters with as background a very unique historical circumstance.


DONNERSTAGS-BAR 29.10.09 - movie screening of:
"MITTENDRIN - BERLIN VORTEX" by Marco Wilms #3530.

with an introduction by Michael Zysk from Heldenfilm.


starting at 21:30 on the dot - who´s in is in...who´s out, well... has to wait outside.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY!!!

... dont forget to bring your DOGTAG!

the book society

we felt it is the time for the update of our library. honney, udo, and june attended the book society opening event at korea design foundation located near kwanghwamoon. the book society is a project that supports small self-publishing units. the slogan is 'creating a new culture of publishing'.









there was an opening performance by a cellist on the road. the word 일방통행 means one-way traffic.















many interesting books and megazines were displayed. we purchased 'heavy metal (news) around the world'; a collection of heavy metal news letters published in korea, 'satelite d.i.y.'; sketches and manuals driven by personal future space program, 'welcome to post-toytopia sticky monster lab'; pictures of graphic designed characters in both 2d and 3d and a megazine that featured ohyun's work. you can find them all at the library now.























The event organizer talking about the program schedule.



















little printed bags were also sold at the place.

















the word 출판; publishing assembled by colored led lights.

the book society runs until november 5. for more detailed info, check out www.mediabus.org/tbs

review of SHOWCASE REBOOT vol. 6

on oct 22, PLATOON KUNSTHALLE held the showcase reboot vol. 6. garoo, seo goun, oh suk kuhn, and saving popculture presented their works at the galleries and had a chance to receive feedbacks in various formats; face-to-face conversations, written words, and little drawings on papers. it was also a nice gathering among artists currently exhibiting and ones from past showcases.







piled up modeled faces wrapped up in plastic wraps and styrofoam containers portray garoo's perspective on consumer behavior in capitalistic societies. piled up objects displayed directly speak to people about awareness of over-consuming.











seo goun received many questions related to the concept of the work. she said that she wanted to express and grieve over things that exist between boundaries; between life and death, between reality and surrealism. she also wants her works to be considered as modern surrealistic art rather than just surrealism that has been existed.




























curious udo asking questions to seo goun.













oh suk kuhn discovered a witty way of approaching to most stereotypical characters in korean textbooks; chulsoo and younghee. the artist relates these characters to his childhood memories such as hiding inside closet, becoming curious about sex, and jumping down from the rooftop wearing superman outfit. people had elfin smiles when looking at his work.











saving pop culture took credit for making music video being accepted as a form of art at oberhausen. individuals took their time to really observe fresh collaboration of sound and images.

BACKJUMPS volume 4 / #1

Adrian Nabi #3230, founder and curator of BACKJUMPS The Live Issue is one of berlin´s major experts in the field of urban art.


Backjumps Volume 4, #1 will start on the 7th November until the 29th of November 2009 - 12–19pm, in the "Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien", Mariannenplatz presenting artists Brad Downey, Pigenius Cave, RZM (Ritsche Koch/Zasd/Christian Marien) und Matthias Wermke & Mischa Leinkauf.



VERNISSAGE on FRIDAY 06.11.2009
starting at 19:00
Kunstraum Bethanien - Mariannenplatz 2 Kreuzberg




DONT MISS IT OUT!



more info in german via rebelart.
more BACKJUMPS via PLATOON

Green dirty power

I found this recharge point in Kudamm, I know it is not the best place to find people that care about how they change the world.... they are just rich and boring people, but this has to be an insult even for them.

Electric cars are always thought of as ecological cars, and with this idea it would be stupid to recharge your car with atomic power... I think

Vattenfall is one of the major producers and distributors of power in Berlin, and they love atomic power plants...

I think that having some recharge points all over the city, is a good idea, but from a company that can provide clean energy... or as clean as possible...

SHOWCASE REBOOT vol. 6

check out the new artists in the showcases and take the chance to meet them!

garoo
graffiti artist garoo.. presents‘domuji handicrafts, a conceptual work dealing with living in a capitalist society driven by hyper-consumption: packaged masks wrapped up in plastic foil, filled with everyday trash and presented as a class a consumer goods.
www.choegun.com

seo goun
seo goun’s surrealist works reflect a parallel world in which dark emotions are not neglected but turned into a desirable source of inspiration. the artist's works negotiate the blurred line of transition between reality and dream-like worlds.
gwartmania.egloos.com

oh suk kuhn
in his work‘the text book' oh suk kuhn presents photos of characters wearing strange masks symbolizing chulsoo and younghee, two stereotypical figures in korean textbooks. the photos create a weird atmosphere in which memories, phantasy and the present overlap.
www.ohsukkuhn.com

saving popculture:
the international short film festival oberhausen was the world’s first festival to accept the music video as an art form in its own right and to allocate it to a competition category of its own. the music videos shown here are produced between the years 1998 and 2003 and embrace a wide spectrum of forms of expression.
baustelle.kurzfilmtage.de

for more information check the KUNSTHALLE website.

Award for PLATOON KUNSTHALLE

In the 4th consecutive year the kangnam district office exhibited the most beautiful buildings established in 2009.

yesterday platoon kunsthalle received an award as one of the most beautiful buildings. the award ceremony was held at the COEX where tom, our architect firm U-IL and construction company hyo jeong (효정개발) attended.

silence against climate change

350 music enthusiastics will rave through the city of Berlin being part of the world largest climate demonstration on the 24th of cctober. this time – not trying to be the loudest – rather the quietest rave ever. dr. motte (founder of loveparade) and dirty doering (local hero of bar 25) will punish the activists ears – covered with wireless headphones.

an emission-free demonstration – 20 years after the first loveparade – the dj caravan runs with e-motors and the power for the sound system will be supplied by a solar collector.

The silent climate parade is one of 2.252 events in 151 nations around the globe to demonstrate that 350 ppm (parts per million) CO2 is the maximum limit – based on recent scientific research studies – our atmosphere is capable to handle.

If you want to join – check out climate parade

Date: 24th of October
Start: 2 pm @ potsdamer platz (warm-up)
End: 6 pm @ Alexander platz

Reserve your headphone now – and bring your personal id or drivers license with you to the rave to identify and receive it.