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“West Berlin, West Germany in 1984 near Checkpoint Charlie in the American sector of the divided city. A 24 year-old man decides to relieve himself on the wall separating the West from the East.” It is surely no coincidence that the young man chooses a spot marked with the graffiti ‘Communist Guards Suck!’ for his […]
Regulars at Boiler Room live sets were probably crying into their Club Mate earlier this month at the news that regular Berlin venue Stattbad has been forced to close (temporarily I hope) but now they have something to smile about. Over the last 10 days some clever sod with the username 90’s Boiler Room has […]
With a soundtrack created from samples of the sounds made as its creators explored an abandoned swimming pool and leisure complex in Berlin, Blub: Urban Sound Exploration, is a clever alternative to the usual shaky camerawork and whispered narratives of the majority of urban exploration videos. Blub, or Berliner Luft- und Badeparadies (Berlin Air and […]
Tim Richardson spent three days in Berlin and he decided to create Ich bin ein Berliner a video of his trip inspired by Leoardo Delessandri’s Watchtower of Turkey and Watchtower of Morocco films. The style was out of Richardson’s comfort zone and to make life even more difficult for himself he decided to film it […]
Virtual Reconstruction of Ripped Stasi Files is a documentary from Fraunhofer IPK, the company commissioned by the BStU (Bundesbeauftragten für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik or Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic) to develop the “e-Puzzler”, a tool for the virtual […]
Watch street artist Fin DAC at work on his huge Magnificent 7 mural, a series of 7 beautiful portraits, at The Point Village, Dublin during an art residency at The Gibson Hotel, filmed and directed by Trevor Whelan for Dragon Armoury Creative. Fin DAC has been one of my favourite street artists since I saw […]
Shown on the History Channel to mark the 15th anniversary of the fall of the wall on 9 November 2004, Declassified: Rise and Fall of the Wall is a documentary peppered with facts gleaned from then recently declassified files about events. The documentary starts with a famous quote* from Nikita Kruschev: I consider Berlin to […]
Berlin, Berlin: Spring is the second instalment in a 4-part series about Berlin that director Nehemias Colindres calls “a poetic visualization of a city’s manifesto” that started with Berlin, Berlin: Autumn. The last few days in Berlin have been glorious and many have been declaring that ‘winter is over’ or ‘spring is sprung’ and whilst I’m […]
Alex Smetana produced his documentary, Playin’ Berlin, highlighting the streetball (think basketball pick up games) scene in Berlin with the support of Adidas. Basketball is like jazz because it’s a team concept but it gives the soloist space for self-expression. Playin’ Berlin offers an insight into the motivations and skills of some of the best […]
I am constantly amazed by the incredible effects that some people are able to create with a camera and editing techniques I could only dream of mastering. One of the most mind-blowing Berlin videos I have seen is Stainless, Alexanderplatz by Adam Magyar, a Hungarian photographer based in Berlin. Stainless, Alexanderplatz is a super slow […]
