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ENTERTAINMENT / SPORTS
NATURAL BORN GOLFERS
HUIIIIIIIIIIII!
Off of the greens and onto the streets, urban golfing (or “crossgolf”) is an underground sport growing in popularity worldwide since 1992, and the brainchild of inventor Torsten Schilling. »
SCIENCE / ARTS
NICOLAS BERNIER
QUANTUM SENSUAL
Somewhere at the intersection of science, art, sound, and light lies Nicolas Bernier. »
ARCHITECTURE / DESIGN / ARTS
NUMEN
INNER SPACES
Born as a reaction to the late nineties, post-war cultural vacuum (their words) of Croatia, Numen/For Use is the 17 year- old collaboration of three industrial designers turned artists. »
ARCHITECTURE / ARTS
PLASTIQUE FANTASTIQUE
IDEAS BUBBLE UP
Light, flexible, inflatable, capable of odd shapes and sizes and temporary pneumatic environments—that’s Plastique Fantastique’s modus operandi. »
MUSIC / ARTS
PIANOBASSDRUM
Appropriation of a Piano
When Mandy Mozart and Thomas Prestin discovered a working-condition Berliner Fabrikat Piano from 1870 in a GDR sports complex, their first thoughts lingered somewhere between, “this is too good to be true,” and, “what exactly do we do with it?” »
PERFORMANCE
DELIVERANCE
SURVIVE OR EXIST
“Who are you? How do you live?” These are the first questions in the artist statement for Deliverance — a live-art work by Kat Henry, Penny Harpham and William McBride — but the piece raises so many more. »
PHOTOGRAPHY / POLITICS
MARC BRINKMEIER
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
If Berlin is famous for its urban decay, then the Zuhause In Der Eisfabrik (or Home In The Ice Factory) series by Berlin-based photographer Marc Brinkmeier exposes some of the complexity within that. »
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
FRIEDRICH LIECHTENSTEIN
IS JUST SUPERGEIL
If Gilbert & George are London’s living sculptures, then Friedrich Liechtenstein is Berlin’s ornamental hermit — once a fixture living in the office and showroom of an eyeglass company, now a celebrity nationwide following his viral YouTube commercial “Super Geil” for Edeka supermarkets. »
POLITICS
WHO WORKS FOR WHOM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF TECHNOLOGY?
OPINION BY SAROJ GIRI
What is the source of unfreedom today? It is ‘freedom.’ What is the source of dystopia? It is ‘utopia.’ »
ARTS
SOOMI PARK
TRUE EMOTIONAL FASHION
In the field of wearable technology, or wearable media, Somi Park regularly questions beauty standards, especially those prevalent in her native Korea. »
ARTS
VAKKI
CHROMA-QUEEN
Somewhere between psychedelia and pop art lies Vakki, the Korean artist whose colorful imagery not only provides eye-popping stimulation, but also relates to a historical moment in her country’s past. »
IT / FASHION / ARTS
WEAR IT
THE FUTURE IS WEARABLE
It’s easy to see how wearable technology will soon become a more important part of our day to day lives, and Wear It — the Berlin-based agency for wearable technology, fashion and eTextiles — will be ready when it happens. »