The organization of the GIF Exhibition has been pretty demanding these past days and I haven’t even had the chance to go through all the Blitz party photos from last Friday. I won’t be able to actually upload them until the end of the week. So until then I am at least giving you this glamourous little animated teaser!
DSTM by Maxime Ballesteros
What awaits you, my dear readers, in this lovely pre-Christmas week? We have, most importantly, our own Christmas event coming up this Wednesday. And after that we have quite the nice selection of gallery openings, shop anniversary parties and christmas sales! What a jolly good time we all will have. Pick your events after the jump.
Norway apparently is a dark place. At least judging from this absolutely grim fashion film by Matias & Mathias for the Norwegian jewellery label Bjorg. But as I have quite the affection for dark and atmospheric films and stories I really love this! Take a look at the fashion film that fits so perfectly to this cold and dark day in December, after the jump.
photos: Jens Wernscheid
“Wunderkammer” (chamber of wonders) is the name of a new shop in Kreuzberg, and this name could not have been chosen more adequately. As soon as you enter it, you somehow enter another world: a world that is full of magic and wonder. Find out more about this treasure chest after the jump.
Only two weekends left until you all go back to your home towns to celebrate Christmas with mummy and daddy. Scary shit, you’re thinking? Let us give you distraction by presenting you guys the most promising parties of this weekend. Perhaps you can already lose the amount of weight you are expecting to gain around Christmas time – via dancing! Parties after the jump: Read on…
Am I getting old, or why is one my favourite local berlin bands celebrating their 10th anniversary? Nevertheless it is a great reason to celebrate. Pitchtuner has shown us for years how a band cannot just be fun and inspiring to watch and to dance with but also innovative regarding their invention of instruments and crazy soundsystem. The sweet and sexy German/Japanese couple not only rocks with crazy melodies but sings directly to your heart with their Japanese lyrics. The party this Friday will be something to really look forward to with a Goose DJ set and several other cool acts apart to Pitchtuner. We will throw out some guestlist spots on our facebook page. After the jump you can find a flyer to the party and some really nice videos.
Last Saturday the infamous Last Days party celebrated its 2nd anniversary at Backyard. See the colorful impressions with lots of animations after the jump on 2 pages!
It has somehow become a little bit of a tradition for us to do an event for the Christmas. This year we have a very special gif(t) for our readers: A big group exhibition of animated GIFs titled GIF. ME. BERLIN.
Animated GIFs have turned into quite a movement on blogs and tumblrs all over the internet this year. With our animated party photos we also had a lot of fun with this old and dusty image format that was developed in 1987 as the first digital file format for color images.
On December 14th we are taking the animated GIF out of the internet and put it into a live exhibition at the .HBC Kino. We asked 11 talented Berlin-based photographers and artists to show us and our collaborating media partner smart urban stage their vision of the future in the form of an animated GIF. The results are as diverse and impressive as the artists themselves.
At the event we will not only show you the artwork, but we will also pamper you with drinks by Absolut Vodka, our famous delicious cupcakes and fingerfood and music by DJs Eliza Foxxx and Hara Katsiki. And as a special treat we will give you the chance to turn into an amazing GIF yourself in the GIF Photo Box. A little preview of the exhibition, the full line-up of photographers and artists, and all the details after the jump.
This week have some more opportunities to get awesome Christmas gifts for you at various sales and art events. Musician Brian Ferry is having his first art exhibition in Berlin and the Blitz party is throwing a Christmas party in New Romantics style… This and much more in the event guide after the jump!
Photo: Frédéric Batier
What is the most successful German band outside of Germany? No, it is not Tokio Hotel, and it is not The Scorpions, it is – Rammstein. In fact, they are also the most controversial band. In the past, these boys from East Berlin have done a great job in producing scandals. They played around with Leni Riefenstahl’s aesthetic, they shot porno music videos and did songs about SM. Last week, they celebrated their own funeral in Berlin. A video about it, after the jump.