Kreativ.Quartier.Ruhr
08.04.2012
This month, 2010LAB.tv focuses on the topic of guerilla gardening and other „green“ approaches in urban surroundings. We have received a nice film from New York dealing with the possibilities of creating gardens for self-supporters, even in a densely populated metropolis – on the
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26.09.2011
„Where the Fuck is Mülheim?“ – Hermann Rokitta heard that question a lot when he was still living in Hamburg. Since 2004, the designer lives and works in Mülheim an der Ruhr, conceiving award-winning product innovations from hip prostheses to cemetery excavators. Among
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09.08.2011
The Unperfekthaus (UpH) in Essen. Now what exactly is that? Studios with galleries? Café? Coworking? Colourful artist and creative island? Museum? Hotel? Project magnet? Difficult to say. A bit of it all. Yet one thing is certain: The UpH is unique.In the middle of Essen's north, entrepreneur
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10.07.2011
Camping in the city? No - the art campaign „Unbehaust“ ("Houseless", 1.-3. July 2011) was a „social sculpture“ with which dramaturge Daniel Kasselmann wanted to raise awareness for latent and urgent social issues – in cooperation with the street paper "bodo", and the Dortmund theatre and its
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09.07.2011
You could stand in the photos. At least, that is how some of the partially large-size works by Matthias Koch appear - as of now, they are on display in the second "shop window"of the Museum Ostwall in Dortmund. Koch seems to be a documentarist, yet, he is an artist. A courageous one.
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10.05.2011
Art leaves its cradle, the studios, and roams the streets. In Dortmund, the Südstadt district is the habitat and creative breeding place of the ARTgenossen, a collective of ten female and male artists from the surrounding neighbourhoods of the Kreuz-, Klinik-, and Saarlandstrasse quarters.
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02.05.2011
On London's Southbank a huge straw fox, a purple cow with a theatre inside, and an artificial beach pay homage to one of London's most successful festivals.The Festival of Britain in 1951, was billed as "a tonic to the nation", was a huge event designed to cheer people up and promote British
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01.05.2011
Groups of green Kronan bikes have become a regular sight in Rotterdam since Bycycle started giving architectural tours on bike. Steadily growing and celebrating their ten year anniversary, owner Rutger van der Graaf tells all.ToursTours on architecture and culture are often a little stuffy, with
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30.04.2011
A new creative workspace in London is changing the perception of what a studio should do, and what its role is in a community.South Kilburn Studios is a new creative workspace with studio spaces for young creative businesses. But it stands out because the tenants pledge - instead of paying rent -
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28.04.2011
Whatever your views of the monarchy, the royal wedding is a great excuse for a drink and a dance. But visitors should dodge the official celebrations; the most fun will be at the alternative wedding parties.On 29 April London hosts the wedding of Prince William to the popular Kate Middleton. The
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