Why did the internet feel broken today, as in major websites, like netflix and spotify, were not accessible? I only experienced it through small glitches, some parts of twitter not properly loading, and then a lot of people talking about not being able to reach some websites like paypal, etc.. In this shared experience of…
A short Note If you follow our blog for years you have probably noticed already the name “ION” the project of one of the vanguard artists of electronic music scene in Athens. In times of capitalist crisis Ion is still an active project throughout more than 19 years. I was still a child with…
In case you wondered why it is so hard to find a flat in Berlin, isn’t it supposed to be cool AND crazy AND cheap? Short explanation, it’s capitalisation, the Berlin myth is a collectively produced marketing sheme that is programmed to go out of hands. Our special brand of gentrification, where there is not…
In the current Berlin Biennale there is a section inside a business school in a former GDR government building, because that’s what this Biennale is about, putting art and cyberspace and the economy and the city’s history in touch. In this section of the show the artist Simon Denny has put fair booths of cryptocurrencies,…
Some bits and pieces from this text in Shades Magazine: Artistic value in digital communication On the one hand it doesn’t matter in what spaces exactly youth wastes itself. But what activities youth is engaging with does matter, in case one attributes still hope to it. standardization of life through rankings of experience in a…
…The conflicts of the image economy are currently pacified by myths of the potentials of artistic autonomy and the dangers of financial speculation with art… The hypergraphics of Systaime blur the distinction between money and image in a hyperreality of the market-circulation as digital network and digital network as art world. Currently on view in…
Its been a while since our last post for Love Techno Hate Germany which is regularly takes place in About Blank😉 Am 6.Mai heißt es wieder “love techno – hate germany” auf 2 Floors im ://about blank mit: Rudolph Beuys (Beatrausch) Elliver (Quality Time Booking // Bachstelzen) Isa Wolff Iaac (://about blank // stromperlen) F…
This is one of the best music videos I discovered since years. I find few minutes to write about this new project I recently listened for the first time. We will Fail is a project of artist Alexandra Grunhölz. She debuted with two part album called Vestorung released on MonotypeRec. Music of We will Fail…
As we spent some time in Budapest years ago, we know that might be important for few of our friends there to promote this petition. Therefore we are not about post anything for upcoming events etc but rather a political event which is going to happen soon. The semi-fascist government of Hungary has decided to…
It has been a while since my last post about upcoming events in Berlin. A series of reasons for that. Berlin contemporary electronic music scene has dramatically commercialized last years. At least this is my opinion. Boring crowds, esoteric people, boring line ups, expensive fees compose the current situation. Perhaps I am getting a little…
In April 1941, Nazi Germany started its military assault against Greece, coming to the aid of fellow Axis power Italy, who had unsuccessfully invaded the country in the previous year. Almost two years later, on 15 March 1943, the Nazis and their allies launched the first train transport at Thessaloniki Railway Station in order to…
Short note: I was planning to make a short post yesterday concerning the Berlin Feminist Film week but it didnt work out.This year the festival is taking place from 8th to 14th of March 2016 in various venues around Berlin. Keep an eye out for the program and find the stuff on facebook. Several good films…
