Welcome to the Goethe-Institut CityScapes Blog.
12 cities
36 artists
12 themes
From January through December 2011, these were the parameters for a playground of diverse, fascinating, vibrant tales: Responding individually to a collective impetus, a host of hand-picked young bloggers uploaded photos, texts, and multimedia. Every month, they were given a new theme. Step by step, they created a kaleidoscope of impressions, opinions, ideas and… plain fun.
This project has now ended. If you like what you see, you may want to check out the brand new CityTales Comic Blog.
Berlin is famous for waste seperation and recycling, also in unconventional and creative ways. The following picture shows an old bus converted into an apartment. The second picture is a portrait of an artist in the pub "Möbel Olfe", a former furniture store. This phenomenon is quite common in Berlin: whatever is abandoned might be changed into a social location, be it a furniture store as in this case or a factory site, commercial center etc. If you have a recycling idea as well - welcome to Berlin!
In June 2011, a selection of CityScapes bloggers attended the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF) in Bangkok, reporting live for the UN through CityScapes.
CLICK HERE to read, see, and watch what was happening behind the scenes at this conference.
Love the red bus. =)