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Read More“Ukiyo-e” Artwork Is a Window to Life in the Edo Period
In line with the sophisticated outlook of people in the Edo period, ukiyo-e artists were more interested in vividly designed subjects rooted in daily life, than in accurately portraying the human figure or nature. As a result of that approach, the artists were able to convey to the world a Japanese worldview that differed from […]
Read MoreInterview with Oliver Reichenstein
Arriving in Japan without any knowledge of the language, I lived in a world without words, where, almost like a baby, I had to learn everything from scratch. I think the experience of being illiterate and then slowly growing back into society has made me a better designer. When you can’t read or write and […]
Read MoreSion Sono – Koi No Tsumi
In this, Sono’s evocatively but misleadingly titled “Guilty of Romance” resembles Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut,” which also treated sexual desire as dark, mysterious and dangerous, in a setting placeless and timeless. The film begins, though, as a “Silence of the Lambs” take-off. Called from an assignation with her lover, Detective Yoshida (Miki Mizuno) investigates […]
Read MoreDESIGN GYMNASTICS @ Berlin 2012
The 2nd edition of the summer design workshop “DESIGN GYMNASTICS@Berlin 2012” directed by Masayo Ave will take place in 16-20 July 2012 in Berlin. The 5 days concentrate workshop will be held in the institute’s new workshop atelier in the historical masterpiece architecture designed by Pier Vago, which is deeply hidden in Berlin Tiergarten – […]
Read MoreKaneto Shindo R.I.P.
Rare Super 8 footage of Kaneto Shindo on location during the filming of Onibaba, which was shot in Chiba Prefecture’s Inba Swamp in the summer of 1964.
Read MoreBerlin Documentary Forum 2
Amidst the in-between — Documentary films from Japan [PDF] Screening and conversation – Eduardo Thomas with Günter Nitschke OV, English subtitles Eduardo Thomas will present a fragment of his ongoing research into the Japanese concept of “ma” (a structuring absence), screening short films by Matsumoto Toshio and Ito Takashi and a feature film by Kawase Naomi. In conversation with Günter […]
Read MoreCheck out Berlins new izakaya with a great installation under the roof made out of chopsticks!
The Berliner Philharmonie right now!
The Digital Concert Hall is actually reserved for concert broadcasts by the Berliner Philharmoniker. Occasionally the orchestra makes exceptions, especially when youth orchestras are invited to perform. This season, we are broadcasting several concerts by such ensembles. In addition to the National Youth Orchestra of Germany and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, you can now hear […]
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