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CUT & PASTE SEOUL 2010 PRE-ROUND ARe over!
the pre-rounds for Cut&Paste the Global Digital Design Tournament are over! first time ever in seoul, mark it down in your calendar
CUT&PASTE’s first live digital design tournament was a single competition in new york city in 2005. since then, CUT&PASTE has grown globally and introduced the arenas of 3D and motion … »
ENTERTAINMENT / MUSIC
MONTHLY MOVIE PRESENTATION: FULL METAL VILLAGE
every year wacken, a small village in the north of germany, is the stage for a proper culture clash. the WACKEN OPEN AIR heavy metal festival.
FULL METAL VILLAGEwhen the "wacken open air" festival opens its gates, ten thousands heavy metal maniacs and headbangers occupy the village. skulls, satan tatoos and black robes meet golden … »
PERFORMANCE / ARTS
ANNOUNCEMENT: ARTAQ URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL
the french art association ARTAQ, together with STATTBAD Wedding, is presenting the first Urban Art Awards Festival in berlin.
after a successful show in paris they have now come to berlin!out of 320 submitted works, the ARTAQ jury chooses from the following catagories: graffiti, painting, collage, sculpture, … »
DESIGN / PHOTOGRAPHY / WRITING
REVIEW PECHA KUCHA NIGHT
things i´ve learned yesterday at pecha kucha night berlin:
1. as a stripper you can receive funding from the ksk (künstlersozialkasse) but as a fashion designer who sews his own clothes you can´t
2. in abstract photography there´s artists who shoot photo-negatives before they develop them3. silvio berlusconi seems to be a very funny man4. there´s a new book app for ipads which combines … »
COMMUNICATION / POLITICS
STRAIGHT OUTTA KOREAN BLOGOSPHERE
today the north korean army shot around 50 rounds of artillery on the small island village yeonpyeong-do.
people here are concerned but mostly don't think that it will lead to a full blown war situation. what moves the blogosphere as a side kick to the news reports is this image. apparently it was posted … »
ARTS
REVIEW · BACKJUMPS – THE LIVE ISSUE SEOUL #0
with a bit of delay (due to shameless criminal action towards my beloved cam, r.i.p.) , but here is a quick review of a VIP visit to seoul:
PLATOON KUNSTHALLE invited BACKJUMPS MAGAZINE founder and curator ADRIAN NABI, and artists AKIM, BRAD DOWNEY and THE WA to seoul. it was a fun week, with adventure tours … »
COMMUNICATION
ANNOUNCEMENT: PECHA KUCHA VOL. 21
Pecha Kucha is back to Kreuzberg! tomorrow at Festsaal Kreuzberg, were in for another round of 6 minutes 40 seconds presentation treats.
in 2009 we presented Pecha Kucha at our very own yard. now, seeing that we don't intend to be the cause of chilblains for anyone, we shall see you inside.this time we are presented with 13 … »
PHOTOGRAPHY / ARTS
NEW PROGRAM AT KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU: GWANGJU INSIDE
KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU opens its doors again with a new program of different regular events for and with gwangju citizens
local artists, musicians and visitors are invited to take actively part in event formats, such as showcase exhibitions, movie nights, “open talks” and the night flea market. the “open talks” … »
COMMUNICATION / DESIGN / PERFORMANCE
DESIGN SMASH
latest shenanigans at betahaus
BERLIN · our friend and fellow member Jay Cousins, with his team from Open Design City is putting up a joint-venture this saturday with DESIGN SMASH, a company for designers, … »
DESIGN / MUSIC / ARTS
REVIEW: MOTOELASTICO EXHIBITION OPENING
after the hard work of preparation (altogether they had to set-up up 30 Motulors, what a tough job!) finally Marco and Simone from Motoelastico presented their work at the opening of the Motoelastico exhibition at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE.
The appearance and feel of PLATOON had completely changed. 22 customized Motulors were inflated in the main hall and the highest of those almost touched the ceiling!In a nice choreography AirJ Marco … »
IT / DESIGN
CUT&PASTE REVIEW
last saturday presented us with an appetizer to the CUT&PASTE competition we are about to have on the 4th of december at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE SEOUL. CUT&PASTE, the global design competition, has started its tour of the world - Admiralspalast marked the latest stop.
there where some technical issues and mild confusions throughout the evening, but all of it was irrelevant, as we witnessed the amazing things people can created in mere 15 minutes. especially in the … »
DESIGN / MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
CRYSTAL CASTLES MEETS BUFF DISS
tomorrow, let us celebrate the unexpected warmth of these last days and head over to stattbad wedding for some quality music and fine eye-candy: CRYSTAL CASTLES / BUFF DISS.
known for their playfull yet dark electronic sounds, the kids from CRYSTAL CASTLES, canada, have gathered an international following over the past 5 years. tomorrow, the 16th november, they are … »