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EL
ROAM THE STREETS OF
BERLIN
& LITTLE LUCYTHIS WEEKS FOCUS:Follow one of the worlds greatest street artist and see some of his amazing paste ups
INSIDE KUNSTHAUS TACHELES:Join us when we visit the vibrant kunsthaus in Berlin, where some of the cities greatest artist can be seen
Editor of the month, Lisa Mandel. Co-worker and assistent, Jennefer HudsonSpecieal thanks to El Bocho and his team for all their help and time
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INDEXINTRODUCTION..............................................3
LITTLE LUCY...................................................4
EL BOCHO...................................................... 6
KUNSTHAUS TACHELES...............................8
TOP 10...........................................................14
COMPETITION..............................................16
BE.BERLIN....................................................17
QUOTES AND SAYINGS...............................18
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INTRODUCTIONIn the following we will guide you through some of Berlins most famous street artist and their amazing work. You will be introduced to El Bocho and his paste ups with little Lucy and her cat, and some of his other incredible paintings. We will show you our top 10 of the greatest street artists in the world and you will be able to read funny and interesting quotes from the street artists themselves. There will be a competition where you have the possibility to win a brand new iPHONE by answering one question. In this magazine we have focused more on our visual expression, rather then text and data. Since we are combining street art with Swiss Style it has been in our priority that the user could see and feel what the different artists have created, rather then just to read it. We hope you will enjoy our magasin.
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LITTLE LUCYLittle Lucy is El Bochos signature figure, who is doing everything she can to torture her poor little cat. This paste up is from Kastanienallee, definatly worth seeing!
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DIE KATZE IN DER MIKROWELLEA typical example of how Little Lucy is trying to kill her cat. This funny paste up can bee seen in the art house Tacheles in the seelings
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BE BERLINB
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OBSERVED OBSERVEREl Bocho looks at himself as an observed observer. He picks up the reactions of the viewers and uses them in his works. This creates a constant flow of communication with the public.
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STREET ART
EL BOCHO AT WORKThis job requires some long working hours by night, but El Bocho has been doing this since 1997 so he knows what he’s doing.
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TACHELES “Tacheles” is an old Jewish word mean-ing to disclose, to reveal or to speak clearly. The slang meaning of the word was bringing to an end.
The Art-Centre Tacheles is situated in a ruin in Berlin Mitte. Located in former East Berlin, the area was a Jewish quarter in the past and has now become a meet-ing point for people interested in arts and culture and for those who think they are.
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TACHELES
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The building itself was the entrance of the Friedrichstadt-Passage, a huge shop-ping mall built in 1907.
Within a relatively short time, the department store went bankrupt, and in 1928 the house was taken over by AEG, that founded the Haus der Technik, a display and marketing space for their products.
In Word War II parts of the building were used by the Nazi Party for administra-tion and organization departments, and in the 5th floor French prisoners of war were detained.
Between 1943 and 1945 during the allied air raids the building was hit by bombs several times and got partly damaged, but not completely destroyed.
After 1948, one side of the building was still used for many different purposes, but the other side was slowly torn down, step-by-step, as the East Berlin gov-ernment had no funds to restore it properly and for the distant future they had other plans for this area. So meanwhile, the house became just a storage for building material. The very last structure still standing was planned to be demol-ished in April 1990.
In Febuary 1990 the building was discovered and taken over by a group of young artists from all over the world and in the meantime it has been declared a historical architectural monument, regarding its special steel construction.
After the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989, a subculture which had its main focus on autonomy, spontaneity and improvisation arose in the former East Berlin areas Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain. Artists and individ-ualists from all over the world used the plurality of available free spaces to put alternative lifestyles to the test.
Due to the individualistic character of the building and the mass of creative ac-tivities taking place, the Tacheles soon became famous. Right from the start, Tacheles was a centre of development and realization of individual ways of thinking, of the creative contamination of art and living as well as the testing of artistically and urban ideas. Many international artists staged performances or concerts here, exhibited paintings, sculptures and installations. This essential thought still exists today and the program was even extended further by staging and organizing performances, theatre, various workshops, poetry and special events.
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TOP
10 STREET ARTIST IN THE WORLD
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FAITAKIS
STREET ART ALL OVER THE WORLDStreet art can be seen all over the world and here are some examples of big artist from different cities. Among the representive artist, there are some from Bankok, Brasil, London, Paris, Greek, Copenhagen and off course Berlin.
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PART2ISM
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EL BOCHO AND ALIASNot only are El Bocho and Alias some of the most well known street artists in Berlin, but they have also worked together and made some really cool paste ups. Besides that, they are very good friends.
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WIN AN iPHONEB
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Who made in corporation with Feuerwear® eco friendly bags from recycled fire hoses?
BANKSY?
ALIAS?
EL BOCHO?
YOUR ANSWERSend your answer to our mail adress: [email protected] and maybe you will be the lucky winner of a brand new iPHONE
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be creative
be rebel
be berlin
Go to be.Berlins homepage and discover all your opportunities in one of vEurope’s most vibrant cities: be.berlin.de. In Berlin they have some of the most amazing street art, which defiantly is worth seeing!
FRIENDLIEST CITY IN THE WORLD
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EL BOCHO SAYS:“THE SECRET TO CREATIVITY, IS KNOWING HOW TO HIDE YOUR SOURCES”
ALIAS SAYS:“MOTIVATION IS WHAT GETS YOU STARTED,HABIT IS WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING!”
“IF YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE,TAKE IT AND MAKE IT BETTER”
BANKSY SAYS:
FOLLOW ONE OF THE GREAT SAYINGSRead some of the funny and intriguing sayings from street artist around the world,and get to know them a little better!
“THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE YOU CAN EVER TAKE, IS TO LIVE THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS”
R.SESLOW SAYS:
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ALIAS SAYS:“MOTIVATION IS WHAT GETS YOU STARTED,HABIT IS WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING!”
QUOTES AND SAYINGS
“THE HARD WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY”
“THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE YOU CAN EVER TAKE, IS TO LIVE THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS”
“IN THE BOOK OF LIFE,THE ANSWERS AREN’T IN THE BOOK”
BE CREATIVE
BEEJOIR SAYS:
MOA SAYS:
R.SESLOW SAYS:
“NEVER STOP”
“ALL YOU NEED IS PASSION FOR YOUR WORK, AND YOU WILL SUCEED”
PART2ISM SAYS:
FAITAKIS SAYS:
TOMKAT SAYS:“IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING, NO ONE ELSE WILL”
VIXIN SAYS:
PEACH SAYS:
“Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it”
“Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude”
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EL
ROAM THE STREETS OF
BERLIN
& LITTLE LUCYTHIS WEEKS FOCUS:Follow one of the worlds greatest street artist and see some of his amazing paste ups
INSIDE KUNSTHAUS TACHELES:Join us when we visit the vibrant kunsthaus in Berlin, where some of the cities greatest artist can be seen
Editor of the month, Lisa Mandel. Co-worker and assistent, Jennefer HudsonSpecieal thanks to El Bocho and his team for all their help and time
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