Kunsthalle berlin

staying by the theme kunsthalle...i inverted the url and found this amazing online kunsthalle developed by the mysterious quod est/q-e. once you get there you´ll find an interactive site all to discover.
check for instance nonsense, or love4cash - please wait...then you dont know what you are waiting for - or this amusing Artificial Intelligence program...
(sorry most of it is in german again).





thats such an interesting way to present net based artwork, although it´s a bit from a gaming perspective....in fact i found out that Stuttgarter visual artist Bernd Mattiebe, who also developed the multimedia interactive story WOGGER, had his hands pasted in it. you should definitely take some time and check it out!

berliner kunsthalle

during the weekend I attended KUNSTINVASION, an exhibition part of an initiative to turn the wholesale flowermarket in kreuzberg into a Kunsthalle by 2010.

Kunsthalle literally means Arthall, a place for creative activity, meant as a platform for artists to freely express themselves, away from structures of retribution and out of the need to please cultural tourists. the initiative Berliner Kunsthalle is represented by cultural institution, artists association from friedrichshain-kreuzberg as well as curators, artists and cultural managers.

on the speakers podium at the opening we had, among others, Christoph Tannert from Künstlerhaus Bethanien, who is highly involved in the project and managed to convey the enthusiasm surrounding the initiative. the idea and intention are great…the location as well, but I have to say that the potential wasnt used at its best this time around. however we welcome the initiative and wish them the best of luck!

*unfortunately the links are in german

CONTAINER SITE IN KOREA #8.

such a graceful view ....waiting for the stair case!
calm before the storm~~!


























it will be an important first step for the ppl who come into the PLATOON world~~~!!!
















































nice structure ! it was raining all day but we have to have a way to our babies....































































yeunsu~~ you are the one!!!

































to be continued......















after the staircase was built up~~^^* tom arranged a meeting with edmund schaeffer from interone and mr.han from bmw at our second floor....how did it go tom~~?^^*

short report after the oroom gallery exhibition.

german holography artist dieter jung.













































a very very special art work - she is one of kunsthalle's partner and oroom gallery's owner sue.




























i guess all of you can tell who this is....namjune paik!.



































tom,sue & dieter jung.






























udo was there of course~~because it was free buffet.




























meeting with nice ppl and good talks^^*.

chessboxing worldchampionship 2008 berlin

Chessboxing fever is raging again in Berlin!
only a few weeks to go before the big fight in Chessboxing's light-heavyweight division.




on 5 July title-holder Frank Stoldt from Berlin faces Russian challenger Nikolay Sazhin. the Russian nation is eagerly awaiting the chance to crown their first Chessboxing king as Sazhin attempts to dethrone the German champion.



tickets are on sale until 7 June 2008, so make sure to get one in time! you can order them here

check out for some previous blogs about ChessBoxing via PLATOON :

1 2 3 4 5

Mitte gegen rechts

when it comes to radical right extremism, there arent many people here in Berlin/mitte that would turn a blind eye ... even tolerant people cannot tolerate the most untolerant breed of dickheads on this planet. some things are just crossing the line too far.

the opening in february of »TØNSBERG« a clothing shop selling thor steinar nazi-sportswear caused a huge upheaval here in mitte, resulting in spray bombing, multiple window stoning and antiNAZI stickers spread all over the area.

however disputable the aggressive reaction might be, there are also some who took things a step further..starting a blogspot and an art project motivating and involving the whole community to rise their voice against the welcoming of radical right extremists in our hood.... unfortunately the phenomenon is spreading across germany at a scary rate!

so all of you who didnt get it yet... a protest container will be placed on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz on saturday 31.05 at 14h, and a StreetParty will follow...to make it clear once and for all...out with that NAZI shite from mitte!

STREETPARTY on rosa-luxemburg-platz saturday 31.05.2008

14h: opening of the container-exhibition „Mitte gegen rechts“
15-18h: regular tours in the exhibition
15-20h:open air concert with Mark Aizikovitch, dbZwoVier, Kraftpost, Sickerman, Mittekill and dj Samtboy

here some more info in german:


»Mitte gegen Rechts« ist eine Initiative von AnwohnerInnen und Gewerbetreibenden in der Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße, die sich als Reaktion auf das Geschäft »TØNSBERG«, das im Februar 2008 in der Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße eröffnet wurde, gegründet hat. »TØNSBERG« bietet eine große Produktbandbreite der Bekleidungsmarke »Thor Steinar« an – ein Modelabel, das offensichtlich unter Rechtsextremen beliebt ist und durch den Verfassungsschutz als »szenetypisches Erkennungs- sowie Abgrenzungsmerkmal« bezeichnet wird.



what's going on in PLATOON seoul.-24/05/08 sat.

PLATOONIES' day out!
always workin!workin! workin!!!













so l took them to out for fun on last saturday.
in apgujeong nearby our container site there was a flea market. it's a very small place at a design shop(second hotel). the owner of the shop is a designer so he wants to provide an open space to other designers every three months.













our container site project manager jiwon pretended to be a kaufmann...and surprisingly it worked.




























remember jongha?! he was platoon's first angel in korea.
now he got into managing a percussion performance team called noridan. they had a street performance last saturday . their concept is to recycle stuff and make percussion out of it. it was very nice and ppl were dancing together and having such a good time....^^*















































of course~~ we went to have a korean bbq which cannot be missed to start a party night...hehehe
















one of the sound artists for our semi opening party on june 13 was having a concert at a small indie club in the hongik university area...













we all went to club mass in gangnam area to see german techno dj dixon.

after all the only thing l remember is that i had fun!!! right? my friend? @#$%^&....

CONTAINER SITE IN KOREA #7.

today a new chapter in the legend of PLATOON's never-ending story has offically begun in seoul, korea!!!
from inside and outside.....^^*still preparing to get some tables and chairs tho...but we are fully ready to go .













sweet~~can you see ? awesome~!


































our korea PLATOON'S heroes including yeunsu and christoph...hehehe^^*















finally the stair case arrived....look how happy l am~ muhahahaha^^*!!!

















warriors?@#$%^&*^^*

















tom?tom?tom~~wait!stairs coming...@#$%!!! hehehe...




























our lovely babies settled at their own spot for.
l don't need to say a word ...just be happy with us... as you can see from now on.
we all flew up to the sky~~~^^*





































































































































we all kept saying that it looks exactly the same as in berlin yeah.

















oh yeah we are all so happy today, even got up at 6 am in the morning ...it is so much more worth for than anything else.... danke all.