Save Berlin
I dedicate this post to all the commentors and readers of the this blog who like to bash on “new Berliners” and who are enimies of the evil that is the gentrification…
“Berlin is changing. The city’s leaders have plans for a sanitized Euro-capital. They’re replacing the city’s history and character with shopping malls and luxury condos. Their ideas for 21st Century Berlin landmarks: a fake Baroque palace and a copy of London’s giant ferris wheel. Berlin is a city of daring artists and irreverent dreamers.
“The Save Berlin Fest taps into Berliners’ enormous resource of imagination, asking for new visionary schemes for Berlin, to inspire debate and build a vision for the city’s future. Come join the conversation, and let’s show we can do better!”
This is how the makers describte their festival that is taking place for 3 days this weekend at Stattbad. It’s going to be a colorful program of music, parties, a bazar, childrens workshops, panel discussions, performances, film screenings, a brunch and a cabaret show. All aiming to show the diversity of Berlin’s subcultures. More infos after the click.
You’ll find the full program of the festival here.
Save Berlin Fest 09
13.-15.11.2009
Stattbad Wedding
Gerichtstr. 65
13347 Berlin
by Frank
on November 11th, 2009
in Art, Events
3 Comments »
November 18th, 2009 at 15:24h
its your fancy dresscode shit which is making people buying and buying. the city leaders are just listen to the people and trying to get more opportunieties for people like us and tourists. but the tragedy of it is that we dont understand that we are also a reason why the old berlin is disappearing. fancy people are moving to prenzlauer berg, kreuzberg and friedrichshain. they are bying and restaurating the old houses and banishing the habitants! and who are new berliners? The people who are arriving today and not 1-3 years before?? are the new visionary schemes for Berlin to open more and more new design shops so that others are closing? brave new old world with new names.
November 19th, 2009 at 20:24h
Well save, maybe you should stop the bashing. Always the same old stuff…gentrification bla bla. The only point I agree that a fleemarket with overprized vintage and designer stuff is not really going to save Berlin. It will just serve the needs of a specific part.
Maybe an article would be interesting what was the outcome of this festival (and i dont mean the presentation of the clothes that were bought there). Which ideas where represented and which long-term-solutions? But I guess that is not enough sexy
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November 24th, 2009 at 03:51h
HMMM well there was this blonde english girl that came in handcuffed by police. This was interesting I must say, well she was. Who was she?