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XOOOOX is a Berlin based Street Artist, whose name was chosen for its symmetry. He started out expressing himself through graffiti but drawing on his observations of the fashion industry began pasting pictures cut from magazines around the streets. Realising that stencils were quicker and easier to apply he adopted the Street Art technique but […]
An abundance of green space, the proliferation of graffiti and street art and the wealth of old industrial buildings are just some of the reasons why I love Berlin and Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände is the embodiment of all three. The most prominent feature of the park, visible as you enter, is the 50m tall water […]
The 2 part documentary, The Rise And Fall Of The Berlin Wall, from the History Channel, tells the story of the Anti Fascist Protection Rampart, more commonly known as The Berlin Wall, erected on 13 August 1961, which fell on 9 November 1989. Of particular interest, is the lengths that people would go to, to […]
I discovered this hauntingly beautiful song, I’ve Known Your Heart by Ajimal, thanks to a tweet from Lucy Rose, who I was lucky enough to see at Roter Salon in Berlin earlier this year. Ajimal – I’ve Known Your Heart [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TSfcInPIE0?rel=0] If you like what you hear, you should also check out Footnote To […]
As I am launching a new series of posts, my Snapshots of Berlin, it seemed fitting to start with a photo of my favourite Berlin building, the Fernsehturm (TV Tower). The Ferris Wheel has been set up as part of the Christmas Market. This photo was taken from The Schlossplatz as the sun was setting and the […]
I have added photos of all the Stolpersteine I saw this week in Berlin (and as you can see there were quite a few) to my Stolpersteine Gallery. The Stolpersteine I saw were laid for: Siegfried Redlich, Elfriede Redlich, Louis Hoffmann and Grete Hoffmann (Senefelderstrasse 4); Nanny Stern (Eichendorffstrasse 18); Else Luft and Erna Herrmann (Brunnenstrasse 41); Kurt […]
Burger de Ville is a pop-up burger van outside Bikini Berlin, a mixed use development, including shops, offices a cinema and hotel, currently under construction opposite the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche on Hardenbergstrasse. The food caravan is being used to promote the Twenty Five Hours Hotel that will open at Bikini Berlin in Autumn 2013. ***Moved – Burger de […]
Another compilation of some of the best Street Art I have seen in Berlin over the last few months. Where an artist has featured before you can click on their name to open other posts. Paolo Cirio Paolo Cirio’s Street Ghost project has resulted in blurred figures taken from Google Street View appearing on walls […]
The team behind Berlin Spricht Für Sich, the fantastic Street Art inspired music video that featured in my A Year In The Life Of Berlin post also created a A Tribute To Prost. This is a song and video based on the Street Art of Mein Lieber Prost, best known for his smiley faces that […]
