ERNST THALMANN, WHO IS THIS MAN?

ERNST THALMANN, WHO IS THIS MAN?

ERNST THALMANN, WHO IS THIS MAN? DECEMBER, 2017 Ernst Thälmann Park was christened in 1986, one hundred years after Thälmann’s birth and three years before the fall of the Berlin wall. Despite this history, the statue remains along with his namesake on this park...
FOREST BATHING, Berlin Style

FOREST BATHING, Berlin Style

FOREST BATHING, BERLIN STYLE JANUARY, 2018 I recently became aware of the concept of forest bathing, which is like a walking meditation in nature. I had been doing this for years on weekend outings in California but missing my time in nature since coming to Berlin. So...
MONUMENTS

MONUMENTS

Reflecting on MONUMENTS DECEMBER, 2016 Photo by Gundula Friese While statues bring beauty, inspiration or provocation; the job of a monument is to help us remember. Monuments pay tribute to a person or event that is deemed significant to our collective history. On an...
AUTUMN FORAGE AT SPANDAUER FORST

AUTUMN FORAGE AT SPANDAUER FORST

Autum Forage at Spandauer Forst NOVEMBER, 2017 Unsere erste gemeinsame Radtour ging in den Spandauer Forst. Ich war begeistert….es war das Hallimasch Season und es war ein einmalig schöner Sonnentag. Wir waren entschlossen die Arbeit am Computer zu unterbrechen und...
POETRY IN FLIGHT AT TEMPELHOFER FELD

POETRY IN FLIGHT AT TEMPELHOFER FELD

Poetry in Flight at Tempelhofer Feld November, 2017 Ein Novembertag. Es war kalt und feucht und der November zeigte was er kann. Wir trafen Elza Javakhishvili, eine georgische Schriftstellerin, die seit langem in Berlin lebt.  Sie wählte das Tempelhofer Feld für ihre...
JOY OF BENCHES

JOY OF BENCHES

The Joy of Benches in Berlin NOVEMBER, 2017 As it turns out, the month I had planned to start filming for Park Project Berlin, I was invited to Marseille for four weeks (which ended up being five because of the air traffic control strike and a mix up between the...