My perfect Berlin weekend: Guido Möbius
A look inside the intriguing lives of Berliners.
View ArticleA chat with... Lucia Rojas Egaña
The Chilean artist Lucia Rojas Egaña works in many capacities: as a documentary-maker, video artist, creative collaborator and collector of trash. She is based in Barcelona and recently completed a...
View ArticleA chat with... Stephan V. Bothmer, silent film pianist/composer
Growing up with an old, broken piano in the provinces near Hamburg, Stephan played what he called “ghost music”: he wrang whatever sounds he could from his dilapidated instrument.
View ArticleInterview: Azazel Jacobs
For Azazel Jacobs, filmmaking is a bit of a private affair. Before asking his parentsto star in his most recent film Momma’s Man, Jacobs co-wrote and directed The GoodTimesKid, in which he, his best...
View ArticleA chat with... Scuba
A pioneer of UK dubstep and a resident of Berlin for the last couple of years, London’s Paul Rose - a.k.a. Scuba - continues to run the influential Hotflush label, while his SUB:STANCE parties at...
View ArticleMy perfect Berlin weekend: Daniel Haaksman
A look inside the intriguing lives of Berliners.
View ArticleA chat with... Henry Rollins
From his early days as the muscled, masochistic frontman of Black Flag to his acting, writing, spoken-word, Vanity Fair blog and Independent Film Channel hosting duties, Henry Rollins has always been,...
View ArticleInterview: Thomas Demand
By taking photos and transforming them into models made from cardboard and paper, the German artist Thomas Demand translates two-dimensional objects into three-dimensional ones. Then he brings the...
View ArticleA chat with... Billy Jeffrey, Chippendales dancer
On December 30, the Chippendales – those perfectly muscled entertainers with the g-strings, gyrating hips and winning smiles – began an almost two-week-long stint at Huxleys Neue Welt. We sat down with...
View ArticleA year in der Scheisse
With An American in Berlin: How a New Yorker learned to love the Germans, Ralph Martin renews the popular genre of cross-cultural satire.
View ArticleInterview: Phil Collins
In his complex, engaging and very often funny works, the Berlin-based 2006 Turner Prize nominee Phil Collins (not to be confused with the former member of the band Genesis) balances heightened social...
View ArticleA chat with... Honor Harger, transmediale.10 curator
Honor Harger started her career as an artist and curator on the airwaves in her native New Zealand, with the experimental broadcasting project Radioqualia.
View ArticleThe trickery of the truth teller
“A man without language is like a camel without humps - of no value.” This old Arabic saying is quoted, and possibly invented for reasons that later become clear, by a character in Jonas Hassen...
View ArticleMy perfect Berlin weekend: Jacques Tiergarten
A look inside the intriguing lives of Berliners.
View ArticleSpotlight on... Boy (Generation Kplus)
The 34-year-old New Zealander Taika Waititi is back in Berlin with his new feature, Boy, to compete in "Generation", the youth and children’s section.
View ArticleSpotlight on... Bryn Chainey (Talent Campus)
Each year, Talent Campus offers five young directors the opportunity to make a short film from scratch. Bryn Chainey - a Berlin-based, Australia-bred 23-year-old - is one of this year’s finalists.
View ArticleA chat with... Beat Furrer
The composer and conductor Beat Furrer is the star of this year’s MaerzMusik Festival. He will be conducting the Klangforum Wien for the festival opener, Salvatore Sciarrin’s impressive 1998 opera Luci...
View ArticleA chat with... Christian von Richthofen
From a hammer and a (battered) Opel or two, actor/musician Christian von Richthofen has managed to create a rather unique orchestra.
View ArticleA chat with... Bertrand Gadenne
When he was little, Bertrand Gadenne always knew he wanted to be an artist. As an adult, he has moved from medium to medium - from painting to slides and, later, videos.
View ArticleInterview: Feo Aladag
When it premiered in the Panorama section of this year's Berlinale, Feo Aladag’s directorial debut When We Leave (Die Fremde) created quite a stir. Although she began her career as an actress, the...
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