Permanent Breakfast

I was going to film a happening called Permanent Breakfast on het Leidse Plein in Amsterdam for De Balie Live! (live internet stream) but it’s raining so they found a new spot to do it next to De Balie.

This photo was taken before it started and at the end all seats were taken together with a lot of food for mind and body.

Since 1996 the Austrian Artist Friedemann Derschmidt is organizing permanent breakfasts in the public space. The initiative is critical about the devaluation of public space and wants to make people aware of the collective experience of our public space.

This happening was organised by De Balie to start of the cultural season within the festival “Het publieke verlangen“.

The stream will be available on demand this coming week.

Germany vs Argentina

We are in Hamburg to see the game Italy vs Ukraine. But for the German friends Lyssa and Franz the game between Germany and Argentina was all that mattered. And they are already playing. Here is the video I made that day.

Spoiler: Germany won through penalties.

Cemetery / Playground

The day of arrival. Franz took GabeMac, me and “Der Mann aus dem Plattenladen” out to former East Berlin to see the match Australia vs Italy (see the video here).

Just 50 meters in the same street there was a cemetery that was used as a playground for kids. When we went by it was packed. The graves were not that old (50 years). I asked one of them if the bones were still there, she thought so. Would the dead mind having the new life enjoying running and playing above them?