This time I am writing 'live' from the Beta-Lounge. The idea of Beta-Lounge is to do online-concerts, which means that musicians and djs play music at somekind of club and send their music out into the world via inter...

URBAN DISCIPLINE 2002

2002.8.27　 Text: Andrew Sinn

Some day, the four longtime-graffity-artists Daim, Daddy Cool, Tasek and Stohead founded the "Getting Up" -collective. Apart from spraying onto canvases they also organise exhibitions, plan wall-paintings and design w...

INGKEN BENESCH AND KAI DüNHöLTER “HOTEL”

2001.6.25　 Text: Daniel Goddemeyer

Going off with a blast was the first "HOTEL" fashion show held in the famous Cafe Seeterassen located in the Planten und Bloomen park right in the center of Hamburg. Founded in April 2000 by the two designer...

JIM AVIGNO EXHIBITION

2001.3.25　 Text: Andrew Sinn

Jim Avignon once said that he was the fastest painter in the world. Fast means that he has an enourmous output. He is doing many paintings on cheap material, like he's using cardboard instead of real canvas and ordina...

DIALOGUE IN THE DARK

2001.2.25　 Text: Andrew Sinn

What does the world feel like, when you're blind? I found out at the exhibition "Dialogue In The Dark". It's concept is very easy: build some rooms with an usual environment and delete all the light in it, so that...

CIAO.COM

2000.5.24　 Text: Florian Weber

How to make a lot of money, when you have nice connections. There are a lot of firms like that out there. I don't have to name them. All the firms who see a nice idea realized by someone else and then also try to jump...

LABRAFORD, EELS AND LORRI CARSON

2000.4.24　 Text: Florian Weber

So I decided to see Labraford here this month in Hamburg this time, since I've been a groupie of them since so long. Basically it was impossible to forget about it, posters everywhere and all the time helped you with ...

HAMBURG ROCKS FOR ME!

2000.3.24　 Text: Florian Weber

I've been in Hamburg for 2 months and I somehow think of that place as my home now. Before that I lived my whole life in the south of Germany, which is definally very different. Not as cold and rainy. But Hamburg also...

FREILUFTKINO ’99

1999.9.23　 Text: Jeremy Tai

From the 29th of July to the 8th of August Hamburg had their annual Freiluftkino in front of the Rathaus (city hall). So all the moviegoers gathered before dusk with chairs, blankets, and other objects of movie suppor...

MECON ’99

1999.7.23　 Text: Jeremy Tai

This years Mecon, the congress for digital production, brought with it a few surprises along with a slew of new talent. Held in the shadows of the Dome, along the Rhein river in Cologne, the Mecon brought together the...

HAMBURG HARBOR BIRTHDAY 1999

1999.6.23　 Text: Jeremy Tai

With weather fit for a party Hamburg, had a glorious one for the annual Hamburg Hafengeburtstag (Harbor Birthday). Held from 7th through the 9th of May the annual festival saw the return of the ferris wheel and ma...

TYPO ’99

1999.5.23　 Text: Jeremy Tai

About once a year, in Germany, there's a conference for designers to attend. This year I chose to attend TYPO '99 in Berlin which was sponsored by the FontShop. This years theme was image and language, and didn't foc...