ART WRITING
︎: Lisa Kempke
A Cock of One’s Own: Ceramic Dick Workshops with Daniela Torres
Daniela Torres is turning the male gaze on its head with her saucy ceramic workshops.
You don’t have to study art history to grasp the aesthetic scrutiny exercised on women’s bodies. We’ve been the muse and the Madonna, the mother and the whore. We’ve been photographed, painted, sculpted and drawn – our naked forms line the walls of museums and subway stations. In short, we’ve been the object of desire, rather than its engine.
But while toppling the canon (and the patriarchy) is easier said than done, subverting it with a touch of humour can go a long way – at least according to Daniela Torres. The Ecuadorian artist seeks to turn the male gaze on its head, so to speak. At her Ceramic Dick Workshops, Torres offers participants of all ages and genders the opportunity to construct a dick of their very own, as a vehicle of fury or an act of hope – or both.
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Daniela Torres is turning the male gaze on its head with her saucy ceramic workshops.
You don’t have to study art history to grasp the aesthetic scrutiny exercised on women’s bodies. We’ve been the muse and the Madonna, the mother and the whore. We’ve been photographed, painted, sculpted and drawn – our naked forms line the walls of museums and subway stations. In short, we’ve been the object of desire, rather than its engine.
But while toppling the canon (and the patriarchy) is easier said than done, subverting it with a touch of humour can go a long way – at least according to Daniela Torres. The Ecuadorian artist seeks to turn the male gaze on its head, so to speak. At her Ceramic Dick Workshops, Torres offers participants of all ages and genders the opportunity to construct a dick of their very own, as a vehicle of fury or an act of hope – or both.
Read more @ The Berliner
︎: Nadine Fraczkowski
Anne Imhof – Angst II: Dancers, Falcons, Drones and Music at Hamburger Bahnhof
On September 14th at 8pm, the Hamburger Bahnhof opened its main doors to a smoke-filled room for the opening of Anne Imhof’s Angst II, the second in a series of three opera-inspired performance pieces.
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︎: Robert Rieger
The Artists Who Turned a Döner Factory Into a Contemporary Art Space
A tour around one of Neukölln's most distinctive cultural hotspots: Horse & Pony Fine Arts
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︎: Robert Rieger
The Singularity of the Chicken:
Artist Andreas Greiner on collaborating with nature
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︎: Elizabeth McTernan
Waves, Sand, and Sunlight
Elizabeth McTernan on mapping as storytelling
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︎: Viktor Richardsson
Arthouse: A guided tour of Weißensee's art commune 'Kunstlerhaus Parkstraße'
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︎: Valentina Culley-Foster
In Good Company: The nominees of the 2017 Preis der Nationalgalerie discuss their work
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FILM WRITING
︎: Robert Rieger
Transgression, Desire, Revolution: Director Yony Leyser on breaking rules
Director Yony Leyser is as curious as he is warm. A born interviewer, he poses as many questions as he’s asked, and delights in little idiosyncrasies that can be found on the Neukölln streets that he walks down each day: the grimy sex shop, the fishmonger, the tiny hut at the entrance to a car park on Karl-Marx-Straße. “I’ve always wanted to rent this as my office,” he laughs. “Wouldn’t that be great?”
Perhaps it’s this fondness for the incongruous that contributes to the power of his work. In his films, transgression and desire act as catalysts for countercultural revolutions...
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Director Yony Leyser is as curious as he is warm. A born interviewer, he poses as many questions as he’s asked, and delights in little idiosyncrasies that can be found on the Neukölln streets that he walks down each day: the grimy sex shop, the fishmonger, the tiny hut at the entrance to a car park on Karl-Marx-Straße. “I’ve always wanted to rent this as my office,” he laughs. “Wouldn’t that be great?”
Perhaps it’s this fondness for the incongruous that contributes to the power of his work. In his films, transgression and desire act as catalysts for countercultural revolutions...
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︎: Robert Rieger
Pit Bukowski’s Celluloid Dreams
Indulging our curiosity with the Berlin-born actor.
︎: Viktor Richardsson
Twisted Reality in The Mind of Nikias Chryssos
The underground director on his dark debut feature, Der Bunker
A tour around one of Neukölln's most distinctive cultural hotspots: Horse & Pony Fine Arts
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CULTURAL JOURNALISM
︎: Robert Rieger
Clued-In: Ida Tin talks about her revolutionary period-tracking app
“Sometimes it takes little more than personal experience, passion and a great cause to spark an idea that might change the world. Just look at Ida Tin, the co-founder of Clue who, struggling to find a way to manage her fertility that was right for her, had an idea to develop an app that would help women keep track of their periods and learn more about their bodies. It’s an idea that has made her one of the names in ‘femtech’, a term she incidentally coined herself.
In Ida’s own words, ‘Clue is a female health tracking app designed for rapid data entry and user friendliness. Users can track their period, fertile window, PMS, moods, pains, symptoms, exercise, medication, birth control usage, and notes about their cycle in order to gain a better understanding of their own patterns and personal trends.’ Over 50% of the world’s population of childbearing age have a period each month, but Clue is more than a tracking app; it’s about education. Not only can you track your cycle, you can also get helpful insights into your sleep patterns, sex life, and ovulation if you’re trying to get pregnant.
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“Sometimes it takes little more than personal experience, passion and a great cause to spark an idea that might change the world. Just look at Ida Tin, the co-founder of Clue who, struggling to find a way to manage her fertility that was right for her, had an idea to develop an app that would help women keep track of their periods and learn more about their bodies. It’s an idea that has made her one of the names in ‘femtech’, a term she incidentally coined herself.
In Ida’s own words, ‘Clue is a female health tracking app designed for rapid data entry and user friendliness. Users can track their period, fertile window, PMS, moods, pains, symptoms, exercise, medication, birth control usage, and notes about their cycle in order to gain a better understanding of their own patterns and personal trends.’ Over 50% of the world’s population of childbearing age have a period each month, but Clue is more than a tracking app; it’s about education. Not only can you track your cycle, you can also get helpful insights into your sleep patterns, sex life, and ovulation if you’re trying to get pregnant.
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︎: Robert Rieger
Devugees Welcome: One company’s mission to integrate refugees through technology
This isn’t your typical tech seminar.
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︎: Robert Rieger
Consuming Consciously: Quartiermeister Beer and their mission to do some good with every bottle
David Griedelbach and Peter Eckert of Quartiermeister are trying to change the way consumers think, one beer at a time.
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