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Rapper Sorvina Carr on authenticity, resistance, and the power of silence

Caroline Sarah Henne — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:25:10 +0000

Stepping into the Charlottenburg Altbau flat of Berlin-based rapper Sorvina Carr, we’re greeted by a symphony of warm welcomes and excited dog barking. The high ceilings and wooden floors feel lived-in, telling stories of their own – a comfortable extension of the vibrant energy Sorvina brings to the stage. With her dog at her heels,

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A year of change, creativity, and collaborations: 2022 in review

Amelie Varzi — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 08:18:50 +0000

Around this time last year, we asked ourselves how creativity could inspire new, more sustainable ways of living, how it could guide us through change, and help us rise to the challenges facing our communities and ecosystems. As we embarked on a journey to explore these questions, it became clear that finding answers wouldn’t be

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From online blog to full-time job: documenting local businesses and independent culture with Mary Scherpe

Emma Hammar — Tue, 17 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000

In March of 2006, Mary Scherpe co-founded the blog Stil in Berlin. She began by photographing and writing about local street style and in the process loved engaging with strangers and discovering her new city. An art-history student at that time, Mary grew more and more interested in writing about local culture for a global

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The Journal Collective magnifies underrepresented visual stories on its online platform

Aimee Shirley — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:11:00 +0000

In March of 2020, photographer Charlotte Schmitz, founder of The Journal Collective, had the forethought to question who would create the visual record of a life-changing, global moment. As a curious and ambitious artist, she was fascinated by how daily life was starting to shift and what that meant for her fellow photographers and their

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Why Anna Schunck and Marcus Werner choose to live in the countryside but still crave time in Berlin-Neukölln

root — Wed, 17 May 2017 15:25:44 +0000

In this area, just an hour’s drive from Berlin, the couple bought an old farmhouse. Discovered online one hungover Sunday morning about two years ago, they now live here with five sheep and their cat, Tisa. In doing so, they’ve opted for a housing situation that so many Berliners secretly dream of: fresh air, nature

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Arno Brandlhuber’s Antivilla

root — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 22:30:20 +0000

This is an architect who mostly works by two mantras: use cost-effective building methods and implement a reasonable energy economy. Why? Not because he’s a born energy saver – as a teenager, he always preferred to leave the lights on. It’s simply because it makes sense, he says. It’s just that the man who established

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Nathan Cowen & Jacob Klein (haw-lin)

freundevonfreunden — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:12:20 +0000

On the gloomy first floor of a run-down Neukölln apartment building, a door opens and a blond man peers out quizzically. “I’m looking for Nathan.” “Ah. Okay, come in,” says the stranger.The free bed at the home of Nathan Cowen – one half of Haw-Lin – is almost always occupied by one of his many

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Johann König

freundevonfreunden — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Torstraße Berlin-Mitte. Auf dem Schild neben der Tür ist König gekritzelt. Wir klingeln. Die Wohnung ist im zweiten Stock. Der Galerist Johann König ist erst vor kurzem eingezogen, hat alles renovieren lassen. Eine klassische Berliner Altbauwohnung. Vorne gleich ein Kinderzimmer mit Spielsachen, im Nachbarraum ein großer roter Esstisch. Im Berliner Zimmer ein altes grünes Chesterfield

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Kelsey Brookes

freundevonfreunden — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Kelsey Brookes did not come to art in any of the usual fashions. In fact, as he tells us on a rainy morning in Kreuzberg, the microbiologist-cum-artist found art through self discovery and surfing.Without a sign of jet-lag, and brimming with energy and enthusiasm for everything from the neighbourhood to his work, Brookes talks to

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Frank Höhne

freundevonfreunden — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Frank Höhne lebt glücklich mit Frau und Kind in einer gemütlichen Kreuzberger Altbauwohnung, die ihm derzeit auch als Arbeitsplatz dient. Der Weg nach Berlin-Kreuzberg und das junge Vaterglück war von vielen verschiedenen Wohn- und Lebenssituationen geprägt: Geboren ist Frank Höhne im ehemaligen Ost-Berlin. Seine Kindheit verbrachte er, nach der Flucht aus der DDR über Prag

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