Last week art intertwined with fashion and made the city twice as vibrant and nice. Going to openings is almost as going to fashion events anyway, so we skipped all the trendy fuss and went to see what is on in some of our favorite art spaces in Berlin. No disappointment, pluses were everywhere.

As both a well-attended and well-lit institutions, KLEMM’S openings hold a special place in my heart. The fashionable and fun crowd is always pleasant company, and the on-point artwork is more than welcome.

“Great Expectations” is an accurate summary of how I felt going into the latest opening at Soy Capitán. As always, they never fail to impress. A gallery with multiple video pieces is always a tricky balance – the liveliness of an opening can easily overpower and drown out videos, the life in each piece at Soy Capitán put up an admirable fight, commanding the attention of the room. 

This was definitely an unusual and outstanding Fashion Week event, just as described by the organisers. It was quite a while ago when punk was inaugurated into the world of fashion and it will hardly ever die, especially in a city like Berlin, which gives a much more suitable context to an event like this than the high end fashion shows. Although the music made me feel like I was at an underground club for highschool punks, I did enjoy it quite a lot, because after all, I was once a highschool punk. Familiar sounds did a bit of time travelling, while the sights reminded me that it is undoubtedly not the city I grew up in. A lot of people would be considered weirdos there, and it was so sweet to see 'weird' as 'normal', and 'normal' turning into overly plain, tedious and dull.