Marlene Ronstedt

In Berlin entsteht gerade eine Strecke, auf der demnächst selbstfahrende Autos und Busse getestet werden sollen. Leiter Sahin Albayrak verrät Details über das Projekt. Gründer Szene Read more

Atonal festival is an established part of Berlin’s electronic music scene. This year the festival went into its 4th round, since it got relaunched in 2013. Initially the festival was founded in the 1980s by Dimitri Hegemann, who is also the founder of Tresor club. Bpigs – BERLIN INDEPENDENTS GUIDE Read more

The Canadian violinist Sarah Neufeld is probably best known for being a member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire. But she has also produced two solo albums, and owns several yoga studios in New York. Last week we spoke with her at A L’arme Festival about self-discipline and creativity, yoga and meditation, and of course experimental Read more

We often think of design objects as something positive or beautiful. Something to make our lives easier and more comfortable, like the Eames Chair or the iPhone. But what about AK-47s, Euthanasia Rollercoaster, or the Stuxnet digital virus? Those are as much design objects as aforementioned classics. Bpigs – BERLIN INDEPENDENTS GUIDE Read more

Last week the internet celebrated its 25th birthday. But apparently 25 years weren’t enough for most of us to get a hang on how the internet’s algorithms are working. Sure we’ve heard of programming languages, but it is still an intellectual minority which is able to speak python, ruby, c, or java. Bpigs – BERLIN INDEPENDENTS Read more

Thinking transversally calls for new artistic practices. Practices which embrace nature and technology at the same time. Therefore the boundaries between nature and technology need to get erased and blurred. The boundaries between our bodies and the outside vanish through augmenting the senses with technologies. For instance, one could start with translating the body’s reaction Read more