What: Expo
Where: Automobil Forum Unter den Linden
Who: Ryota Kuwakubo (JP) | Joseph Herscher (US) | OK Go
A nice exposition with different installations about movement. It all gave a smile on my face. esecially the shadow intallation from Ryota Kuwakubo (JP)
What: Tanzen
Where: Salon Zur Wilde Renate
Who: Tale of Us | Clockwork | Ellen Alien
Tanzen ist auch sport!
What: Film
Where: Cinemaxx
Who: Ridley Scott
Beautifully designed and very exciting but of course very Hollywood.
What: Streetart Expo
Where: CEZ
Who: Diverse streetartists
Street art should be on the streets… Still it was an interesting Expo. Interesting to see how the artist play with symbols of institutes. You can tell the institutions that should give us directions in live are losing power. Nobody trusts the institutions anymore. What is left to guide us?
What: all kind of workshops | Build or buy
Where: Betahaus
Who: Divers creative people
Always nice to hear passionate people talk about their projects and work process. Especially interested in the 3D video mapping. Could be something for PlayBack – Das Netz.
What: Dance parade
Where: Kreuzberg
I only saw the arriving of the parade at Spreewaldplatz. The atmosphere was good but CHAOTIC! Would love to walk the whole parade next year.
What: Short Film Festival
Where: Neukölln
Who: Divers filmmakers
All kinds of short films were projected on giant walls in the neighborhood Neukölln.
What: Photo Expo
Where: Willy Brandt Haus
Who: divers photographers
A few photographers stayed on the island Sylt and gave their expression of the island in Images. Some wehere interesting but overall the pictures where a bit to standard.
What: Youth Theatre
Where: Theater an der Parkaue
Who: Kay Wuschek
A Play about bullying. Interesting as inspiration for PlayBack Berlin. I liked some theatrical choices they made in sound and lightning to show the impact of bullying. The Actors were powerful. But i would have made the play at least 30 minutes shorter. Too much talking gets the tempo out of the play.
What: Concert
Where: Salon zur Wilde Renate
Who: Nicolas Jaar
What: Subtle Flash Mob
Where: Ostbahnhof
Who: circumstance
What: open air opera
Where: Salon zur wilde Renate
Who: Kiez Oper | Henry Purcell
What: spanish film drama/action/horror
Where: at home on the couch resting from MELT!
Who: Álex de la Iglesia
Bizar film. Great visuals. Only the ending is a bit too long.
What: music festival
Where: Ferropolis – Gräfenhainichen
highlights: Bloc Party | Caribou | Chairlift | David August | Ellen Allien | Gossip | Jesse Ware | M83 | Magda | Nero | Oliver Koletzki | The Raveonettes | The War on Drugs | Vondelpark | Yeasayer… and especially the fun I had with friends!
What: club opening
Where: Chalet Berlin
Who: former owner of Bar 25
Typical Berlin club, but not the most interesting. A bit of a copy from the rest. Had loads of fun though! The nice garden makes up a lot.
What: Theatre play about “Fragmente der Menschendarstellung”
Where: theater discounter berlin
Who: Georg Schareggs
The text was to complicated to follow it all. Form wasn’t exciting enough. They used a bit too much cliches to be interesting.
What: Film about teaching
Where: in the train to Berlin
Who: Tony Kaye
“Y’know it’s funny, I spend a lot of time trying to not have to deal… to not really commit. I’m a substitute teacher, there’s no real responsibility to teach. Your responsibility is to maintain order, make sure nobody kills anybody in your classroom, and then they get to their next period.”
What: monologue theatre play with video design
Where: Dom tower Utrecht
Who: Theater EA
Some sharp and some weak moments. The actrice did a good job, but I think it wasn’t her best night. The text was a bit to obvious. Nice visuals but not enough to keep it interesting.
What: Party and music all over the city
Where: Kreuzberg
Who: too much to mention
Make sure to be in Berlin at this day next year again!
What: futuristic rap-rave crew from South Africa
Where: Berghain
Who: Die Antwoord
I FINK YOU’RE FREAKY AND I LIKE YOU A LOT. But next time play a bit longer…
What: Atelierroute
Where: Neukölln
Who: to much to see it all
A nice way to discover the neighborhood. Every door is open and everywhere people are showing their art. Some crap and some really good.
What: my brothers first directed play
Where: NWE Vorst | Hogeschool Utrecht
Who: Remco de Wildt
Very proud of my little brother. He did a great job!
What: Balkan beats concert
Where: Kaffee Burger
Who: Mr Zarko
What: free open air concerts
Where: 3 spätkaufs in Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg
Who: The Gecko, Chuckamuck and Mc Fitti
A nice, relaxed, unorganized Berlin atmosphere!