It’s Monday turning into Tuesday, and I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night — just like in the good old days. After almost 13 years of living in Berlin, I am still trying to write something meaningful … Continue reading AUSLÄNDER: Happy? Notes from a Berlin exhibition
2026 marks 130 years since the birth of Tristan Tzara, one of the names behind DADAISM. Born Samuel Rosenstock, Tzara [meaning country] was a Romanian-born poet, essayist, and performance artist, best known as one of the central figures and effectively … Continue reading DADAISM – Cabaret Voltaire + Tristan Tzara = 130 years after Meaning, before Sound
It happened a while ago, but its memory is still vivid in my burned-out brain. I’m talking about BUTOH Batorū, a name probably unfamiliar to most … Continue reading BUTOH Batorū: new art ritual in Berghain
Got out of my comfort zone this Saturday evening and went to witness the result of a ten-day Butoh workshop led by Valentin Tszin together with his cool production team. After a warm welcome at Theaterforum Kreuzberg, I took my … Continue reading BUTOH journey finale: Traveling to the stars as fragments of evolution [review]
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Constantin Brâncuși, the Romanian sculptor of modernism, came back to Germany after a 50-year break. Organized in collaboration with Centre Pompidou Paris, this rare exhibition dedicated to the artist was open at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin until August 9 2026. Brâncuși … Continue reading Brâncuși after 150 Years: the East couldn’t keep him, the West didn’t get him
𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜. 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐,𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚎.𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 … Continue reading 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚛 mixtapes #𝟶𝟹𝟿: 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜,𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼,𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟿𝚝𝚑. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝,𝚕𝚎𝚝’𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜, 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 … Continue reading 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 #040: 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗
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Been tryin’ to write about what happened last Sunday ever since, and finally today I had some free moments to express my feelings. Towards art, fashion, sound, and — most importantly — dancing. Because what I saw was something from … Continue reading i𝚌𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 [𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠]
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎. #𝟶𝟹𝟾 b𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 … Continue reading 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 #𝟶𝟹𝟾: 𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎
Joey Blush, aka Blush Response, is an old friend—part of the “family” of artists I’ve met in my almost 13 years of Berlin. Many of them have grown far beyond what anyone (probably even they) expected, shaping the new wave … Continue reading BLUSH RESPONSE: between man & machine, chaos & precision [interview]
