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Capturing the Vanishing DDR in Berlin

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Photographer Ian Cale has spent 17 years capturing signs of the disappearing East in Berlin. We asked you to submit your artwork to Berlin Loves You and you didn’t disappoint. British photographer Ian Cale got in touch about his on-going project, Kessel: Signs of Conflict. For the last 17 years, Ian has documented the fading … Read more Capturing the Vanishing DDR in Berlin

Nakhane’s “You Will Not Die” Lends Fashion To Trauma

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As a multidisciplinary artist, it’s hard to peg Nakhane to one artform. We met Nakhane for the first time last year when he and director John Trengrove brought their film The Wound, which Nakhane starred in and which was short-listed for an Oscar nomination, to Berlinale. Since then Nakhane has taken a break from acting … Read more Nakhane’s “You Will Not Die” Lends Fashion To Trauma

“So Sorry” is Your Taschenbuch to Britishness

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What goes on inside the heads of those pesky Inselaffen? Adam Fletcher’s new book ‘So Sorry’ aims to clarify just that. After he successfully (and lovingly) erklärt the German people for the rest of us in his How to be German in 50 Easy Steps, British/Berlin author Adam Fletcher now has turned his gaze onto … Read more “So Sorry” is Your Taschenbuch to Britishness

Snap Judgements with a Berlinale Photographer

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As I passed through the doors of the Hyatt hotel, my hands were sweating. It was my first time ever to be part of Berlinale and I was minutes away to photograph one of my film icons: Wes Anderson. Yeah, it sounds like a cliche, and maybe it is, but Wes Anderson’s art has somehow … Read more Snap Judgements with a Berlinale Photographer

Matriarch is the Genderless Face of Berlin Shoe Design

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Sisters Sarah and Rachel Waxman are San Francisco-born entrepreneurs, helming their gender-neutral footwear company, Matriarch, from Berlin and New York City, respectively. Together, they’re a powerful force in an already banner 12 months for gender rights: refuting the divide in fashion and in quality and demanding equality—and damn good shoes for all. Matriarch creates footwear … Read more Matriarch is the Genderless Face of Berlin Shoe Design

Adidas’s New Black Mirror-Esque Ad

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Adidas Originals’ new ad is a Black Mirror-esque urban dystopia. With sneakers. Drones in sleek urban uniforms multiply, they dance, breathe, think in sync. Their world is a backdrop of nameless products, consumer items without meaning. Their vinyls are interchangeable because they’re all the same. Cars are merely obstacles to climb over. The only thing … Read more Adidas’s New Black Mirror-Esque Ad

Puccini’s Toaster is Berlin in Opera Form

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Puccini’s Toaster’s operatic performance of Gian Carlo Menetti’s The Old Maid and the Thief was one of those rare moments in which the ineffable naïve energy of this city culminated for an instant. For it is only in Berlin that an opera can take place not in a Wagnerian performance hall, in which every aspect … Read more Puccini’s Toaster is Berlin in Opera Form

Tape That – Turning Sticky Tape into Spectacular Art Installations

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You may have already seen Tape That’s astonishing artwork. You can find it everywhere in Berlin, from underground nightclubs, abandoned buildings, music festivals and art galleries. Influenced by street art, architecture, graphic design and performance art, the Berlin-based tape art collective Tape That is paving the way for tape art around the globe. Tape That … Read more Tape That – Turning Sticky Tape into Spectacular Art Installations

Berlin’s Fireflies Magazine Turns Film Criticism On Its Head

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This Saturday, film magazine Fireflies celebrates its fifth issue with a launch party at Wolf Kino in Neukölln. The magazine is born of Berlin and Melbourne, created by Annabel Brady-Brown and Giovanni Marchini Camia. It’s independent, self-published, and non-profit: one of those things that makes you point and say, “Yes. That’s why I like Berlin.” Fireflies … Read more Berlin’s Fireflies Magazine Turns Film Criticism On Its Head

URBAN NATION Exhibition Opens this Weekend

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URBAN NATION opens this weekend and it’s UNique. UNited. UNstoppable. Since 2013, URBAN NATION has been transforming Berlin’s facades into a giant outdoor gallery, maintaining Berlin’s status as a street art capital. Their iconic murals colour our city and bring together some of the world’s most celebrated street artists. But this weekend, URBAN NATION are … Read more URBAN NATION Exhibition Opens this Weekend

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