thinking about energy+time via design

http://www.merelkarhof.nl

exhibitions that made a difference

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

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

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

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

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

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

title sequences

titles

say something

on the radio

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

a year along the abandoned road
tbc

inhale, exhale

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

haptic internet

designing every little step and detail

how to think

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

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

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

"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

la lisière























die liebe der kinder


silent souls


somewhere