Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Abject Objective Holes
Holes can mean so much! Just consider this hole which is part of the fabric of Humboldthain Flakturm. I will let you guess where it appears, and what purpose it serves!
Even the most abject spaces and objects have something to teach us - indeed, they are often the purest forms, being the most overlooked.
Holes can mean so much! Just consider this hole which is part of the fabric of Humboldthain Flakturm. I will let you guess where it appears, and what purpose it serves!
Even the most abject spaces and objects have something to teach us - indeed, they are often the purest forms, being the most overlooked.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
"An unclimbable rock face, a large or small, vertical or slanting rock, are things which have no meaning for anyone who is not intending to surmount them, for a subject whose projects do not carve out such determinate forms from the uniform mass of the in itself and cause an orientated world to arise- a significance in things."
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Phenomenology of Perception.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Phenomenology of Perception.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Will you join us in our adventure?
Who could not be overwhelmed by the limitless possibilities of this locale; shop till you drop at Gesundbrunnen shopping mall or its budget neighbour on the other side of the railway station. And that station, which now handles international connections and which grows by the day into another glass-mantled interchange! Or one could spend a whole weekend at the park just enjoying its amenities; there's an open air swimming pool, an enchanting rose garden, natural meadows and winding pathways...
and then there's the impressive - if tragic - Humboldthain Hohe, an artificial hill built around a partly demolished flakturm. A place of refuge once, rooted in the darkest moments of human history. They have dealt with this reminder as best they can. Now you can abseil up and down the West-facing wall, perhaps while your companions take a more leisurely route up to the picnic area and observation platform, which gives views of the city's Western suburbs (though sadly all major landmarks are obscured by trees - at least in the Spring, Summer and Autumn!).
Who could not be overwhelmed by the limitless possibilities of this locale; shop till you drop at Gesundbrunnen shopping mall or its budget neighbour on the other side of the railway station. And that station, which now handles international connections and which grows by the day into another glass-mantled interchange! Or one could spend a whole weekend at the park just enjoying its amenities; there's an open air swimming pool, an enchanting rose garden, natural meadows and winding pathways...
and then there's the impressive - if tragic - Humboldthain Hohe, an artificial hill built around a partly demolished flakturm. A place of refuge once, rooted in the darkest moments of human history. They have dealt with this reminder as best they can. Now you can abseil up and down the West-facing wall, perhaps while your companions take a more leisurely route up to the picnic area and observation platform, which gives views of the city's Western suburbs (though sadly all major landmarks are obscured by trees - at least in the Spring, Summer and Autumn!).
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Holiday in Humboldthain!
Matthew Crookes would like it to be known that he is on holiday from the 4th until the 31st May. Humboldthain - a place of adventure, history and romance; will four weeks be enough to do it justice? Every Tuesday he will be showing his latest exploits at Schererstrasse 11, D-13347 Berlin, between 11 and 6.
Matthew Crookes would like it to be known that he is on holiday from the 4th until the 31st May. Humboldthain - a place of adventure, history and romance; will four weeks be enough to do it justice? Every Tuesday he will be showing his latest exploits at Schererstrasse 11, D-13347 Berlin, between 11 and 6.
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