B5 City Tours

24/07/2017

Passend nach der CSD-Party im gigantischen Ex-DDR-Funkhaus Nalepastraße: Heute schauen wir "Mein wunderbares West-Berlin" im wunderbar-kleinen Programmkino Lichtblick in unserer Nachbarschaft! http://www.lichtblick-kino.org/film/dokumentarfilm/Mein_wunderbares_West_Berlin

Lichtblick-Kino – Das Programmkino im Prenzlauer Berg

12/07/2017

Am Freitag, 21. und Samstag, 22. Juli gibt es wieder Touren, um 19 Uhr! Anmeldung per FB privater Nachricht.
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In dieser Tour erkunden wir verschiedene subkulturelle Orte der Nachwendezeit um den Rosenthaler Platz, im ehemaligen Ostberliner Bezirk Mitte. Der Mauerfall war der Ausgangspunkt für einen neuen Sound, welcher immer noch prägend für Berlin ist.

Der Weg führt vorbei an ehemaligen Clubs und dunklen Hinterhöfen voller alter und neuer Kunst. Wir lassen das Freiheitsgefühl und den Zeitgeist der 90er Jahre wieder aufleben.

Es handelt sich um eine Führung am Abend, die in einer dem Thema entsprechenden Location ausklingt. Die Tour ist interaktiv - mit Fotos, Videos und Quiz.

11 Euro für Studenten, 15 Euro Normal.
Die Tour kann jederzeit, auch tagsüber, gebucht werden (Termine nach Absprache).

Tourguides:
Simona Doletzki (MA in Kunstgeschichte), Galerieerfahrung im Berliner sowie im internationalen Kunstbetrieb.

Jannes Riemann (MA in Literaturwissenschaften), Akteur und Mitgestalter diverser Performances und Vernissagen, seit 5 Jahren Stadtführer draußen und in diversen Ausstellungen.

11/07/2017

Armin Müller-Stahl in der Salongalerie "Die Möwe" (Auguststraße, Mitte)

02/06/2017

...and they also shaped the art scene in Berlin and in many other places (art; such as video art, (re-)decoration of buildings, visuals, flyers, internationalisation of Berlin...). http://www.electronicbeats.net/25-german-clubs-in-history/

An essential primer on four decades of German techno and club culture history.

30/05/2017

Diverse Galleries and Studios for Artists are important for Berlin. Learn about it here, particularly for new artists in Berlin (German/English subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ5Edd_pd0g and here: http://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/con/kulturwerk/front_content.php?idart=247&idartlang=411&idcat=49&changelang=7

The Berlin Studio Program: A Documentation

14/05/2017

Short trip to the Venice Biennale. Great installations, great performances and the golden lion for Anne Imhof

09/05/2017

07/05/2017

Art and Gentrification is always an issue in Berlin. Who profits more from Urban Art and Art centres? The artists or the investors/property developers, who might even have supported artists before? THE HAUS - Berlin Art Bang is a booming temporary urban art indoor exhibition. These artists have collaborated with the property developers who honestly told the art organizers that they wanted to make the area more valuable and thus they would support the temporary art installation in the office spaces. There was nothing to loose for the artists, as this area around the Ku' Damm (Zoo) is already highly gentrified, so they accepted the invitation and support from the property developer. The result is mindblowing and a collaboration between artists and property developer Berlin has never seen before! THE HAUS - Berlin Art Bang is only open until 31 May! http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/street-art-in-berlin-wenn-kuenstler-und-investoren-ploetzlich-miteinander-klarkommen/19703712.html

Graffiti-Sprayer und Immobilien-Investoren waren in Berlin immer natürliche Feinde. Mit „The Haus“ kooperieren sie nun. Wer mehr profitiert, ist offen.

05/05/2017

Yesterday we had a look at Norbert Bisky's new artwork Vertigo in the Berghain nightclub. It is in the wardrobe area and much more 'modest' than Piotr Nathan's "Rituals of Disappearance" -- an artwork that was sold two months ago (171 aluminium plates for 500 Euro each, sold directly on the Berghain webpage). Does this new subtle and colourful artwork 'work' in this busy area of the club? I have mixed feelings about it.
There are some mistakes in this Artnet article though: It is not in the Säule floor but in the wardrobe area, an area that you can only access if the big Berghain floor opens (mainly Saturday nights to Monday morning). And no, you don't have to pass a bouncer! At least once a month there are concerts in the big Berghain floor, where you can just buy a ticket in advance.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norbert-bisky-berghain-936980

The legendary techno club commissioned the work, but due to their strict no-photo policy you'll have to get past their doormen to see it.

05/05/2017

03/05/2017

Another example of an innovative artistic intervention and the great energy international artists bring to Berlin!

When no one in Detroit stepped up to save the civil rights pioneer’s home, an artist disassembled it and shipped it to his garden in Berlin.

02/05/2017

https://m.morgenpost.de/kultur/article210405483/Unterwegs-mit-der-Kunst-Karawane.html

Großer Andrang und gute Stimmung beim Gallery Weekend. Gesprächsstoff Nr. 1: Berlin bekommt im Herbst eine neue Kunstmesse.

02/05/2017

Happy Gallery Weekend