urban occupation : berlin

Here’s the pdf of the short lecture about the history of RLP on last friday. It comes with two remarks:

On the occasion of the 60ieth anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany, there is a manifestation against state, nation and capitalism on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (May 23rd, 6 pm). Motto: “Something better than the nation. Against the rule of the wrong freedom”. If you want to expirience the political atmosphere of the place, I guess this is your chance…

Info (german)

If you like it a bit more peaceful, on the first of June (Yes, the day we occupy the Cube and will probably be busy, but anyway) there is a guided tour through the Scheunenviertel following the track of Alfred Döblin and Joseph Roth, starting at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz at 2pm (fee: 7€, probably only interesting if your german is decent).

Info and registration (german)

I tried to get in touch with the institution in charge of the 3D model of Berlin, and, as expected, so far I didn’t get any response. I fear that the chances are slim to come by the actual data of the model before the semester is over. BUT a studio member who doesn’t want to be named has somehow managed to get .dxf-files of all of Berlin (from a source he doesn’t want to name).
Maybe for those of you who are busy creating/finding a 3D model of Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, it is an acceptable alternative to take the .dxf-file and simply extrude the relevant buildings (happily, the number of storeys is written on every building).

The actual data can be found under ‘resources’ in a post protected with the usual password!

Thanks a lot Martin, for spending your saturday afternoon making this blog work!

I’ve already mentioned the Fis-Broker website in class; here’s the exact link:

http://fbinter.stadt-berlin.de/fb/index.jsp

The site is really helpful, it features all kinds of downloadable maps of berlin: from the middle ages to the 80ies, from climatic data to social structures…

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A note for all of you who know as much about video editing as I do (nothing):

The interflugs - bureau (which also lends out all kinds of electronical equipment) is offering a free workshop on video editing:

Adobe After Effects: 3 days: Saturday 16.5.09 11.30h + Sunday 17.5.09 11.30h + Monday 18.5.09 13.30h.

For details see: http://www.interflugs.de/if/?cat=1

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Searching the net for infos related to Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, I found an ‘association for the promotion of art and culture on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz’.

They have, among other things, annually invited artists to work on and about Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. It might be of advantage to get in touch with them, although they seem to have been rather inactive recently. Here’s the link:

www.rosa-luxemburg-platz.net/rosa_luxemburg_platz_ev.html

Should I write them a mail or should we wait until we have a clearer idea about what to do on R.L.P.?