Tag: Berlin
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Tokyo Mosaic #17: Chameleon.
While some were right about Tokyo becoming a precious place to me, most were wrong about the specific reasons. The supposed heaven for manga freaks did nothing but make me go away. Ikebukuro was different. It’s not one of the famed neighborhoods, and from what I’ve heard it’s not all too well seen, with its…
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Tokyo Mosaic #14: Distant and familiar.
From the places I’ve seen in Tokyo, this neighborhood made me think most of a “Kiez”, which in Berlin doesn’t only mean the area where you live, but the places and corners where you feel at home. Laid-back atmospheres are contagious. If the cozy dinner chitchat in episode 12 made me think I should come …
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Inside Berlin: Die Mauer.
More than a look at the few remnants of today’s Berlin Wall, a certain documentary film evokes the spirit of change linked to that symbol of separation. Jürgen Böttcher’s documentary “Die Mauer” has captured the immediate aftermath of the peaceful German revolution in 1989 around the wall. His aesthetic brilliance adds to a discrete narration:…
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Storytelling connects: How manga meets football and motivates.
When the place you inhabit becomes too narrow for your dreams, move out!” … said the bird to the wanderer, so wander we did. When a journalist recently asked me to draw a manga sequence for a TV feature about two Japanese players from the Berlin based football club Hertha, it kinda made sense. I’m…
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Inside Berlin: Barefoot Nonchalance
Stormy weather is approaching the city, yet in the metro I see a barefoot beauty with blonde dreads taking a seat in front of me. This reminds me of a “Death Note” dialogue, where the always good looking, psychopathic main character named “Light” asks his opponent, the always messy, strange looking and sharp minded “L”,…
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As From My Window I Sometimes Glance…
… on a sunny afternoon in Berlin, Wedding, I see reflections of light transforming the other side of the street. This is when the charm of living in a neighborhood like mine becomes obvious to me. You don’t need to share the tastes of your neighbors, it’s sufficient to watch. Every now and then, a…
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Inside Berlin: New chic?
When it comes to the the attention economy specific to Berlin, fashion is a key factor. People got their very own ways to create distinctiveness without exactly screaming for attention. In no other city have I seen its dwellers “inventing” themselves at less monetary costs and to more surprising effects. It’s a matter of re-contextualizing…
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