Where Is My June?

I just realize: I haven’t posted anything in my beloved month June. Why not? I can say I was fucking busy … too busy … one fat workshop in Braunschweig, one film festival in Hamburg, many films to develop … I just forgot it.
But I did not forget to film. To film each and every day a little bit of super 8 for my “Ode to June” film. The little symphony. Finished now, waiting to be developed, scanned and then … edited into “Ode an Juni / Ode to June #11”!!!!

Pixel Box

I saw these in Münster … I love them … seems like they pixel their surrounding, their behind …
I tried to find something about the artist who did it and I found this:
“Auf eine neue Ebene der optischen Täuschung brachte es der Künstler Smoe Nova im letzten Jahr, indem er mehrere Kästen an einer vielbefahrenen Straße im Norden Münsters in einem aufwändigen Prozess über mehrere Tage quasi verpixelte – er bemalte die Kästen in einer Pixel-Optik. Der Effekt: Die Stromkästen verschwinden nun quasi im Stadtbild und mit dem dahinterliegenden neuen Gebäudekomplex.”

… which translates as: “The artist Smoe Nova brought it to a new level of optical illusion last year by pixeling several boxes on a busy street in the north of Münster in a complex process over several days – he painted the boxes in a pixel look. The effect: the junction boxes now disappear into the cityscape and with the new building complex behind them.”
Cool!

Alfajor

This little piece of cake or cookie is an alfajor … it comes from south America (made in Berlin by a woman from Chile) and is made of flour, honey, and nuts.
Aunt Wiki says: “According to Spanish philologist Manuel Alvar López, alfajor is an Andalusian variant of the Castilian alajú, derived from the Arabic word الفَاخِر, al-fakhir, meaning luxurious!

Is Andec The Center Of The Universe?

I love Andec. One of the last remaining film laboratories in the world! I’ve known them for so many years, had my first super 8 films developed and copied there, I love them.
It happens sometimes: I am there, waiting for something … and another person pops in, another filmmaker is attracted like a fly to the lantern, zzzzzzt … and we meet.
This time it was Helga Fanderl (here’s her website), a film friend, an artist who I admire very much, a wonderful woman … so we went, after our business with Andec, around the block and had a big coffee at Denn’s and updated our friendship 😉
I love coincidences.

Pump Up The Darkroom

It used to be a factory, a wastewater canalisation company … they transformed it into a youth – culture – communication – center in the eighties: beautiful big industrial buildings … and the old pumps are still there. “Die Alte Pumpe” in Berlin.
And they have a darkroom! But nobody really knows how to run it … how to use it, to handle the enlargers, how to make photo prints …
And then came me, heehee! Just gave a 2 days workshop, played and explored and worked with two handfull of young people who are just beginning to study / preparing their portfolios. Big fun! Big enthusiasm!