After extremely cold temperatures in Berlin, the main 10km Landswehrkanal canal which subdivides the city has frozen solid allowing many Berlin residents to walk on the ice. Berlin, Germany. 26/01/2010.
A reporter from the RBB Berlin station interviews a man asking him if he felt safe walking ontop of the ice. I later spoke to him and he told me he was walking home from his workplace in Treptow.
He walked over 5km home on the ice. He told me, however, to be careful under the bridges where the ice is not always so thick.
The Landwehrkanal is a 10 km (6 mi) long canal parallel to the Spree river in Berlin, Germany, built between 1845 and 1850 according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné[1]. It connects the upper part of the Spree at the Osthafen (Eastern Harbour) in Friedrichshain with its lower part in Charlottenburg, flowing through Kreuzberg and Tiergarten.
Lenné designed a canal with sloped walls, an average width of 20 m (66 ft) at the surface and locks at both ends to control the water depth. In the course of two enlargements 1883-1890 and 1936-1941 it reached a breadth of 22 m (72 ft) and a depth of 2 m (7 ft). Today the waterway is mainly used by tourist boats and pleasure crafts. In Kreuzberg a long part of the Landwehrkanal is accompanied by the U1 line of the Berlin U-Bahn, which runs here as an elevated railway.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landwehrkanal
![A documentation of the expanding Street Art scene in Berlin, with it´s never-ending variety of forms & techniques. Berlin, Germany. 02/03/2010.
Summary:
A documention of the expanding, diverse, and colourful Street Art scene in Berlin, Germany with it´s neverending variety of forms & techniques.
See also previous story:
http://www.demotix.com/news/87572/urban-art-thriving-berlin
For over 3 years, I have been documenting the Street Art scene in Berlin. In recent years, as art has expanded from colorful graffitis to 'paste-ups', tiles glued on buildings, legos, fake fur, etc it has always been interesting.
Berlin continues to be one of the most exciting cities in the world for Street Artists to freely work and also for Street Art to be seen.
'Street art is any art developed in public spaces — that is, 'in the streets' — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations. Typically, the term street art or the more specific post-graffiti is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art.
Artists have challenged art by situating it in non-art contexts. ‘Street’ artists do not aspire to change the definition of an artwork, but rather to question the existing environment with its own language. They attempt to have their work communicate with everyday people about socially relevant themes in ways that are informed by esthetic values without being imprisoned by them.[1] John Fekner defines street art as “all art on the street that’s not graffiti.”[2]
Owl, Mezer, Moss. Venice Beach, CA.
The motivations and objectives that drive street artists are as varied as the artists themselves. There is a strong current of activism and subversion in urban art. Street art can be a powerful platform for reaching the public, and frequent themes include adbusting, subvertising and other culture jamming, the abolishment of private property and reclaiming the streets. Other street artists simply see urban space as an untapped format for personal artwork, while others may appreciate the challenges and risks that are associated with installing illicit artwork in public places. However the universal theme in most, if not all street art, is that adapting visual artwork into a format which utilizes public space, allows artists who may otherwise feel disenfranchised, to reach a much broader audience than traditional artwork and galleries normally allow.'
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_art
Artists: Boxi,the.ragtag,Bimer, LOAF, Lake, Dolk, JUST, Sp-38, Niagara
See also the following websites:
http://www.reclaimyourcity.net/
http://just.blogsport.de/
http://streetart.berlinpiraten.de/](http://www.demotiximages.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/display_80x50_cropped/photos/267901.jpg)
New: Hey Joao, love the frozen
Hey Joao, love the frozen green bottle shot!