Posts Tagged ‘Charlottenburg’
Die Kunst des “Urban Sketching”
Der Berliner Illustrator Rolf Schroeter spricht mit uns über seine Leidenschaft für das Skizzieren urbanen Lebens und der Beziehung von Kunst und den Orten, an denen sie stattfindet... Ich wurde in einem kleinen Dorf in der Nähe von Köln in Westdeutschland geboren. Nach meiner Steinmetz Lehre bin ich durch Italien gereist und habe anschließend den Abschluss in Architektur an der RWTH Aachen gemacht. Während dieser Zeit, und speziell während meines Architektur Studiums, habe ich mit [...]
Guido Steenkamp, “Street” Fotograf aus Berlin
Paul Sullivan chats to Berlin street photographer Guido Steenkamp... Where were you born and what sparked your interest in photography? I grew up in a small town in West Germany, close to the Dutch border. I moved to Berlin about 12 years ago to start my first job. I began to take pictures more or less by accident when a friend gave a camera to me. Right from the beginning the darkroom was a kind of magical place for me: the moment you see the first contours of a picture on what was a piece [...]
Marga Schoeller Buchladen
Ein charmanter Buchladen der alten Schule in Charlottenburg mit einer großartigen Auswahl englischer Bücher... Nicht viele Buchläden können auf mehr als 80 Jahre Bestehen zurückblicken, besonders nicht in dem historisch turbulenten Berlin – mit Ausnahme von Marga Schoeller. Eröffnet im Jahr 1929 durch die Namensgeberin Frau Schoeller spezialisierte man sich zunächst auf europäische Literatur und Werke des Theaters. Obwohl sie sich weigerte, Literatur der Nationalsozialisten zu [...]
Slow Art Day, 17th April 2010
A new international event that encourages us to Slow down and take more time to enjoy art. Most of us have been guilty of blurring around at least one museum or gallery in our lives, ignoring the majority of the art therein, or focusing more on what's for dinner later than what's in front of us. Indeed, research shows that people spend as little as eight seconds looking at an individual work. Which is why New Yorker Phil Terry, founder of non-profit Reading Odyssey, created the Slow [...]
Walking The Landwehr Kanal
Kevin Braddock ponders the infographic and the psychogeographic during a stroll along the Landwehr Kanal at –15˚C A Berlin mate of mine happens to be a very successful illustrator known for composing colourful infographics and tiny, pixelated portraits of popstars. We often spend evenings in the bars around Kottbusser Tor pontificating on life, on the whole agreeing with each other. One day though we happened upon a quite intractable difference in our views. It crystallised around my [...]
Käthe Kollwitz Museum
A harrowing collection of works by one of Germany’s most acclaimed female artists… Charlottenburg’s Käthe Kollwitz Museum is one of those Berlin attractions not particularly recommended for anyone looking to cheer themselves up on a rainy day. This permanent exhibition, which opened in 1986, is housed in a charming 19th century villa next to the Literaturhaus on Fasanenstrasse. It presents an extensive range of the German artist’s work, embracing “crucial aspects of life [...]
