Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Wednesday, Apr. 09, 2014.
Prince Charles continues to make its name as a center for film-lovers as well as party-lovers, playing host to the Exberliner International Film Award Party on Thursday, April 10th. Sponsored by Achtung Berlin, Raindance Berlin, Berlin Film Society, and Exberliner Magazine, the event offers…[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Monday, Apr. 07, 2014.
Sonja Hornung‘s Emptying Flags exhibition project last year displayed “meaningless” flags in public locations such as Haus am Köllnischen Park. Described as “interventions,” Hornung hoisted her flags at international and state institutions, as well as dull, forgotten spaces. For this week only, reactions to her project, such as letters and…[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Friday, Apr. 04, 2014.
Psychedelia is one of the alluring buzz-words of Autocenter‘s newest exhibition, the first of its Re-Discovery series that will run through 2015. The exhibition claims to host a dialectic between two artists: one of a younger generation and one from an older generation. So, naturally, the overlap between all generations is a fascination with psychedelia…[read on…]
Blog entry by Graham Haught in Berlin; Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2014.On Friday, March 21, I was in Berghain/ Panorama Bar and had to use the restroom. As I was using a stall, a man wearing a leather gladiator skirt and sunglasses — he appeared to have recently emerged from The Matrix…
Blog post by Graham Haught – in Berlin; Monday, Mar. 31, 2014.
Fashion films are becoming the future of fashion marketing as they blur the line between the product as designed art and as commodity. Berlin Fashion Film Festival (BfFF) is an event based on recognizing this developing film genre, which includes avant-garde performances, short films, and television commercials…..[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Friday, Mar. 28, 2014.
In her exhibit now at Galerie Eigen + Art, Birgit Brenner displays just a few of the strata, neuroses, and complications of internal experience. Though that theme is not a new one to art, she draws inspiration both from the thought-stream of daily hum-drum and universal, uncontrollable insanity of self-doubt. …[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Thursday, Mar. 27, 2014.
Director Carsten Aschmann said in 2012 rather humbly about his film, Waterscope, that “There are a lot of films about water. Now here is one more.” But the experimental film paired with the unusual, industrial sounds from Dieter Moebius draws few comparisons…[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi, photos by Emelie Flood – in Berlin; Saturday, Mar. 15, 2014.
The small space at Emerson Gallery held an intimate performance on Friday. It was intimate in that the space was personal and sparsely populated, but the performance itself can better be described as explicit, drawing aggressive contrasts between two different Secret Garden’s: one the classic…[read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Friday, Mar. 14, 2014.
The pristine, high-ceilinged white space at Galerie Rolando Anselmi provides, without fail, an elegant backdrop for any artist to show their work. Sculptural works fit particularly well in the space, which has two large rooms to walk around unimpeded…[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Thursday, Mar. 13, 2014.
When is the last time you heard a person described as “well-done”? This is Lara in the film “Love Steaks,” at first as the foil to “rare” Clemens, her new co-worker at a luxury hotel. As with any mismatched pair — Lara the leather jacket wearing screw-up at work or Clemens as the earnest, blushing newbie — there are bound to be some mishaps. [read on…]
