Wildau

I took a short trip to Wildau (close to Berlin), also home to a University of applied sciences and here are a few images from that day.

Outside

A couple of weeks ago I took a small holiday (= a weekend, yep that counts as holiday for the self-employed). A couple of days away, not too far, but still in a different setting. Bantikow, the place I am…

Landau report part two: the attempts to deliver the Nutcrackers

“Make sure you take everything with you! Don’t leave anything behind!”. The lady who shouted this was probably something like the thirteenth attempt on our part to gift random strangers in Landau with a Nutcracker.…

The Nutcracker is part of

Find the same part 2 – beauty ideals and flawlessness on the streets of Berlin (and Leipzig)

Continuing my series on beauty images (and ideals) in Berlin (and Leipzig).
It is not always about the sexualization and objectification (although that is unfortunately the rule it seems), you mostly see women immobile, staring into space, looking startled or…

Landau report part one: volunteering, art and the private sector

I spent five days in Landau (Pfalz), to attend the European Citizens Convention on volunteering. My presence at such event was mainly justified to exhibit “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable…“, which represented a more critical take on the issue

Shaping CITYzenship – Photos!

A while ago I wrote about this project I was involved in, which revolved around the city of Berlin, with a focus on the changing nature of the city and how media campaigns have shaped my understanding (in a way…

Structurally recyclable, basically disposable at the European Citizens’ Convention

From the 5th to the 8th of May, my exhibition, “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” will be up in Landau, in occasion of the European Citizens’ Convention….
As you know, 2011 is the year of Volunteering, and this

Find the same – beauty ideals and flawlessness on the streets of Berlin

Killing Us Softly 4 Trailer from Media Education Foundation on Vimeo.
In her documentary, Killing Us Softly 4, Jean Kilbourne says, referring to the ideal of absolutely flawless beauty with which we are continually fed by ads:

“She never …

Welcome me to active feminism

For those of you who know me and follow me on twitter, it is quite obvious that I am passionate about feminism. Today, as I did my daily reading on Sociological images, I found this

“Men and women …

People in museums

In the spirit of traditions I went to the 28th Long Night of Museums in Berlin…, which took place at the end of January.
I am fascinated by people in museums. It is this apparently banal activity of looking

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