‘Comedy Queen’: A Coming-of-Age Story that Made Us Laugh & Cry at the Berlinale Film Festival
'Comedy Queen' has earned the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Berlinale, 2022. The coming-of-age story made us laugh, cry, and feel tenderly awkward.
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TEENAGE ANGST ON TV – FROM ”BEVERLY HILLS 90210“ TO “EUPHORIA“
SPOILER WARNING: I can’t take any blame for spoiling ”Beverly Hills, 90210”, because it premiered over thirty years ago. But I won’t spoil anything ”Euphoria”-related. Maybe just a little. ”I’ll stick to my needleAnd my favorite waste of timeBoth spineless and sublimeSince I was born I started to decayNow nothing ever ever goes my way” […]
IS FESTIVAL FASHION CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?
The act of taking. Festivals are a playground for expression but also cultural appropriation and theft are being redrawn. Unique speaks up for environmental Justice and is part of “Total Ethics Fashion” – working for a fashion system that upholds total ethics, by prioritizing the life of all animals, humans and non-human, and the planet. Her politics revolve […]
Buckle up: What’s Happening this Spring in Berlin
The season has started: days are longer, brighter, and more hectic. Find here some art, music and festival events that are happening now (spring 2022) in Berlin.
RHYTHM AND POETRY – DEF POETRY JAM
It’s not the official definition, but it’s quite a coincidence that the word “rap“ could be short for “rhythm and poetry.“ But hopefully now after almost 40 years since the Hiphop culture was born in the South Bronx, most people might be aware, that rap is poetry (Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Price for heaven’s […]
What Could Go Wrong When You Postpone Life and Go to Sleep?
Ottessa Moshfegh’s main character in ‘My year of rest and relaxation’, a dark comedy published in 2018, decides to sleep for one year to shake off the weariness of being alive. And what could go wrong?
Rethinking the Familiar
It’s more than just the latest sneaker drop – more than just simple fashion news. This is a declaration of love for naivety and friskiness melting together with dreamy prints and vivid colors, spreading joy and brightening up everyday life. People fall in love with the view, not wanting to let go at all — […]
SWIRLING SELVES – ELLA DOUGLAS
The stomping of dildo heels echoing through a green corridor. Everywhere she goes, she takes a bag of sour Maoam candy with her. Ella Douglas is the conceptualizer and designer who embraces her fluidity through scaling objects and performance art. Sculptures exploring themes of queerness and social commentary. The Central Saint Martin´s student adds distortions, where artificial intelligence can smurk through an argyle gown.
AXEL VINDENES IN BERLIN – AN EXHIBITION AT THE NEWLY OPENED OBEY ART SPACE BERLIN
Since he created his first artworks in 1989, artist Shepard Fairey has come a long way. Nowadays hailed as the founder of street art, his art is exhibited in galleries all over the world and his own clothing company, OBEY, recently opened up two new European stores (Paris and Amsterdam). No store for Germany is […]
THE PRISM OF LINES – NAEZRAH
Her smile glistens at me, with gemstones on her teeth. A colourgon blending into eyelids. Naezrah Desir is the Make-Up artist who instruments her living avatar. Magnifying characters through fiction, nature and mythology. A fairy and nymph series with Kellan – ´the fairy of immortality and peace´, who was gifted with psychokinesis and telekinetic abilities. With a voice beyond Make-Up, Naezrah uses her platform to start conversations and elevate BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ artists in the industry.
