Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Men's European Style Swimsuits

Vintage girl from Greifswald / / TempEau.



Leafing through the book fair program, I noticed today the events on "Rights of God (for girls)" on. How did I find always in reports on so-called girl gangs, hurt Wife beaters Girls often somewhat-desperate, maybe a little extra dimension on the scale of violence (or extension) ... because I was suddenly the song "Girl from Greifswald" come to mind.

TempEau is a band that I've never really trusted me and never so busy with her, but there was a time in which I was crazy about the title.
Lyrically, Plewka
moved here at a level that Judith Holofernes example, despite all the language games Rien never succeeded. Direct yet sophisticated. Something like this should run on radio and fewer of these mindless Sexkram.



worlds away from the town houses in Greifswald,
the satellite town is made of concrete.
looks strange and it still there out of the window,
it was not given her to come of it.
hatred and tattooed skin in his fists,
from the time where it was not settled politically,
has ever tried what else
yes now!
She is a child of national youth work,
it is dedicated to the children about which no one else happy.
She pleads for hate and violence, it stands for,
she waits outside the gates of the schools in Greifswald.
It is not easy to talk with her, she stumbles over sentences
to be happy to own.
And they defiantly clings to the iron cross,
disappears and in the flat next door to fold flyers.
hatred and tattooed skin in his fists,
from the time where it was not settled politically, has
they ever tried what else
yes now!
She is a child of national youth work,
it is dedicated to the children about which no one else happy.
She pleads for hate and violence, it stands for,
she waits outside the gates of the schools in Greifswald.

The text gives me immediately associations with East German punk bands. Maybe I've heard as a child too much Gerhard Schöne , but I stand pretty on East German texts (not just Puhdys and carat). But maybe I stand only on ambiguous lyrics. Anyway, I then had to think again in the third type of punk music. There was American Punk, British Punk, there were and there were (at least) nor Eastern Punk. Find what made the bands at that time I fascinating. running on public service broadcasting now and then a documentary about this part of the East German music scene. "The other bands" were so diverse in their self-perception and the perception that it is not to summarize in 50 minutes.

I then searched for a classic from that time: "Born in the GDR" by Sandow . The video is "owned by Sony Music Entertainment" and therefore "[m] is not a country available." Google has just spat out a new video, that I have the original sound track not found on the net and then giving up the search. Looking at the contents of what I was looking for, is the double crazy. A wall in the network prevents me (and people who know do not) can hear the song and the reason is the capitalist interests of a record company with which the band had to do then nothing (who knows better, may correct me ).
fell When looking me in any case, again, how difficult it is to come at about alternative oriental music, especially if you do not know what to look for. At some point I would like to make a quick exhibition on the subject, especially because there often for non-Easterners still wrong Ideas exist.

As a little food for thought so here is an interview with Kai-Uwe Schmidt Kohl (singer of Sandow) in alternative music in the East.


Link: Du bist Geschichte - Projekte - Born in the GDR

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Stop C00002la Fatal System Error C0000005

Fair: Tattoo Expo Leipzig.


















Yes, it hurts. While humming at each level, the needle could be seen at the Tattoo Expo this afternoon as many pained faces as piercing templates. (The above is the way of Christoph . Electrics Revolver)

makes the main attraction of the fair from the on-site treatment: No matter whether small or back Wadenbildchen paintings everywhere, boys and girls were adorning their bodies. Fittingly, it was a small pack with Fenistil equal to the ticket.














































And if not now stands stands, just templates:























So a tattoo convention is a little like WGT, only smaller. The clientele are (of course) tattooed and pierced people, the girls run around in the mostly rockabilly style or have at least parts of it integrated into their outfits. In addition to admire
Tattoo artists from around the world, you can buy a lot of piercing jewelry, clothes, and Tätowierzubehör Tätowierzeitschriften.






























































The clothes were nothing particularly, the range went from the usual X-Tra-X-nonsense up to Stop Staring !, the clothes are overpriced in my opinion, but without mercy.
At a jewelry booth, I discovered still a pretty hot chain, which I hung a heavy heart and I would now already angry about it.

Here the device in close-up of an external Kreepsville :























gave At 15 clock there is a "fashion show with clothes represented at the convention dealer, but we're not better than the unsuccessful event .

It looked something like this:























liked you scroll through the photo albums me this picture spontaneously extremely well :























The template comes from Taka Tiki in Leipzig.


yes I'm looking for body modification (scarification specifically), on the subject of the exhibition but had almost nothing to offer. Only the studio Hell from the Czech Republic, I have identified that a portfolio with BodMods had then. These were but such extreme cases where even whole parts of the skin were cut out. In one image, so to speak, was the negative piece of skin next to it (which some might have the increased nausea).

Who knows German studios, making the cuttings should feel free to contact me.


The show tonight is still open to 23 clock and runs tomorrow from 11 bis 20 clock.

Friday, March 4, 2011

What Happens When You Remove A Wonder Card

exhibition in Leipzig. Photography since 1839.























Having now established that there this year, not a continuation of the great F / will stop festivals (the cruiser reported), we enjoyed the museums of the city with a large current Photo exhibition, which was evenly distributed over several houses.

As the name suggests, takes the exhibition "Leipzig. Photography since 1839" the visitor on a journey through the development of the photographic process from its beginning until the present time. What is special is that almost all exhibits are shown, which were made by photographers or reflect the Leipzig Leipzig motives. It is familiar not only with the technology but acquires a quasi "in passing" urban historical knowledge.

"This exhibition is the extraordinary photographic tradition Leipzig and the history of this medium to rediscover our city, which includes also the data stored in the museums, libraries and archives of photographic treasures from many origins and history. The exhibition also has on the high rank of today's visual-photographic media and the importance of the media in Leipzig, Hin. "

The three participating museums are the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts, the City History Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts.

On Wednesday I watched two of the stations.

It was I, unfortunately, not possible from the exhibition rooms even to take pictures, so it is now somewhat theoretical, but I hope it only increases the allure of visiting the exhibition.

GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts Leipzig

The Grassi Museum displays works from the period from 1839 to 1917. In order to offer you a bit more background knowledge than the flyer, I have again brushed off busy museum texts. A man then asked me smile if I here transcribe just the preface for my doctorate. I've obviously not made, all records are meant only for this blog. Quotes you recognize me in the way, always remember that they are printed in italics and indented; I usually sit on and even quotation marks. Just so we understand each other.

Here is the opening of the museum:
"Photography and the threat of her fascination with form from the beginning till today an inseparable unit, the rich in inventions and discoveries of 19th century photography rose the most popular novelty of the era, the.. to enthusiasm about the possibility of the reality around at will see an exact replica or "freeze" a particular moment may be, in a transformed and modern, enlightened way remained to the present life. also remains is the appeal to "explore" Photographs , to discover images in the image and not a few photographs of the strange mystery to get on the track. This exhibition is part of photography from the earliest times to the early 20th Century devoted to making, but also attention to photographic artists of our day who go in the third century of the photography on their own, very different picture search -. Self-confident, doubting, curious "

From the early daguerreotypes (established 1850) is its unique allure of the one hand there would be what is depicted.. not just clothing and environment of the people are interesting, even the facial expressions often appear strangely alienated and cold I do not know what it was that appear to human eyes on the paintings so glassy and empty can. If the motives is to strictly segregated: men sit together in groups, smoking and or think, women are usually shown only with children or getting dressed. Most often they were shooting individual portraits, which were thoroughly arranged completely. For example, such an officer before "painted background" showed that I had not recognized as such and reminded me very realistic photo wallpaper.
The image "Carl Dauthendey as hunters" also shows that the first cameras already in the "wild" and not just in the studio (then the name was probably the studio) were used.
Furthermore caused by material and present the impression of exclusivity. The images are often very small, but always imaginatively decorated with beautiful frame. The exhibition will be shown specifically for daguerreotypes made (probably derived from the U.S.) cases of leather, wood, paper and velvet. Digital frame presents a mundane in comparison, only the throw-away mentality of today's (plastic) society.
Even if some of the daguerreotypes are now faded strong, has a majority of the images on an amazing brilliance and after a while you feel really 160 years back.

At this point, introduced the concepts calotype (the first negative-positive process on paper) and Ambrotype (image-bearing glass). Moreover, one can get a galvano impression of a daguerreotype and amazingly accurate engravings von Auguste Hüssen.


Later dei exhibition is dedicated to the work of Edward and Bertha Wehnert Beckmann, a pair of major photographers of the city.
"your meeting, and both residents are working together in Leipzig can be regarded as the highlight of the early history of the medium and a photographic history of this city."

to that a little theory:
"The early days of Lichtbildnerei essentially based on the Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787 - 1851) are with iodine vapors made sensitive to light and exposed developed unique technology of the daguerreotype in the polished silver-coated copper plate. visible positive image is formed on exposure to mercury vapor, which combines with the silver.
William Henry Fox Talbot created its own conditions for the negative-positive process based on paper. "

From now on, you could reproduce any images, and despite the brilliance of the daguerreotype was against this Procedure does not prevail. (Similar to the triumph of digital photography was later not be stopped.)
are disadvantages of the daguerreotype, the mechanical and chemical sensitivity and the viewing mirror aggravating effect.

It was a wonderful series, "You are looking at a happy man" by Jörn Lies (2009). It is about 12 digital C-prints, which I did not get behind it if there were models of the present time now, in old clothes ready and their photos were then manipulated or whether old photos were photographed or otherwise altered.

The rear exhibition space devoted to historical recordings. There are example images from World War II (Soldiers in the trenches or on a bomber), visible from the main railway station in 1916, by Augustus place for the opening of the Battle Monument in 1913 and from the gymnastics festival in the same year.

"Leipzig had a very dense collection of photographic studios" , it is not surprising that the urban renewal has been well documented.

brings us to the local historical aspect. I was neither the (long demolished) Roman House a term, nor do I recognize the Roßplatz in its original form with the hotel of Prussia and the Café Bauer again.
"The impressive images of the under construction or completed station the fascination of the enormous technical development convey at this time, a development that also includes the construction of bombers during World War II. "

The museum shop, I then saw two beautiful books that I would recommend:

Olaf Martens " Dreams / worlds / background "
Photography 1984-2004

Please visit his website , there is plenty to see many extraordinary images.

"Design Destinations Worldwide , published in the HF Ulman Published on whose Homepage find her an insight into the 800-page tome on dei perfect combination of architecture and design.



Museum of City History

is here examines the history of photography from 1918 to 1961. This part of the exhibition but I did seen yet, so just the teaser:
"The photo exhibition at the City History Museum covers the period from the end of the First World War to the building of the wall footage of George Zschäpitz prove the only rare traditional imagery of National Socialism. . For the end of the Second World War is the famous photos of the "last dead of the Second World War" by the American Robert Capa, the photographs of John Widmann, report on the shocking way of war damages. The touching simplicity with which the indefatigable Reporters of everyday life "Karl Heinz May from his disability wheelchair out people and everyday life in the postwar period is documented, as well as highlighted the work of the representatives of the" action photography ", FOR Bernstein, WG Schroeter and Roger and Renate Rössig that are available for aesthetic upheavals and the early GDR development. "


Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig

devotes the third part of the series in the period between the Wall and today. Focus is of course the East German photography. Images from this time to hit me again and again. I do not know why, but the most depressed young people have the eyes I have ever seen, even if they laugh. Aside from the then fashionable perm, their faces actually differ little from those of today's teenagers, but something is behind her eyes. This is particularly clear in the series "close grip" (1982/83) by Christiane Eisler and "real mode (disco)" by Uwe Frauendorf.

pictures I have also agreed to were very, "There was fish," "The world is colorful and beautiful" (a mountain of sweets, it could also be pills) and "The Sun is shining in the dark. "Annett Stuth Recording" Bunker WB VII "shows a pink lit bunker and takes this so his threat
Peter Franke made." Maja ". Here, the boundaries between painting and photography
had a great effect blur . recording "tree Each 5" by Ricardo Rogga From a distance I thought, "What is for there for a big black stain on the wall" But when I got closer, I realized that these are branches of a tree
. In the same room, a shelf of books is set up. Look in the book "In the Moonlight" by Erasmus Schröter, is waiting for you moody DDR designs. Has struck a nerve with me.
Similarly, the series "mining. The Pit Martin Hoop in Zwickau. The dirty, naked workers have irritated me comfortable.


For those who have now got the desire to look at the issue, another note: Next Wednesday (. 09.03) in the entry in the MDBK free lunch and you have the museum almost by itself.

A little side note: I like the exhibition rooms in MDBK much, but I find the staff often disturbing. The "guards" are either too intrusive (for my taste) or yap all the time into their walkie talkies, even though they are almost next to each other ...

The exhibition runs until 15 May 2011.


addition, there are two partners in the City Exhibitions:

trigger. Photographic Concepts in Leipzig
Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Otto-Schill-Straße 4a, 04109 Leipzig
Tue, Thu-Sun 10-18 Clock, Wed 12-20 Clock
Open until 13 March

The Leipzig photographer John Mills (1876-1952). A rediscovery
Camera and Photo Museum Leipzig, Gottschalkstr. 9, 04316 Leipzig
Wed, Sat, Sun 13-17 Clock
Open to 15 May

All other formal information go to the page Leipzig. Photography . By the end of the exhibition are always lectures and Guided tours, looks just into the program.