Me and many of my female friends who are approaching thirty, hovering over it, or are in the midst of their third decade have unintentionally but collectively started a silent campaign against young famous women who, seemingly out of the blue, have turned back the clock on their [more]
This morning I hailed a cab from Tegel Airport in Berlin, treating myself to a quick ride home. I was in an unholy mood after 17 hours of travel. I hardly ever sleep on planes – watching TV and movies is too alluring – but I always pay [more]
Judging by the abundance of animal-related posts on Buzzfeed, one has to conclude that “Puppies That Make Your Heart Melt” and “Dogs That are Not OK With Sweater Weather” are high up in the public interest. While the obsession with the “human touch” makes crime, violence, extravagance, scandal, [more]
Woody Allen says: «You can’t ride two horses with one behind.» By now I must be riding a whole herd.
Today I read a personal report in the Guardian by Bim Adewunmi reflecting on her current Berlin-experiences. She describes how people here grabbed and insulted her for the fact that she’s black. Bims expectations of the city boiled down to the point where she cannot wait for her [more]
Change which seems impossible; challenges apparently too great to overcome; the ultimate responsibility of the filmmaker. Define the way future films are made. Mobilise and manipulate technical and social possibilities to create 100 more, better things, that everyone knew and were casually hoping to see.
today chairman of german social democratic party, herr gabriel, via e-mail reminded again to not forget about my vote for or against the treaty for a grand coalition with the christian-conservatives. thank you! this weekend johanna uekermann, who origins from the same local party chapter as i, won [more]
Verscheuchen oder verjagen, wo ist eigentlich der Unterschied? Verscheuchen tut man wohl eher kleinere, harmlose und vor allem scheue Tiere, die bei einer Handbewegung oder einem Zischlaut schon das Weite suchen. Verjagen tut man eher Tiere, die sich nicht so leicht was sagen lassen, die einem lästig sind, [more]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYKIUu5fg3U Hilfe! Auch der Flughafen München hat jetzt seinen eigenen ‘Markenfilm’, inklusive lip dub, virtueller Flugbegleiterin (1:28), bongo-spielendem Inder (? 1:38), einem ausgestopften Leoparden (2:16), rotem Teppich (2:36), Brautpaar auf dem Flugplatz (3:16), Kellner in Lederhosen, der ein leeres Bierfass trägt (3:52) und Schuplattler (4:15). Immerhin wurde hier [more]
What is public and what is private is not the same for me unless I fail to pay the phone bill. I am alone in Würgerengle and present in the world when sitting at my desk. The first is a shelter and the second a stage.
What’s a good movie anyway? I don’t know, but I’m pretty confident in saying that “The Counselor” is a good movie. Maybe even more than that. So I don’t know why people aren’t talking about it more. Maybe if this was 2008 and people suddenly cared again about [more]
I take everything back I have had enough. Head’s still spinning and bored to death. Even Berlin’s rainy days seem more attractive than my bed. Human contact show me what you got I can handle you. Easy. Moments to consider: Haven’t seen as many dicks in a row. [more]
Meine erste Erfahrung mit Leben als Katastrophe; als Karlheinz, der Sohn von Freunden der Familie, mit Gudrun, die er Tage zuvor seinen Eltern als Braut vorgestellt hatte, beim Schlittschuhlaufen einbricht im dünnen Eis des zugefrorenen Sees. Die Sonne blendete in der spiegelnden Weite, schwarzblaues Wasser an der [more]
In my old architecture school, we had people locking up their models and drawings before they went home so that others will not freely copy their genius ideas. In the year 2004 i first heard about MIT’s open courrseware (http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm), where this prestigious school has opened up [more]
I must have been ten or eleven when I read Children of Mother Earth by Dutch author Thea Beckman. The book describes a utopian society in which in humans and animals exist in complete harmony. They would use a remarkable penal system: when a crime was committed, a [more]
My husband Erwin enjoys taking long train rides when he travels to his hometown in Romania. He says it makes more emotional sense for journeys to be long, enduring ordeals. That hopping on a four-hour-flight dodges the greater truth of how far Romania is from Germany. And how [more]
After I posted the last pick I found an article on The Independent Newspaper online: ‘From terrorist to tea with the queen’. The quote by Margaret Thatcher that I cited was a translation from german to english in my words. The term ‘Wolkenkuckucksheim’ I described as Lala Land, [more]
Three different topics which seemed to have no connections in the first place got linked to each other somehow in my head. It made me think loosely about Mandela, utter assholes, injustice, refugees from Syria in Istanbul, the responsibility of all of us to help somehow, dumb ass [more]
Müllerstraße is a cosmos in itself. It is hosting a lot of attractions, not only the Schering factory (now Bayer) but also the glorious Erika-Heß-Eisstadion. A construction as simple as crazy, five times the same: E R I K A.
Es wird kein Wiedersehen mit Ison geben. Der Komet zerfiel, weil er der Sonne zu nahe kam. Von wegen Sonne ist ein Lebensspender. Allerdings schwächelt die Sonne gerade: Die Zahl der Sonnenflecken ist viel niedriger als normal, sie sind weniger aktiv, und das Magnetfeld der Sonne spielt total [more]
Lately, I never seem to find enough time to read DIE ZEIT. There are somewhat high and frightening stacks of past editions loafing about in a dark corner of the apartment. Heaps of time reminding me of the absence of time in our time.
Zum abrundenden Abschluss meiner zugegebenermaßen recht gewagten Ausführungen folgt im folgenden Ende dieses Schriftsatzes ein kongolesisches Schlaflied, das die Mütter im Kongo ihren Kleinkindern vorsingen. Der Künstler Richard Mosse hat es auf der diesjährigen Biennale zu Venedig ausgestellt, neben seinen Photos kongolesischer jugendlicher Soldaten, die er in rosa-rote [more]
Do you sometimes think about leaving it all? Pursuing an exit strategy, not coming back? For me, there is something calming about it. I was at the country-side over the weekend, visiting family and friends, reflecting my life in the light of others. We hiked onto a hill [more]
The Liberated Film School booked a hooker from Eyes Wide Shut to shout Cromwell down.
Viel ist gesagt, geschwallt, enthüllt worden über Gurlitt, die Raubkunst, die Deutschen. “Wir können viel nicht wiedergutmachen, aber wir können Kunstwerke und Wertsachen, die auf unredliche Weise nach Deutschland verschleppt wurden, an die Nachfahren derer zurückgeben, denen sie einst gehörten“, schlussfolgerte Götz Aly – logisch. Unabhängig davon, ob [more]