notes to self

2012-01-28T12:00:00.003+01:00

"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny."
— Mahatma Gandhi

selbstausbeutung

2012-01-28T00:16:00.003+01:00

"Verweigerung ist tatsächlich nur gegenüber einem fremden Zwang möglich, den ich ablehnen kann. Die Selbstausbeutung ist viel fataler als die Fremdausbeutung, weil sie mit dem Gefühl der Freiheit einhergeht. Sie ist gleichzeitig effizienter, produktiver als die Fremdausbeutung, weil man sich freiwillig ausbeutet, bis man zusammenbricht. Darin besteht offenbar die List des Systems. Wir haben heute keinen Herrscher, keinen Souverän mehr, dem wir unser Nein entgegensetzen könnten. Wir sind einem systemischen Zwang, einer systemischen Gewalt ausgeliefert, die das Leistungssubjekt dazu zwingt, ja verführt, sich selbst auszubeuten. Stéphane Hessels Empört Euch! bringt hier nicht viel. Die List des Systems besteht darin, dass sie gerade das zum Verschwinden bringt, wogegen man sich empören könnte. Es ist sehr schwierig, sich zu empören, wenn jeder Täter und Opfer, Ausbeuter und Ausgebeuteter zugleich ist."
Byung-Chul Han im FREITAG

alone

2012-01-19T09:18:00.001+01:00

Marcel Proust called reading a "miracle of communication in the midst of solitude"

not what they appear to be

2012-01-01T22:24:00.001+01:00

next time i am in nyc, i want to go to 58 joralemon street in brooklyn

listening to words

2012-01-01T22:12:00.001+01:00

http://www.thrillingwonderstories.co.uk/

interactive beautiful

2012-01-01T21:56:00.001+01:00

http://www.likethisforever.com/
aka Rafael Rozendaal

oh so true

2011-12-28T22:49:00.003+01:00

love, you didn't do right by me

2011-12-27T02:23:00.000+01:00

the best things happen when you're dancing

2011-12-27T01:51:00.000+01:00

i (heart) npr

2011-12-26T18:19:00.002+01:00

especially terry gross on fresh air, and radiolab,
eg about loops

to be thru

2011-12-25T16:54:00.001+01:00

is that a meme?

2011-12-18T02:09:00.000+01:00

type "tilt" into google.com.
and now "let it snow"

2011-12-14T00:20:00.000+01:00

colonia dignidad

thinking

2011-12-08T13:17:00.001+01:00

"The Wright Brothers, when having a heated discussion, used to break off and swap arguments."

hidden messages

2011-12-08T12:23:00.000+01:00

OK GO goes interactive
http://www.allisnotlo.st/index_en.html

reality

2011-12-08T12:21:00.000+01:00

be the change you want to see

2011-12-06T00:33:00.000+01:00

Intervention Cindy Gallop MasterClass 15-11-11 von iabfrancetv

peers

2011-12-04T13:30:00.001+01:00

http://www.exactitudes.com/

nyc 2011

2011-11-06T13:57:00.005+01:00

crisp clear indian summer / bought two books at st.marks / lunch at my favourite japanese place / pictoplasma nyc, especially genevieve gauckler and mark jenkins / meet no. at visualizing marathon nyc / meet ky. at no.'s place //
bought a bottle and a box at brooklyn flea in fort green / checked out performa 11 and discovered the blue noses / great talks by jon burgerman, allyson mellberg taylor, raymond lemstra and joshua ben longo at pictoplasma nyc / supper club at whisk and ladle / dot-com-noveau-rich bday party somewhere in soho //
watched the marathon nyc / hasidic supermarket / walked along the marathon and got side-tracked down flushing avenue / chat with jim avignon / men kui tei again, this time with k. / dinner at b+m's place //
talk to me / occupy wall street with k./ ground zero / martin scorsese talking about colonel blimp //
haircut / lunch with b. / antiquing for silver / coffee with s. in the park / shopping at the container store / high line at night with nu. / dinner with a, nu and no //

aging

2011-10-30T23:41:00.002+01:00

in turkey, i was told, people don't celebrate their birthdays anymore once they become adults. so they forget their date and year of birth. and therefore their age.

aging

2011-10-30T23:36:00.003+01:00

hokusai changed his name several times. each time he gave his name to his best student, found a new one for himself and entered a new artistic period.

and his mangas are kind of the japanese equivalent of didero's encyclopedia.

worte, nur worte

2011-10-10T22:31:00.000+02:00

kris moyes

2011-10-06T20:40:00.000+02:00

alice

2011-10-05T13:05:00.000+02:00

alice guy, first women behind the camera

2011-09-30T23:21:00.002+02:00

amazing images
via fresser

behind the scenes

2011-09-30T23:19:00.003+02:00

via erika morningstar

apparently posts on facebook about "occupy wall street" are immediately taken down again by facebook.

silence

2011-09-25T23:21:00.001+02:00

via fresser

hilde

2011-09-20T23:40:00.001+02:00

cover version

2011-09-20T23:06:00.000+02:00

Herbsttag

2011-09-20T22:51:00.000+02:00

Herr: es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß.
Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren,
und auf den Fluren laß die Winde los.

Befiehl den letzten Früchten voll zu sein;
gieb ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage,
dränge sie zur Vollendung hin und jage
die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein.

Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr.
Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben,
wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben
und wird in den Alleen hin und her
unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.

Rainer Maria Rilke

a good laugh

2011-09-15T01:22:00.001+02:00

back in the days

2011-09-14T23:27:00.000+02:00

profiteering used to be illegal

energy

2011-09-12T18:07:00.003+02:00

that a man, who thinks this fast and sharp, has a drug problem is not surprising. the whole interview is intersting.

fensterkreuzschatten

2011-09-10T22:02:00.001+02:00

turn waiting time into shopping time

2011-09-07T10:20:00.001+02:00

what a performance

2011-09-05T17:11:00.009+02:00

it's only in art - in films or on stage - that you see this kind of pride, this kind of honesty, vulnerability and beauty.
interview and a sentimental song for my friend over there.
ps: after having listened to this song for about 734 times - also in different versions - i realize that she wrote it for / about her daughter.
via susanne kaloff

global phenomena

2011-09-05T16:40:00.001+02:00

quote

2011-09-05T10:44:00.000+02:00

nature is egocentric.

beauty

2011-09-03T03:01:00.001+02:00

quote

2011-08-24T10:17:00.000+02:00

those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

what's going on behind the scenes

2011-08-21T22:19:00.001+02:00

resolutions

2011-08-19T11:22:00.001+02:00

2011-08-10T01:06:00.001+02:00

telling the story to yourself over and over again

2011-07-23T20:16:00.006+02:00

"you write all these songs when you feel a bit fucked up. and when it comes to the actual gig, you have to sing them in a row - you just...it's fucking depressing, you know what i mean." ... another artist whose insight into pain elevated the art while burying the maker..."

a specialist

2011-07-18T08:58:00.002+02:00

David Daniels

she surprises me

2011-07-17T01:15:00.001+02:00

advice

2011-06-02T14:36:00.002+02:00

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

boomboomboomweehoo

2011-06-02T11:25:00.002+02:00

bunny in a bunny suit

2011-05-25T14:30:00.001+02:00

digital decay

2011-05-24T09:38:00.000+02:00

http://www.outinthewind.com/

schützengrabenkaspar

2011-05-23T20:57:00.004+02:00

"Im Ersten Weltkrieg gab es keine offizielle Truppenbetreuung. Viele Soldaten ließen sich aus der Heimat Handpuppen schicken. Oft wurden die Figuren aber auch aus den Dingen hergestellt, die man vor Ort fand.

Puppen von der Ostfront
Gefertigt um 1915/18 in Russland von deutschen Soldaten aus Taschentüchern und Ästen. Die Figur des Kaspers besitzt ein bewegliches Geschlechtsteil."
Musem für Sächsische Volkskunst Dresden

freedom according to rosa

2011-05-23T20:33:00.001+02:00

keeping up a lie

2011-04-27T18:34:00.000+02:00

bernie madoff

boy meets world. boy is baffled

2011-04-21T12:15:00.000+02:00

TODAY from m ss ng p eces on Vimeo.

DIY

2011-04-20T00:57:00.000+02:00

michael caine

2011-04-17T19:58:00.000+02:00

touch wood

2011-04-12T09:44:00.001+02:00

incentives

2011-03-29T16:06:00.000+02:00

some music

2011-03-14T21:24:00.001+01:00

more interesting music on magical nihilsm's favourite 2010

harder, better, faster, stronger

2011-03-07T19:17:00.001+01:00

handicraft+art+community work+awarness for the environment+science

2011-03-06T11:23:00.004+01:00

thinking about energy+time via design

2011-03-06T10:31:00.002+01:00

http://www.merelkarhof.nl

exhibitions that made a difference

2011-03-04T09:19:00.004+01:00

ars electronica
walton ford - brooklyn museum
edward burtynsky- brooklyn museum
calder - centre pompidou
lucien freud - centre pompidou
ai wei wei - haus der kunst münchen
gesuch/gefunden - mmk frankfurt
sophie calle - martin gropius bau berlin

museum of american folk art new york
museum der dinge berlin
stasi museum berlin
museum of sheepwrecking denmark (wrong name)
tbc

performances that made a difference

2011-03-04T09:16:00.003+01:00

early work by forced entertainment
no wonder - constanza macras+lisi esteras
le sacre du printemps - xavier le roy
phedre, to you the birdie - the wooster group
hamlet - the wooster group
jaques brel - jeroen willems
testament nach könig lear - she she pop
things we don't understand and definitely are not going to talk about - mirand july
tbc

berlinale 2011

2011-03-02T11:40:00.002+01:00

films:
true grit
utopia ltd
utopians
schlafkrankheit
life in a day
las malas intenciones
yelling to the sky
vaterlandsverräter
sing your song
the future
über uns das all
king's speech
die jungs vom bahnhof zoo
shorts 1, 2, 4, 5,

parties:
eröffnung
margin call
utopia ltd
tegernsee reunion
revolver
schlafkrankheit
the future
shorts breakfast
shorts party
king's speech
forum
preisverleihung
shorts goodbye

films that made a difference

2011-03-02T09:42:00.002+01:00

cement garden
tee im harem des archimedes
rocky horror picture show
early films by pedro almodovar
early films + short films by hal hartley
zelig - woody allen
in bed with madonna
chet baker, let's get lost
metallica, some kind of monster
grey gardens - the maysel brothers
rushmore - wes anderson
nan goldin, i'll be your mirror
punch drunk love - p.t. anderson
there will be blood - p.t. anderson
tbc

books that made a difference

2011-03-02T09:39:00.004+01:00

russian fairy tales
rolltreppe abwärts
der sams
alle bücher von peter härtling
als hitler das rosa kaninchen stahl
mädchenorchester auschwitz - fania fenelon
die entdeckung der langsamkeit - stan nadolny
for edmee with love and squalor - j.d. salinger
mein name sei gantenbein - max frisch
jugend ohne gott - max von der grün
the heart is a lonely hunter - carson mc cullers
ich und kaminski - daniel kehlmann
tbc

music that made a difference

2011-03-02T09:27:00.010+01:00

all time favourite children song's from the usa
die rübe
eva meier singt berthold brecht
frankie goes to hollywood - liverpool
anne clark - hopeless cases
beatles (esp white album)
the smith
housemartins
front 242
dead kennedys
violent femmes
cindy lauper
elvis costello
ben folds
matthew herbert
moloko
roisin murphy
nina simone
marvin gaye
stevie wonder (early)
tbc

the look of love

2011-02-22T08:38:00.001+01:00

title sequences

2011-01-21T01:09:00.001+01:00

titles

say something

2011-01-18T23:07:00.000+01:00

on the radio

2011-01-12T18:48:00.004+01:00

stuff
things i forgot - ensemble

seasons

growing up
starfish+coffee - prince
throughout the years - kurtis blow
our house - madness

friendship
we belong together - edie brickell
this is my house - diana ross

places
allan town -
the way to san jose
- hildegard knef

tbc

one take

2011-01-12T09:49:00.003+01:00

a year along the abandoned road
tbc

inhale, exhale

2010-12-26T17:41:00.000+01:00

One Hundred and Eight – Interactive Installation from Nils Völker on Vimeo.

haptic internet

2010-12-26T17:05:00.000+01:00

designing every little step and detail

2010-12-24T11:53:00.000+01:00

how to think

2010-12-24T11:49:00.003+01:00

carfull observation, brainstorming (=thinking without censoring) by actually building objects (=thinking via physical space), not knowing where it might all end up - that's what i like about this project.

just stay

2010-12-23T11:54:00.004+01:00

most of what she says is old news. but the thoughts on "don't leave before you leave" are interesting.

let the outcome take care of itself

2010-12-23T11:50:00.003+01:00

a talk from feb 2009. like facebook they had no idea what this platform could be usefull for. but like any good tool it adjusted it's shape to the way it was used. and found its purpose through being used. and that's what i like about it.

london dec2010

2010-12-13T11:40:00.009+01:00

"entertainment free" ride with heathrow express / dim sum with phil, checking-out dresses for special occasions, quick stroll through the museum of brands, packaging and advertising, apetizer at david's, japanese dinner with the girls / open day at rca, talk by stuart candy, guided tour through the textile department / peter blake's sources of inspiration at museum of everything including work by ted willcox and walter potter, walked down pimrose hill, high society at the wellcome trust, picked up anthony at what_architecture, dinner with the gang at cat&mutton / accupuncture guine pig for cri, couldn't find lynn's stuff at last tuesday society, ginger tea at alex' and rina's garage, christmas exhibition at geffrey museum together with alex, bought a print and a tea towel from arthouse meath at some pop-up shop, checking out wallpaper at liberty's, quick look at ai weiwei at the tate modern / moved around move: choreographing you on at hayward gallery, dim sum lunch at royal china with jackie and family, tube ride back to heatrow.
i missed/forgot to go to: walid raad at whitechapel gallery, ceal foyer, james turrell.

films i recently saw and liked a lot

2010-12-04T14:02:00.007+01:00

la lisière

die liebe der kinder

silent souls

somewhere

porn for the blind

2010-11-30T11:57:00.001+01:00

bored
cute
more

failure

2010-11-26T11:54:00.003+01:00

is this the first add in which a company admits a failure?

interaction before digital was around

2010-11-22T23:34:00.000+01:00

via russel davies

rotating kitchen

2010-11-22T22:30:00.001+01:00

rotating kitchen. not to be confused with rotating dancing.

authenticity

2010-11-21T11:21:00.004+01:00

authenticity is not a tool.
nan goldin does fashion photography. more.

routine+trust

2010-11-17T17:32:00.001+01:00

file sharing with strangers in the "real world"

2010-11-17T11:39:00.003+01:00

dead drop by aram bartholl

quote

2010-11-16T08:55:00.002+01:00

"Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden" ("Freedom is always the freedom of the one who think differently")
Rosa Luxemburg

75 change your mind

2010-11-11T00:28:00.006+01:00

it's so elegant the way they move their hands and arms and fingers. and how that movement clashes with the way they speak. it's improvised on the spot. they suddenly stop and turn into a normal person again. and they can see things in the corner of their eyes.

quote

2010-11-07T22:17:00.001+01:00

A test of our understanding is whether we can apply it in practice.

worte

2010-11-07T14:26:00.002+01:00

Ich fürcht mich so vor der Menschen Wort.
Sie sprechen alles so deutlich aus:
Und dieses heißt Hund und jenes heißt Haus,
und hier ist Beginn und das Ende ist dort.

Mich bangt auch ihr Sinn, ihr Spiel mit dem Spott,
sie wissen alles, was wird und war;
kein Berg ist ihnen mehr wunderbar;
ihr Garten und Gut grenzt grade an Gott.

Ich will immer warnen und wehren: Bleibt fern.
Die Dinge singen hör ich so gern.
Ihr rührt sie an: sie sind starr und stumm.
Ihr bringt mir alle Dinge um.

Rainer Maria Rilke

missed connections

2010-11-06T17:58:00.001+01:00

another reason to love the internet

oh, i love this one

2010-11-06T16:46:00.004+01:00

even if you don't understand german, you will get it. it's deep. oh so deep.

a friend

2010-11-06T15:06:00.003+01:00

notebook babies - done by teacher for his pupils.

quote

2010-11-02T18:47:00.001+01:00

"Rund 3,5 Millionen Menschen werden entindividualisiert und als homogene Masse und Bedrohung wahrgenommen", so der türkische Künstler Züli Aladag.

pattern galore

2010-10-22T12:55:00.002+02:00

more here

eye-level and entrepreneurship

2010-10-20T19:15:00.000+02:00

food for thoughts about food

2010-10-20T18:15:00.000+02:00

dialogue

2010-10-18T23:28:00.005+02:00

a scene from zbigniew bzymek's first feature made up language. can't wait to see it in full length.