Showing posts with label Berlin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berlin. Show all posts
2009/05/29
02/04-East Side Gallery, Berlin
I feel guilty if I don't show any image of the East Side Gallery of Berlin, especially when 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. East Side Gallery is both a wonderful open-air showcase of art and an impressive manifesto of human freedom. The longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall. A great feast of street art.
2009/05/26
02/04-The Murder of Crows
Occupying the central hall of Museum für Gegenwart at Hamburger Bahnhof, Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller's sound installation, The Murder of Crows turns the former railway station hall into a space of emotions and poetics. With 98 speakers surrounding the audience in all directions and a gramophone at the very centre, a four-part story is told through powerful narratives, audio effects and songs. For more information please visit www.cardiffmiller.com.
With the hall's perfect spatial qualities, beautiful natural light and magnificent sound engineering, The Murder of Crows creates remarkable imaginary in my mind continuously for 30 minutes. It is pure delight that we got the chance to drop-by Hamburger Bahnhof at our last day of Berlin.
With the hall's perfect spatial qualities, beautiful natural light and magnificent sound engineering, The Murder of Crows creates remarkable imaginary in my mind continuously for 30 minutes. It is pure delight that we got the chance to drop-by Hamburger Bahnhof at our last day of Berlin.
02/04-Oberbaumbrucke, Berlin
A revisit to the Oberbaumbrucke turns out to be a highlight of our stay in Berlin.
In 2003 I stayed at a hostel in Kreuzberg. During the stay I crossed the Oberbaum everyday to Friedrichshain to take the S-bahn. Back then, I knew nothing about this double-deck bridge. I simply enjoyed the views, the magnificent structure and the early-morning and late-afternoon shadows of the colonnade.
Six years later, we visit the Oberbaumbrucke as an aftermath to the East Side Gallery. I acknowledge that the Oberbaum is a symbolic landmark that links the former East and West, that the Oberbaum was filmed in Run Lola Run, that Calatrava is the architect who put the modern steel addition in the middle of the bridge, that the Oberbaumbrucke has become my favorite place in Berlin ever since I first visited the city.
In 2003 I stayed at a hostel in Kreuzberg. During the stay I crossed the Oberbaum everyday to Friedrichshain to take the S-bahn. Back then, I knew nothing about this double-deck bridge. I simply enjoyed the views, the magnificent structure and the early-morning and late-afternoon shadows of the colonnade.
Six years later, we visit the Oberbaumbrucke as an aftermath to the East Side Gallery. I acknowledge that the Oberbaum is a symbolic landmark that links the former East and West, that the Oberbaum was filmed in Run Lola Run, that Calatrava is the architect who put the modern steel addition in the middle of the bridge, that the Oberbaumbrucke has become my favorite place in Berlin ever since I first visited the city.
31/03 - 02/04 - Architecture of Berlin
Six years have passed since I last visited Berlin.
Dust settled and glass towers erected. Bold efforts in contemporary architecture signify the German determination to remake Berlin. Foster, Sauerbruch Hutton, Koolhaas, Libeskind, Eisenman, Behnisch Architekten and Pei are some of the many that have contributed to the remaking.
A unified Berlin is indeed still a very young city. Human activities have yet fully utilized the potentials of this multi-layered capital. It will be interesting to see how Berlin evolves in coming decades as urban diversity and commercial business gradually take shape.
Today, Berlin serves well as an open-air museum of great architecture.
Dust settled and glass towers erected. Bold efforts in contemporary architecture signify the German determination to remake Berlin. Foster, Sauerbruch Hutton, Koolhaas, Libeskind, Eisenman, Behnisch Architekten and Pei are some of the many that have contributed to the remaking.
A unified Berlin is indeed still a very young city. Human activities have yet fully utilized the potentials of this multi-layered capital. It will be interesting to see how Berlin evolves in coming decades as urban diversity and commercial business gradually take shape.
Today, Berlin serves well as an open-air museum of great architecture.
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