Rejoice, freaks & geeks! It's time to look forward to two of the major, avantgarde-flavored festivals in Berlin: the 31-year-old Transmediale and its younger counterpart CTM . Marrying the best of digital art, music, technology & culture,...read more
It’s the second week and so it’s time for the second color. As I spent last week in Italy expect to see less Berlin, but more sun! Invisible Border - Mad Architect @Milan Design Week April 29: ORANGE Long-stay prisoncell at prison/TBS facility...read more
In the following weeks this will be my visual diary of chromatic resemblances, inspired by the city of Berlin and everything else I see. Expect every week a new perspective on a new colour. Astronaut - Victor Ash April 22: BLUE. Görlitz, Berliner...read more
Our two-week guide begins with "Happy International Women's Day!", and ends with "Happy first day of Spring!". And there is much more to celebrate in-between - stay updated with our tips. THURSDAY 10.03 18.00 White Cube Jungle @ Sexauer Gallery...read more
At a time when our lives are constantly subjected to acceleration and to a massive use of technologies the exhibition 100 Years of Now takes the time to put things into perspective and make a diagnosis of our society. We had the opportunity – and...read more
In the last month, between Christmas, New Years, friends visiting, changing jobs and the chaos of moving I cherished the precious time spent for visiting some of Berlin's galleries, events and exhibitions. Often dragging people to accompany me to...read more
It is that time of the year: snow is on the ground, a biting dryness is in the air, and transmediale 2014 is on the brink of opening. This year, the festival centers around the idea of residual afterglow - "The [digital] revolution is over...read more
Another week, another festival! These days we truly feel privileged to live in Berlin. Transmediale is just about to begin and join forces with the ongoing CTM, which gives you plenty of reasons to leave the house and start camping in the festival...read more
Friederike von Rauch (Friday 29.11 @ Feldbuschwiesner) Calender says its thanksgiving time, so whatever it is you are thankful for, it's the right time to express your gratitude. Thank you galleries, project spaces and other venues. Thank you...read more
The Haus der Kulturen der Welt is a place for international contemporary arts and a forum for current developments and discourse. It presents artistic productions from around the world, with a focus on non-European cultures and societies. HKW is...Read more
Image from "Hyperborea" by Anton Ginzburg @ Recontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (25.06 - 30.06) This week we prefer diversity, and hope you do too. Our tips include lots of (free!) films and musical performances, as well as...read more
This was a great week in Berlin, and I don’t think any explanation of why is necessary. While en route to EIGEN + ART on Thursday, I noticed that there were a lot of attractive people around, and I wondered where they all came from. I realized...read more
This week the Former West conference brought some of our favorite theory all-stars to the Haus that soon became a second home. The unacceptable weather made us more inclined to sitting and listening than moving from gallery to gallery but no...read more
Due to the cold generating colds all across Berlin, coverage of this week’s events mostly involved talks where it was possible to sit down in one place for a while and exert minimal energy. Clearly this epidemic didn’t hit everyone though, judging...read more
With transmediale in the mix this week, seeing everything there was to see would be an exhausting and impossible full time job. So everyone missed something, including us; we can just hope that we made the best decisions. We ended up going to a...read more
Now that Berlin’s art establishments have woken up from the holiday sleep, we would like to welcome you to the new and improved Bigs WDIM! This weekly update now contains not only pictures from the events we visited this last week but commentary...read more
mobile pics... MONDAY 07.05 Artistic Practice As Research talk @ ProQM WEDNESDAY 09.05 Post gig at the exhibition by residents Melissa Fisher & Teresa Adversa @ Sur la Montagne FRIDAY 11.05 Iain Hamilton Grant: Origins of Dynamics lecture @...read more
mobile pics... THURSDAY 03.05 Aufbruch. Malerei und realer Raum @ Akademie der Künste FRIDAY 04.05 On Research: Lecture Performance by Hito Steyerl and Rabih Mroué @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt Sand Issue 5 Launch @ mindpirates SATURDAY 05.05 "...read more
mobile pics... MONDAY 12.03 Hand Held Lava Performance @ Schering Stiftung TUESDAY 13.03 KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA IN BERLIN #4 @ KW WEDNESDAY 14.03 Solution 239-246 Finland Bar Night @ 032c workshop THURSDAY 15.03 Phil Minton's Feral Choir @...read more
mobile pics from the events we visited...... MONDAY 30.01 Hal Foster @ ProQM TUESDAY 31.01 Transmediale opening @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt THURSDAY 02.02 Matt Mullican & Guido Van Der Werve @ Künstlerhaus Bethanien Morten Søndergaard, Word...read more
