One of my favorite designers, Paris-based Rad Hourani, is celebrating 5 years of his unisex label with an exhibition and party in Berlin this Saturday organized by avant-garde concept store Oukan and in attendance of the designer himself. The store at Kronenstr. 71 in Mitte will showcase some of his latest Haute Couture pieces as well as his 5 Years of Unisex exhibition that also comes in the form of book. The afterparty takes place at DEAN at Rosenthaler Str. 9 starting at 22h. You can get tickets for the party at the store. Oukan is so far the only retailer in Germany selling Rad Hourani’s amazing collections. After the jump you can get a taste of his latest Rad by Rad Hourani line.
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by Frank | Fashion, Party
The Plastic Garden by IP Yuk-Yiu
This coming Wednesday the transmediale festival for technology-based art is opening its 5-day-program at the Hause der Kulturen der Welt. This year it’s already the 27th edition and the theme is afterglow.
“The world is finally digital but as masses of data and electronic hardware pile up, it seems to be more made out of trash than of treasure. transmediale 2014 looks at how the liberatory promises of the digital are now contrasted by data mining, mass surveillance and e-waste dumping as well as by the wasted bodies and minds produced by our constantly required attention to excessive data flows. afterglow is the diagnosis of this post-digital moment where instead of resigning into cultural conservatism we need to ask if there are means of renewal in the excess, overflow and waste of the digital afterglow?”
For me visiting the transmediale exhibition has always been an artisitic technological wonderland where I can discover things that I would have never thought about could exist, the most significant one being this mindblowing music machine reacTable that was later on used by Björk on her world tour. I’m looking forward to make equally interstering discoveries at this year’s edition. Some previews after the jump.
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by Frank | Art
“Aesthetics of Decay; Design for Dying Electronics” by Disney Nasa Borg, 2013
The Cyberfest is one of the biggest festivals for technology-based art in Europe and while it has been taking place in St. Petersburg in the past years it will now have its premiere here in Berlin at The WYE starting next Wednesday with an opening reception and party hosted by I HEART BERLIN.
This year’s edition titled Time & Place will feature the work of over 100 artists in the fields of sound, video and performance art with screenings, concerts and exhibition spread out in a program running from Wednesday til Sunday (Nov 13-17, 2013) in the different floors of The WYE, the cultural, artistic and intellectual hub in the heart of Kreuzberg at the old post office building at Skalitzer Str. 86. Additional events will also take place at Platoon Kunsthalle at Schönhauser Alle in Mitte. You can take a closer look at the program here and join the Facebook event here. The whole event is free of entrance. Make sure to come by the vernissage on Wednesday from 20-23:30h and the after party at the Privatclub next door of The WYE starting at midnight with DJ sets by Hubie Davison and Jaan Ugrinsky. Some more impressions and details after the jump.
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by Frank | Art, Party
El Bocho
This coming Friday the second edition of the Graphic Days will open at Kater Holzig. The two day event is a festival that showcases the work of artists, illustrators, graphic designers and screen printers from all over the world with a big group exhibition and a special sale where you can buy some of the works. In addition the the exhibit there is also going to be a program of live painting, customization workshops, live bands and DJ from Kater Holzig. Get an impression of some of the artists involved after the jump.
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by Frank | Art
Tomorrow the Urban Spree Gallery in Friedrichshain is celebrating the closing of their current super nice group exhibition The Circle Show. I wanted to show you some impressions of the set-up of the show and some artwork to make you go. Their opening and closing parties are always super nice, especially with the beer garden open. Enjoy and be inspired by the art after the jump.
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by Frank | Art, Friedrichshain, Galleries
Nurses, S/S 2008, © Louis Vuitton/Chris Moore
Thanks to our friends at Louis Vuitton we are once again able to stream their upcoming Paris Fashion Show live here on iHeartBerlin. This time it’s the womenswear collection we’re showing and it starts today at 10h in the morning. So don’t miss it!
For those of you who are in Paris right now we recommend the Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs Exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs that will open on Friday March 9th, 2012. Find out more about the exhibition here. The live stream of the fashion show is right after the jump.
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by Frank | Fashion, Videos
Last week cap label New Era presented the exhibition of their creative challenge Introducing at DNA Gallery in Mitte. 80 amazing cap designs from artists and designer from all over the world were showcased along with some making of videos of these hats. This exhibition will now move on to Milan, Barcelona, Paris, Stockholm, Cape Town and Dubai. See photos of the exhibition opening here in Berlin, with lots of cool hat designs, as well as a video of the event and the dates for the next exhibtions in Europe after the jump.
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by Frank | Art
