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Perform in an opera. Be a part of a tv studio audience. Or be invited to film your favourite film star. It sounds like a virtual entertainment centre, but it’s actually a Festival of Participatory Art – ‘New Life Ber...
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Animator David O’Reilly’s work stands out in many ways, but on first view, it would have to be the raw, pixellated style of graphics that burst and disentegrate in the screen, and his disregard for the traditional con...
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The city of Berlin attracts artists from all over the world, not least because of its affordable and relaxed lifestyle, but because of the innumerable amount of commercial and artist run spaces. Cultural life really ...
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Showcasing a new language of AV, and embracing the whole structure of the audiovisual. It’s always exciting to feel like you’re a part of something "new". Art, fashion and design fads come and go, but there’s alwa...
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The first time I saw a Henrik Vibskov creation was in a grimy club in Berlin. It was late, very late, and a vision suddenly struck me from across the dancefloor. It moved towards me, nothing more than a graphic patter...
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When Tank Magazine hits the bookshelves in 1998 it created somewhat of a publishing stir. In a format too cute to ignore, and with an ingenious blend of editorial content that read more like a zine than a newsstand ma...
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It's a clear day, promising fine, warm weather in Barcelona, as our plane taxis out across the tarmac and we're reminded of the 'brace, brace' position. There's a girl sitting next to me getting stuck into a jumbo cro...
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It's a remarkable case of two great minds thinking alike, when Desire Heiss and Ines Kaag, both from Germany, teamed up in 1996 to create their seminal fashion label BLESS, which has become internationally acclaimed t...
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Situated amongst the big-name high fashion outlets in Berlin's Quartier 206 fashion district on Friedrichstrasse, the Little Red Riding Hood store shines like a dark little star in a galaxy all on its own. St...
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Ever since its inception in1988 as a video art event, Transmediale has grown to be one of the biggest art festivals whose participating artists seek to interpret and reflect on the technologies that determine our expe...
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At the very first Pictoplasma Conference on Character Design, held in Berlin's east in late October, character designers and enthusiasts alike converged for three days of lectures, workshops, screenings, and live perf...
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Cafe Moskau, an impressive building constructed in the 1960s and partially renovated in the year 2000, provided a grand canvas on which to stage the third Contact Europe event. The venue, once a late-night spot for fo...
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It's hard to believe the Sonar Festival began way back in 1993. So much in global music and art culture has changed since then. Now in its eleventh year, the 2004 Festival program features music, art and all the exper...
