The announcement of this sunday’s Europool event by Creamcake provides insights into culture politics and funding terminology related to the cultural sector of Berlin today. Creamcake is a popular party series that has taken place in Südblock and later Ohm, featuring musicians connected to the digital sphere, which also has organised an art festival last…
“Nothing to Hide” is a film started by Marc in April 2015 with a journalist colleague of him, Mihaela. At that time They were working on different digital related issues (Marc for instance was focusing on the economical issues of Big Data, Mihaela more on privacy). They started attending more conferences (CPDP, re:publica, CCC..)…
In case you wondered why it is so hard to find a flat in Berlin, isn’t it supposed to be cool AND crazy AND cheap? Short explanation, it’s capitalisation, the Berlin myth is a collectively produced marketing sheme that is programmed to go out of hands. Our special brand of gentrification, where there is not…
Am 17.09.2016 rufen zwei Bündnisse (What the Fuck // Bündnis für sexuelle Selbstbestimmung) in Berlin zum Protest gegen den christlich-fundamentalistischen „Marsch für das Leben“ auf. Genau wie in Annaberg – Buchholz ist es uns auch hier wichtig deutlich gegen diese reaktionären Ideen Stellung zu beziehen. Deshalb auf nach Berlin! Fundis blockieren!
In the current Berlin Biennale there is a section inside a business school in a former GDR government building, because that’s what this Biennale is about, putting art and cyberspace and the economy and the city’s history in touch. In this section of the show the artist Simon Denny has put fair booths of cryptocurrencies,…
Auch in der kommenden Woche wird die Mobitrommel für Annaberg – Buchholz gerührt. Nun ein Kurzüberblick für euch, der jederzeit hier nochmal, inklusiver der Termine der folgenden Wochen, nachgeschaut werden kann. 17.05.16, 19.00 Uhr, Chemnitz Lesung mit Kirsten Achtelik aus ihrem Buch „Selbstbestimmte Norm. Feminismus, Pränataldiagnostik, Abtreibung“. Hier geht’s zur Facebook-Veranstaltung. Lokomov (Augustusburger Straße 102) […]
This is one of the best music videos I discovered since years. I find few minutes to write about this new project I recently listened for the first time. We will Fail is a project of artist Alexandra Grunhölz. She debuted with two part album called Vestorung released on MonotypeRec. Music of We will Fail…
It has been a while since my last post about upcoming events in Berlin. A series of reasons for that. Berlin contemporary electronic music scene has dramatically commercialized last years. At least this is my opinion. Boring crowds, esoteric people, boring line ups, expensive fees compose the current situation. Perhaps I am getting a little…
In April 1941, Nazi Germany started its military assault against Greece, coming to the aid of fellow Axis power Italy, who had unsuccessfully invaded the country in the previous year. Almost two years later, on 15 March 1943, the Nazis and their allies launched the first train transport at Thessaloniki Railway Station in order to…
Short note: I was planning to make a short post yesterday concerning the Berlin Feminist Film week but it didnt work out.This year the festival is taking place from 8th to 14th of March 2016 in various venues around Berlin. Keep an eye out for the program and find the stuff on facebook. Several good films…
Certainly one has also to be watchful with people calling themselves communist or anarchist and, to be on the safe side, always suppose that they do a lot of nonsense. However, to get back to the topic, communist literature always was better than left literature, so to say Goethe better than Grass. The interview was…
Remember when all the hip art students were suddenly carrying around french insurrectionist literature by the Invisible Committee and Tiqqun? One could guess it was over in 2010, after that Fox news commercial (insurrectionism became mainstream?), all we can say is, that on the surface only some ironic ripples were left online. Netartists on dump.fm…
