You have surely heard that age-old adage “I’m a poet and I know it”, right? Well, that’s me. So you can imagine how thrilled I was when I came across a special concert of words the other day, displayed on a little wooden bill-board happily - albeit somewhat inconspicuously - dangling from the mesh of a lone fence near the handsome Elisabeth Church in Mitte.
There I stood – with [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin is that kind of a city – artistic people want to express themselves …and what better way than just painting or stenciling on some un-used brick wall!
Constituency Blog writes often about progressive….and also not so progressive……even offensive Grafitti in Berlin – previous articles can be read at;
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/08/progressive-berlin-grafitti-kreuzberg/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/04/26/berlin-street-art-and-berlin-street-posters-are-not-graffiti-poster-art-in-berlin-mitte-prenzlauer-berg-part-1-ota-berlin-constituency-blog/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/05/sheep-grazing-peacefully-in-middle-of-berlin-or-are-they-just-progressive-graffiti/
The article is produced by OTA-Berlin GmbH. OTA-Berlin ……the intelligent Apartment Alternative to Hotels in Berlin [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin is that kind of a city – artistic people want to express themselves …and what better way than just painting or stenciling on some un-used brick wall!
Constituency Blog writes often about progressive….and also not so progressive……even offensive Grafitti in Berlin – previous articles can be read at;
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/08/progressive-berlin-grafitti-kreuzberg/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/04/26/berlin-street-art-and-berlin-street-posters-are-not-graffiti-poster-art-in-berlin-mitte-prenzlauer-berg-part-1-ota-berlin-constituency-blog/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/05/sheep-grazing-peacefully-in-middle-of-berlin-or-are-they-just-progressive-graffiti/
The article is produced by OTA-Berlin GmbH. OTA-Berlin ……the intelligent Apartment Alternative to Hotels in Berlin [...] Continue Reading…
If you want to break free from the moving pictures at the Berlin Film Festival at their Potsdamer Platz headquarters for a moment, you can venture past the Berlin Philharmonie over to the New National Gallery and be moved by the famously blurred paintings of the world’s number one artist Gerhard Richter.
In Manager Magazin’s Kunstkompass (an art compass or [...] Continue Reading…
There is more to film than meets the eye. Out to prove this are Dieter Kosslick, Berlinale Director, and his cuisine team in the Culinary Cinema section of the Berlin film festival. Some critics, though, find a lot of cheese in this film fondue, they think this kind of kitchen brings kitsch to the cinema, see too strong an eventisation taking place [...] Continue Reading…
Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival – Photo by *Solar ikon*
This year’s festival is starring – amongst many other high-flyers – films from Angelina and Billy Bob – the question is ‘will they come top or flop?’Angelina’s directorial debut sounds like a jolly good piece of political movie making: In ‘The Land of Blood and Honey’ a Bosnian artist and her [...] Continue Reading…
Just off Torstraße, Berlin’s buzzing boulevard, lies a bohemian outlet that can be seen as the German capital’s equivalent to Saville Row. It’s Berlin’s cool dandy version of the London tailoring institution. So if it is your desire to acquire some bespoke attire – this is your empire.
Envisage an old Chesterfield sofa in fine leather, warmly-lit, [...] Continue Reading…
One of cultural Berlin’s best-known events is called ‘The Long Night of Museums’/ Lange Nacht der Museen, and it is just that and so successfull have they proven to be that they are onto to the 30th one now.
Nearly 100 museums and galleries will open their doors for extended hours, into special exhibitions, guided tours, music and [...] Continue Reading…
These 8 pictures were sent in by OTA-Blog contributor Nicolai Riesterer who lives in Kreuzberg and often takes fotos of interesting Grafitti in the various Berlin neighbourhoods./thanks !
OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog writes often about progressive….and also not so progressive……even offensive Grafitti in Berlin – previous articles can be read at;
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/08/progressive-berlin-grafitti-kreuzberg/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/04/26/berlin-street-art-and-berlin-street-posters-are-not-graffiti-poster-art-in-berlin-mitte-prenzlauer-berg-part-1-ota-berlin-constituency-blog/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/05/sheep-grazing-peacefully-in-middle-of-berlin-or-are-they-just-progressive-graffiti/
The article is produced by OTA-Berlin GmbH. OTA-Berlin ……the intelligent Apartment Alternative to Hotels in Berlin [...] Continue Reading…
Gustav Leonhardt -foto Wikipedia by Wikifalcon
Gustav Leonhardt , the highly renowned Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and Bach scholar has died at home at the age of 83. He was during his life most known for his performances of the Leipzig master JS Bach whom he revered above all other composers. In fact we agreed that he was the greatest [...] Continue Reading…
Two times a year Berlin turns itself into THE big international fashion capital location – and today is one of those times – the first for 2012. It is called simply enough ‘Berlin Fashion Week,’ where designers, textile manufacturers, fashion groupies, buyers & sellers, and other fashion-trade experts and media of all sorts interact.
It will also present a perfect opportunity for local [...] Continue Reading…
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