Berlins Gentrifizierung als Pappmaschee-Puppentrick

"Was ist eigentlich Gentrifizierung?" - eine Pappsatt "für den Kiez" Produktion
in einer schönen Pappmaché-Puppentrick-Animation, die an die Augsburger Puppenkiste erinnert.



und der Soundtrack aus dem Abspann, "Ich brauch mehr Geld für Berlin" von John Doe

Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin

Highly recommended! The fascinating and comprehensive documentary "Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin" about the Graffiti train writing scene in Berlin has been put online in full-length and with english subtitles:

UNLIKE U-Trainwriting in Berlin from HISKICK productions on Vimeo.

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"...the moviemakers and producers are recently fighting legally for the ongoing distribution of UNLIKE U.
The Berlin transport company (BVG) has sued us in order to refrain us from distributing the movie regarding the places the action documented in UNLIKE U took place in.
To understand all of this you’ve got to see the movie yourself..."

There are ways of supporting them!

Revisited: Glu-Tang Clan - Synaptic Cleft

Because it's just too well done and it didn't get the attention it deserves (it isn't on youtube but it does have its own DOI): The Glu-Tang Clan with Synaptic Cleft.


...you can also download the audio as mp3.

...Addendum: It can be found on youtube

Radiolab & Everynone - Symmetry

Everynone's video on Symmetry, inspired by the Radiolab episode on the same topic.

Brandt Brauer Frick & Europe - Morbid Cockaigne?

I don't like their new album title's pretentious reference to Kraftwerk ("Mr. Machine") but this video might be a brute metaphor for Europe's current state of mind ("Schlaraffenland Vanitas"):

The Best of Both Worlds

Peter Baumann, former core member of progressive rock band Tangerine Dream, talks about the interplay of conceptual thinking and embodied experience.

Similarly, the Mind & Life Institute seems to combine the best of both (or rather "all") worlds, bringing spirituality, art and science together - for example in an interesting one-day conference called Being Human 2012 on March 24 in San Francisco.

Mensch-Maschine (in this direction) Worldwide

Kraftwerk's programmatic album title Die Mensch-Maschine (The Man-Machine) more topical than ever: