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In Between Berlin – Illustrations on photography

This winter seems to be quite undecided these days going back and forth between sunny and gloomy and rainy days while never really getting as cold as we are used to in January. Especially after the holidays the city seems to be in some kind of waiting position, and even today and Monday it doesn’t feel like the waiting is just over yet. It’s a little bit of a mysterious atmosphere in a way.

When I saw the artistic collaboration IN BETWEEN by illustrator Gabriele Benefico and photographer Claudia D’Alò it reminded me a lot of how these days are feeling in Berlin. Gabriele added his mystical illustrations into the gloomy photos of Claudia creating a vision of Berlin full of enchanting creatures and scenarios showing the world in between phantasy and reality. After the jump you can see all the works based in Berlin, and on their Facebook photo set there are also some images from other cities. Enjoy!

Our Favorite Illustrations of Berlin

by Frank | Art

A city as diverse and colorful as Berlin is not only a hub and playground for creative people from all over the world but also the main inspiration for many of them. No wonder the city itself has become the subject of art and illustration so many times and in many forms. We have selected a few of our favorite illustrations of the city for you to give you some sweet thoughts about Berlin. Enjoy them after the jump!

The Magical Berlin Illustrations of Cosimo Miorelli

by Claudio | Art

Especially in Autumn, Berlin has this magical dreamy feeling. You realize the city is going into hibernation for the next months and somehow everything slows visibly down and becomes obscure, dark and mysterious. Apparently I am not the only one with this vision. Berlin-based visual artist, illustrator and live performer Cosimo Miorelli shows Berlin’s dark and mystical side. In his illustrations and comic books Berlin reminds me more of Gotham City mixed with the Wonderland of Alice and a novel of Edgar Alan Poe. The results are dark and dense illustrations with iconic Berlin buildings surrounded by magical creatures like flying whales or lonely city foxes in search for some human warmth. After the jump some of his artworks and a trailer of his live sets.

Lost in Berlin – Illustrations of the City and its People

by Frank | Art

When you live in Berlin for a while there are certains details about the city and its inhabitants that will somehow go into your subconscious and you will simply take them for granted. But when you arrive freshly in the city all these funny and awkward little difference to which ever other place you come from will stand out and make you wonder. For Italian illustrator and photographer Roberta Nateri it was just like that when she came here and as to be expected from a creative mind she started to turn the little details that she noticed about the style and habits of the people into adorable little illustrations. Have a look at her Lost in Berlin series after the jump.

The Line at Berghain Illustration by Nicola Napoli

by Frank | Art

Nicola Napoli is a talented young visual designer from Italy currently based in Berlin who can count renowned clients such as Vice Magazine, musician DENA, adidas, Issyvoo, Noisy and Soundcloud to his list of references. His work includes album covers, prints for garments, magazine layouts, illustrations and other creative products and projects.

One of his recent works for Issyvoo made the rounds on social media websites and became quite the hit. It shows a playful interpretation of the line in front of the famous Berghain nightclub and what happens to the people who get rejected at the door. What’s interesting about it is how Nicola sees the different kinds of people you would imagine going to Berghain (the reality is actually not quite as flamboyant). Get a closer look after the jump.

The Berlin Späti – A Place For the Heart

by Marie | Stories

Darkness has gently spread its gloomy coat over the roofs of the city. Berlin, once again, is captured in the hands of night owls. The ones that work and the ones that celebrate.

Berlin is two faced. Two faced it its finest way.

The city that never sleeps has to be Berlin after all. Anybody who visited the big apple realized, that this promising slogan only fits the noisy metropolis partly. But who needs New York when we have Berlin.

Berlin, Berlin, so wonderfully untamed in the middle of proper Germany.

TOY TONICS POSTER MAGAZINE LAUNCH

by Frank | Exhibition, Party

A get together with a poster exhibition, digital installation and party at the new art space STUDIO 1111. Music by Kapote, Lovefingers (ESP/ NYC), Orhanito, B.Clarke, Max NRG Supply, Karolina BNV, Vanta V Black.

Toy Tonics releases its 3rd art fanzine. 60 pages of photographs made exclusively for Toy Tonics by some of the most relevant and some upcoming german photographers and artists. After a magazine dedicated to collages and one with illustrations, Toy Tonics releases “The Photo Edition”.

Curated by TT creative director Mathias „Kapote“ Modica in cooperation with Paso Kartsolis the magazine includes works by established artists like Lorraine Helwig, Lotterman & Fuentes, Markus Burke but also works by students of German photographer Jürgen Teller and from Berlin art academy UDK, much talked about newcomers like Maša Stanić and Michael Ullrich and also German actor and photographer Lars Eidinger made for Toy Tonics.
The photos of this magazine have been shown recently at a big exhibition at the Munich museum for modern art Villa Stuck and soon will be exposed in galleries in Milano and Paris.
This event in Berlin during Art Week will be the official presentation of the magazine and photographs with an exhibition in 3 rooms.

Free entry until 10PM.

SO WEIT, SO GUT

by Frank | Exhibition

We are pleased to announce the opening of Galerie Neukölln and are celebrating this historic moment with So weit, So gut (So Far, So Good), a solo exhibition by So Lazo. On August 9th, Galerie Neukölln will present a collection of their work created over the past two years in Berlin.

Visitors can anticipate a unique selection of So’s illustrations and designs – full of Salvadoran myth, shrill pathos and revealing personal suffering – as both a retrospective and milestone of their artistic journey.

Join us for a day of art, music, and delicious food as we celebrate the opening of Galerie Neukölln with So Lazo’s enchanting exhibition.

Vernissage
Friday, August 9, 2024 — 8 pm

Showing
Aug 10-31 — 8 am to 7 pm

PICTOPLASMA

by Frank | Exhibition, Market, Party, Screening

The cutest festival of Berlin is back this May and it’s a very special edition – so I expect it to be extra cute this year. Pictoplasma is celebrating its 20th anniversary – that is such an incredible accomplishment to keep a project running for so long. This festival is dedicated to character design and it’s a haven for artists focused on creating the most interesting characters, may it be as drawings, animations, sculpture, or any other craft that you can turn into a little creature. Or a big one if you will.

This year’s festival is full of amazing program points including several exhibitions, parties, screenings and of course the conference for character designs for the pros with lectures and workshops. Have a look below at the program or check it in full here on their website.

The Pictoplasma Festival 2024 celebrates 20 years of character design and examines the futures imagined and existing

This May, the Pictoplasma Berlin Festival celebrates 20 years of love for characters and their creators and once again becomes the international epicentre for artists, illustrators, filmmakers, and designers creating the characters of tomorrow. The anniversary edition shines a spotlight on its Character Archives, looking back to when the project started as an online archive in the year 2000 – which led to best-selling book compilations and the ongoing festival – and reflecting on the practices of collecting, curating, and promoting contemporary character design and art. The central conference features 20 artists creating the characters of the hour and whose art is also presented in the established Character Walk exhibition tour. With various performances and parties, the celebration concludes in a public Open House on the final Sunday, hosting a central Character Art Market, a marathon of 65 animated shorts in four programmes, and creative art activities.

Exhibitions

Four group exhibitions across Berlin present and premier works by our featured artists. At Verwalterhaus, the former caretaker building located at the St. Marien St. Nikolai cemetery in Mitte, the spiritual qualities of the exhibited works find a suitably otherworldly setting: The hypnotising sculptures of Clémentine Bal (FR) materialise memories and emotions in the form of multi-coloured mountains and volcanoes, semi-human creatures and little hybrid ghosts; the artistic duo Los Calladitos (MX) create paintings that add a magical touch to people and characters who represent communities; and the hand-chiselled wooden sculptures of Thai artist Parn Aniwat are at once cute and intriguing. At neurotitan, the legendary project space that continues to exude the untamed creativity it fostered in the early 1990s, the spotlight is on illustration, storytelling and graphic arts. Here, Joseph Melhuish (UK) presents a large billboard with fake posters advertising underground parties, which through its partial creation in VR, brims with the digital look of the hour. This rubs shoulders with the oversized cut outs and large inflatable, sassy female characters of Genie Espinosa (ES), and an array of graphical silk screen prints by Eric Schwarz (DE/FR) that are made with pressure plates constructed from LEGO bricks. The exhibition tour makes another stop in Mitte for an installation at the bright and airy showroom Rainbow Unicorn, moving on to the central festival venue silent green and the adjunct transmediale studio in Wedding. Here, digital media installations feature a wishing well installed by the queer multi-disciplinary artist BORA (FR); the sensual yet grotesque aesthetics of filmmaker Sophie Koko Gate (UK) are brought to the fore in her Milk Bath world, sculptures and digital media; and Christopher Rutledge (US) showcases his bendable 3D mesh characters – a challenge to our spatial perception. Finally, visitors are invited to an immersive dive through Pictoplasma’s Character Archives with 30,000 files collected over two decades, presented in a media installation.

Verwalterhaus Prenzlauer Allee 1, 10405 Berlin
neurotitan Rosenthaler Straße 39, 10178 Berlin
Rainbow Unicorn Anklamer Str. 50, 10115 Berlin
silent green & transmediale studio  Gerichtstr. 35, 13347 Berlin

Opening hours: May 01–03, 15:00–20:00 // free entrance May 04–05, 12:00–20:00 // free entrance

Celebration and Parties

For its 20th anniversary, Pictoplasma invites everyone to join the nightly programme at different locations.

May 1 – Opening Party
The opening festivities kick off at ACUD MACHT NEU, with events sprawling through the different levels and spaces of the backyard building – including a food court, participatory activities, and lots of opportunities to meet old friends and make new ones along the way.
ACUD MACHT NEU Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin May 1, 20:00 // free entrance

May 3 – Psychedelic Midnight Mix
Pictoplasma’s much-loved, fabulously trippy Psychedelic Midnight Mix screening returns on Friday and is set to bend brains and upend the norms of storytelling with exquisitely animated question marks. It features the latest works by Shoboshobo, Nate Soto, Sebastian Freudenschuss and Liza Desya. Stick around for drinks and honour the filmmakers at one of Berlin’s most classy cinemas.
Colosseum Schönhauser Allee 123, 10437 Berlin May 3, 22:00 // 10€, remaining seats at the doors

May 4 – Closing Party
Shake off your visual overload at the glorious Pictoplasma Closing Party on Saturday at Zenner. The night features a live blast by Brass Riot, an energetic sax and drums trio that emerged from the Fridays for Future movement and blends Ska, Fake-Jazz and beats that play with house and electronic; VR artist Joseph Melhuish, aka DJ Return To The Dance, arrives straight out of London’s underground rave scene; and British-Nigerian artist Juba takes us through the night with their special blend of dance music from Africa and the African diaspora, techno and UK funky.
Zenner Alt-Treptow 15, 12435 Berlin May 4, 22:00 // 10€

Sunday Open House & Character Market

For the third year running, Pictoplasma welcomes everyone to conclude the festival at its Sunday Open House. A bustling Character Market invites the public to stock up on rare prints, affordable art editions, zines, sculptures and other lovingly produced items from all around the world – and meet their international makers. The festival’s four-part animation programme is offered in full for a repeat (and final) viewing, recommended for viewers X+ (families and younger viewers allowed but advised), featuring 65 short films, music videos and experimental clips by Elenor Kopka, Felipe Di Poi, Greg McLeod, Laser Days, Franz Impler, Zoe Medcraft and many others. Illustrator Nathan Jurevicius presents his recently released kids feature film Scarygirl / Arkie und die Stadt des Lichts (2023, PG/FSK 6), and a creative programme encourages visitors of all ages to mess with colours in spin art and to meet and make together.

silent green Gerichtstr. 35, 13347 Berlin May 5, 12:00 – 18:00 // free entrance

Merry Markthalle

by Frank | Market

The Christmas tree is ready, the scent of cinnamon is in the air and inside the Christmas carols are already being sung – it’s getting cold outside and Markthalle Neun will be very merry very soon. On two Sundays in Advent, December 10 and 17, Markthalle Neun will be transformed into a weatherproof Christmas market from 11 am to 6 pm!

Artisan products from small manufacturers. From cheese fondue made from raw milk cheese to goose from Prignitz. From handmade panettone to handmade ceramics, from natural cosmetics to natural wine. Good stuff with a long half-life. To eat, to decorate and furnish, to dress up and dress down. To give away or keep. The wish list could include: the best, handmade Wohlfahrt chocolate, mini ecosystems from Petite Jungle, resource-saving puzzles from Berlin, artisanal distillates from the collective or beautiful illustrations of new narratives (the classic on every wish list)! There is hardly a wish left unfulfilled.

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