photo: Montecruz Foto / CC
It’s on the streets, it’s in corners. It’s on the U-Bahn seats, it’s an armor. Don’t be surprised, we all know that behind its disguise, Berlin is a beauty. Hidden in trash, a secret stash of pulsating life.
It’s a juice box, flat, lying on the concrete, with the straw pointing north. It’s in the searching eye of a person, collecting empty bottles from the trash bin. Lifting up the green flask, reflecting against the sun, you can still see the remains of loud music and the weekend fun – in the drops leftover.
It’s a bag of plastic, flying in the air, like an orange bird getting trapped in a tree.
It’s the mess between you and me.
Berlin is a beauty, it’s messy and honest, at times tired from vomit, dripping from stairwells.
And still it has taken care of you, you never fell. At times it crumples up, and then evens out – a constant recycling of breathing in and breathing out.
But the circle of life in the city, it shows that things may come and things may go, what matters is: we arose.
by Yasmin | Stories
photo: glamcanyon
If Berlin were a person and would rent a room somewhere this room would become a greasy sticky messy hole. Not because Berlin looks messy or gross. It’s something going on inside its head that can’t decide if it should keep something or throw it away. That’s why there is so much trash going on in this city. Good trash as well of course. But there is also an incredible silly amount of nonsense trash. Trash that even the artsy trash loving Berliners can’t stand anymore. Once in a while I think we should definitely call the exterminator.
by Claudio | Stories
Robbekah Ritchie, Performance, 2010
We are getting too cosy and sweet on this poor little blog for my taste. I know that the Christmas feeling has come over us. But that’s no reason to loose all our edges. So I recommend a non-Christmas related event for the weekend. Just to get back on the usual Berlin is so fucked up feeling. After Kippenberger is an exhibition taking place at the Marzia Frozen Gallery. Don’t miss the opening reception this Saturday with some sexy performances and cool artwork. The flyer and the directions after the trash.
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by Claudio | Art, Events, Galleries
