Bach & Moderne in der St. Matthäus-Kirche im Kulturforum Berlin
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Interview 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 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 MoreSimon Fujiwara
Simon Fujiwara, 29, operates as an archeologist, private detective, and stunning dramatist of his personal life and family roots. While his spectacular cross-disciplinary activities are almost impossible to pin down, much of his work revolves around the written word, with heavy doses of installation-and performance-based expression. What’s more, nothing from Fujiwara’s autobiography—or his flair for […]
Read MoreKeiichi Tanaami – Drawings And Collages 1967-1975
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Read MoreYutaka Makino – The Conditions of the Process
We experience sound with our entire bodies, Yutaka Makino once explained. The ear is only a part of the physiological apparatus with which we perceive sound. In his works, Makino creates situations that demand that the visitor go beyond raw acoustics. In particular, space is a crucial element in his work. Also in his new […]
Read MoreRyoji Ikeda: db
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin Sat 28 January – Mon 9 April 2012 Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda has conceived an exhibition for the Hamburger Bahnhof that, for the first time, compositionally unites the two symmetrical halls on the upper level of the museum’s east and west wings. The exhibition’s […]
Read MoreJoseph Beuys: 8 Days in Japan and the Utopia of Eurasia
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin Sat 8 October 2011 – Sun 1 January 2012 In 1984, Joseph Beuys spent eight days in Japan on the occasion of a show of his work, held at the Seibu Museum in Tokyo. He was accompanied by a Japanese camera crew that not only filmed him […]
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