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eliot ... bein' . be in . berlin acoustic activism cinematic exhibition photo project street theory

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PushPull

"PushPull is the first instrument prototype created as part of the 3DMIN project. It features a digital as well as analog control elements, most prominently a bellow made from cardboard. Sound synthesis combines analogue sound generation with digital sound manipulation.”

... feels like this TU & UDK crossover got something todo with that hybrid plattform programm. still amazed and impressed!

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GREENLAB 4.0 social design symposium weißensee kunsthochschule berlin

... check the whole programm here – I fetched those:

Wer will soziales Design? Ruben Abels / Designer Studio DesignArbeid / Amsterdam

Kann man Zukunft lernen? Bernd Stegmann / Institut Futur / FU Berlin

Urbane Langwirtschaft Marco Claußen / Prinzessinnengarten / Berlin

Zwischen Kunst/Design & sozialem Enthusiasmus/Verausgabung Eva Kretschmer / Hupe Design / Berlin Studio für interaktives Food Design Carlotta Kremmer-Klett, Linda Lezius / Wild & Root / Berlin

Fragen, Irrwege & Aha-Erlebnisse in Co-Design-Projekten Florian Huss / kommen und bleiben / Berlin

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“a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. at the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world.”

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Directed by Ice-T & Andy Baybutt USA/2012

personal recommendation – grandmaster caz alone should be worth watching that very well done documentation, trust me!

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... I was always wondering what’s the deal with all those satellite dishes while passing by – now I know!

Inside Out by Daniel Knipping

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Berlin Sonic Places

“There is no sound without space and no space without a sound. In every day life we are surrounded by the sounds of diverse nature and various origins. Language, sounds of nature and civilisation – sound as a carrier of information or as a factor of disturbance permanently encircles our consciousness.”

The project Berlin Sonic Places was initiated by Peter Cusack during his residency for the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program to explore the importance of sound in the urban context and how it is affected by city planning and development. Reconstruction and development projects of every size and purpose have been a fact of Berlin life since reunification.

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R Is For Roland (release date may 11th 2015) author – michal matlak illustrator and photographer – tabita hub

“R Is For Roland is a new hardcover book about the history of 23 selected Roland synthesizers and drum machines, from 1973 until 1987, that revolutionized the world of electronic music.”

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game of tongues – austrian vs. german

LINK (website is in german)

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'The Art of Protest' “This lecture series focuses on this new aesthetic of protest and respective forms of politics. It examines the mutual transformations of art and the public sphere that are being created through the poetic, visual, and performative materialization of politics in global protest movements.”

Public Lecture Series of International Research Training Group »InterArt« at Freie Universität Berlin during 2015 Summer Semester, organized by Sarah Dornhof & Frauke Surmann.

... programm & more infos here.

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“the turntable tutorial is an event for people wishing to experience hip hop inspired music in a new, comfortable environment. the commercialization and exploitation of the culture we live and love has resulted in a one dimensional representation of hip hop in the main stream. this is partly due to the lack of events dedicated to the versatility of hip hop. the turntable tutorial is a rare opportunity to appreciate the music of contemporary artists that are otherwise overlooked by the radio/club scene.”

... just realiced that all the photos I took on the last TTT @ cafe wendel are shit; but luckily there is a dope video of what’s going on there!

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Oliver loves you 2

“He has been mak­ing peo­ple happy and aware of love through his posters and mes­sages in the urban sphere. All that is only, because it com­mu­ni­cates with all. Noth­ing is at its own, every­thing becomes its exis­tence in the other. If you ever won­dered, who is the artist? I have invited him for a pro-bono por­trait ses­sion, to say thank you and to finally meet him in per­son. Here is the result.“

portraits and interview by berlin based pho­tog­ra­pher, pro­ducer, and peri­odic writer alexander klebe!

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... time to post some posters again!

and finally I know whom to thank for all the love – oliver o. rednitz!!

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... spring is rising and shining through berlin all the way!

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“QUEENS OF SOUND explores the long neglected female side of Reggae and Dancehall music in Jamaica. Three generations of women in the Jamaican music business tell us about their role in past and present, their first steps into the career, their struggle for acceptance in a male-dominated business, their life paths and big success.“ 

... and there is another great film by sandra which I want to share with yall – also because it links back so perfectly with the FBSD research I came across early in berlin!

Queens of Sound: A Herstory of Reggae and Dancehall Austria / Jamaica, 2006, 74', color, video Sandra Krampelhuber

“Sandra Krampelhuber was born 1973 in Linz/Austria and studied Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology as well as Journalism at the University of Vienna with a special interest in African Diaspora Studies.“

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“100% DAKAR – more than art is a filmportrait about the creative arts scene in Dakar, Senegal. Dakar booms with live and this energy can also be found in the creative, artistic and cultural expressions of the city. Many young artists in Dakar took on the role as agents of change of their generation.“

since this year’s ‘crossing europe film festival‘ is near, I reminisced last year’s  opening film ‘100% DAKAR – more than art‘ by linz based colleague sandra krampelhuber while watching ‘boy saloum‘ again!

both films are dealing with senegal’s artistic scene – but on different levels and with a different approach towards it! not competing, but accompanying eachother to generate a greater view on chances and problems of senegal’s social reality!

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I just love that – during the ‘afrika tag festival‘ I stumbled upon the actually “future” of that (stencil-)graffiti’s “past” with the meaning to reflect the “present” (=gegenwart) … the left one is in the backyard of neu west berlin and the other one is on tacheles’ facade at oranienburgerstraße!!

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... afrika tag festival – neu west berlin!

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BOY SALOUM – Audrey Gallet (2013)

“our role isn't to be congressmen. power is of no concern to us. we are social mobilizing agents. we are artists. and hip hop is a political outlook on current issues. that's what hip hop is all about.“

... came across that great film at neu west berlin’s afrikatag‘15 at köpenicker55.