Posts Tagged ‘social issues’
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…

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 …

Portraits of self-sufficiency: Graffiti Research Lab Germany

This time we had a short chat with Mirae Rosner and Jesse Scott, the two initiators of the German cell of Graffiti Research Lab. If you’re curious, read on.…
Sharing knowledge and tools is at the very core of Graffiti

Portraits of self-sufficiency

Sharing knowledge and skills can mean many different things: it can be a way out of a system based on products that are designed and made under precarious economic and social conditions, it can mean having the chance to contribute…

Decide what goes on the billboard

I was walking through Alexanderplatz in the late afternoon, when I saw a group of people drawing on what is normally a panel reserved for advertisement. So I parked my bicycle and talked to them.
It turns out, this was…

Anti-nuclear energy demonstration in Berlin: let’s fight the system, just not the sexist part of it


On Saturday 18th, roughly 100.000 gathered and marched… from Hauptbahnhof (Berlin central station) to the Reichstag, to show their opposition to the government unwillingness to completely abandon nuclear energy.
I was there, as you can imagine, and besides walking alongside

Project planner series: The project description

A project description needs not be very long. As a matter of fact, it should probably be 3-4 pages maximum. However, as you apply to different funding institutions, you might be given a different page limit. The point of this…

Project planner series : Getting started

Writing proposals/descriptions/budgets for a photography project can be a drag. I am not sure I can teach a lot, but I can for sure share what I learned by working on “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable…“. Even though I

And we went to Geneva

I mentioned that “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” has been to Geneva for what it will probably be its last show.
Here are a couple of photographs showing the exhibition and the venue.
This is the wall outside of the university,…

Structurally recyclable, basically disposable – Geneva exhibition’s archive

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Press folder

 Press folders in Italian, German and French

The situation

 To read about the observations on the situation of interns that inspired the project

The project

 To know more in details about the project, the reasons behind the title
Short update from Geneva

We made it! After almost having to delay the exhibition due to the university’s mishaps (read: unprofessionalism), the photos went up as planned on saturday afternoon ready for a short and quiet vernissage.
Now I am here for the rest…

Next stop for “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable”: Genève

As you have probably noticed from the change in the graphic on the side bar –> and the poster on the general project page…, next up for the traveling exhibition is the city of Geneva.
I’ll spare you the

Urban agriculture – taking back abandoned public spaces in Berlin

Cities have plenty of abandoned public spaces and when they manage to remain in public hands, which is not always the case unfortunately, often something very special can happen. An example is this great project: Prinzessinnengärten… (Princess gardens), launched by

More from the Naples exhibition – video, etc.

While the exhibition is Naples… carries on, I am working for the next one, which will be held in Geneva from the 12th to the 19th of June. In the meantime, however, other videos of the vernissage are surfacing and,

The ceiling – photos from Naples

The exhibition, as you know, is currently in Naples… and the great thing about this is the way in which the space has been organized. “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” is a special exhibition in that it is a traveling one

“Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” in Naples – some feedback

It’s been a long and full week here in Italy. I am currently writing from a beautiful library downtown Turin to give you some updates on the exhibition that is to see in Naples until the 31st in the bookstore…

Public spaces in Berlin: truly public decisions?

Due to something I have been working on, I have been out observing and photographing the city a lot. Berlin is not a city that has gone undocumented. Quite to the contrary, there are many exhibitions and art works dedicated…

Structurally recyclable, basically disposable – Hamburg exhibition’s archive

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The situation

 To read about the observations on the situation of interns that inspired the project

The project

 To know more in details about the project, the reasons behind the title and who the subjects of the pictures will be.
“Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” soon in Naples

It’s time for me to announce the next leg of the tour! Structurally recyclable, basically disposable… is moving to Naples from the 10th to the 31st of May 2010 and it is with great pleasure that I am announcing this

Exhibition announcement: Structurally recyclable, basically disposable in Hamburg

As anticipated, the exhibition for “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” is moving to Hamburg!
The Campusgrün group… has kindly invited me to exhibit the work at the University of Hamburg, Foyer des Unigebäudes VMP8, Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft Von-Melle-Park 8.

Structurally recyclable, basically disposable – Berlin exhibition’s archive

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The situation

 To read about the observations on the situation of interns that inspired the project

The project

 To know more in details about the project, the reasons behind the title and who the subjects of the pictures will be.
Finally: some photos of the Vernissage “Structurally recyclable, basically disposable” in Berlin

As promised, here are a few photos of the preparation and the vernissage that took place on the 5th of March in the ACUD Galerie in Berlin.
The exhibition… is composed of two parts, the installation (downstairs) and the full