Sophie Kuppers, the wife of the Russian artists El Lissitzky played an important role in bringing artists and ideas together in Berlin exactly a century ago. Read More
El Lissitzky in Berlin
Putin believes in Nicolas
Nicolas of Myra is the patron saint of Russia. Although he has never been to Russia it is believed that the saint saved Russia at least nine times from catastrophe. Nicolas remains are in Bari in Italy. When Pope Francis visits President Putin he should promise to give him part of these Holy Remains if he stops the war. Read More
Dani Karavan in Berlin
“Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to our lives.“ Berlin is a city with many monuments to commemorate. Being a city with such a huge history there is a lot to commemorate, the monuments remembering the holocaust are far out in the mayority. Some of these monuments were made by the… Read More
Berlin
I like to make long walks through the streets of Berlin. What makes Berlin different among the other European metropoles like Moskou, Paris, London and Madrid is that there is so much space. One of the reasons is that exactly as in many other cities that were devastated during WW2 the idea was to create… Read More
The measurable against the non measurable
Now that it seems that the corona pandemic is on its last legs, the first investigative reports are starting to come out on how our administrators responded to the pandemic. What is immediately noticeable is that the approach was completely guided by what is measurable: the number of patients, the number of hospital beds, the… Read More
Modena: Hospital St. Augustine
Modena is the typical small city in the North of Italy, not far from Bologna and relatively near to Florence. Most people may know it in relation to beautiful cars like Ferrari, De Tomaso and Maserati. Food lovers will probably know that balsamic vinegar comes from Modena. The city itself with almost 200.000 inhabitants has a University that dates… Read More
Street Art Museum in St Petersburg Russia
The Street Art Museum in Saint Petersburg is a remarkable place in many ways. It’s exactly there where it is needed most. It is making the rights statements. It’s new and it’s exciting. It’s not a museum though. It has the potential to give the word museum a new meaning. It’s a laboratory. A laboratory of… Read More
Parque Capibaribe in Recife
I went to Recife in Brazil to discuss a future park. Read More
Sitié: in Rio de Janeiro, the real park of 21st century
Just south of Leblon, not so very far away from the center of Rio de Janeiro, on a mountain side overlooking the Atlantic Ocean lies a spectacular park. Mauro Quintanilha started to clean the site near the favela of Vidigal around 2006 when he became extremely frustrated with the smell, the sight and the whole… Read More
I think I will travel to Rio
It’s a song that brings you in a certain mood. It was made in the time that video clips were not common at all. Michael Nesmith made a clip, experimenting a new medium and wrote a song to it. You can feel the breeze, you can hear the ocean, it gives you a longing to go there.… Read More
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