Trustart.org I DREAM in Berlin looking for BerlinDreamers
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Update
The Shooting is over. It took place at the EastSide Gallery just as initially planned and was beautiful. About 30-40 people joined the magic and we gonna see the results soon - yeah!
Introduction in German
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Es gibt ein Kunstprojekt namens I DREAM von Trustart.org aka Justin Tellian.
I DREAM kommt am 14.11.2009 nach Berlin und wird ein großes Foto-Shooting mit allen Träumern veranstalten:
I DREAM Organization Google Doc:
My 2,5 Cents:
ja, ich werde mal das WORD über I DREAM spreaden und vorallendingen mal den artist anschreiben, dass evtl. eine bessere foto-location gefunden werden kann, da die eastside-gallery gerade komplett durchrenoviert wurde und ihr deshalb ein wenig der charme fehlt (es wurde für 1 mio € eine hochglanz-renovierung der original-mauer-werke vorgenommen, damit ist das lebendige irgendwie verschwunden und das ding steht schön sauber vor der nagelneuen o2-arena - nicht gerade der ideale background)... ...genauere Erklärung siehe unten...
Introduction in English
Hi, Welcome to my Wiki ;)
There is an Art-Project called I DREAM from Trustart.org aka Justin Tellian.
I DREAM is doing a big Photo-Shooting in Berlin on November 14, 2009:
I DREAM Organization Google Doc:
Potential Foto-Shooting Locations
Scouting Shooting Locations on GoogleMaps
Image Galleries of Spots:
East Side Gallery
The "official" plan seems to be takin' Pics on the EastSide-Gallery. I think there could be better spots. Why? Scroll down.
Maybe the BACKSIDE of the renovated EastSide-Gallery, because it is still absolutely white/grey and clean. So it could be a nice shot to have the dreamers in front of a giant empty canvas. Technical "Problem": the wall is not that high, it's long, but not high. So the Photo would have to have a very large width compared to the height - and that again maybe won't look that cool. Maybe.
UPDATE:
Okay. If we could place People in front of the Wall & ON TOP of the Wall - the Picture-"Height" could be enhanced. The Problem is that the surroundings of the Eastside-Gallery actually don't look neither beautiful nor interesting nor berlin-like. So - i guess - we only want PEOPLE + WALL + SKY on the final image. And don't forget: YOU NEED AN OFFICIAL PERMISSION TO DO A SHOOTING on public ground - especially if it's on the brand-new "holy" wall and you want to place people on it.
- Artists Initiative East Side Gallery Association = "Künstlerinitiative East Side Gallery e.V."
- http://www.eastsidegallery-berlin.de/
- they coordinated the renovation and paintings - they could be a good contact
Rugged Walls close to the East Side Gallery
There are many big "ripped" brick-house-walls close-by - maybe that would look better, more rugged, more like the Berlin we love. And these rugged house-block-walls are well suited for a shooting in HEIGHT and in WIDTH.
Yeah - i must admit - they are already painted. If we want a clean-contrast-background - we maybe have to look for some other place - an old, rotten, but unpainted wall - maybe... ...oops, sorry, no unpainted walls available in berlin ;)
Rugged Wall "Köpenicker Str.32"
Address: Köpenicker Str.32
Rugged Wall "Golden Handcuffs of Time"
Address: Schlesische Str.34
Maybe under the big "Golden Handcuffs"-Mural by Blu:
Maybe get Permission to do a Giant Mural especially for the Shooting on one of those Rugged-House-Walls. For Example the Word "DREAM" in - ahm - uh - really, really, really BIG Letters.
YAAM
YAAM is a famous, if not legendary open-air-reggae-outdoor-chill-grill-sport-beach location directly next to the eastside gallery. They are always open for cool projects and can be contacted easily via Website:
They got painted graffiti walls and enough space for shootings - and as it's their property, you won't even need a shooting permit from the city ;)
Other Section of the Wall: Chausseestraße / Grenzübergang
Quote from here:
Auf einem unbebauten Gelände in der Nähe des ehemaligen Grenzübergangs Chausseestraße ist ein Abschnitt der Hinterlandmauer mit originalem Zufahrtstor zum Grenzstreifen erhalten geblieben. Mauer und Tor sind allerdings in schlechtem Zustand; sie stehen nicht unter Denkmalschutz
Sounds interesting... ...didn't check 'til now...
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chausseestra%C3%9Fe
- http://www.berlin.de/mauer/grenzuebergaenge/chausseestrasse/index.de.php
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Mauer#Reste_der_Maueranlagen_nach_dem_Abriss
Rent a Roof - Rooftop-Shooting
Different-Angle. Everybody loves Berlin-Rooftop-Panorama-Shots. Alexanderplatz-Tower in the Background. DREAM-Flag flying in the Wind. 100 frozen Berliners ;)
Okay. We would need a roof that can bear a lot of people.
Hotel Roofs
A big Hotel might do - maybe the Park Inn - they even got that strange base-flying-platform on top - where a dreamer could jump down ;)
Car-Park on Top of Shopping-Center "Neukölln Arcaden"
The upper two storey are almost always empty.
Looks like this:
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/schockwellenreiter/173450142/in/photostream/
- see the "Berlin Tower" (Alexanderplatz) in the Background
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolorabi/621416446/in/photostream/
Address:
Parkhaus Neukölln Arcaden Karl-Marx-Str. 66 12043 Berlin
Owner:
APCOA Autoparking GmbH Flughafenrandstr 70629 Stuttgart Tel.: 0711-94791-0 Fax: 0711-94791-60 Webseite: http://www.apcoa.de/ E-Mail-Adresse: zentrale@apcoa.de
Classical Location: Berlin World-Time-Clock @ Alexanderplatz
Public, Central, Classic.
Looks like this.
Hire a Pro Location Service
Pay some extra cash, get some extra flash.
For example here:
Other Ideas
Or Maybe even something really gigantic - like the background-wall in the NY-Brooklyn-Shooting.
- ... rendering ...
- ... what about the Brandenburger Tor (the big Gate-Thingy in Central Berlin)
- ... or the classical Motive of the TV-Tower at Alexanderplatz ...
- ... processing ...
Contacts & Adresses
East Side Gallery Association
Artists Initiative East Side Gallery Association (they coordinated the renovation of the wall and the paintings)
Künstlerinitiative East Side Gallery e.V. 1. Vorsitzender Kani Alavi Weserstr.11, 12047 Berlin Telefon: +49(0)30 251 71 59, Fax: +49(0)30 252 99 831 Funk: +49(0)172 391 87 26 Internet: www.eastsidegallery-berlin.com e-Mail: info@eastsidegallery-berlin.com
Filming Permits for Berlin
German Word for Filming Permit: Drehgenehmigung
Contact here, at latest a week before the shooting, average price 50€ for the paperwork:
Verkehrslenkung Berlin VLB E 1 Tempelhofer Damm 45 D 12101 Berlin Verkehrslenkung Berlin, Allgemeine Drehgenehmigungen Berlin Telefon: 030 90 25 94 -0 Fax: 030 90 25 94 -553 / -554 / -555 E-Mail: filmbuero@SenStadt.Berlin.de
More Details:
- http://www.bbfc.de/WebObjects/Medienboard.woa/wa/MBdba/1011335,bbfcaddr_institutions,details,de,no=19401-0
- Drehgenehmigung in Berlin
Fighting for Creative Usage of the Wall as a Living Memorial
The Wall and the Art on the wall / Eastside Gallery was renovated for 1000000 € in 2009. Now it's nice and clean - and dead.
In 2008 me and some friends tried to turn the Eastside Gallery into a living Memorial (the Concept Website lives on), where Artists would take turn bringing up new interpretations
of the underlying layers in calendar-rotation - and where tourists could try their luck on the original wall on a 10m-Strip that would be called the "Daily Spot" and then take pictures of themselves in front of their own Artwork in front of the Original Wall. What a pity - that we came a little late with our idea and that our concept was way "too creative" for a "clean city concept" - look - but don't touch. Since then the Eastside Gallery is officially declared dead by most resident artists. Even if the Original Art is beautiful in itself, it lost everything of it's "berlinish" feeling - the Eastside-Gallery feels more like Munich in Bavaria now, and all that as a big Commercial in front of the brand new O2-Arena-Stadium. Sad but True.
The whole story is better explained with one Image than with words:
Now i'm gonna explain this piece of Artwork as i see it:
The O2-Monster represents the whole City-Cleaning-Commerce-Monster that still wants to promote Berlin as a City of Artists, but at the same time control every single Drop of Paint in this City. Only Commercially accepted Art will be allowed in the brave new o2-World:
For Years and Years the Eastside-Gallery was a place for local artists to express themselves - now it's a total locked-down-area with security-guards - AGAIN! Don't dare to touch the wall or even paint it! *sic*
All that's left is the Freedom to do giant Advertisements and ridicule the meaning of the Wall with Commercials. No Freedom on the Wall - Again. Sad but True.
Berlin Artists shine on - always creative - always staying in touch with reality and giving the world their own, unique "berlinish" Spin.
The Full Picture again - from a different Angle:
If you Trust Art - then trust us. We know this City. We know its Places. We can find a solution. Maybe a different Shooting-Location - maybe not. The Wall stays a symbol of great power - which we still can use for positive effects - but it remains unclear to me how to compose the picture at the actual location. Maybe i'm gonna take a ride with my bike over there and shoot some photos of how it looks right now - there are always ways to tweak the setting and hack reality so that it matches our DREAM.
Mail Me
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