Archive for August, 2007

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  Ukraine – No Border

  Last week I was in Ukraine attending the No-Border camp. It was held in Transcarpathia the main region of transit and labor migration to the European Union. (You could read more about the camp and its motivations here).

  The camp was really interesting and also a lot of fun. I have many stories and observations but until i get around to writing them you could see pictures of my travels in my flicker. There are almost no pictures … Read the rest

  Posted: August 27th, 2007 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Conferences & Talks, Radical Struggle
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  Yiddish Summer Weimer

  After almost a year in Weimar I really should not be surprised about anything, but after finding myself sitting at marktplatz, one of Hitler’s favorite places, drinking beer, singing along with the crowd songs in Yiddish while a group of Germans attempt to dance the Hora behind me I felt that I better figure out what’s going on.

  When a big guy with a big mustache started signings a Nachman Me’uman song, I knew that that he was the … Read the rest

  Posted: August 9th, 2007 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Writings
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  street art belongs on the street not in the gallery

  Following my visit to two street art exhibitions in Berlin, Planet Prozess and Backjumps, I came to a clear conclusion. Street art does not work in a gallery. Sure there was some good work; cubabrasil‘s installation and blu’s stop motion room at backjumps and m-city at Planet Prozess for example related to space they were working in and made some decent art works, but most of the work was just weak, some of the work just looked like … Read the rest

  Posted: August 6th, 2007 ˑ  1 Comment
  Filled under: Street Art, Writings