It’s no secret why the revellers at big, messy, drink-fuelled street festivals like Love Parade and Mardi Gras prefer to paint their … Read More
It’s no secret why the revellers at big, messy, drink-fuelled street festivals like Love Parade and Mardi Gras prefer to paint their … Read More
When people say that Berlin has an explosive underground, they aren’t just referring to its radical nightlife and its alternative scenes. The … Read More
Berlin´s street art scene can never be accused of being stagnant, inactive, lazy or boring. The sheer volume of local artists … Read More
The Köpi are reopening their techno cellar tomorrow for a night of swanky, gritty, noisy, ghetto elektro-punk. As far a … Read More
Bedrohung, Zwangsversteigerung, Rettung, Evakuierung, Umzäunung, Protest, Hungerstreik, Stürmung, Auszug, Rückkehr – das Tacheles hat seit 1909 sicherlich viel erlebt doch … Read More
Two buildings face each other on the Spree: one is a shiny highrise, its mosaic of metallic colours gleaming on … Read More
In the very same week that Tacheles is threatened, a new art squat makes the scene by hosting an exhibition … Read More
On a tour yesterday one of our guests asked me if I knew of any clubs that were open on … Read More
Is there really a ‘war’ between the sexes? Not if you define ‘war’ as an armed conflict between two groups … Read More
Berlin is stuck in the eighties… but is it the Summer of ’88 or is it Nineteen-Eighty-Four?
Berlin in the 1990s was a concrete jungle: bricks escaping from the confines of their walls, girders sagging and twisting like vines, wood being warped by the elements into elegant mis-shapes. It was as if the elements had escaped the linear confines of the man-made environment. Naturally, this encouraged Berlin’s new residents to do the same.
Alternative. What does the word even mean these days? In its origins, the word alternative was used to label anything … Read More