This is it folks. The final piece in the Berlin series. Like I said before I'm trying out some new techniques, so there's a significant chance you'll see some Berlin stencils passing by with some of those techniques applied to them. Make sure to hit this blog to see what's happening with that.
The power of color and layering.
Oh boy did I have a busy week completing this stencil among other things. By accident I discovered a new technique and to be honest, this was a welcome surprise. It needs some perfecting but in time it might be a nice addition to the basic stencil technique.
Here we go. The second one in my Berlin series. Prenzlauer Berg is a former borough of Berlin situated in the eastern part of the city. In 2001 Prenzlauer Berg was combined with the former boroughs Pankow and Weissensee under the name of Pankow. After German reunification in 1990 Prenzlauer Berg soon attracted a lot of young people with alternative lifestyles.
Sometimes, just sometimes, visiting a [inspiring] city can have a major impact on your life. Berlin did this for me on a couple of occasions. It changed the way I looked at certain things. You might have experienced that yourself. It can be hard at some moments. But believe me, in the end it's all worth it. So I would suggest to live for these moments and you will not regret it.
This is a first cutout in a series of 4 beautifull buildings I'll be making in the coming months. The Decay-series will take a bit longer then I expected, so you have to wait a bit longer for that to be completed.
Part one in a series of three inspired by the theme 'Decay'
Not to long ago there was a heated argument in the Netherlands about a certain poster portraying a young female in a bikini which was believed to be degrading and offencive towards women. About 2 weeks ago I saw a lot of religious posters in one of the largest trainstations in the Netherlands depicting a passage from the Bible, which struck a nerve...
...Loosely translated the text reads: I'am THE light of the world. Who follows ME will never wander in darkness, but live in the light.
Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830 – May 8, 1904) was an English-born photographer, known primarily for his early use of multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated celluloid film strip still used today.
Corporate Colonialism
as multinational conglomerates build up their self-enclosed, self promoting worlds, they create new and varied possibilities for conflict of interest and censorship
freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift (noam chomsky)
over time copyright laws have been transformed from their original purpose of regulating the publishing industry to instead regulating its custumers, artists and audiences
i want to make the public aware of something they do not quite know that they know – or have them feel that way. (...) it is about transferring information, but at the same time a certain lack of specificity
what is being betrayed are the central promises of the information-age: the promises of choice, interactivity and increased freedom.
or maybe it is the repetition. maybe you have been looking at this stuff for so long that you have read all this into it, and talking with other people who have been doing the same thing.
