The first thing that struck me about Berlin when I arrived here, fresh from the gritty, red-brick delights of Manchester, was a heightened awareness of space. Perhaps this is the secret behind Berlin’s impressive creative output. You cannot but...read more
Review: Saturday 16.07.11
A creative hub that exudes energy, Mica Moca’s factory headquarters is making a name for itself as one of this summer’s hottest destinations and, glancing around, it is easy to see why this space has become so popular...read more
It's past 4pm on Wednesday, which means it's pretty much time to start thinking about the weekend...
An assortment of talks & discussions, a Gus van Sant film screening, a performance festival from the UK, life drawing, and a Dada-inspired...read more
Last weekend, Berlin’s prestigious Universität der Künste threw open its doors to the public for its hotly awaited annual summer degree show. Faced with a selection of locations, each housing a vast body of work, and with only a day set aside...read more
It’s another busy weekend for Berlin’s art scene, so forget about the weather and go soak up some art and culture. Tonight at Dialogue Books Stephen Barer will be discussing his new book, The Walls of Berlin, whilst on Friday night there’s the...read more
The fashionistas may be at large in the city this week, but there’s still plenty going on for those who prefer canvas on the wall, than round their waist. A mixture of exhibition openings, curator talks, art workshops, and experimental...read more
When I was still at school, a friend of mine and I escaped an afternoon of laborious Biology, taught by a very short-tempered bearded Professor, to break into a derelict building which had caught both of our attention. I forget whether it was a...read more
The Berlinale Film Festival in February was a cold, wintery affair, with cinema-goes, celebrities, and press alike all wrapped up in their most weather-proof attire. This weekend the radioeins Open-Air cinema in Friedrichschain is bringing back a...read more
Up until Friday night, I was an opera virgin, as, no doubt, many of our generation are. More expensive than the cinema and with a somewhat unfair stereotype of being for stuffy, upper-class grandparents, I thought I’d sidestep these pretensions...read more
The closing night of the In Transit performing arts festival on Saturday was certainly in keeping with this year’s theme, ‘Spectator’, reflecting the idea of the audience’s role, whether active or passive, in the performance itself. Yann...read more
Whilst some international art scenes start cooling off as the summer approaches, Berlin's art and cultural calendar just seems to be getting hotter by the day!
Within the space of a week, the incredibly ambitious and impressive art...read more
There are just a few months to go until the BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER reaches it's climax when the finalists work will be presented at ART.FAIR in Köln. And this time its been decided that applicants from the Netherlands are allowed to apply...read more
Mike T West beams up to Babelsburg Filmpark for a Star Trek exhibition.
Skipping generations like a regenerating Borg drone, the Star Trek phenomenon has been fascinating geeks/Trekkies on both the small and big screen for half a century. But...read more
What a lot of dead people in these films by Mr. Hitchcock. At the last count, we were looking at four corpses in Frenzy, three corpses in Psycho, two corpses in Topaz and The Trouble With Harry, and a mass grave of single bodies littered across the...read more
Fresh grass is rolled out, inflatables are blown up, bubble wrap is slowly unravelled. It’s Tuesday morning at Templehof Airport and I find myself amidst a swarm of quiet, yet busy international designers, makers, and creatives, themselves...read more
In a city saturated by the opportunities to view art, it’s a welcome change to be offered the chance to get creative and produce (or at least attempt to produce) some art of one’s own. This Saturday (04.06.11 Facebook Event) marks...read more
The month of April is promising to shower us all with a wealth of cultural offerings that will keep us awake all night long. Long Night Of Opera And Theatre to a South Park Midnight Marathon as part of Pictoplasma Fest - in your PJs - will have us...read more
We spoke with Yasha Young, the renowned Gallerist and Creative Director of The BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER, to find out how preparations are going for BLOOOM the second time around and what entrants should consider when applying! (And If you are an...read more
There's an old saying, 'when you've got them by their wallets, their hearts and minds will follow.' I've been following the story of Tacheles for quite sometime and so the events of the last couple of days should really come as no surprise. Yet the...read more
The BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER was launched last year and being the big art fans we are, we enjoyed taking a close look at it. The competition saw 615 international entrants (who are all German residents) submit their latest and greatest piece of...read more
March is well underway, whoop! Sunshine! That means no excuse for not getting out and about to discover Berlin's cultural offerings. As usual there was loads to choose from. BangBangBerlin brings you a selection of the best events throughout the...read more
The highlight of the televised ceremonies has for the last couple of years definitely been the Golden Globes, simply because it was presented by Gervais, who made the night by reducing Hollywood's heavy weights to zero! This made delightful...read more
Legend has it that the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, was the most beautiful woman to have ever lived. Her beauty, by all accounts by far surpassed that of Cleopatra and a cast of her bust proves it. Her face is, apparently, perfectly symmetrical so it's...read more
Action! The movie buzz is about town as the city gears up for the 61st Berlinale which opens tomorrow. We're some-what excited over here at BangBangBerlin Towers because this year has lots of promising treats to satisfy the cinephile's pallet. So...read more
Renowned tattoo gallery and art hub AKA in Kreuzberg is getting more and more respect in the alternative and creative world, not just in Berlin but in other major cities around the world for reeling in the best of the best tattoo artists and...read more
