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ARCHITECTURE / POLITICS
DECLINE OF THE POLITICAL INSIDE TEMPORARY SPACES
Opinion by Miodrag Kuc
About the absurdity of looking into Berlin as a role model for bottom-up revitalizations of dilapidated urban areas, when Berlin at the same time is trying hard to become an ordinary city. »
ARTS
HI IT'S BLANDA
AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION
This October, PLATOON ARTIST LAB welcomed Swiss visual artist and designer Blanda to create her interactive exhibition, “HI, IT’S BLANDA.” »
MUSIC
4DSOUND
HEAR THE SPACETIME CONTINUUM
If the idea of playing physical space like an instrument sounds intriguing, then welcome to 4DSOUND. »
ARTS
URBANSCREEN
USE YOUR ILLUSION
URBANSCREEN are in the business of creating beautiful, large-scale spectacles out of the overlap between the material and digital worlds. »
ARTS
KLEBEBANDE
TAPE SMART
If adhesive tape in the realm of street art is an increasingly visible medium, in Berlin at least, this is partly due to the activities of Klebebande—the trio of artists working exclusively with the sticky stuff. »
ARTS
EL BOCHO
CITIZENS OF THE STREETS
In a city famous for street artists, El Bocho is one of the most well-known. »
MUSIC / ARTS
EE
TOTAL ART PROJECT
If Psy’s 2012 hit “Gangnam Style” was K-pop going worldwide, bands like EE are an indication of a healthy underground back in Seoul. »
PERFORMANCE / ARTS
ASPHALT PILOTEN
DANCING IN THE STREETS
The concept of “asphalt pilots” may not conjure an immediate image, but it’s a phrase that suits the eponymous international, interdisciplinary artist group well. »
PHOTOGRAPHY / POLITICS
TROLLEYBOOKS
THE CAMERA DOESNT LIE
What started as one man’s passion in 2001 has grown into an art publisher of the highest order and an award-winning example of activism through aesthetics. »
ENTERTAINMENT
BISQUE RAGE
THE BERSERK RACES OF MOVIEMAKING
Bisque Rage is a one-day battle royale of the moving image with six editions under its belt in Lausanne, Copenhagen, Paris, Seoul, Stockholm and Berlin. »
ARCHITECTURE
TEMPORARY SPACES
EMBRACING THE EPHEMERAL
“It is better to live in a state of impermanence, than in one of finality.” »
ENTERTAINMENT / SPORTS
Chessboxing
From Punch to Pawn
In 2002 Dutch born Iepe Rubingh walked into a bar a performance artist, and walked out the founder of Chessboxing. Inspired by French graphic novel “Froid Équateur, Chessboxing is a hybrid of perhaps the two most contrasting sports on the planet. »