photos: Gili Shani.
After Berlin clubs closed their doors to their worshippers during the ongoing global pandemic, many kink lovers who found their refuge in these sanctuaries had to get more creative to maintain their inner desires. The legendary KitKat pool had to be replaced by our bathtubs and our music in compliance with the Hausordnung. The nascent lockdown rules were getting tougher and the end of the tunnel was getting more blurry along the way.
During this difficult time, Gili Shani, the only person who was allowed to take photos at KitKat Club, photographed 250 people in their houses, who were willing to show their kink for his book Voyeur. Berlin. Kinky. He drove all around Berlin to capture these intimate moments inspired by the pre-pandemic kink scene. With a sexually suggestive front cover of a lower front tattoo that says “fuck”, the book is already promising. Through Shani’s lens, these domestic shots reflect nothing different from a moment in KitKat; a man in a harness kneeling before the camera and a domina ready to spank someone in another photo. After all, you can get the Berliner out of the club but you can not get the kink out of Berliners.
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by Burak | Books, Party, People, Photos
Today we would like to introduce you to the work of visual artist duo Schall & Schnabel. They moved in with us at Blogfabrik last year and ever since we always enjoyed watching them work over their shoulders. Just like us they have a thing for animated GIFs. With their photo work they always like to play around with distortion, lights and non-digital effects. Their new “concrete series” actually combines both real-life and digital effects that look absolutely stunning. With the series they found a very contemporary version of classic nudes, twisting the bodies, overlaying the skin with harsh concrete structures, playing around with lights that are broken through prisms. It’s really a wonderful aesthetic that invents its very own sensuality.
After the jump you’ll get an exclusive view with a couple of animated GIFs. Enjoy!
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by Frank | Art
photos: Ruben Brulat
Ruben Brulat is a young photo artist from France who has previously shown his work here in Berlin at the Urban Spree gallery. His photo series Paths is particularily stunning. It was created during the past 3 years on his extensive travels through Asia and shows breathtaking landscapes with one tiny unexpected detail: A naked body embedded into nature. After the jump you can get a small preview of some of the photos from this amazing series.
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by Frank | Art
Helmut Newton, Saddle I, from the series Sleepless Nights, Paris 1976, (c) Helmut Newton Estate
The Helmuth Newton Foundation is opening a new exhibition titled White Women / Sleepless Nights / Big Nudes at the Museum für Fotografie at Jebenstraße 2 this Friday at 20h. The exhibition was curated for the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and assembles the work of Newton’s first three book publications. The exhibition will be on display until November 18, 2012. After the jump you’ll get a few more preview photos.
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by Frank | Art
