Tag: culture & religion

Japan has different climatic zones. In the summer, Tokyo while not exactly among the cooler places on Earth. Tokyo is hot, very hot. In the summer, the ice melts literally in the blink of an eye. Who gets out of the plane, will quickly determine that the gangway was heated up not so much by the Sun, but that it is still the air conditioned area of the airport building. It is three o’clock in the morning. In the hallway of the apartment blocks, one hears calls someone quietly with Germany while flows Tokyo noise through the window, together with perceived 40 C of tropical air.

You can make the window to safely again, something like cool evening breeze is rather to be found in the autumn and winter. It sometimes snows even in Tokyo. Not today, today is summer. The sky shines in Tokyo twilight. On the flight, one could observe Sunrise and sunset time lapse. This shines in the hot summer days of Japan’s relentlessly from the sky. The, available as far as outside the Tokyo concrete jungle, crickets are garish all green stains that To find.

An ear-splitting noise pelting down, almost as pungent as the heat. Tokyo is hot, not only in the metaphorical sense. We are not talking here of the evening clusters of schoolgirls in the entertainment district of Shinjuku or the unknown corners of the city of Tokyo. Who gets out of the plane, will quickly determine that the gangway was heated up not so much by the Sun, but that it is still the air conditioned area of the airport building. For tourists, a species of already rare in Japan, a city tour is a real challenge. Since such a city holiday like several days already until weeks or you happiness can drag on even years, staying power is announced. The heat the Japanese seems to be not quite as much. Sometimes, you’d think the huge air fans in the subways and U Bahnhoden are solely due to the purpose, air cool the Gajins to to fachern. Can Japanese sweat? Certainly, only the opportunities are different. For example, yawning with an open mouth. This brings so many inexperienced with foreigners Japanese fix or even shocked sweats. All other challenges arise for every guest of this urban conurbation, which join the rollercoaster of emotions must be to switch between air conditioned areas and hot outdoor zones in every minute. Yes, summer is hot in Japan. And so has some methods to offer the Japanese culture, to pay attention to every breath of air. The “furin” for example, the wind chimes made of clay or glass, which in the summer in many Japanese homes on the Terassenaufgang can be seen on the way are a delicate ring with each breath of air. Would you have it as a souvenir, but should know that it is very seasonal like so many things in Japan. This means, that different can be in Germany, where the Easter eggs for Christmas on the store shelf, bought such things really only seasonally. Fortunately, Japanese each season can get some specifics.

Curated by Nicole Loeser and Tina Sauerlander, presented by the main and WHITECONCEPTS collection with works by: Nikolaus Eberstaller, EMESS, Thorsten Goldberg, Dominique Andre Boitard grass, Manuel, grass, Julia Herfurth, Elmar Hess, Wulf Ried Hengstenberg, Norbert Hinterberger, Timo Clapper, Christin Lahr, Armin Lindauer, Chen Linggang, Marok, Philip Metz, Wolfgang Nieblich, Maria & Natalia Petschatnikov, PSJM, Stefan Rinck, Markus Schaller, Sebastian Siechold, Klaus Staeck, Philip Topolovac, Jakob Zoche money is an always prasenteres topic in the art after the numerous financial crises of recent years. Already resolved around 1970, as the Bretton-Woods system and money felt to an abstract size, artists began to deal with the importance of money, the functioning of the financial system, its winners and losers, or also with its history. In the exhibition”MONEY WORKS. ART money now current artistic positions on the topic will be presented: for example, which refers to. Artist Julia Herfurth in its work Fatma Alye on the history of the role of women in Turkey, the Viennese artist Dominique grass forms of serial numbers of banknotes weapons on his canvas, the Spanish activists and artists duo PSJM criticized the capitalist financial aspects in Europe and the United States or Nikolaus Eberstaller, created his own artist money – the honey – to represent his point of view the bipolar side of money. Curated by Nicole Loeser and Tina Sauerlander presented by the collection of main and WHITECONCEPTS courtesy of aquabit place: Gallery WHITECONCEPTS, August Street 35, 10115 Berlin exhibition opening: November 22, 2013, 19-21 run time: 23 November-1 December 2013, Monday Friday 10 am 5 pm u.n.V. admission free presentation of the catalogue of the collection of main thirty pieces of silver – art and money on 27 November 2013 at 19:30 In the context of the exhibition MONEY WORKS. ART with money “which is recently published edition Braus published catalog collection. Home thirty pieces of silver – art and money presented. Location: King Size bar, Friedrich str. 112 b, d-10117 Berlin contact: Nicole of Lai 0177 7878578 Tina Sauerlander 0163 5104766