Dear friends… or dear diary… cause that’s what this all seems to be going to…
I wonder if what I am writing here isn’t just a self enactment process… who cares anyway right?! The matter of the fact is that I am in Berlin right now. Sam is here… the curator who invited me to Dubai twice already. Now he is curating a show in Berlin. The opening is tonight at 7pm in Emerson Gallery Berlin in Gartenstarsse n.1 10119 Berlin. The title is: FUSION. Anyway… I had a nice long speech with Sam and just one simple question was enough to break Read the rest of this entry »
Holmes Place, the gym that discriminates
May 26, 2008
Dear friends,
Here I am with a full “reportage” about my, what was supposed to be, one week free voucher visit to a certain sport studio in Berlin… Well… where to start… first of all, I would like you all to know that I will do my best to be as objective as possible in writing what happened. I will try to portray the facts. So here we go… The first day went pretty well. I went there with the friend that gave me the voucher. The people in Holmes Place (thats the gym I went to) signed my details on a sheet of paper and in three minutes I was set and ready to enter the sport section… but first they gave me two towels and then I split up from my friend cause I had to enter the male locker rooms. I had to struggle with Read the rest of this entry »
a blog… expression of interest or just exhibitionism?!
March 24, 2008
Dear friends, I had an interesting discussion with a friend of mine today. We were talking about the meaning and importance of blogs in general. She said she doesn’t like blogs that much because most of them are made by people who just want to show off publicly. “Who wants to see some total stranger’s holiday pictures or stories on the net anyway?!” was her comment.
It made me think. I guess there is a thin line between expression of interest and just pure exhibitionism. I asked myself, before even starting this blog, what I really wanted to say with it. You know?! I mean, I really tried to focus on what sort of output I was going to give to total strangers. People who I have never seen in my life and probably never will. The thought of opening up Read the rest of this entry »
