FLASHMOB FOR THE MINDESTLOHN!

the FLASHMOB for the MINDESTLOHN @ the schlossplatz in Berlin was a success!









hundreds of people showed up spontaneoulsy for about 20min... an qued to give their symbolic vote for the minimum wage in Germany.















the weather was fantasc the setting ideal. with the berliner dome and Alex tower in the background we couldnt find a better spot!


































a big thanks goes to all of you who managed to come!
for all the others there will be for sure another chance!

WOW

the labour union is tough and anna did a great job for them.
congratulation both of you. it makes me happy to see the achievements of PLATOON.
here is the link for direct comments to all members of this party.
and don´t forget: tomorrow 2 p.m. starts a nationwide flashmob for minimum wage. in berlin its in berlin-mitte schlossplatz. for other cities in our country have a look on the flashmob website.

SEOULSONIC VOL. 2

on saturday 12 september it's time for the second round of our seoulsonic series, organized by the dfsb kollective and PLATOON KUNSTHALLE. mad soul child, mad moiselle and EE will perform their shows in collaboration with vjs kwon, dizi and lumpens. check out more information below!
the event begins at 8pm, the doors are open from 7pm. also a bbq is waiting for you!

mad soul child
mad soul child's melodic vocal house tunes attract different audiences from the club crowd to mainstream listeners. their pop appeal also got them several tv commercial deals which spread their music on a massive scale, boosting their popularity.
www.madsoulchild.com

mad moiselle
mad moiselle's exciting visuals and strong beats stand for genuine 'visual electronic live performances'. dj casker and dj eon who have been active in the electronic music scene for years now take care of the project's musical part, a vocalist and a rapper complete the project team. the visuals will be provided by music video director and visual artist dizi. together they are preparing an extraordinary performance!

EE
EE is a music/art project by pipi band's cultural icon lee yunjeong, artist lee hyunjoon and Mr. E. Mr. E is a mysterious entity that changes with each of EE's projects. EE don't care about disciplinary boundaries between music, art, fashion, dance etc. use all of them in combination with visual and sound media to create new forms of performances.
www.myspace.com/eetotalart

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ticket price (at the door) : W20,000 KRW
ticket reservations (pre-sales) : W15,000 KRW
all tickets include 1 free drink.

for reservations please contact seoulsonic@dfsb.kr

THE MATCH

PLATOON VS. RAT
1 : 0

Park(ing) Day Battle in Berlin

Our friends from RepairBerlin whom we met during the Cracking The City exhibition, are calling for participants to get involved in a Park(ing) Day Battle here in Berlin on September 18th 2009.



--> Six teams
--> Six ideas
--> Six parking lots each
--> Six square meters
--> ... and voilà: a colorful PARK(ing)
--> so...Participate!


MISSION:
-Recruit a small team of friends until the 12th of september 2009, mail your ideas for your personalized 6qm (doc / ppt / pdf)
-RepairBerlin will provide the setting, Real Lawn (!) & barrier devices.
-PARKings & QUEENS will be informed

Criteria: easy set-up, transportable equipment
Where please? --> Surpirse!

--> A (so far secret) shopping street in central Berlin.
--> you´ll get informed per eMail with short notice about the exact time and location, so don‘t forget your return address!


feel free to forward this message!

NIGHT FLEA MARKET VOL.1 @ PLATOON KUNSTHALLE

on saturday the first night flea market presented by bling magazine and PLATOON KUNSTHALLE took place.
45 non-commercial sellers brought all kinds of stuff like hand made accessories, old school cameras and glamourous disco outfits to make our shoppers' hearts beat faster.
the atmosphere was relaxed and cheerful.
everytime i bought something, i got smiling faces and applause from the sellers, even for a 1000 won shirt – that's consumption i really like!
while shopping was going on we were entertained by musicians and the hilarious mc phryme, who led the auction. afterwards djs turned the flea market into a party.
amongst fashion victims and fresh hot dogs we had a pleasant night.





happy sellers and satisfied shoppers everywhere...











handmade accessories were really popular among the shoppers and me.















sonick mc heated up the flea market with live raps...















musicians kwon ooyoo and lee sangheon had an entertaining show including frying pans and dance performances in the middle of the flea market...













mc phryme led a funny auction where he sold sunglasses, shoes and much more.

















about 300 visitors shopped and hung out in a cheerful atmosphere.

















PLATOON KUNSTHALLE 's very important ladies came to shopping too and then~~they loved it!!! so much fun!







ah! udossi~~??? what do you want? bbobbo?^^*













































who is this???hehehe guess who is it! it was on sale too.

























injussi!!! pineapple~~ water melon ~~ 1000won~~^^*


























sellers from PLATOON - t.artist soo,residence artist soomi park,graffiti artist nana,platoonie helen.
















nice break at our rooftop!^^*
many thanks to all bling family.
our next month flea market will be after chusuk,so long till then.

NATIONWIDE FLASHMOB FOR MINIMUM WAGE

on saturday septmber 12th we are organizing a nationwide flashmob at 2 pm. as reported we did a big movie production and the video is now online.

help us to make this project a success: watch it, comment on it, rate it, post it on your blogs and join the flashmob.

into the night

for their series "durch die nacht..." (into the night ...) the tv channel arte visited us at the PLATOON Berlin. two german political experts have been our guests. famous spin doctor, ex-chief editor from bild am sonntag and critical blogger Michael Spreng joined former government spokesman and ex-chief editor form SPD's party magazin "vorwärts" Uwe-Karsten Heye.

in a warm summer night and with a cold drink, Christoph hosted them while chatting with them about the current political situation and german party campagnes at our outdoor bar.

for the next 5 days - watch the complete episode here:
http://org-www.arte.tv/video_partner2/video-85-195.html




check out this little sneak preview.