If your origins are related to both east and west, if you have experienced three coup-d’états, have experienced three coup-d’états, violence between left and right, gay and minority demonstrations, and secular and Islamic facets for almost 50 years, then inevitably your productivity will include strong political arguments.
If there’s one thing Berlin Film Society seems to succeed at, it’s getting their audience talking about their latest film event.
…To distance oneself physically the spectator needs to leave the building, but from outside, again, one sees nothing but excerpt- now framed by the window…
The first edition of the Berlin Fashion Film Festival will be launched during the upcoming Berlin Fashion Week, taking place July 3-8th.
We chat to the famous groove-monger about his new album, loving Animal Collective and what colour socks he wears.
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Getting things to float on water seems easy. Getting things to float on water with the ability to carry the weight of a few people changes the playing field a little – perhaps something for Titanic II’s Clive Palmer to consider. And while I now know that not everyone else has built a raft from scratch using logs and rope on … more
The Sony World Photography Awards are just about to ring in their fifth year this Thursday (April 26th), when guests and judges gather at the awards ceremony to pick out winning photographers from a myriad of categories. In a similar fashion to the National Geographic’s Photography Contest and heavier photojournalism of the World Press Photo Organisation, the SWPAs are a chance for both budding … more
The Juke Box has become a rare sight in today’s bars. Gone are the days you could select your own tunes, experience the excitement and anticipation whilst waiting for your selection to fill the room and then getting laughed at for choosing Enrique Iglesias’ ”Hero”. So we are extremely pleased to announce that Das Gift have just installed Emerald Ice, … more
What happens when Lady Gaga gets the ultimate pared-down makeover, void of the regular onslaught of Gaga-priced aftereffects, haute-titillation, latex, and firecrackers? Vienna-based artist Lilli Thiessen transcribed the action of Lady Gaga’s ”Pokerface” and then feed it through Natural Reader, a program that describes scenes to the visually impaired. Thiessen aims to show the nonsense of todays’s visual culture and … more
Born in Serbia but often based in NYC, Boogie is a seasoned photograper with an acute eye. His work tends to focus on urban lifestyles and social tension with images of gang initiation, drug abuse, poverty and isolation are imbued with a gracefulness and humanity. Sharp details and blurred edges combine to create an almost-tangible atmosphere for the viewer. Equal … more
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The Gentle Persuaders are Berlin locals Anastasia Filipovna and Johannes Maria Moser. Catch them play many a regular gig at many a favourite Kreuzberg haunt, and check their show on Viva Radio every Thursday 5-6pm. Here’s what they say about this mix they’ve made especially for Don’t Panic Berlin: “We made this mix like we would make a pizza, with love, using carefully selected, … more
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”I wanted to transform the subway from its dark, degrading, and impersonal reality into images that open up our experience again to the colour, sensuality, and vitality of the individual souls that ride it each day.” – Bruce Davidson, Subway. Bruce Davidson’s beautifully slick photograph collection, Subway, unveils the hedonism and chaos that ruled New York’s subway in the 1980s. … more
Lonely Boys are a electronic lo-fi pop duo based somewhere between London and Vienna. Their music and performance reflect the impenetrable surface of the world of advertisement, female bodies and long silky hair, breaking it into an eery experience of repetition, soft voices and a nostalgia exempt of the yearned-for object. Catch them alongside Cole Moldy at Antje Øklesund on 16th and Madame Claude on … more
The last time we saw Portico Quartet play in Berlin was at the Jazz Keller in 2009. The band created a dreamy atmosphere with their signature hang accompanied by the double bass, saxophone and drums. It was clear to see why the band had been nominated for a Mercury in 2008 and reached such a wide audience, with their playful and … more