Playboi blog is always a great source of info on all things interesting.  Today I learned of a new issue of an e-zine I had not yet seen.  Hard to keep up with those guys.  Castle is a great visual feast and with forward thinking editorial direction. 

Another favorite e-zine is Destructed.info, also originating in Germany, but also with a completely international feel and focus.  I always find fresh, vibrant, loud, powerful and just great artists every time I scroll through the pages of either one of these publications.  Both are really worth checking out.

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The clever architects at FNP Architekten (Pfalz, Germany) were able to restore and transform a once 18th century pigsty into a modern, though still rustic, showroom.   The crumbling structure had been damaged in the Second World War and thought to be a poor candidate for reburbishment. 

FNP thought outside the proverbial and literal box by placing a structure within the structure, essentially placing a house within.  The interior structure mimcs the shape and structure, including doors and windows,  which have a modern gallery feel of clean lines and geometric style. 

The interior house was depoisited within the ruin without ever touching it for fear of further damaging the old farm building.   A new roof now protects the ruins.

For this trickery they have won the coveted international AR-Award.

Found @: Arkinetia and pinkrobotsushi.

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Natalie Kriwy, image from series “Beruf: Prostitution” (Profession: Prostitution), 2004–2006, C-print, 31 1/2 x 31 1/2″.

Berlin
“Sexwork: Art Myth Reality”
NEUE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR BILDENDE KUNST
Oranienstraße 25
Through February 25, 2007

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Sigmund Freud as interpreted by Norbert Bayer.

See the collection of famous faces expressed by Norbert Bayer in his modern mosaics.

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Via The Wooster Collective.  Pre-Jam after the jump.

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I can’t wait.  Who do you want to win??  Follow it at joga.com.  Not that Nike needs my support.

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Time to hit the rails.  Send us your tales and photos from around Europe.  We will be glad to post them here.  It is a great opportunity to love and learn.

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The original Love Parade is back.  Berlin, Saturday, July 15, 2006, Strasse des 17. Juni.

GEIL.

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Schedule for Saturday, April 22 in Berlin:

Videos and installations from Diego Castro, Com & Com, Nate Harrison, Christian Jankowski, Art Jones, Halina Kliem, Gunilla Klingberg, Matthias Meyer, Daniel Pflumm, Jacqueline Salloum and Clips from Markus Bader, Coldcut, Dirk van Dooren, Thomas Draschan, Ruben Fleischer, Rob Flint, Graw Böckler, Greifer & Krötenbluth, Till Heim, Oliver Husain & Michael Klövkorn, Deborah Schamoni, Remco Schnuurbiers, Floria Sigismondi, Corine Stübi, Detlef Weinrich, Zeitguised among others.

Check out the site for details and podcasts!

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“Do you mind to pump.”  Miss Kittin is the French poet and DJ extraordinaire burning up the Berlin club scene for years now. 

I brought you news of the MELT! fest coming this summer which features the inimitable Miss Kittin as one of its acts.  I thought it would be a good opportunity to bring you the stylings of that foxy DJ.  Find a sampling of her delicious sounds   and her story in her own words here.

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